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China cements global lead in smart vacuums as Picea acquires Roomba maker iRobot
Last month, Picea subsidiary Santrum bought about US$191 million of iRobot’s outstanding debt from the investment firm Carlyle Group.
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Artificial intelligence
China’s open-source AI models rival US giants, making engagement urgent: report
17 Dec 2025 - 9:16PM
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Artificial intelligence
Tencent shakes up AI operations, names recent recruit as chief AI scientist
17 Dec 2025 - 10:00PM
Xiaomi
Memory crunch: China’s Xiaomi and Honor raise tablet prices as chip costs surge
Supplies of memory products for electronic devices squeezed by AI pivot of chipmakers, spurring companies to pass on costs to consumers.
17 Dec 2025 - 8:00PM
Xiaomi will hike the prices of its Redmi Pad 2 and Xiaomi Pad 8 series. Photo: Shutterstock
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Xpeng CEO dismisses AI bubble fears, predicts more affordable robots soon
He Xiaoping’s recent trip to the US, where he met more than 30 professionals in the AI field, helped form his conclusions about the industry.
17 Dec 2025 - 7:44PM
Artificial intelligence
Xiaomi launches open-source model to compete against DeepSeek, OpenAI systems
MiMo-V2-Flash ‘particularly excels in reasoning, coding and agentic scenarios’, Xiaomi says.
17 Dec 2025 - 8:51PM
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OpenAI in talks to raise US$10 billion from Amazon and adopt Trainium chips
The deal is under discussion could value OpenAI upwards of US$500 billion, a source said.
17 Dec 2025 - 3:50PM
OpenAI was last valued at US$500 billion in an employee share sale. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence
Rapid advances in China’s AI video space lead to widespread tech adoption
Cutting-edge tools from Shengshu, Kuaishou, Alibaba Cloud and SenseTime transform content creation for marketers and creators alike.
16 Dec 2025 - 9:00PM
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Electric & new energy vehicles
Xpeng, Li Auto given approval to test ‘hands-off’ L3 cars amid slowing market
Deregulation to legalise L3 technology represents a leap forward in commercialising autonomous driving systems in China.
16 Dec 2025 - 7:45PM
IPO
Biren Technology’s Hong Kong IPO gets go-ahead from Beijing
Shanghai-based Biren plans to float about 372 million shares on the Hong Kong stock exchange.
16 Dec 2025 - 7:01PM
IPO
MetaX set for Shanghai debut amid frenzy over AI chip stocks, Nvidia uncertainty
The Shanghai-based graphics processing unit designer plans to raise US$596 million from the sale of 40.1 million shares.
16 Dec 2025 - 6:00PM
MetaX Integrated Circuits’ C500 graphics processing unit is designed for AI and high-performance computing applications. Photo: Handout
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Chinese biotech Scizeng’s global licensing deal to yield up to US$1.44 billion
Yarrow Bioscience gets exclusive global rights for the GenSci098 therapy to treat thyroid eye disease and Graves’ disease.
16 Dec 2025 - 3:47PM
Electric & new energy vehicles
Beijing approves first L3 autonomous cars in leap towards ‘hands-off’ driving
The cars, both pure EVs, can only navigate urban streets and highways in designated areas, according to the ministry.
16 Dec 2025 - 1:13PM
Artificial intelligence
ByteDance dominates China’s tech hiring as AI talent demand surges
ByteDance tops rivals Meituan and Alibaba in recruitments this year, according to professional social networking platform Maimai.
16 Dec 2025 - 7:00AM
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Chinese expert calls for world models and safety standards for embodied AI
Turing Award winner Andrew Yao says embodied AI needs reasoning, planning and control in one framework.
15 Dec 2025 - 8:00PM
Andrew Yao speaks at the Global Developer Pioneers Summit in Shanghai. Photo: Handout
Artificial intelligence
Why Nvidia chip is unlikely to derail ambitions of China’s Huawei, Moore Threads
China’s huge demand for AI computing power leaves room for growth for both US and domestic chips, analysts say.
15 Dec 2025 - 7:00PM
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US-China tech war
Kimi developer Moonshot shows China’s growing AI depth: US government report
Washington’s evaluation highlights an increasing number of Chinese companies developing world-leading open-weight AI models, not just DeepSeek.
15 Dec 2025 - 6:00PM
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Arm China, RabbitPre among mainland Chinese firms expanding in Hong Kong
Arm China is among the fifth batch of companies brought to Hong Kong by OASES, which has so far drawn more than 102 firms.
15 Dec 2025 - 5:09PM
Arm China plans to establish a chip intellectual property research and development centre in Hong Kong in 2026. Photo: Shutterstock
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
Japan’s university system has long centred on engineering faculties led by manufacturing, resulting in a relative shortage of AI talent.
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
CATL and Gotion add momentum to China’s efforts to build new-energy vessels amid an accelerated decarbonisation drive.
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
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.
15 Dec 2025 - 1:29PM
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