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ByteDance
China’s tech giants offer lavish year-end bonuses amid AI talent war
ByteDance is expanding its bonus pool by 35 per cent from a year earlier, as well as increasing the budget for pay rises by 150 per cent.
5 hours ago
Artificial intelligence
China-founded AI start-up Manus acquired by Meta for ‘billions’
6 hours ago
IPO
China’s Zhipu AI launches US$560 million share sale amid heated IPO tech race
30 Dec 2025 - 4:16PM
IPO
China vital to Insilico’s plan to build biotech’s AI ‘Einstein’ for new drugs
US firm, backed by Fosun and Tencent, expands research base in China as it develops an AI-powered drug-discovery tool.
30 Dec 2025 - 10:13AM
Insilico is training and testing an AI-powered drug-discovery tool to enable faster, cheaper and more successful drug discovery. Photo: Handout
Robotics
Chinese robot vacuum maker Dreame gives staff gifts of gold, trip to Antarctica
Dreame’s surprise largesse reflects its robust business growth in 2025, as it remains one of the world’s top robot vacuum cleaner brands.
29 Dec 2025 - 7:32PM
Robotics
How a Chinese start-up is scaling 3D printing from sneakers to robots
Materials expert Wang Wenbin founded PollyPolymer in 2017 and developed a mature 3D-printing technology for footwear two years later.
29 Dec 2025 - 10:02AM
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Robotics
Untapped global demand to drive next phase of robotic vacuum growth: Dreame
Europe is Dreame’s largest market for robotic vacuum cleaners, with more than half of its revenue there generated by premium products.
28 Dec 2025 - 7:00AM
A visitor looks at an intelligent cleaning robot displayed at the China International Fair for Trade in Services in Beijing, September 12, 2025. Photo: Xinhua
Semiconductors
Chinese EV battery giant CATL and Guoxin Micro set up new automotive chip firm
The two companies expect to launch Tongxin Micro Technology as a developer of automotive domain controller chips.
26 Dec 2025 - 11:14PM
Robotics
Tech giants go prime time in the fight for China’s biggest audience
ByteDance, Tencent and Alibaba are in talks over Spring Festival Gala sponsorship packages, as AI rivalry becomes a fight for ad real estate.
29 Dec 2025 - 8:53PM
Fintech
Why Hong Kong is emerging as the world’s AI crossroads between East and West
Hong Kong’s AI sector comprises 500 organisations, 290 companies and 183 investors active in finance, healthcare and government services.
26 Dec 2025 - 2:30PM
Smartphones
Xiaomi’s 17 Ultra, backed by Leica, challenges Apple’s iPhone Pro Max in imaging
The 17 Ultra’s US$998 starting price is nearly 8 per cent higher than the previous generation owing to the soaring cost of memory chips.
25 Dec 2025 - 11:14PM
Xiaomi’s new 17 Ultra premium smartphone. Photo: Weibo
Mergers & Acquisitions
Mercedes-Benz buys US$191 million stake in Chinese autonomous driving developer
The German carmaker obtains a 3 per cent stake in Chongqing Qianli Technology.
25 Dec 2025 - 9:00PM
Trip.com
Trip.com suspends partnership with Cambodia amid border clashes, cyber concerns
In the first 10 months of 2025, Cambodia received 1 million Chinese tourists, accounting for over 20 per cent of all international visitors.
25 Dec 2025 - 7:00PM
Artificial intelligence
China’s AI toy boom: Huawei, JD.com, UBTech make big push into growing sector
China’s AI toy sector is forecast to expand to US$12 billion by 2030, up from US$3.5 billion this year.
25 Dec 2025 - 11:00AM
Semiconductors
Chinese AI champion iFlytek forms new entity to expand into semiconductor design
Shandong Yixun Information Technology’s scope of operations includes integrated circuit design and other AI-related fields.
24 Dec 2025 - 10:00PM
The latest move by iFlytek underscores the growing importance of semiconductor design in China. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence
AI-for-Science start-up DP Technology raises US$114 million in Series C round
The Beijing-based AI-for-Science firm said the Series C round would fund hiring and R&D, as interest grows in using AI to speed up scientific discovery.
24 Dec 2025 - 9:24PM
Artificial intelligence
ByteDance, other major Chinese tech firms lead local consumer AI market: report
ByteDance-owned Doubao remains the country’s top consumer AI app, as DeepSeek’s namesake chatbot takes the No 2 spot.
24 Dec 2025 - 8:31PM
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Robotics
China’s AgiBot aims for US$142 million revenue as humanoid robots gain momentum
Fast-growing robotics start-up expects to ship out 5,000 units in 2025 amid Beijing backing of the embodied intelligence industry.
24 Dec 2025 - 7:00AM
A customer communicates with an AgiBot humanoid robot at a car dealership in Shanghai. Photo: Reuters
Electric & new energy vehicles
Luxury EV built with Huawei tops Porsche’s Panamera and BMW’s 7 Series in China
Chinese carmakers gain confidence in the premium segment as Maextro S800 – developed by Huawei and JAC Group – tops sales above US$100,000.
23 Dec 2025 - 8:45PM
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Artificial intelligence
China’s Zhipu and MiniMax release latest AI models ahead of Hong Kong listing
The near-simultaneous release on Monday underscores the two firms’ efforts to drum up interest for their respective Hong Kong IPOs.
23 Dec 2025 - 8:00PM
Xiaomi
China’s Xiaomi rejects claims of military ties after appeal by US lawmakers
Smartphone-to-vehicle giant says it ‘has always been and continues to be a consumer product company’.
23 Dec 2025 - 7:29PM
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Cybersecurity
China’s Kuaishou hit by breach as explicit content floods live-streaming rooms
Short-video platform’s services are thrown into chaos on Monday night after the cyberattack it blames on ‘black and grey industries’.
24 Dec 2025 - 8:38AM
Explicit content flooded Kuaishou’s high-traffic live rooms for more than an hour on Monday night, reports say. Photo: Shutterstock
Semiconductors
Nvidia aims to start H200 AI chip shipments to China by mid-February: sources
The US chip designer plans to fulfil initial orders from existing stock, with shipments expected to total 40,000 to 80,000 H200 chips.
23 Dec 2025 - 4:33PM
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Banking & finance
HKIC ends year on high note but Hong Kong cost of living a drawback for talent
Government-backed fund strengthens VC ecosystem and fosters collaboration, but the city’s high cost of living remains a challenge.
23 Dec 2025 - 10:30AM
Germany
Baidu teams up with Uber, Lyft for London robotaxi launch in first half of 2026
The Lyft robotaxi fleet will use Baidu’s fully electric Apollo Go RT6, which has been purpose-built for ride-sharing.
22 Dec 2025 - 10:00PM
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