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From TikTok to Huawei, Chinese tech giants flock to Arab tech hub Dubai
Dubai’s tech-friendly policies are a boon to Chinese companies facing domestic challenges and accelerating their overseas expansion.
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Artificial intelligence
Nvidia CEO meets China’s commerce minister to discuss AI cooperation
In a meeting with Jensen Huang, Minister Wang Wentao says China’s doors are wide open for Nvidia and other multinational firms.
18 Jul 2025 - 9:00PM
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang attends the opening ceremony of the China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing on Wednesday. Photo: Kyodo
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Chinese AI agent firms lag US, but seek to close gap amid OpenAI’s latest push
Chinese AI agent firms have ‘relatively weak’ digital infrastructure, and budgets have been impacted by the macro environment, says report.
18 Jul 2025 - 6:00PM
China manufacturing
China unveils world’s first humanoid robot that changes its own batteries
The Walker S2 returns to a charging point and swaps out its batteries when low on power, allowing it to work with minimal supervision.
18 Jul 2025 - 6:20PM
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China’s private sector
Firefox web browser to close China entity amid competition from Chrome, Safari
Firefox grew to become the world’s second largest browser by 2009, when its global market share reached 30 per cent.
18 Jul 2025 - 1:08PM
Launched in 2004, the open-source Firefox was known for being faster, more private and having more customisable features than Internet Explorer. Photo: dpa
E-commerce
Meituan executive bemoans ‘irrational’ price war with Alibaba, JD.com
Comments come as the three rivals offer increasingly hefty discounts in a heated battle for market share.
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Chipmaking giant TSMC raises 2025 sales forecast amid AI optimism
TSMC’s move underscores resilient demand for high-end chips from the likes of Nvidia, despite earlier doubts brought by China’s DeepSeek.
17 Jul 2025 - 5:21PM
Artificial intelligence
AI for science, drug discovery to have ‘greatest impact’, says Nvidia’s Huang
Biology was created by nature and therefore harder to ‘manipulate’, Huang said at the China International Supply Chain Expo on Thursday.
17 Jul 2025 - 5:05PM
Artificial intelligence
Baidu signs deal with Uber to deploy Apollo Go robotaxis in Asia, Middle East
This week, Tesla expanded the ‘geofence’ for its robotaxi pilot service in Austin, Texas, less than a month after its launch.
16 Jul 2025 - 6:00PM
An aerial drone photo shows an Apollo Go autonomous-driving car during a road test in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei province, on July 4, 2024. Photo: Xinhua
Smartphones
Huawei becomes China’s top smartphone seller for the first time in 4 years: IDC
Tech giant holds 18.1 per cent share of the mainland’s market in the second quarter, but shipments fall 3.4 per cent to 12.5 million units.
16 Jul 2025 - 5:00PM
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China’s open source AI is ‘a catalyst for global progress’, Jensen Huang says
China’s open source AI is a ‘catalyst for global progress’ that is ‘giving every country and industry a chance to join the AI revolution’, Huang says.
16 Jul 2025 - 1:53PM
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Alibaba
Alibaba’s ‘Super Saturdays’ event to heat up China’s on-demand delivery market
The programme will be implemented over the next 100 days under Alibaba’s instant commerce brand, Taobao Shangou.
15 Jul 2025 - 10:00PM
Robotics
Chinese humanoid robot maker Unitree sees significant delivery growth in 2025
CEO Wang Xingxing says China’s humanoid robots have caught the world’s attention, signalling a potentially vast market for the sector.
15 Jul 2025 - 9:00PM
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Unitree Robotics founder and CEO Wang Xingxing stands beside one of the firm’s G1 humanoid robots in January. Photo: Unitree
Artificial intelligence
Manus AI lays off China staff, scrubs social media, shelves mainland service
The start-up has relocated to Singapore with an eye on overseas clients and funding amid heightened US-China tensions.
15 Jul 2025 - 8:00PM
Cybersecurity
China rolls out ‘voluntary’ cyber ID amid concerns over privacy, censorship
The new virtual ID scheme has been in the beta stage since a draft regulation was launched in July last year.
15 Jul 2025 - 6:30PM
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Blockchain
China Merchants Bank’s brokerage arm gets virtual asset licence in Hong Kong
The issuance could allow investors on the mainland to trade crypto assets in Hong Kong.
15 Jul 2025 - 5:32PM
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Robotics
In China, delivery robots now ride the subway to restock 7-Eleven stores
The project, reportedly the first of its kind in the world, will see robots ride subway trains to deliver goods to more than 100 stores across Shenzhen.
15 Jul 2025 - 5:01PM
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Semiconductors
Nvidia to resume selling H20 graphic processing chips to China
Nvidia has applied to sell the H20 GPU again, and the US government has ‘assured Nvidia that licences will be granted’.
16 Jul 2025 - 9:38AM
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Electric & new energy vehicles
Driverless taxis in mainland China could control more than 6% of market: HSBC
HSBC says potential addressable market for robotaxis in mainland China is estimated to be around US$40 billion a year.
14 Jul 2025 - 8:59PM
Robotics
Robot makers AgiBot, Unitree, UBTech land more orders from Chinese enterprises
A subsidiary of China Mobile has ordered US$17.3 million worth of humanoid robots from AgiBot and Unitree.
14 Jul 2025 - 8:00PM
A robot from UBTech on display at the 137th Canton Fair in Guangzhou, capital of southern Guangdong province, in April. Photo: Edmond So
Cryptocurrency
Bitcoin soars past US$120,000 as US pushes crucial digital asset legislation
The prospect of a clear US regulatory framework, along with bitcoin’s steady advance, has bolstered confidence among investors.
14 Jul 2025 - 7:00PM
Artificial intelligence
OpenAI delays open-source AI model challenging DeepSeek
Founder and CEO Sam Altman says the release will be indefinitely delayed for additional safety tests.
18 Jul 2025 - 3:51PM
E-commerce
Alibaba delivers 80 million orders in 1 day amid price war
Meituan, Taobao, Ele.me and JD.com shower consumers with freebies and promotions, leaving customers gleeful and merchants overwhelmed.
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