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Eve Energy, based in Huizhou in China’s southern Guangdong province, said the timing of its share sale would hinge on market conditions. Photo: Handout

China EVs

Chinese EV battery maker Eve Energy jumps on Hong Kong IPO bandwagon

The firm joins more than a dozen smart-mobility companies from mainland China aiming to raise funds amid the city’s listing surge.

Chinese academy launches automated system to speed up chip design

Apple’s most sweeping software redesign disappoints mainland Chinese consumers

Big Tech

Tencent Music to buy Ximalaya, an audio app used by 300 million users

Ximalaya, a platform for podcasts, audiobooks and music, could enhance Tencent Music’s competitiveness in the audio content market.

Ximalaya is a popular Chinese online audio platform. Photo: Handout
Ximalaya is a popular Chinese online audio platform. Photo: Handout

Tech Trends

A quantum leap: Chinese institute begins photonic chip production

Photonic chips are a critical hardware component for quantum computing and high-speed optical communications.

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China Business

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.

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China Economy

Chinese premier urges faster tech applications amid US export controls

China needs to move swiftly to turn new technologies into real-world products, Premier Li Qiang says.

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China is accelerating efforts to become technologically self-sufficient, as the United States restricts exports of a string of strategic technologies. Photo: Shutterstock
China is accelerating efforts to become technologically self-sufficient, as the United States restricts exports of a string of strategic technologies. Photo: Shutterstock

Big Tech

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.

Big Tech

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’.

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Big Tech

Apple’s AI takes back seat to design, iPad revamp at WWDC event

The new interface, called Liquid Glass, was introduced Monday at Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference.

Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference on June 9, 2025. Photo: AFP

Policy

China turns to robots for elderly care with national pilot programme

Amid a demographic crisis, the government is encouraging the use of robots to care for senior citizens in institutional and home settings.

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A senior resident at a nursing home in Shenzhen interacts with a humanoid robot. Photo: Xinhua
A senior resident at a nursing home in Shenzhen interacts with a humanoid robot. Photo: Xinhua

Big Tech

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.

Big Tech

ByteDance’s China head of content quality leaves amid stricter censorship

Li Tong, who led Douyin’s content quality team, is no longer listed in ByteDance’s internal employee system, according to sources.

Big Tech

China’s top drone maker DJI comes down to earth with launch of robotic cleaner

Shenzhen-based DJI will introduce a combo vacuum-mopping robot this month, a project that has been in development for four years.

The DJI logo is displayed at the Cebit 2017 exhibition in Germany. Photo: Shutterstock Images

Big Tech

Qualcomm chips away at smartphone reliance with US$2.4 billion Alphawave AI bet

As Qualcomm looks to lessen its reliance on the smartphone market, Alphawave would provide it with technology used in data centres.

Qualcomm is betting on data centres and AI with its acquisition of Alphawave, which makes high-speed semiconductor and connectivity technology. Photo: Reuters
Qualcomm is betting on data centres and AI with its acquisition of Alphawave, which makes high-speed semiconductor and connectivity technology. Photo: Reuters

Aerospace

China Future Tech webinar | How China’s aerospace rise is reshaping global skies

A civil aviation specialist and SCMP reporters will discuss the global impact of China’s ambitions with its C919 jet, and more.

Big Tech

RedNote says its new open-source AI model bests DeepSeek in Chinese

The company, known for its Instagram-like platform, on Friday unveiled dots.llm1, a mixture-of-experts large language model.

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Big Tech

Tech war takes a new turn as Huawei pushes 5G smartphones with mystery chip

Huawei’s return to the 5G smartphone market and the controversy over its advanced, made-in-China processor reflect the lengths taken by the company to build up its operations, following years of struggles on account of US trade sanctions.

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Illustration: Davies Christian Surya

Big Tech

ChatGPT sparks investment frenzy and soul searching in China

While China had declared AI strategically important as early as 2018, ChatGPT has shattered illusions about the country’s technological prowess.

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Policy

China’s e-CNY blues: major test bed shows sluggish adoption

More than three years after China’s central bank started digital currency trials, adoption in one of the initial test beds, Suzhou, remains lethargic.

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Tech

Can Huawei’s 5G-powered Tianjin Port redefine its enterprise business?

Tianjin Port is the latest technological showpiece of Huawei Technologies, as the world’s largest provider of phone network equipment reinvents itself after nearly four years of crushing US sanctions.

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A Huawei flagship store in the Wangfujing shopping district in Beijing. Photo: AP Photo

China EVs

Chinese EV battery maker Eve Energy jumps on Hong Kong IPO bandwagon

Eve Energy, based in Huizhou in China’s southern Guangdong province, said the timing of its share sale would hinge on market conditions. Photo: Handout

Policy

Chinese academy launches automated system to speed up chip design

Chips seen on a circuit board of a computer. Photo: Reuters

Tech Trends

A quantum leap: Chinese institute begins photonic chip production

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The campus of Shanghai JiaoTong University. One of its affiliated institutes has begun production of photonic chips. Photo: AFP

China Business

China’s solar panel makers seek antidote to market ills as glut, price war, tariffs bite

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Workers producing photovoltaic modules for solar panels in a factory in Suqian, Jiangsu province in January 2025. Photo: AFP
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