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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.
ByteDance, the Chinese tech giant behind viral app TikTok, is also at the forefront of AI research in China. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

China’s ByteDance discovers new scaling law that could sustain AI boom

Researchers at the Chinese tech giant have been analysing how fast AI agents can improve by performing real-world tasks.

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Alibaba

Alibaba bans staff from using Claude Code over Anthropic spyware concerns

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China consumption

China unveils recycling push to bolster resource security, shore up green shift

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Mainland China

China’s Momenta IPO oversubscribed 414 times as Hong Kong listings pack calendar

Autonomous-driving firm draws nearly 210,000 orders for a US$751 million offering, making it year’s second ‘red-chip’ firm to get Beijing’s permission to list via offshore structure.

A worker cleans a robotaxi model from Momenta during the Shanghai auto show in April 2025. Photo: AP
China jobs

AI skills required for 4 out of 10 graduate jobs in China: recruitment portal

University of Hong Kong professors say ‘messy jobs’ that span multiple tasks more immune to challenges posed by technology.

Electric & new energy vehicles

China’s BYD surpasses Tesla to regain lead in global EV race

The electric vehicle manufacturer has retaken the crown after pulling ahead in overseas shipments.

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US-China relations

US lawmakers push for fewer tax breaks to reduce reliance on China technology

Congressman Nathaniel Moran also warns US business leaders of corporate America’s growing ‘toxic relationship’ with ‘adversary’ Beijing.

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US lawmakers plan to deny certain tax incentives through the country's tax code to discourage businesses from relying on technology from China. Photo: Shutterstock
China’s private sector

Shanghai unveils quantum computing hub as China races for tech supremacy

The zone is set to provide up to 100 million yuan to fund research and development of the technology.

E-commerce

Temu owner PDD embraces China’s ‘city of the future’ after regulatory debacle

Operator of big-name budget marketplaces Pinduoduo and Temu is buying an office and adding 5,000 jobs in the hyped-up Xiongan New Area.

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US-China relations

Alibaba to pay US$600 million to settle US probe into illegal product sales

Amount resolves dispute with US government over allegations firm sold and imported illegal pharmaceuticals and controlled substances into US.

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Alibaba has agreed to pay US$600 million to settle a dispute with the US government. Photo: Kyodo
China-EU relations

China’s Fifa fever, EU’s trade deadline: 7 global relations reads

From the Quad’s critical mineral agenda to Shein’s Paris ousting, here are highlights from the SCMP’s overseas correspondents in June 2026.

Lionel Messi celebrates scoring Argentina’s third goal during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group J match against Jordan. Photo: Getty Images via AFP
US-China relations

Alibaba sues Pentagon, rare earth truce woes: 7 US-China relations reads

From China grappling with Trump to the world’s fastest computer: highlights from our overseas correspondents in the second half of June 2026.

US-China relations

Opinion | In the AI era, US-China competition hinges on who can adapt faster

In an age of disruption, power rests with whoever learns, innovates and adapts more effectively.

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Artificial intelligence

Exclusive | China’s Kling AI nears US$3 billion round at US$18 billion valuation: sources

The Kuaishou Technology spin-off aims to start Hong Kong listing process within a year, as annual recurring revenue soars following latest AI video model release.

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Kling AI is said to be close to completing a US$3 billion fundraising round that would value the company at US$18 billion post-investment. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong tech chief warns AI will unleash ‘greatest industrial revolution’

Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Sun Dong says city is proactively preparing for paradigm shift with key AI initiatives.

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A robot wows people at a conference hosted by the Hong Kong Generative AI Research and Development Center at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology on June 3. Photo: Dickson Lee
China exports

Beijing asserts control over China’s offshore tech transfers with landmark law

Beijing’s ‘milestone’ mandate seen authorising retaliatory responses to trade barriers while restricting research leaks.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

Will slowing car sales in China reignite brutal price war in crowded market?

Global consultancy AlixPartners delivers most bearish forecast for Chinese carmakers’ fortunes this year.

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Robotics

Video | Robot companion features lifelike skin and ‘emotional AI’

China’s UBTech targets the companion market with the U1, designed to operate safely around children, older people and pets.

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Robotics

UBTech launches lifelike humanoid robots built for companionship in China

The unveiling of model U1, which has silicone skin and emotional AI, reflects tech firms’ drive to expand robotics beyond industrial use.

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US-China trade war

Washington, Beijing should de-escalate from tit-for-tat actions, US senator says

Steve Daines calls Beijing’s export controls on US companies and Pentagon’s blacklisting of Chinese tech firms ‘unfortunate developments’.

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US-China relations

US must innovate faster to counter China’s tech rise, lawmakers told

Witnesses urge investment in AI, robotics and chips, warning US research cuts risk eroding America’s technological edge.

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An EngineAI robot demonstrates martial arts movements in Shenzhen, as China pushes to expand its robotics industry. Photo: Korea Times
Artificial intelligence

The AI industrial revolution: why US faces a historic tech reckoning from China

From EVs to robotics, China’s advancement in cutting-edge tech has seen it shake off the West’s long-standing belief in US exceptionalism.

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China manufacturing

China steps up challenge to US, Japan in a strategic aerospace material

New production lines highlight Beijing’s push to strengthen self-sufficiency in a cutting-edge material used across aerospace and advanced industries.

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Education

Education powerhouse: China blueprint tackles talent crunch, tech self-reliance

China issues blueprint to strengthen education’s role to respond to fierce global tech rivalry while adapting to falling birth rates.

IPO

Hong Kong loses IPO crown as swelling wave of Chinese tech no match for SpaceX

With Chinese technology giants fuelling an ‘A-to-H’ listing boom, Hong Kong appears to be on the rise as their ‘fundraising venue of choice’.

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A gong is struck to mark the HKEX’s 26th anniversary at Connect Hall on Friday. Photo: May Tse
Electric & new energy vehicles

The secret behind China’s EV boom? Local alliances, not industrial policy: study

The new research comes as the Chinese and EU trade chiefs meet in Brussels to discuss trade tensions fuelled, in part, by electric vehicles.

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Chinese-made MG Cyberster electric vehicles wait to be loaded onto a ship for export at a car yard in Yantai, China’s eastern Shandong province on June 25. Photo: AFP
China-EU relations

EU sets China October deadline for ‘tangible results’ after key trade talks

Marathon session in Brussels sees Beijing agreeing to establish a ‘joint monitoring mechanism of trade flows’ to help ease economic tensions.

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E-commerce

China’s cooling, e-commerce giants see sales surge as Europe heat sizzles

Alibaba notes surge in retail and business-to-business orders, Midea reports sharp revenue rise, and Gree sales get bump in major European markets.

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