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Explore cutting-edge AI developments in China that are transforming various industries and reshaping the future.
Alibaba’s chief financial officer Toby Xu. Photo: Handout
Alibaba

Alibaba’s finance chief voices confidence in China’s AI boom

Toby Xu Hong says Alibaba’s substantial investments in AI and delivery services are are an endorsement of China’s progress.

Artificial intelligence

China’s Big Tech vies for AI agent supremacy after Manus relocates

DeepSeek

DeepSeek’s AI dominance in China challenged by Alibaba’s Qwen

Alibaba

Alibaba previews its first AI-powered glasses, joining heated race

The Quark glasses underscore the tech giant’s significant AI investments, which encompass both software and hardware products.

Alibaba showcases its first pair of AI glasses, slated for official launch later this year. Photo: Handout
Artificial intelligence

AI experts urge US-China collaboration at Shanghai conference

From Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton to former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, experts warn about the risks that AI poses.

China stock market

Trading places: Chinese quant funds lure AI talent from the US

Trump upheaval plays into the hands of talent-hungry firms in the growing sector, as many eye markets beyond the mainland.

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Artificial intelligence

China Future Tech webinar | How China’s open-source movement changed the AI landscape

A deep dive into China’s open-source AI revolution with DeepSeek, Alibaba and Baidu.

China technology

Opinion | In global fight over tech talent, China goes one up with ecosystem offer

US firms see talent as a moat to be captured and defended but China treats talent as an asset to be distributed across strategic domains.

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Hong Kong society

‘Obedient’ AI partners partly to blame for Hong Kong’s low births: lawmaker

‘To encourage childbirth today, we not only compete with pets, but also with AI,’ legislator and academic William Wong says.

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Artificial intelligence

US and EU users open to Chinese AI models like DeepSeek: survey

More than half of US and EU respondents, however, say they will only use models hosted on non-Chinese infrastructure.

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AI models from Chinese start-up DeepSeek are gaining worldwide interest. Photo: AFP
Artificial intelligence

US falling behind China in AI energy race, Anthropic says

The Silicon Valley start-up says it is ‘concerning’ that the US added only one-tenth of the power capacity that China added last year.

Power lines in Mountain View, California. Photo: Reuters
China manufacturing

China’s humanoid-robot sales seen gearing up, with adoption push ‘very likely’

Robot models are trained on data, and one way to do that is to get them in the hands of people – so the government may expedite the process with incentives, Morgan Stanley says.

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Artificial intelligence

Moonshot’s Kimi K2 soars in popularity amid experts’ praise for Chinese AI

Downloads of the model double in a few days, an analyst says gap between open-source AI development in China and the US is ‘getting wider’.

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Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Hong Kong must ensure it’s in the engine room financing future tech

Only with purposeful planning and coordinated policies can Hong Kong’s capital markets act as levers for innovation.

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Hong Kong’s stock exchange marked its busiest day of the year on July 9, when five companies made their debuts: semiconductor chip designer Fortior Technology, Lens Technology, Wuhan Dazhong Dental Medical, robotic logistics firm Beijing Geekplus and Beijing Xunzhong Communication. Photo: Aileen Chuang
Artificial intelligence

Southern China launches ‘AI super league’ to groom start-ups for Asean

Bordering Vietnam, Guangxi has long been a centre for cooperation with Southeast Asia, where AI demand is set to boom.

Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Sun Dong (second from right) attends the AI super league launch ceremony at Hong Kong’s Cyberport. Photo: Nora Tam
Artificial intelligence

How open-source AI is helping China win hearts and market share

China’s free-for-all AI models, developed by firms like DeepSeek and Alibaba, present a viable alternative to US closed-source systems.

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Artificial intelligence

Nvidia CEO meets China’s commerce minister to discuss AI cooperation

In a meeting with Jensen Huang, Minister Wang Wentao says China’s doors are wide open for Nvidia and other multinational firms.

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Science

Warning of glut in AI computing centres as China readies for Nvidia H20’s return

Industry demands are changing and only about 30 per cent of the country’s intelligent computing capacity is being used.

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Only about 30 per cent of China’s intelligent computing capacity is being used, according to an industry report. Photo: Shutterstock
Semiconductors

Nvidia, AMD to win market share in China as US eases export curbs

The return of Nvidia's H20 chip is set to increase foreign chip imports in China, where Huawei has been gaining ground, analysts say.

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US-China trade war

What if Chinese, US firms make humanoid robots together? CEO calls for a collab

With advantages respectively held by China and the US, the founder of Unitree Robotics points to opportunities for their private companies to work together.

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Semiconductors

Nvidia to resume selling H20 graphic processing chips to China

Nvidia has applied to sell the H20 GPU again, and the US government has ‘assured Nvidia that licences will be granted’.

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Jensen Huang, co-founder and CEO of Nvidia, during a news conference in Taipei on May 21, 2025. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS
Artificial intelligence

OpenAI delays open-source AI model challenging DeepSeek

Founder and CEO Sam Altman says the release will be indefinitely delayed for additional safety tests.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Photo: Reuters
Alibaba

Alibaba expert envisions AI agents transforming daily life in 5 years

Hong Kong poised for bigger role in the AI landscape thanks to capital and research capabilities, Huang Fei says at Post’s China Conference.

Artificial intelligence

Meta’s AI lab scoops up two more Chinese experts from Apple, OpenAI

The new recruits include Pang Ruoming, manager of Apple’s foundations model team, and OpenAI researcher Li Yuanzhi.

Science

China’s optical chip advances such as Meteor-1 light the way for AI development

Optical computing is a promising alternative or addition to electronic computing, potentially improving system efficiency, a professor says.

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Chinese researchers have developed the world’s first highly parallel optical computing integrated chip, named “Meteor-1,” a milestone in photonic computing. Photo: Handout
Chinese culture

Young Chinese turn to AI to tell their fortune amid fear of the future

Uncertainty and pressure are causing many Chinese people to turn to astrology apps and AI tools like ChatGPT and DeepSeek for peace of mind.

Ling Ling (right), a fortune-teller from Hong Kong, reads a client’s fortune using tarot cards. She believes AI fortune-telling cannot compete with human fortune-tellers, as it cannot make adjustments based on an individual’s personality, life stage and their situation. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong stock market

KFC, Pizza Hut operator Yum China adopts AI to spur efficiency, profitability

Digital ordering accounted for about 90 per cent of Yum China’s sales in 2024, backed by its 540 million ‘membership’ consumers.

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DeepSeek

DeepSeek’s LinkedIn AI job listings show hunger for international Chinese talent

DeepSeek joins a global scramble for AI talent that includes the biggest players, from Meta and OpenAI to ByteDance and Alibaba.

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