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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.
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Semiconductors
China’s Moore Threads to unveil AI chip road map to rival Nvidia’s CUDA system
10 Dec 2025 - 5:01PM
Artificial intelligence
Alibaba creates new unit to push consumer use of its Qwen AI models
10 Dec 2025 - 10:00AM
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
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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
DeepSeek founder and CEO Liang Wenfeng. Photo: Shutterstock
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
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
Open-source AI models from Alibaba Cloud’s Qwen and DeepSeek are driving the international adoption of Chinese large language models. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong
Crypto exchange Gate weighs Hong Kong licence return amid high compliance costs
Hong Kong’s policies pose some difficulties and covering the cost of operating locally is difficult, founder and CEO Lin Han says.
8 Dec 2025 - 10:18AM
China’s private sector
ByteDance’s agentic AI smartphone dials up a digital backlash by China’s top apps
ByteDance’s new AI smartphone has run into resistance, as major Chinese platforms move to block its features citing fairness and security.
7 Dec 2025 - 10:00AM
Made in China 2025
China’s Pudu Robotics rolls out overseas charm offensive with robot dog
Quadruped dubbed D5 from Pudu – founded by former HKUST engineering student Felix Zhang – draws crowds at Tokyo expo.
7 Dec 2025 - 9:00AM
Artificial intelligence
How China’s solopreneurs are using AI to crack a tough job market
Armed with a variety of AI tools, a new breed of young entrepreneurs forges a path in a challenging economy.
6 Dec 2025 - 4:00PM
AI is helping China’s solopreneurs pursue business dreams without the necessity of deep pockets and large teams. Photo: Xinhua
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
The capital raise will value the start-up at US$180 million and comes just months after Phia completed its first US$8 million funding round.
5 Dec 2025 - 11:15AM
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Made in China 2025
End of an era: Japan’s Canon shuts China printer plant as local rivals rise
Closure marks a turning point, where Chinese brands have not only caught up with foreign rivals but have also begun to dominate home market.
5 Dec 2025 - 8:00AM
Production stopped late last month at Canon Zhongshan Business Machines. Photo: Coco Feng
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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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
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
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