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Huawei Technologies’ founder Ren Zhengfei in Taiyuan in Shanxi province on February 9, 2021. Photo: Xinhua
Huawei

Huawei’s founder makes subtle dig at lofty pursuits in AI by the US

Ren’s subtle dig at the US approach to AI reflects the strategy behind Huawei’s own AI investments.

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US-China tech war

Editorial | China’s low-cost AI is showing up America’s high-cost tech model

Artificial intelligence

Can China fund its AI push? Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt casts doubt

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China economy

Opinion | How China engineered the rapid rise of its drug innovation industry

A market once dominated by generics is now an AI-powered pharmaceutical hub drawing billion-dollar investments from the likes of Pfizer and GSK.

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A worker checks the position of a feeding tray in a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility at the Hengrui Biomedical Industrial Park in Lianyungang in Jiangsu province, on December 13, 2021. Photo: Getty Images
US-China relations

Nvidia CEO meets Trump, says he’s not sure if China would accept H200 chips

He says he and the US president discussed export controls before he met lawmakers on the Senate Banking Committee.

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Artificial intelligence

OpenAI CEO declares ‘code red’ to improve ChatGPT as rivals move in

The call comes after Google released its Gemini 3 AI model last month that gained praise for its capacity to reason and code.

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Artificial intelligence

Ant Group’s LingGuang a hit as users create millions of flash apps with AI tool

The multimodal AI assistant can generate simple apps in as little as 30 seconds in response to users’ prompts.

Ant Group’s AI tool Lingguang has churned out millions of flash apps since its launch two weeks ago. Photo: Handout
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.

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Banking & finance

UBS remains bullish on Chinese tech but warns of big market swings in 2026

Swiss bank flags five major risks for next year, including economic weakness, resurgence of inflation and renewed US-China tensions.

Artificial intelligence

AI scaling hasn’t reached a dead end yet, Chinese Google scientist says

Pouring money into increasing computation resources and training data can still yield better AI models, Yao Shunyu says.

Google DeepMind scientist Yao Shunyu says scaling is still expected to yield better AI models in the near future. Photo: Handout
Technology

Opinion | How AI, quantum and space technologies will define the Asian century

Together, they form an engine that will determine which nations shape the century ahead and which struggle to keep pace.

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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.

Fintech

Hong Kong and Malaysian firms launch tokenised AI infrastructure fund

‘World’s first’ global-grade AI infrastructure tokenised fund gives investors access to growing demand from Asean: Tykhe and Skyvast.

China stock market

China’s AI stock rally has room to run as valuations lag US giants: Goldman

AI stock rally is sustainable and tech shares will be driven by application-focused growth, chief China equity strategist Kinger Lau says.

China’s top 10 tech companies have a combined market capitalisation of US$2.5 trillion versus US$25 trillion for US companies. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence

Ant Group’s vibe coding app hits 1 million downloads in just 4 days

LingGuang, an AI app that generates custom software applications, sees a surge in popularity.

Ant Group’s logo seen at the fintech giant’s headquarters in Hangzhou, in eastern Zhejiang province. Photo: Shutterstock
Xiaomi

Xiaomi open-sources AI model spanning autonomous driving and robotics

EV and AI initiatives have become an increasingly important part of Xiaomi’s business.

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US-China relations

Trump team considering selling Nvidia H200 chips to China, insiders say

While still in the early stages, the talks mark a big departure from the administration’s public stance on semiconductor export controls.

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Artificial intelligence

Tech war: Huawei to open-source software tool to optimise AI chip use

Flex:ai pools and orchestrates processors to squeeze out more performance, company says.

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The logo of Huawei Technologies is seen in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on September 27, 2023. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence

Chinese tech giants from Kuaishou to Tencent reap early gains from big AI bets

Executives double down on long-term AI growth, as return-on-investment culture cushions tech companies amid worries over costs, analysts say.

Artificial intelligence

AI pioneer Yann LeCun leaving Meta to launch start-up

LeCun joined the company in 2013 to create Facebook AI Research, the in-house lab that helped transform Meta into one of the AI leaders.

Tencent

Alibaba bets on ‘everything app’ Qwen to define AI era for global consumers

Qwen has the potential to become super-app, the same way Tencent’s WeChat defined the mobile internet age, analysts say.

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The Qwen app is designed to meet both the professional and personal needs of users, with capabilities including deep research, image generation and slide generation. Photo: Handout
Ant Group

Ant Group unveils AI assistant that builds ‘flash apps’ in 30 seconds

China’s Big Tech firms are engaged in an intensifying competition to attract consumers with agentic AI apps.

The Ant Group logo seen at a trade fair in Beijing. Photo: Reuters
Alibaba

Alibaba’s Qwen app challenges AI subscription models with free access

The new app is designed to be a free-of-charge, comprehensive AI assistant in both professional and personal settings.

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United States

Opinion | With AI looking increasingly like a liability, a storm is coming

It is the tech sector’s projected spending that points to trouble ahead. Are investors prepared to wait for the return on their investment?

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US-China relations

Anthropic warns of first reported AI-driven hacking campaign linked to China

The attack, aimed at around 30 global targets, was notable for the extent to which artificial intelligence was used to automate the work.

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Criminal gangs and hacking companies have exploited AI’s potential, using it to automate and improve cyberattacks, to spread inflammatory disinformation and to penetrate sensitive systems. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence

China’s tech giants to lead AI growth despite chip challenge: JPMorgan

The likes of Tencent and Alibaba are expected to focus on integrating AI features into their ‘killer apps’, benefiting downstream sectors.

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Continued adoption of AI will be a key industry trend in China in 2026, JPMorgan analysts say. Photo: Reuters
Science

Quantum chip gives China’s AI data centres ‘1,000-fold’ speed boost: researchers

Emerging tech that uses light to boost computer power is already being used in aerospace, biomedicine and finance.

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Artificial intelligence

Tencent expands into AI ‘world models’ as tech giants chase spatial intelligence

Tencent is developing physics-aware ‘world models’ to advance spatial intelligence, joining global players such as DeepMind and xAI.

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