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Chinese academy launches automated system to speed up chip design
The system, developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, uses AI for semiconductor design, dispensing with the need for human developers.
10 Jun 2025 - 10:00PM
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Apple’s most sweeping software redesign disappoints mainland Chinese consumers
10 Jun 2025 - 9:00PM
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A quantum leap: Chinese institute begins photonic chip production
10 Jun 2025 - 7:00PM
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China’s solar panel makers seek antidote to market ills as glut, price war, tariffs bite
Market players should aim for technological innovation, enabling higher profit margins and sustainable growth, GCL founder Zhu says.
10 Jun 2025 - 6:35PM
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Workers producing photovoltaic modules for solar panels in a factory in Suqian, Jiangsu province in January 2025. Photo: AFP
TikTok
TikTok adds 500 UK jobs in expansion as US fate remains uncertain
A new 135,000 sq ft office is set to open in early 2026, as the ByteDance subsidiary expands in Europe amid looming US sell-or-ban deadline.
10 Jun 2025 - 4:59PM
Huawei
Huawei founder Ren says state-of-the-art chip performance can be achieved
Ren Zhengfei says his firm is just one of many Chinese chipmakers, adding that the US has ‘exaggerated Huawei’s achievements’.
10 Jun 2025 - 2:49PM
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Hong Kong backs start-ups at VivaTech show in push for European market
Local start-ups from HKSTP and Cyberport will appear at the Hong Kong Tech Pavilion at VivaTech from June 11 to 14.
9 Jun 2025 - 7:00PM
Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan visits the booth of a local tech company at VivaTech in Paris, on May 24, 2024. Photo: Handout
Electric & new energy vehicles
How BYD and Chinese peers are transforming Europe’s small EV market
Volkswagen, Renault and other EU stalwarts prepare a slew of smaller, cheaper EVs to fight an influx of Chinese models.
9 Jun 2025 - 6:30AM
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Artificial intelligence
The kids are alright: Hong Kong AI scientist offers a vision for ‘parenting’ AI
HKUST scientist De Kai says AI is more akin to climate change than a geopolitical challenge, requiring a new way of thinking.
8 Jun 2025 - 9:00AM
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Chinese chipmaker SMIC offloads stake in Ningbo unit to focus on core operations
SMIC’s asset sale reflects efforts by Chinese semiconductor firms to strengthen their operations amid tightened US tech restrictions.
6 Jun 2025 - 9:00PM
US-China trade war
Trade to tech war: why Trump picked his export control head for next China talks
Beijing and Washington maintained restrictions after Geneva truce – setting stage for tough negotiations on chips, jets and minerals.
6 Jun 2025 - 9:00PM
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The United States has tightened export controls on advanced chips in recent years, including recent measures that target Huawei Technologies. Photo: Reuters
Apple
Apple gives Tata India iPhone repair business as partnership expands
As the US tech giant looks beyond China for manufacturing, Tata has quickly emerged as a key supplier.
6 Jun 2025 - 9:51AM
Semiconductors
China’s top three EDA firms under spotlight after US ban on chip design tools
Electronic design automation firms Empyrean, Primarius and Semitronix are poised to drive China’s chip design tools market after the US ban.
5 Jun 2025 - 2:24AM
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Huawei
Huawei claims better AI training method than DeepSeek using own chips
Huawei’s progress in AI model architecture could prove significant, as the company seeks to reduce its reliance on US technologies.
4 Jun 2025 - 8:00PM
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Artificial intelligence
DeepSeek rekindles US venture capital’s interest in China’s AI scene
Thrive Capital and Capital Group have made separate visits to the country to discuss AI with local companies and funds, sources say.
4 Jun 2025 - 3:07PM
An interactive robot seen at an AI exhibit in an expo in Nanning, Guangxi. Photo: Xinhua
Electric & new energy vehicles
Xiaomi’s EV unit to become profitable this year, CEO Lei Jun says
Smart EV unit recorded 4.3 billion yuan of gross profit last quarter, trailing operating expenses by 500 million yuan, according to its financial report.
3 Jun 2025 - 8:47PM
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Huawei
Huawei to launch premium Pura 80 smartphone series next week
The Chinese tech giant has remained silent amid speculation about an upgraded chip for the coming model.
3 Jun 2025 - 6:00PM
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EV price war, BYD woes prompt fears of China Evergrande-style crisis
Chairman of Great Wall Motor says EV price war, profitability problem could nudge industry into a liquidity crunch.
3 Jun 2025 - 4:25PM
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Semiconductors
Nvidia builds new AI chip for China with computing cluster capabilities: report
Company plans to produce more than 1 million units of its new China-tailored B30 chip this year, according to The Information.
2 Jun 2025 - 8:00PM
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BTG Pactual eyes Hong Kong growth as China, Brazil strengthen ties
BTG took a delegation of more than two dozen Brazilian entrepreneurs and family offices on a tour of Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hong Kong last week.
4 Jun 2025 - 9:30AM
Artificial intelligence
XPrize founder Diamandis projects hope for AI, biotech amid US-China tech war
The entrepreneur says biotech should be less contentious than AI, as a breakthrough in Beijing is just as usable in Boston.
2 Jun 2025 - 9:00AM
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US chip design software firm Synopsys halts China sales, services
Synopsys, along with Cadence and Siemens’s Mentor Graphics, controls more than 70 per cent of China’s electronic-design-automation market.
31 May 2025 - 11:07AM
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Sassine Ghazi, CEO of semiconductor design software firm Synopsys. Photo: Reuters
DeepSeek
China’s DeepSeek closes in on US rival OpenAI with upgraded model
Benchmark results cited by DeepSeek show that R1-0528’s performance surpasses Alibaba’s Qwen3 and matches models from OpenAI, Google.
30 May 2025 - 4:30PM
Artificial intelligence
Meta partners with US military contractor to develop VR helmets
The ‘sci-fi-style military helmet’ named ‘Eagle Eye’ is one of several advanced products being developed for the US military.
30 May 2025 - 12:45PM
Semiconductors
Nvidia ‘considering’ new AI chip for China but rules out Hopper series
After Nvidia revealed the H20 ban in mid April, CEO Huang has repeatedly signalled the importance the company places on the Chinese market.
29 May 2025 - 8:00PM
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