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China technology
Latest news, features and opinion on China’s technology industry, including AI, the US-China tech war, 5G, smartphone makers and apps, and issues surrounding China’s Great Firewall.
As Japanese and South Korean MLCC producers move up the value chain, their Chinese rivals are seeing an opportunity. Photo: Shutterstock
Semiconductors

As Japanese and Korean giants move upmarket, China’s MLCC firms see their chance

The AI server boom is driving demand for advanced multilayer ceramic capacitors, leaving Chinese manufacturers room to expand.

Artificial intelligence

The Chinese AI police tech aimed at physical, psychological and emotional states

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Electric & new energy vehicles

BYD powers past Geely as oil shock charges up global EV demand

Hong Kong stock market

How the AI trade is stirring dotcom-era jitters across global markets

Signs of excess are mounting in AI trade, with soaring IPOs and stretched valuations echoing run-ups to past market peaks, analysts say.

Bank of America says of its 10 proprietary indicators for market stress, seven are currently flashing, in line with averages before the prior bear markets since 1990. Photo: Getty Images
Artificial intelligence

Opinion | China-UK cooperation vital in ensuring the AI era puts people first

With their combined strengths, China and Britain can advance an artificial intelligence age defined by safety, inclusion and prosperity.

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US-China relations

How will the Pentagon’s expanded blacklist of Chinese firms affect Xi’s US visit?

Washington’s latest move tests fragile ‘stability’ reached at leadership summit in Beijing and highlights intense competition, analysts say.

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Alibaba

Ant International powers new e-wallet in cash-heavy Mexico

The e-wallet may assist small businesses in the Latin American country to build credit history and secure financing, according to Clip.

A consumer makes a payment using a mobile phone. Photo: Shutterstock
China airliners

Air China C909 hits bird as Chinese jets face growing ‘real-world’ tests

Wildlife strike in Beijing caught on video near popular vantage point, illustrating how rising flight volumes expose Comac’s fleet of jets to more operational risks.

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Artificial intelligence

China sounds alarm over AI ‘skills’ that evade guard rails and mine crypto

Malicious AI skills can trick users into running crypto-mining software and expose sensitive data, CNCERT warns.

China manufacturing

From dance to factory floor: China moves to fast track humanoids into industry

The scheme spans manufacturing and healthcare to disaster relief and requires local governments and SOEs to test and deploy the technology this year.

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Xpeng’s humanoid robot Iron stands at the Chinese electric vehicle maker’s booth during a media day for the Auto Shanghai show in Shanghai on April 23. Photo: Reuters
Semiconductors

Amid a memory supercycle, CXMT rival UniIC pushes for mainland IPO

As markets see a global, AI-driven demand for memory, UniIC is a step closer to listing in China.

A researcher plants a semiconductor on an interface board. Photo: Reuters
China-EU relations

Opinion | EU threat of trade war against China is a strategic farce

The EU is mistaken in believing it still has economic leverage. A trade war will not save an economy in decline.

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China's economic recovery

China starts building ‘water staircases’ at Three Gorges to double river cargo

New mega locks will double freight capacity at the world’s largest dam, linking China’s inland industrial hubs to coastal ports with a feat of complex engineering.

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China energy security

Driven by AI demand, China on track to pass US as top nuclear energy producer

Beijing is building new reactors at unrivalled speed – but the US still holds an edge in nuclear fusion research, analyst says.

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Workers are seen at the installation site of a reactor pressure vessel at China National Nuclear Corporation’s Fuqing nuclear power plant in southeast China’s Fujian province on January 28, 2018. Photo: Xinhua
US-China tech war

Pentagon blacklist raises spectre of investment curbs for Chinese tech firms

Chinese tech giants including Alibaba and Baidu strongly reject the Pentagon’s characterisation of them as “Chinese military companies”.

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Chinese tech companies fear the Pentagon's blacklist will increase reputational risks and raise the possibility of further tougher sanctions. Photo: AP
US-China relations

Pentagon blacklists China tech giants as US competition expands

Alibaba, Baidu, BYD and Unitree were among Chinese companies added to a US military blacklist as competition between the nations expands further into technology.

China’s private sector

Microsoft cuts hundreds of mainland cloud jobs, as China, US tighten data laws

The firm is laying off some employees at its cloud unit amid ongoing restrictions on cross-border data flows between the two countries.

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US-China tech war

SpaceX IPO: views from the ground

As Elon Musk’s SpaceX prepares to go public on June 12, the SCMP is covering the impact of the American commercial space giant’s move and reporting on the reaction from China.

SpaceX signage displayed in Hawthorne, California. Photo: AFP
Banking & finance

New head of China’s financial regulator vows to prevent ‘blow-ups’

Ding Xiangqun identified smaller lenders, the property sector and local government debt as sources of risk while calling for tougher supervision.

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Hong Kong stock market

Alibaba and WuXi AppTec decline in Hong Kong after addition to US blacklist

Designation of Chinese firms fuels investor unease, with markets bracing for a potential Fed tightening and an unwinding of the AI trade.

China manufacturing

How China’s ‘Hefei model’ spawned a chipmaker’s multibillion-dollar IPO plan

City government has leveraged over 220 billion yuan in state-owned capital to drive project investment in emerging industrial clusters.

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US-China relations

US adds Alibaba, BYD, other Chinese tech champions to military company blacklist

Trump administration has designated top China firms as ‘Chinese military companies’ operating in the United States.

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E-commerce giant Alibaba has been added to a list of entities that the US says are linked to China’s military. Photo: AP
Artificial intelligence

Alibaba forges Token Foundry as it hammers AI ambitions into shape

Alibaba consolidates key AI teams under CEO Eddie Wu and appoints Qwen leader Zhou Jingren as chief scientist.

China manufacturing

China’s 5-year plans significantly impact American factories: US study

A study finds that American plants in counterpart industries targeted by Beijing experience job cuts and a fall in investment.

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US-China tech war

SpaceX IPO set to lift industry in push for space-based AI, solar power: report

The company’s expected listing may boost overall satellite industry profit as it expands into more space-based applications.

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A SpaceX booster carrying the Starship spacecraft lifts off at Starbase, Texas, on May 22. Photo: Reuters
Electric & new energy vehicles

China’s EV giants challenge Tesla in race to commercialise humanoid robots

After years of competing with Tesla in electric vehicles and self-driving technology, Chinese manufacturers are targeting humanoid robots.

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Shaping up: Chinese EV manufacturers including BYD and Xpeng are now accelerating plans to mass-produce humanoid robots. Photo: Kyodo
China’s C919 passenger plane

China’s C919 jet poised to tackle ageing domestic fleet: industry official

High maintenance and fuel costs squeeze Chinese airlines as replacement rates lag, while Comac’s home-grown model seen as buffer against supply-chain hurdles.

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Semiconductors

Chinese start-up says its nanoimprint tech can produce optical chips without DUV

There is debate over the real value of nanoimprint lithography when it comes to volumes, yields and non-photonic chips.

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