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Made in China 2025
China’s Unitree teases platform allowing users to control robots via smartphones
Hangzhou robotics unicorn’s platform is designed to bring embodied intelligence into everyday life.
14 Dec 2025 - 4:49PM
Robotics
Why Japan’s robotic pioneers are ceding the humanoid stage to China and the US
14 Dec 2025 - 2:03PM
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Electric & new energy vehicles
China’s EV battery giants wade into shipbuilding to bolster Beijing’s dominance
14 Dec 2025 - 9:00AM
Artificial intelligence
Sea change: China narrows AI gap with US 3 years after ChatGPT shock
The turning point came when DeepSeek released its V3 and R1 models, which were on par with OpenAI’s GPT and Meta’s Llama models at the time.
14 Dec 2025 - 12:57AM
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Autonomous vehicles
Chinese robotaxi firm Pony.ai bets on ‘asset-light’ strategy for growth
Firm sees working with partners as the best way to expand service in the mainland and beyond.
12 Dec 2025 - 8:00PM
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China stock market
‘China’s little Nvidia’ warns of overheating risks after 723% share surge
Moore Threads shares drop 13 per cent on Friday after the GPU maker cautions investors to ‘make decisions prudently and invest rationally’.
12 Dec 2025 - 3:22PM
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IPO
China’s generative AI tiger MiniMax pursues Hong Kong IPO to expand global reach
Hong Kong equity market offers platform for mainland Chinese AI firms seeking international investors amid intensifying domestic competition.
12 Dec 2025 - 1:17PM
MiniMax plans to beef up its research and development. Photo: Handout
Blockchain
Coins in sand: how the UAE draws in the global crypto community
At Abu Dhabi Finance Week, insiders give credit to the UAE’s regulatory infrastructure and institutional adoption of digital assets.
12 Dec 2025 - 9:00AM
Huawei
China’s Huawei ramps up foldable handset battle with global launch of Mate X7
Huawei held nearly 70 per cent of China’s foldable smartphone market in the first three quarters, according to research firm IDC.
12 Dec 2025 - 10:41AM
Artificial intelligence
China’s Xreal to power Google’s Android AI glasses as smart eyewear demand grows
Project Aura, which features dual-chip design and optical see-through lenses, is a fresh example of China’s expanding R&D capabilities.
11 Dec 2025 - 9:00PM
Artificial intelligence
AI race: Meta reportedly uses Alibaba’s Qwen for its ‘Avocado’ model
Reported move to reinvigorate Meta’s faltering AI effort with new ‘Avocado’ model is another likely win for Chinese AI.
11 Dec 2025 - 7:00PM
The logo of Meta Platforms is seen outside its headquarters in Menlo Park, California. Photo: TNS
Cryptocurrency
Bitcoin drops below US$90,000 as AI worries sour risk appetite
The fall signals renewed market jitters after the historic crypto crash in October.
11 Dec 2025 - 4:03PM
Artificial intelligence
AI’s US$400 billion problem: Are chips getting old too fast?
Before the AI wave unleashed by ChatGPT, cloud computing giants typically assumed that their chips and servers would last about six years.
11 Dec 2025 - 11:46AM
Artificial intelligence
Less hype, more hardware: SenseTime banks on multimodal AI to regain its edge
SenseTime may have slipped from the spotlight as one of China’s “AI dragons”, but its tilt at multimodal, real-world AI hints at a comeback.
11 Dec 2025 - 8:12AM
Mergers & Acquisitions
Chinese supercomputer maker Sugon and chip developer Hygon call off merger plans
The aborted merger dashes industry expectations for a major domestic ecosystem covering advanced processors and high-performance servers.
10 Dec 2025 - 9:00PM
Supercomputer maker Sugon remains the largest shareholder of chip designer Hygon. Photo: Handout
Semiconductors
China’s Moore Threads to unveil AI chip road map to rival Nvidia’s CUDA system
Founder Zhang Jianzhong is expected to launch the firm’s next-generation AI chip architecture and MUSA platform road map in Beijing.
10 Dec 2025 - 5:01PM
Artificial intelligence
Alibaba creates new unit to push consumer use of its Qwen AI models
Significant organisational change underlines company’s determination to turn the Qwen chatbot into a ‘super app’.
10 Dec 2025 - 10:00AM
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Robotics
China’s Deep Robotics raises US$70 million as sector draws more investors
Company founder Zhu Qiuguo says the new funding would be used for research and the recruitment of top robotics talent.
10 Dec 2025 - 9:00AM
Deep Robotics’ LYNX M20 quadruped robot is designed to support logistics and delivery operations. Photo: Handout
Semiconductors
China’s AI developers to welcome Nvidia’s H200 chip shipments, analysts say
Nvidia faces stronger domestic competition from the likes of Huawei, Cambricon, Moore Threads and MetaX.
9 Dec 2025 - 9:00PM
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China’s private sector
Tencent quits Paramount’s Warner Bros bid amid US regulatory concerns
Tencent has been dropped as a financing partner from Paramount Skydance’s US$108 billion hostile bid for Warner Bros Discovery.
9 Dec 2025 - 7:06PM
Artificial intelligence
DeepSeek’s Liang Wenfeng among top 10 ‘people who shaped science in 2025’
British journal Nature’s top 10 list gives credit to the man behind the widely acclaimed, Chinese-developed R1 reasoning AI model.
9 Dec 2025 - 6:00PM
Smartphones
Z.ai open sources AI agent tool for phones after ByteDance privacy backlash
Beijing-based Z.ai said its work in ‘teaching AI how to use a smartphone’ dates back to early 2023.
9 Dec 2025 - 5:00PM
In a demonstration at the time of its release, Z.ai’s AutoGLM was able to complete tasks such as ordering coffee and making online purchases. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Robotics
Chinese home appliance giant Midea unveils 6-arm robot for factory work
China is witnessing a surge of interest and strategic investment in the deployment of humanoid robots.
9 Dec 2025 - 3:11PM
Liang Wenfeng
DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng cleans up on chip firm Moore Threads’ IPO
Liang’s quantitative hedge fund, High-Flyer, subscribes to more than 80,000 Moore Threads shares, which saw a stellar trading debut in Shanghai.
8 Dec 2025 - 9:00PM
Artificial intelligence
Chinese open-source models account for 30% of global AI use: report
Producing globally competitive models makes China a close peer of the US in AI development.
8 Dec 2025 - 5:30PM
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