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Banking & finance
CSRC vows deeper reforms to open China’s capital market and boost tech listings
CSRC chairman Wu Qing outlines ‘deep transformation’ of capital market to attract long-term investors who ‘can stay and can develop well’.
5 Dec 2025 - 5:01PM
Artificial intelligence
Bill Gates’ daughter lands US$30 million for star-backed AI firm
5 Dec 2025 - 11:15AM
Made in China 2025
End of an era: Japan’s Canon shuts China printer plant as local rivals rise
5 Dec 2025 - 8:00AM
Artificial intelligence
Can China fund its AI push? Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt casts doubt
Capital from the government and Big Tech firms is set to make up for any lack of market-driven capital, analysts say.
4 Dec 2025 - 9:00PM
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Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google, speaks at a forum on November 6, 2025, in Miami, Florida. Photo: Getty Images
VR and AR
Ex-Apple engineer unveils chip to rival Vision Pro for XR headsets, AI glasses
The Jizhi G-X100 features a photon-to-photon latency of just 9 milliseconds, faster than 12 ms for Apple’s Vision Pro.
3 Dec 2025 - 9:00PM
Robotics
Shenzhen robotics start-up Daimon secures China Mobile backing for AI push
Daimon Robotics, co-founded by HKUST professor Wang Yu, received a fresh injection of funds from the mobile operator’s Lianchang Fund.
3 Dec 2025 - 8:00PM
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Huawei
Huawei’s new app allows AirDrop-style transfers between HarmonyOS and Apple iOS
HarmonyOS 6 is expected to be found in more than 90 Huawei devices after a software update by year end.
3 Dec 2025 - 7:00PM
Richard Yu Chengdong, chairman of the Consumer Business Group at Huawei, showcases the Mate 80 series smartphones on November 25, 2025. Photo: Handout
Artificial intelligence
Alibaba’s Qwen app becomes the world’s fastest growing AI app as MAUs surge 149%
Just two weeks into its public beta, Qwen has shown explosive growth, underscoring Alibaba’s challenge to global rivals OpenAI and Google.
3 Dec 2025 - 5:00PM
Artificial intelligence
OpenAI CEO declares ‘code red’ to improve ChatGPT as rivals move in
The call comes after Google released its Gemini 3 AI model last month that gained praise for its capacity to reason and code.
3 Dec 2025 - 10:07AM
Artificial intelligence
Ant Group’s LingGuang a hit as users create millions of flash apps with AI tool
The multimodal AI assistant can generate simple apps in as little as 30 seconds in response to users’ prompts.
3 Dec 2025 - 7:00AM
Artificial intelligence
Huawei-style ‘chip stacking’ seen as a path for China to rival Nvidia’s GPUs
With US curbs biting, experts say near-memory computing and chip stacking could narrow the AI hardware gap with Nvidia.
2 Dec 2025 - 9:02PM
China hopes to steal a march on Nvidia by combining relatively mature chips with new computing architectures. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence
ByteDance-powered AI phone snapped up by consumers keen to try agentic assistant
The joint effort is the latest example of China’s advantages in combining AI capabilities with conventional consumer gadgets.
2 Dec 2025 - 7:00PM
Artificial intelligence
Kuaishou debuts multimodal AI video model with ‘Nano Banana’ editing capability
Kuaishou expects the new model’s abilities to drive its adoption by filmmakers, production studios, advertisers and influencers.
2 Dec 2025 - 5:00PM
Artificial intelligence
China’s DeepSeek challenges Google DeepMind with new AI model
DeepSeek’s V3.2-Speciale equals Google’s Gemini 3 Pro in reasoning capabilities, the Chinese start-up says.
2 Dec 2025 - 4:51PM
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Smartphones
Samsung unveils its first multi-folding phone as competition set to heat up
The launch of the Galaxy Z TriFold marks Samsung’s bid to reinforce its footing in a segment where Chinese rivals have been gaining ground.
2 Dec 2025 - 12:00PM
Samsung’s Galaxy Z TriFold smartphone is shown during a launch event in Seoul on Tuesday. Photo: AFP
IPO
Hong Kong crypto exchange HashKey wins listing nod in test of investor appetite
HashKey could raise around US$300 million this month amid Hong Kong’s push to develop its digital asset sector.
1 Dec 2025 - 6:42PM
Cryptocurrency
Uptick in China’s bitcoin mining prompts debate on tapping energy surplus
China’s oversupply rate of solar energy in some regions has exceeded 10 per cent while that of wind energy has reached up to 15 per cent.
30 Nov 2025 - 10:00AM
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Artificial intelligence
Beyond DeepSeek: Moonshot and MiniMax step up as China’s new frontier AI labs
DeepSeek might be grabbing the headlines, but Chinese start-ups Moonshot AI and MiniMax are emerging as serious rivals to US frontier labs.
30 Nov 2025 - 9:00AM
MiniMax is starting to steal a march on the headline-grabbing DeepSeek. Photo: Getty Images
Artificial intelligence
DeepSeek releases first open AI model with gold-level scores at maths olympiad
‘Imagine owning the brain of one of the best mathematicians in the world for free,’ Hugging Face CEO Clement Delangue says in a post on X.
29 Nov 2025 - 9:00AM
Semiconductors
Tensions flare as Wingtech slams chipmaker Nexperia’s head office over deception
The heightened tensions underscore the complexity in resolving the two sides’ dispute over the control of the Dutch chipmaker.
28 Nov 2025 - 10:27PM
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Semiconductors
Stampede for Moore Threads’ IPO as China flexes its GPU ambitions
Chinese investors continue to clamour for AI chip plays, as Moore Threads IPO draws 4,000 times subscription.
5 Dec 2025 - 12:00PM
Alibaba
Alibaba launches US$537 Quark AI glasses to challenge devices from Meta, Xiaomi
The glasses are expected to ‘usher in a revolution in human-computer interaction in the AI era’, Alibaba vice-president Wu Jia says.
27 Nov 2025 - 8:58PM
Alibaba Group Holding’s Quark AI Glasses are named after the company’s Quark AI assistant. Photo: Handout
Banking & finance
UBS remains bullish on Chinese tech but warns of big market swings in 2026
Swiss bank flags five major risks for next year, including economic weakness, resurgence of inflation and renewed US-China tensions.
27 Nov 2025 - 7:15PM
Robotics
Xiaomi hires engineer from Tesla’s Optimus team to lead robotic hand development
Zach Lu Zeyu joins Xiaomi as lead of its dexterous hand research and development operations.
27 Nov 2025 - 7:00PM
Artificial intelligence
Hong Kong’s HKChat raises AI expectations as 90,000 users join app in debut week
HKChat tops free app ranking on Apple’s Hong Kong App Store on Sunday.
27 Nov 2025 - 1:43PM
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