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Huawei

How Huawei plans to bypass US chip curbs with its latest technology

The Chinese tech giant is leveraging its UnifiedBus technology to link hundreds or thousands of chips into single computing unit.

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Huawei

Huawei unveils latest tech to boost AI power, curb China’s Nvidia reliance

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Artificial intelligence

As appetite for US rivals grows, global funds flock to China’s Moonshot: sources

Artificial intelligence

China is beating the US in consumer AI adoption, thanks to super apps: report

While the US has a lead in frontier AI, China’s advantage stems from distributing services through platforms tailored to local habits.

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The paid version of ByteDance’s Doubao app. Photo: CFOTO/Future Publishing/Getty Images
The paid version of ByteDance’s Doubao app. Photo: CFOTO/Future Publishing/Getty Images
Artificial intelligence

A ploy to entrench US lead? China pushes back on calls for slowdown in AI

Chinese researchers say a slowdown would protect established US incumbents while freezing latecomers out of the market.

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Artificial intelligence

The US and China are racing to build ‘self-improving AI’. Here’s what’s at stake

Both sides view ‘recursive self-improvement’ as a game-changer in the AI race. But who will get there first – and will it endanger us all?

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Artificial intelligence

Chinese optical supply chain relieved after US leaves transceivers off blacklist

The devices are emerging as central to artificial intelligence race, and China’s suppliers hold key market position.

Wiring is seen inside a Microsoft data centre in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, September 18, 2025. Photo: Reuters
Wiring is seen inside a Microsoft data centre in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, September 18, 2025. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

‘Freaked out’: why AI safety fears are spiking ahead of Xi-Trump summit

Experts fear Silicon Valley is hurtling towards a major cybersecurity incident. Meanwhile, US-China tensions are undercutting AI safety talks.

Semiconductors

Semiconductors | With novel chip in Huawei phone, China heads for computing reset

Chinese tech giant’s launch of Mate XT 2 handset is first commercial test of Kirin 9050 Pro, a product of its new chip design paradigm, LogicFolding.

Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek says new Flash AI model beats Kimi K3 on cyber, coding benchmarks

Developer’s V4.1 Flash launch highlights China’s AI battle, where efficiency and speed drive competition amid chip curbs.

The V4.1 Flash uses a new “Causal-Encoder-Decoder” architecture, according to DeepSeek. Photo: Shutterstock
Semiconductors

Huawei’s new chip philosophy gets run out with debut smartphone

The trifold Mate XT 2 smartphone is a key test of Huawei’s ability to make chips using its new design approach.

Huawei’s Kirin 9050 Pro chip. Photo: Xinhua
Huawei’s Kirin 9050 Pro chip. Photo: Xinhua
Artificial intelligence

Amid China’s AI shift, JD.com bets on 3 million robots to automate logistics

The firm plans to retrain frontline workers for more technical roles, including maintenance of robots.

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Z.ai

Are Chinese AI stars Z.ai and MiniMax stuck in losses through 2030?

As both firms mature beyond early growth, an analyst says the industry is looking for a better metric for valuations.

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Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek seeks 150 engineers in hiring spree to overhaul back end systems

The company cited a rapid surge in user demand for AI and increased complexity of its computing systems.

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Artificial intelligence

Why China’s AI giants spend far less and still shrink compute gap with US rivals

Lower costs and faster growth rates let China’s AI firms narrow the divide, raising the question: does the spending gap still matter?

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US hyperscalers outspend their Chinese counterparts by a staggering margin, according to a report. Photo: Shutterstock
US hyperscalers outspend their Chinese counterparts by a staggering margin, according to a report. Photo: Shutterstock
Semiconductors

Huawei’s Tau Scaling Law chip overcomes overheating hurdle, paper shows

The research directly counters claims that vertical stacking creates a thermal bottleneck, the tech giant’s paper says.

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Artificial intelligence

In Focus | Will geopolitics put a potential Musk merger between a rocket and a hard place?

Security concerns in Beijing and Washington could create ‘bottleneck’ if Elon Musk attempts to combine the two flagship companies.

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US-China tech war

US-China AI agreement, G20 trade spat, inflation data

This week: The US and China both back limited AI regulation at G20 event, China blocks G20 communique criticising large trade surpluses, Xi visits Kyrgyzstan and Egypt. Next week: China factory-gate prices may rise for sixth month, August trade data may show further boom, SCMP holds Central Asia conference, and more.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (left) and US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. Photo: Getty Images via AFP
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (left) and US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. Photo: Getty Images via AFP
ByteDance

Exclusive | ByteDance to expand massive AI data centre cluster in Inner Mongolia: source

As Chinese tech giants ramp up artificial intelligence spending, TikTok’s parent company is set to expand data centres in Ulanqab.

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Artificial intelligence

US tech chiefs Huang, Musk warn against AI curbs amid race with China

US tech leaders warn strict rules could blunt innovation and prevent the harnessing of economic gains from rapidly advancing AI.

Semiconductors

Attack the chokepoints: how years of US export curbs reshaped China’s tech scene

China’s tech start-ups now focus far more on key ‘chokepoint’ technologies, especially in the chip supply chain, Morgan Stanley report finds.

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A sign for Shanghai’s Star Market, a Nasdaq-style tech board, is seen before a listing ceremony at the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2019. Photo: Reuters
US-China tech war

China urges global AI cooperation, not rivalry, ahead of Xi-Trump summit

With the high-stakes meeting just weeks away and tech tensions escalating, Beijing uses a G20 ministerial forum to advocate collaboration on the emerging technology.

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China’s Minister of Science and Technology Yin Hejun joins other delegates at the G20 Innovation Ministerial summit in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, US, on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters
China’s Minister of Science and Technology Yin Hejun joins other delegates at the G20 Innovation Ministerial summit in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, US, on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

Frontier AI at a cost: what Anthropic’s Fable 5.1 means for US-China model race

The US firm’s new models claim top position on leading benchmarks, though steep operating costs against Chinese rivals highlight a growing divide.

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Semiconductors

China’s No 2 foundry Hua Hong invests US$2b to expand capacity amid AI demand

Project is via a joint venture with state-backed investment entities under China’s National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund.

Semiconductors

China’s AMEC unveils 6 chip-making machines in a day in self-reliance boost

A rapid R&D drive is powering the firm’s transition beyond its core business.

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Chinese chip equipment giant Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment (AMEC) unveils six new tools in a single day as the company accelerates research and development. Photo: Weibo
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