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The mass production of humanoid robots reflects intensifying competition in China’s robotics industry. Photo: Shutterstock
Robotics

China’s humanoid robot sector enters mass production in 2025

Six humanoid robot makers plan to produce more than 1,000 units in 2025, driving the value of domestic output to US$616 million this year.

Electric & new energy vehicles

CATL to mass-produce cheaper, efficient sodium-ion EV batteries

Artificial intelligence

Chinese tech giants race to expand AI services market via open-standard protocol

Video gaming

Tencent-backed Hero Esports leverages AI in bid to become global leader

CEO Danny Tang said the esports tournament organiser is pilot-testing AI models, including DeepSeek, in ‘all aspects of the business’.

A venue for the PUBG Champions League inside the Shanghai headquarters of Hero Esports. Photo: Handout
Artificial intelligence

Alibaba’s AI cancer detection tool clears FDA hurdle for faster approval process

The tech giant’s Damo Academy secured a “breakthrough device” designation from the US regulator for its pancreatic cancer-detecting AI model, Damo Panda.

Science

Opinion | ‘Science fiction’ to reality: charting an unexplored side of China’s rapid rise

In its 3 years, the Post’s dedicated science team has reported on China’s frontier research, goals, innovators and technological leaps.

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Robotics

China’s humanoid robot half marathon winner wants to be ‘Android’ of robotics

Likening its tech to Google’s Android, the state-backed X-Humanoid is seeking a greater role in China’s highly competitive robotics industry.

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The Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Centre’s Tien Kung Ultra robot competes in China’s first half marathon for humanoid robots as engineers run alongside it. Photo: Xinhua
Robotics

Running robots put through their paces alongside humans in Beijing half-marathon

The race was used to showcase the Chinese tech industry and to test the robots’ ability to carry out various tasks.

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DeepSeek

From gifted student to AI hero, DeepSeek founder inspires a nation

Hailing from an obscure village in southern China, Liang Wenfeng has risen from humble roots to become a household name.

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Science

China’s ‘hopeless’ satellites create first Earth-moon navigation network

DRO-L, DRO-A and DRO-B finally form a communication and navigation system spanning from low Earth orbit to distant retrograde orbit.

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A Long March 2C rocket lifted off with satellites DRO-A and DRO-B from Xichang Satellite Centre in March last year but they failed to reach a planned orbit on their way to the moon Photo: Xinhua
Smartphones

Apple’s China smartphone shipments fall in first quarter ahead of Trump’s tariffs

Apple was the only top-five-ranked smartphone vendor in China to record a drop in shipments last quarter.

Apple’s manufacturing supply chain and China’s smartphone industry face much uncertainty because of US President Donald Trump’s new tariff regime. Photo: Shutterstock
US-China trade war

Tesla can’t make Optimus robot for US$20,000 without China, humanoid experts say

As US-China trade war tariffs bite, mass production of Tesla’s Optimus ‘likely to be put on hold’, threatening Elon Musk’s plans, according to Chinese industry insiders.

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Semiconductors

Tech war: founder of Chinese chip equipment maker AMEC renounces US citizenship

The change of citizenship for AMEC’s Gerald Yin Zheyao, 81, comes amid the escalating tech war between the world’s two largest economies.

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US-China relations

My Take | China’s green tech firms largely insulated from latest tariff war

With their reliance on the US market already limited, these battle-worn companies are better equipped to weather the coming decoupling storm.

Electric cars are seen on the production line in a Nio factory in China. Chinese customs data shows US exports made up less than 1 per cent of total EV exports in 2023, even before the Biden administration slapped 100 per cent tariffs on Chinese EVs in 2024. Photo: Reuters
US-China trade war

TikTok to the rescue? China’s factories go viral as US tariffs drive up prices

With tariffs at record levels, mainland suppliers to US market get creative – but industry insiders remain cautious as duties bite.

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The popular social platform TikTok has 170 million American users – and Chinese exporters have taken note. Photo: AFP
Tencent

Tencent offers 28,000 internships amid youth unemployment in China

With 12 million fresh graduates entering the job market this summer, Chinese Big Tech companies are ramping up their recruitment efforts.

US-China relations

Talent war? China gears up for competition as global race heats up

Amid competition for elite researchers, mainland goes from strength to strength - but experts say more can be done to attract international students.

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Science

‘No quick wins’: China has the world’s first operational thorium nuclear reactor

Team working on project reportedly achieves milestone by completing fuel reloading while experimental molten salt reactor was running.

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Thorium is a radioactive element that is abundant in the Earth’s crust. Illustration: Shutterstock
Electric & new energy vehicles

EVs | China to crack down on EV self-driving technology, ‘autonomous driving’ claims

Beijing warns EV makers and technology providers to adhere to development rules and take care not to overstate capabilities.

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Huawei

Huawei unveils upgraded AI-powered smart eyewear to compete in crowded market

Global shipments of AI glasses will see 130 per cent growth this year to reach 5.5 million units, according to Wellsenn XR.

US-China tech war

Nvidia CEO calls China a ‘key market’ on Beijing visit, as US bans H20 chips

Huang arrived in Beijing on Thursday at the invitation of the state-backed China Council for the Promotion of International Trade.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (centre) seen in Beijing on Thursday. Photo: Weibo/Yuyuan Tantian
Automotive industry

BYD prices new SUV at aggressive US$18,300 to attract young consumers

BYD slashed the price of the Titanium 3, which includes its new advanced driver assistance system, at the last minute, capitalising on Tesla’s China challenges.

BYD launches the Titanium 3 electric SUV under its Fang Cheng Bao brand in Shenzhen on April 16. Photo: Handout
US-China relations

Chinese embassy in Chile accuses US of ‘hegemonism’ over Trump nominee’s remarks

Nominee to serve as top American envoy to Santiago would try to ‘restrict’ Beijing’s access to resources, especially in space and technology.

United States

Wall Street sinks after US Fed warning, as Nvidia leads decline in tech stocks

Chairman Jerome Powell says the US central bank will not intervene to calm markets roiled by Trump’s tariff war.

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TikTok

TikTok Shop’s sales in US plunge as tariffs hit Chinese imports

TikTok Shop, along with platforms like Shein and Temu, has emerged as a major channel connecting Chinese vendors with US consumers.

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Gross merchandise value on TikTok Shop fell last week amid an escalating tariff between the US and China. Photo: AFP
Electric & new energy vehicles

SAIC Motor to join Huawei in new smart EV project to stem multi-year sales slump

SAIC, which assembles petrol cars with GM and VW, has been left trailing as Chinese consumers switch to EVs sold by Tesla, Xpeng, Nio and Li Auto.

A vehicle inside a factory operated by SAIC-GM-Wuling in Liuzhou, southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, in July 2024. Photo: Xinhua
Semiconductors

Chip war: US Nvidia H20 restrictions could boost China’s AI chip business

Nvidia’s China business is likely to ‘fall to nearly zero’, as tech giants such as ByteDance and Tencent turn to domestic suppliers, analysts say.

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Science

China’s new tech boosts sub hunt capabilities near Alaskan waters

Scientists develop highly accurate underwater acoustics technology for depth detection in challenging and strategically important Beaufort Sea.

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