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Explore cutting-edge AI developments in China that are transforming various industries and reshaping the future.
US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Thursday. Photo: EPA
US-China trade war

Trump scraps signing AI executive order to keep ‘lead’ over China in industry

White House postpones decision on more regulation over fast-growing AI market as it may affect US competitiveness with rivals globally.

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China technology

AI gives China ‘God’s-eye view’ of green sector as data-centre demand booms

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Artificial intelligence

Alibaba signals next phase of AI growth from investment to commercialisation

Artificial intelligence

Alibaba unveils new Qwen model, custom chips in bid to become China’s AI factory

Chinese tech giant launches Qwen3.7-Max, its new large language model designed as a robust foundation for AI models.

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Alibaba Grouop Holdings unveiled its new large language model Qwen3.7-Max which it said will be a robust foundation for AI models on Wednesday. Photo: Handout
Artificial intelligence

Tiny capacitors are the latest AI-driven investor darling

Artificial intelligence boom is triggering a surge in demand for multilayer ceramic capacitors, report says.

US-China trade war

House foreign affairs chair warns AI sales to China could make America a ‘loser’

Brian Mast stressed that American firms must not let the best US technology reach the ‘wrong places’ when it comes to AI industry.

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Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek adds former Jane Street engineer to harness team amid agentic AI push

Move underscores start-up’s efforts to build harnesses – software that turns an AI model into a functional and autonomous AI agent.

Job postings have suggested that the harness team would be a core unit within DeepSeek. Photo: Shutterstock
Alibaba

Alibaba teases new Qwen previews, highest-ranking Chinese AI models on Arena

The tech giant released previews of new flagship artificial intelligence models, which scored well on a crowdsourced platform.

Artificial intelligence

Chinese premier urges faster, broader adoption of AI in advanced manufacturing

Premier Li Qiang says boosting AI-powered manufacturing can help drive new growth for the economy.

Artificial intelligence

China’s Moonshot AI moves to unwind offshore structure in IPO pursuit: sources

Beijing-based unicorn tells shareholders it will dismantle VIE model as regulators tighten oversight, as shift may signal new era for foreign tech investment.

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Founder of Moonshot AI Yang Zhilin speaks at the 2026 Zhongguancun Forum in Beijing on March 25. Photo: Reuters
Science

Will Chinese beat English as the top language for commanding AI?

Study suggests sophisticated AI models can respond better to Chinese than English before learning how to fine-tune geometric modifications.

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A Tsinghua University study has introduced a new angle to the global tech race. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence

Exclusive | US AI outlay to yield returns despite open-source Chinese rivals: Goldman Sachs

A wave of demand for agentic AI will prove to be a pivotal ‘inflection point’ and vindicate high capital expenditure, Eric Sheridan says.

China’s private sector

Baidu says AI now primary business driver despite 2% drop in first-quarter revenue

Analysts expect the company’s AI marketing services base to steadily grow to reduce declines in advertising revenue and boost profits.

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Artificial intelligence

Forget cellular data: China’s telecoms giants are selling AI token plans

China Telecom and China Unicom’s Shanghai branch are among the latest telecommunications carriers to offer token-based packages to consumers.

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All three major telecom operators in China now offer tokens-based packages to consumers. Photo: AFP
Artificial intelligence

China ramps up building national computing power network as AI token use surges

Beijing casts computing power as a national infrastructure, likening tokens to mobile data as telecoms firms roll out mass-market packages.

Rather than treating computing power as a resource controlled by cloud providers or individual data centres, policymakers are increasingly positioning it as a national infrastructure system. Photo: Shutterstock
US-China tech war

Trump, Xi weigh AI ‘guard rails’ as Nvidia chip exports hang in the balance

Meeting in Beijing, the presidents weighed safety protocols for the rapidly emerging technology, and H200 chip shipments were a ‘sovereign decision’ for ‌China.

Alibaba

Alibaba CEO signals capex boost as China tech giant forges full-stack AI path

Alibaba’s quarterly revenue arrived largely in line with estimates as the tech giant disclosed its first AI sales data, and in early US trading, the shares jumped 6%.

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How ByteDance plans to turn OpenClaw craze into a profitable AI business

ArkClaw’s subscription model and surging token demand mark ByteDance’s new approach to agent economics.

The logo of OpenClaw, an open-source AI assistant. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

China ranks third in global index for AI competitiveness in life sciences

China listed behind only the US and UK, reflecting the country’s ‘major scale’ in AI, biotechnology and talent, says data consortium.

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Artificial intelligence

Alibaba brings chat-style shopping to Taobao, Qwen amid AI gateway push: source

E-commerce giant is integrating Qwen with Taobao and Tmall, enabling shoppers to use natural-language commands instead of keyword searches.

Artificial intelligence

China’s AI drive seen widening wealth gap, testing ‘common prosperity’ push

With Beijing’s ‘AI-plus’ plan looking to grow the nation’s digital economy, experts warn that hubs could further outpace rural regions, fuelling inequality.

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Chinese students interact with an AI-powered assistant during a class in Zhejiang province last month. Photo: Xinhua
Artificial intelligence

Why foreign buyers are returning after China’s Huaqiangbei makeover

Shenzhen’s electronics hub is riding the AI boom, with curated devices like drones and robots pulling in overseas customers once more.

Huaqiangbei is drawing back foreign traders and tourists hunting for the latest gadgets. Photo: Iris Deng
US-China trade war

China and US in AI revolution race as tech rivals battle for global supremacy

Two countries will lock horns for foreseeable future, with key industry certain to be a point of negotiation at next week’s Trump-Xi summit.

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Artificial intelligence

How Nvidia’s Corning pact sheds light on China’s key role in global fibre supply

Rising fibre prices and surging output cement China’s role as the backbone of global optical connectivity for AI.

China trade

How China’s sharper tech edge forces South Korea to rethink old industrial ties

Scholars urge a pivot to shared AI and EV standards and cooperation, while an upgraded China-South Korea free-trade pact is deemed vital.

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An artificial intelligence-powered robot works at a “convenience store” during the 2026 World IT Show in Seoul. Photo: EPA
China stock market

AI power gap fuels Weichai, GE Vernova shares as generator demand surges

AI’s explosive growth is triggering a global power crisis, as data centres deploy backup generators amid soaring electricity demand.

A worker lifts an engine at the production line of Weichai New Energy Commercial Vehicle in Weihai city, eastern China. Photo: EPA-EFE/Xinhua
Artificial intelligence

AI | Tech pioneer Chen Tianqiao’s MiroMind halts China services after the Manus saga

AI start-up MiroMind has relocated some staff to Singapore to divide operations for compliance amid heightened scrutiny.

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Samsung Electronics

Samsung halts all home appliance sales in China as pivot to AI accelerates

The South Korean firm had seen its market share in mainland China dwindle amid intense competition from a slew of domestic rivals.

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