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People at the CES trade show watch Dreame’s prototype Cyber X robot vacuum cleaner, the first such product designed to climb up and down an entire flight of stairs and handle multilevel cleaning. Photo: AFP
Artificial intelligence

Chinese robot vacuum maker Dreame sees AI-driven appliances run household chores

The firm’s ambition is to become a ‘world-class technology company’, global president Chang Xinwei says.

Artificial intelligence

Opinion | Asia needs AI talent to fuel its future growth

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India

‘Pax Silica’: America’s new AI inner circle and Asia’s chosen few

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China technology

Video | Humanoid robots take centre stage at Shanghai summit

Competitions mainly focused on robotic applications in industrial assembly, home services, flower arranging, healthcare and elderly care, as well as restaurant services.

Competitions mainly focused on robotic applications in industrial assembly, home services, flower arranging, healthcare and elderly care, as well as restaurant services
China technology

Opinion | Why the Global South is embracing Chinese AI

The US champions AI as an autonomous agent, a content creator. China exports a vision of AI as a digital nervous system for the real economy.

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Technology

Opinion | Does AI’s rise have to mean job losses? East Asia tells a different story

Studies from Vietnam to South Korea show AI adoption has not cannibalised jobs. Instead of simple mechanisation, economies are synergising.

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China manufacturing

From steel to space: China giant sells first 2 satellites in bold pivot

Once forging steel for skyscrapers, Jigang Group is now in a race to the skies with Geely and 90,000 other Chinese companies.

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A rocket launchpad is seen amid flags at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre on October 30. China’s commercial space industry is expected to grow rapidly in the coming years. Photo: EPA
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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Asia housing and property

The View | An AI-fuelled data centre bubble in the making? Not in Asia

Asia provides strong reassurance that the AI boom is not the only factor driving development and investment in data centres.

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Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek and Qwen AI models crush Western rivals in cryptocurrency trading challenge

In a real-world test of trading intelligence, China’s DeepSeek and Alibaba’s Qwen AI models have outpaced their Western rivals including GPT.

DeepSeek’s Chat V3.1 model grew its initial capital of US$10,000 to US$22,900 in the showdown. Photo: Reuters
China technology

Video | China’s underwater data centres aim to lower carbon footprint

The data centres will be stored in pods under the sea, where ocean currents help keep them cool.

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Hong Kong stock market

TransThera’s 4,500% surge sparks bubble fears in China healthcare stocks

Eye-watering valuation for company ‘with only 121 employees and no revenue’ fuels concerns of speculation on Hong Kong’s red-hot market.

China technology

Opinion | Techno-nationalism is now the critical battlefront in geopolitics

The assumption that technology is a neutral force driving shared progress is giving way to a reality of competition and contest.

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Huawei

Huawei unveils drive storage products to help AI computing

Huawei’s latest move is part of its efforts to develop a comprehensive ecosystem in AI technology.

A Huawei logo. Photo: Shutterstock
Banking & finance

Ant International, Swift and StanChart partner on remittance service

Participants can send cash to 36 digital wallets around the world operated by Alipay+.

The logo of Alipay+. Photo: Handout
Robotics

Video | Robots impress spectators at world conference in Beijing

Event showcases game-changing technology to assist people from all walks of life.

China technology

Opinion | Manus leaving China reflects tough balancing act amid geopolitical tensions

For successful start-ups like Manus, a relocation could be a pragmatic option that brings benefits in terms of resources and access.

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Asia housing and property

The View | Why Osaka, Bengaluru and Johor are overlooked drivers of Asia property

To spot the big themes and trends in Asian property, look beyond the most widely traded cities and see the market’s true breadth and depth.

Tourists walk past shops and restaurants in the popular Shinsekai district of Osaka, with the Tsutenkaku Tower looming behind, on February 24. Photo: AFP
Science

In a first, Chinese team captures rare quantum friction effect in folded graphene

Team at Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics made unexpected finding while folding ultra-thin sheets of graphene.

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China technology

China’s SpinQ sees quantum computing crossing ‘usefulness’ threshold in 5 years

Shenzhen-based SpinQ expects to deliver a 100-qubit quantum computer by the end of the year, founder and CEO says.

Electric & new energy vehicles

Chinese EVs: Xiaomi accelerates launch of Tesla Model Y rival YU7

Sales will start at the end of this month instead of in July, founder and CEO Lei Jun says.

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Xiaomi founder and CEO Lei Jun introduces the smartphone maker’s electric SUV, the YU7, at a launch event in Beijing on May 22, 2025. Photo: Reuters
Huawei

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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In this file photo, Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei is interviewed in Taiyuan, north China’s Shanxi province, on February 9, 2021. Photo: Xinhua
Banking & finance

Opinion | As geopolitics hits venture capital, Asia must start funding its own tech

For all its technical firepower, Asia remains undercapitalised. With funds no longer flowing freely, it needs a financial system that serves its purpose.

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Taiwan economy

Trade war elephant in the showroom at Computex Taipei, Asia’s biggest tech expo

As Trump threatens to reinstate high tariffs on Taiwan, tech-sector exporters reliant on the US market fear the worst.

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India

Vodafone Idea seeks court held after India rejects waving dues

Vodafone Idea has challenged the government’s rejection of a request to waive more than US$5 billion it owes the government.

A man walks across an LED display board showing the logo of Vodafone-Idea in New Delhi in 2022. Photo: Reuters
China Future Tech briefing

Pony.ai, Uber to offer robotaxis in Middle East

Partnership will help both parties explore new markets in the Middle East and other international markets, according to statement.

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A logo of the Chinese autonomous driving technology start-up is seen on a screen during an event in Beijing in 2021. Photo: Reuters
Business of climate change

Emissions from AI chip manufacturing rose fourfold in 2024, Greenpeace says

There are many opportunities to invest directly in wind and solar energy, yet global chipmakers have failed to do so on a meaningful scale, Greenpeace says.

Electric & new energy vehicles

Xpeng CEO says flying car market will be bigger than EVs over next 2 decades

CEO He Xiaopeng believes the global flying car market could reach US$2 trillion in the next two decades, double the size of land vehicles.

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