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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.
Anthropic’s US-ordered shutdown of AI models showed a nation’s digital ecosystem could be paralysed overnight by foreign regulatory caprice. Photo: Reuters illustration
Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Hong Kong can take the regulatory high road amid US-China AI decoupling

As a global ‘sovereign AI premium’ emerges and US weaponisation of AI models triggers panic, Hong Kong can bridge diverging AI ecosystems.

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Semiconductors

China’s JCET to build new plant in Shanghai to expand advanced chip packaging

China economy

Editorial | At Summer Davos, Li Qiang makes the case for China’s vision of growth

The Future of Marketing in Asia

China’s digital platforms redefine global marketing strategies

The mainland’s app ecosystem integrates content, discovery and transaction into a single and seamless experience.

Social networking and e-commerce app RedNote is viewed by Chinese consumers as a search engine and trust-builder. Photo: AFP
The Future of Marketing in Asia

Marketing guru Sorrell says AI will dismantle the old order

Industry legend maps out how AI will shrink creative teams, supercharge hyper-personalisation and turn media buying into an algorithmic science.

The Future of Marketing in Asia

The art of persuasion enters the AI era

Content creators have risen to eclipse traditional ad formats, but now, as AI takes centre stage, the battle for authenticity is on.

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Huawei

Danish court orders state to pay telecoms firm US$12m for Huawei gear removal

Court in Copenhagen says Huawei gear removal from TDC NET’s network went beyond regulation, entitling Danish firm to damages.

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Huawei has been supplying equipment to TDC NET since 2011. Photo: Shutterstock
Alibaba

Alibaba slashes Qwen AI model price during US working hours in fight for users

The aggressive price cut comes amid intense rivalry between US and Chinese artificial intelligence firms.

China's economic recovery

China’s Xi joins leadership blitz of hub visits in pre-GDP fact-finding push

The president, premier and vice-premiers blanket agricultural and tech centres to gauge local strains and industrial progress before key July policy summit.

US-China trade war

Exclusive | Dutch semiconductor giants join delegation to China as US pushes curbs: source

The Netherlands has protested Washington’s proposed Match Act, which would further curtail its semiconductor firms’ business in China.

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An employee walks past an ASML logo, the Dutch semiconductor equipment giant, at the company’s headquarters in Veldhoven on April 17, 2018. Photo: AFP
China-EU relations

Opinion | EU and China need a grand bargain to avoid a trade war

A mutually beneficial pact must acknowledge a new economic reality and more fully tap the potential for two-way investment.

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (right) and European Council president António Costa attend a European Council summit in Brussels on June 19. Photo: dpa
China’s private sector

iPhone supplier Luxshare passes key hearing for Hong Kong listing

The firm, a key supplier for AirPods and iPhones, is a step closer to joining other mainland Chinese tech heavyweights in HKEX listing.

Artificial intelligence

Milestones for China’s medical AI as robot wins EU nod and model tops benchmark

Medbot’s teleoperated robot gains EU clearance as Baichuan-M4 clinical AI outshines global rivals in OpenAI’s HealthBench.

Anthropic

As I see it | US Anthropic ban is best advert for Chinese AI

Cutting off the company’s latest models for non-Americans only serves to highlight China’s open-source alternatives to the rest of the world.

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A person holds a phone with the logo of the AI assistant “Claude Mythos” built by Anthropic, on June 10. Photo: AFP
US-China relations

Pentagon sued by Alibaba over ‘arbitrary’ military blacklist targeting Chinese firms

Technology giant says US defence department wrongly labelled it a Chinese military company without evidence.

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Alibaba has argued that its business operations are commercial in nature and unconnected to China’s military. Photo: Kyodo
Science

China’s LineShine beats US El Capitan in Top500 supercomputer rankings

Built in Shenzhen, it regained the world’s fastest supercomputer crown for China since Sunway TaihuLight’s achievement in 2017.

European Union

Opinion | Europe was happy with the trade rules – until China’s industrial rise

Beijing should not be accused of trade unfairness simply because Chinese companies have become efficient, innovative and globally competitive.

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Artificial intelligence

Anthropic’s AI blackout gives Zhipu GLM-5.2 a chance to shine

Anthropic’s global suspension of Fable 5 has sparked concerns about the reliability of US AI infrastructure.

The logo of Anthropic, developer of the Claude AI models. Restrictions on access to Claude Fable 5 have created an opening for Chinese AI rivals seeking to expand their global reach. Photo: Shutterstock
China economy

Opinion | The gaokao scramble and how China engineers its political economy

Individuals choose the university and course but the state sets the collective outcome, steering human capital towards development goals.

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China manufacturing

China’s Li Qiang calls for tech overhaul of legacy industrial hubs before Davos

Beijing looks to secure strategic edge across critical sectors, with premier emphasising smart upgrades for state firms ahead of his ‘Summer Davos’ speech.

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Artificial intelligence

Alibaba chip unit T-Head triples capital amid AI hardware bet

First injection in over three years comes as Alibaba works on full-stack AI infrastructure, from its Qwen models to chips to cloud services.

Alibaba has become more vocal about its chip unit this year and is reportedly working toward spinning it off with an initial public offering. Photo: Shutterstock
Technology

Opinion | How the I Ching inspired modern computing and AI

The connection between Chinese civilisation and Western scientific thinking is far deeper and more intricate than commonly understood.

Illustration: Craig Stephens
Medicine

China closing in but US leads in biotech quality and commercial reach: survey

The Cure survey said China leads ⁠in clinical development and supply chain, and rated US funding cuts a bigger threat than China competition.

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US-China trade war

US-China rare earth truce tested as tensions rise

Analysts warn of more trouble ahead after China adds 10 US firms to the export control list and restricts 46 from government procurement.

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Artificial intelligence

Hard work and endurance: what Alibaba’s team-building says about its AI drive

Jack Ma and executives plant rice seedlings in a symbolic retreat signalling resilience as Alibaba doubles down on AI.

Jack Ma and Alibaba executives gather at the rice-planting team-building event. Photo: Handout
China exports

Why China’s green exports to the US are suddenly surging

The country is likely to be among the biggest winners of the global shift towards electrification and decarbonisation, analyst says.

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An employee works on a battery assembly line at the factory of Leap Energy, a unit of Leapmotor, during an organised media tour in Huzhou, Zhejiang province, China, on April 26. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

China to match Anthropic’s top AI model in 2026, Zhipu founder tells Musk

Global No 2 ranking for Zhipu’s breakthrough AI model triggers Musk exchange over whether China can close gap with US sooner than expected.

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Artificial intelligence

From ‘rice’ to riches: China’s MLCC makers head to Hong Kong to list

Small, found in almost every electronic device and critical to AI servers, now the ‘rice of electronics’ is driving two Hong Kong IPOs.

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