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Some 4.8 million MPF scheme members will benefit from the fee cut. Photo: Sun Yeung

Banking & Finance

Hong Kong’s eMPF to cut fees from April, saving US$6.4 billion in 10 years

The fee cut, which lowers administration costs from 0.37 per cent to 0.29 per cent, has been approved by Financial Secretary Paul Chan.

Surging demand for AI agents fuels Hong Kong’s race for computing power

Hong Kong stocks rebound on hopes of a US-Iran deal as tensions ease

Tech Trends

Explainer | Why Hong Kong is betting on RISC-V to build a global open-source chip hub

RISC-V has been gaining popularity over the past few years, with the potential to become a major alternative to Intel’s x86 and Arm.

RISC-V chips are a crucial part of China’s broader efforts to achieve tech self-sufficiency. Photo: Handout
RISC-V chips are a crucial part of China’s broader efforts to achieve tech self-sufficiency. Photo: Handout

Banking & Finance

3 Chinese EV makers raise prices – but demand slowdown could force reversal

Xiaomi, Chery and FAW adjust prices amid surging chip and raw material costs, but analysts say soft sales could undermine gains.

Tech

Tencent adds ClawBot plug-in to WeChat amid OpenClaw boom and privacy warnings

With over 1 billion users, WeChat becomes Tencent’s biggest OpenClaw campaign, bringing into focus opportunity and regulatory caution.

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Inside Unitree’s landmark IPO: what to know about China’s humanoid giant

Listing, if approved, would be a bellwether of investor appetite for so-called embodied AI companies.

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Students view a humanoid robot based on the Unitree G1 platform in Zagreb, Croatia, on February 25, 2026. Photo: Xinhua
Students view a humanoid robot based on the Unitree G1 platform in Zagreb, Croatia, on February 25, 2026. Photo: Xinhua

Tech Trends

Alibaba unveils AI agent platform to automate global e-commerce for small businesses

The agents work as ‘virtual employees’ to tackle various tasks, including market analysis, design, sourcing and inventory monitoring.

China Economy

As OpenClaw sparks security fears, China vows new AI safeguards – what are they?

Tackling challenges will require coordinated action from providers, end users and regulators, official says.

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Tech

DJI sues rival Insta360 for alleged patent infringement ahead of new drone debut

DJI claims some of the patents were based on inventions made by one or more former employees within one year of them leaving the company.

The DJI logo is displayed on the opening day of the Innovation For All (IFA) trade fair in Berlin, Germany. September 5, 2025. Photo: Reuters

Big Tech

What is ‘tokenomics’ and how would China gain the edge in an AI era?

As tokens are positioned as the AI era’s commodity, China’s energy scale and low-cost models could give it a structural edge.

Jensen Huang at Nvidia’s annual GTC conference in San Jose, California, on March 17. Photo: AFP
Jensen Huang at Nvidia’s annual GTC conference in San Jose, California, on March 17. Photo: AFP

China Economy

China’s AI edge built on power grid, open-source models: Alibaba’s Joe Tsai

Investment in power and open-source models, plus industrial depth, highlights China’s vast potential for AI applications, Joe Tsai says.

Tech

OpenClaw, government support fuel rise of 1-person companies in China

Guangdong is the first provincial-level government to roll out comprehensive action plans to support AI-powered OPCs.

Big Tech

Nvidia’s Huang calls China ‘formidable’ in robotics as firm bets on physical AI

China’s microelectronics, motors, rare earth and magnets – which are foundational to robotics – are the world’s best, says Huang.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks during the company’s global AI conference in San Jose, California, March 17, 2026. Photo: Reuters

China Economy

China’s exports are booming – so why are plants in this factory hub closing?

Dongguan reflects a growing polarisation in the Chinese economy, with many factories and workers left behind as hi-tech firms surge ahead.

Illustration: Henry Wong
Illustration: Henry Wong

Blockchain

Has Hong Kong laid the groundwork to become a world-leading crypto hub?

With its regulatory clarity and superconnector edge, the city is drawing global crypto firms as it emerges as a premier Web3 hub.

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Tech Trends

Huawei challenges Nvidia with powerful new AI accelerator card

The Atlas 350 can deliver 1.56 petaflops of FP4 computing power, a 2.8-times improvement over Nvidia’s H20 chip, an executive says.

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Tech War

How Nexperia saga exposes Europe’s waning influence in US-China chip war

The dispute around the Dutch chipmaker shows the erosion of Europe’s geopolitical neutrality in the face of escalating US-China rivalry.

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Nexperia is caught in a geopolitical tussle between the Netherlands and China. Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen
Nexperia is caught in a geopolitical tussle between the Netherlands and China. Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

Tech War

China’s lesson for the US: it takes more than chips to win the AI race

The AI war is increasingly waged among ‘hyperscalers’ – companies with full-stack capabilities across software, hardware and applications.

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Tech War

How Huawei and DeepSeek are tending the garden of China’s AI aspirations

Amid growing AI rivalry with the US, the two companies are leading China’s drive to shake off the nation’s dependence on Nvidia processors.

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Big Tech

Immediate gratification: instant commerce transforms China’s retail market

Instant commerce has developed over a short period of time, as providers expanded their on-demand delivery coverage beyond food.

Illustration: Henry Wong
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Nvidia’s Huang calls China ‘formidable’ in robotics as firm bets on physical AI

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks during the company’s global AI conference in San Jose, California, March 17, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Tech Trends

Surging demand for AI agents fuels Hong Kong’s race for computing power

The current Hong Kong administration has made significant strides in building up its AI infrastructure. Photo: Reuters

China Economy

The Iran war could widen China’s EV lead over its global rivals. Here’s why

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Large numbers of cars are lined up ready for export at a port in eastern China’s Jiangsu province. China recently overtook Japan as the world’s largest car exporter. Photo: Xinhua

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Inside Unitree’s landmark IPO: what to know about China’s humanoid giant

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Students view a humanoid robot based on the Unitree G1 platform in Zagreb, Croatia, on February 25, 2026. Photo: Xinhua

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Alibaba unveils AI agent platform to automate global e-commerce for small businesses

The Alibaba logo is displayed at the China International Fair for Trade in Services in Beijing, September 10, 2025. Photo: Reuters
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Robot tennis player takes on humans

The robot developed by Tsinghua University and Galbot is able to return 88.69 per cent of shots it faces.
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China’s plan to dominate the world humanoid market

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