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Artificial intelligence
Moore Threads aspires to become ‘leading global player’ in AI chips after IPO
Unlike Huawei, Moore Threads’ GPUs, along with its own MUSA platform, are compatible with Nvidia’s CUDA ecosystem.
5 Dec 2025 - 5:00PM
Banking & finance
CSRC vows deeper reforms to open China’s capital market and boost tech listings
5 Dec 2025 - 5:01PM
Artificial intelligence
Can China fund its AI push? Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt casts doubt
4 Dec 2025 - 9:00PM
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Huawei
How Huawei could use a 2022 patent to make 2-nm-class chips without key tool
The proposed solution offers a technical pathway to support a 2-nm process using older DUV technology.
4 Dec 2025 - 12:00PM
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In 2023, Huawei filed 3,091 GPU-related patents – a tenfold increase from 2018. Photo: Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images
TikTok
TikTok to invest more than US$37 billion in Brazil data centre
China is Brazil’s top trading partner and is seeking to expand economic and political ties across the region amid tensions with the US.
4 Dec 2025 - 10:45AM
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
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Robotics
Tsinghua University sets up research institute in push for robotics talent
The Institute for Embodied Intelligence and Robotics will be led by Zhang Tao, director of the university’s automation department.
3 Dec 2025 - 8:00AM
Tsinghua University’s Institute of Embodied AI and Robotics will integrate resources from its different schools. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence
Huawei-style ‘chip stacking’ seen as a path for China to rival Nvidia’s GPUs
With US curbs biting, experts say near-memory computing and chip stacking could narrow the AI hardware gap with Nvidia.
2 Dec 2025 - 9:02PM
Artificial intelligence
China’s DeepSeek challenges Google DeepMind with new AI model
DeepSeek’s V3.2-Speciale equals Google’s Gemini 3 Pro in reasoning capabilities, the Chinese start-up says.
2 Dec 2025 - 4:51PM
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Artificial intelligence
Beyond DeepSeek: Moonshot and MiniMax step up as China’s new frontier AI labs
DeepSeek might be grabbing the headlines, but Chinese start-ups Moonshot AI and MiniMax are emerging as serious rivals to US frontier labs.
30 Nov 2025 - 9:00AM
Artificial intelligence
Chinese AI start-up takes on Google in tensor processing unit race
Zhonghao Xinying was founded in 2018 by Yanggong Yifan, a Stanford and University of Michigan-trained electrical engineer.
26 Nov 2025 - 6:32PM
Chinese AI developers began to seek alternatives to Nvidia after Washington restricted access to the US firm’s most advanced products. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Artificial intelligence
US, Chinese firms add AI shopping bells and whistles to dominate all-in-one apps
OpenAI’s new ‘shopping research’ tool resembles popular AI shopping services on Chinese e-commerce platforms like Tmall and Taobao.
26 Nov 2025 - 9:00AM
Huawei
Huawei’s latest Kirin 9030 processor powers premium Mate 80 smartphones
Huawei’s Richard Yu Chengdong claims strong double-digit performance improvement by the new Mate 80 models running the Kirin 9030 processor.
26 Nov 2025 - 6:52AM
Semiconductors
China’s CXMT challenges Samsung, SK Hynix with cutting-edge DDR5 AI memory chips
CXMT’s new DDR5 chips reached speeds of up to 8,000 megabits per second and had a maximum die capacity of 24 gigabits.
24 Nov 2025 - 6:00PM
Semiconductors
Wingtech says Nexperia’s headquarters remains silent on call for talks
In a statement, Wingtech reiterates its intention to fully regain its shareholder rights in the chipmaker.
24 Nov 2025 - 3:00PM
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Nexperia’s factory in Dongguan, southern China’s Guangdong province. Photo: Reuters
Semiconductors
Nexperia’s Chinese owner pledges to use ‘all legal means’ in fight for control
The case in Dutch courts could turn into a ‘marathon’ that takes up to three and a half years to fully resolve, legal experts say.
21 Nov 2025 - 3:57PM
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China Future Tech webinar: assessing the impact of the Nexperia saga
Post reporters discuss the dispute’s apparent resolution, what happens next and what it means for the future of Chinese investments abroad.
20 Nov 2025 - 8:19PM
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Artificial intelligence
Nvidia revenue soars despite ‘disappointment’ in China market
Revenue surges 62 per cent to a record US$57 billion, even as sales in China, including Hong Kong, plunge 63 per cent to US$3 billion.
20 Nov 2025 - 5:00PM
A sign shows the Nvidia logo at its headquarters in Santa Clara, California on November 18, 2025. Photo: EPA
Fintech
China ‘cements global AI leadership’ as Hong Kong builds niche as innovation hub
Beijing’s state-led strategy is among governance models shaping AI competitiveness worldwide, think tank Deep Knowledge Group says.
19 Nov 2025 - 7:15PM
Made in China 2025
Chinese EV makers accelerate robotics drive for ‘game-changing’ edge over US
Xpeng, Cherry and others expand beyond cars, with humanoid robot Iron winning praise from Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
19 Nov 2025 - 8:30AM
Smartphones
Huawei’s Mate 80, foldable Mate X7 handsets to square off against Apple, Xiaomi
Speculation swirls that Huawei’s latest smartphones will run its new Kirin 9030 processor.
18 Nov 2025 - 8:00PM
Artificial intelligence
Tech war: Huawei bets on AI tech to squeeze more performance from GPUs
Huawei to debut AI infrastructure software that it says can lift GPU and NPU use to about 70 per cent, cutting China’s Nvidia reliance.
17 Nov 2025 - 2:00PM
Huawei’s CloudMatrix 384 system with Ascend 910 AI processors are displayed at the company’s booth at the World Internet Conference. Photo: Reuters
Semiconductors
China’s chip leaders bank on AI, RISC-V as industry’s growth engines
Executives at Shanghai semiconductor summit discuss chokepoints in advanced chipmaking, RISC-V’s potential to help self-sufficiency.
16 Nov 2025 - 1:00PM
E-commerce
Chinese vendors on Shein, Temu face tax changes at home and abroad
While the EU ends a duty exemption, a reform of China’s tax regime may present the bigger challenge for cross-border sellers.
16 Nov 2025 - 10:00AM
Alibaba
Alibaba slams FT report on alleged PLA ties as ‘completely false’, ‘malicious’
The report appears to undermine the recent bilateral trade talks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart, Donald Trump.
15 Nov 2025 - 4:51PM
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