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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.
DeepSeek remains the most popular AI model on cloud computing platform PPIO. Photo: dpa
DeepSeek

DeepSeek’s AI dominance in China challenged by Alibaba’s Qwen

DeepSeek has seen use of its models drop to 80 per cent from 99 per cent on Chinese cloud computing platform PPIO.

Shenzhen

Tech hub Shenzhen urges leniency for innovators if state-aided projects fail

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Robotics

Back to basics: Keenon Robotics takes pragmatic approach with humanoids

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Made in China 2025

China’s booming low-altitude economy spurs demand for ‘drone flight planners’

Beijing eyes growth in the emerging sector, but industry faces a severe talent shortage.

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Employees work on the production line of drones at the workshop of an aviation technology enterprise on May 16, 2024, in Anqing, Anhui province of China. Photo: VCG via Getty Images
Alibaba

Alibaba previews its first AI-powered glasses, joining heated race

The Quark glasses underscore the tech giant’s significant AI investments, which encompass both software and hardware products.

Artificial intelligence

AI experts urge US-China collaboration at Shanghai conference

From Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton to former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, experts warn about the risks that AI poses.

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Technology

Opinion | As AI gets more powerful, humans and human values must remain in charge

Amid unbridled technological advance, AI must be steered towards the common good, its threats turned into catalysts for an equitable future.

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Visitors interact with an AI humanoid robot from Unitree at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva on July 8. Photo: AFP
US-China relations

China’s Li Qiang calls for global AI centre as US tech rivalry intensifies

Proposal comes days after Trump says tech race with China will define 21st century, with Beijing reportedly mulling Shanghai headquarters.

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Esports

League of Legends world championship returns to China as esports sector grows

Event kicks off in Beijing on October 14, moves to Shanghai from October 28 to November 2, and then to Chengdu for the November 9 final.

China military reform

How China’s Information Support Force gears military up for PLA modernisation

PLA Daily articles offer glimpse into how force established last year fits into President Xi Jinping’s vision of a futuristic military.

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The Information Support Force is central to President Xi Jinping’s ambition to build a modern, intelligent military by 2027, the PLA’s 100th anniversary. Photo: Xinhua
Biomedicine: Companies

Pfizer, Chinese biotech firm 3SBio complete licensing deal for cancer drug

Pfizer agreed to an upfront payment of US$1.25 billion, US$150 million for mainland rights and a US$100 million equity investment in 3SBio.

Pfizer agreed to buy a 1.3 per cent equity stake in 3SBio for HK$785 million. Photo: Shutterstock
United States

Opinion | Why Trump is attacking China’s dominance in humble graphite

Anti-dumping duty recognises China’s control of the carbon mineral and its growing importance in the batteries powering the future.

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E-commerce

JD.com eyes US$2.6 billion takeover of German electronics retailer

JD.com has been hunting for acquisitions to expand amid weakness in the Chinese economy.

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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Researchers from the Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics have become the first to directly observe friction between solid materials at the quantum level. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence

Opinion | In global fight over tech talent, China goes one up with ecosystem offer

US firms see talent as a moat to be captured and defended but China treats talent as an asset to be distributed across strategic domains.

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US-China relations

US commerce secretary says next week’s China trade talks could include TikTok

Without divestment deal for ByteDance, app will go dark in US and ‘those decisions are coming very soon’, Lutnick says.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

Leapmotor eyes global market with smart EV at half the price of Tesla’s Model 3

Deliveries to mainland Chinese customers will begin this month, but the company does not say when the new car will be sold overseas.

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Artificial intelligence

Tencent’s AI-powered programming tool fully automates app development

CodeBuddy IDE provides a ‘conversation-is-programming’ approach, enabling even a non-technical user to design and build applications.

Tencent’s foray into sophisticated, AI-powered tools for developers reflected the significant advances being made by Chinese tech companies. Photo: Shutterstock
Accidents and disasters in China

China sets out ethical guidelines for autonomous driving technology

Science ministry says algorithms, models and other tech-related content must be clearly documented and accessible for inspection.

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Artificial intelligence

US and EU users open to Chinese AI models like DeepSeek: survey

More than half of US and EU respondents, however, say they will only use models hosted on non-Chinese infrastructure.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

Tesla seeks a comeback in China with refreshed Model 3 and Model Y

Carmaker expects to begin delivering the models to mainland customers as early as September.

People check Tesla Model Y cars in Beijing. Photo: AFP
United States

Trump administration issues plan to limit AI exports to China

Move comes amid hawks’ concerns that US chips could help Chinese AI, military development.

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David Sacks, US AI and crypto tsar speaks next to President Donald Trump, during a signing ceremony for the “Genius Act”, which will develop regulatory framework for stablecoin cryptocurrencies and expand oversight of the industry, at the White House, Washington, July 18. Photo: Reuters
Climate change

Opinion | China must ensure its green energy leadership is good for the world

The question is not whether China is leading the world but whether it can sell its climate leadership fast enough to build a better future.

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Artificial intelligence

Alibaba unleashes Qwen3 coding model for developers to push AI agent adoption

In new benchmark tests, Alibaba’s Qwen3-Coder outperformed rival models from Moonshot AI and DeepSeek.

Alibaba

Alibaba’s Taobao sees 60% user surge in Thailand after local launch

Taobao’s intensified focus on Thailand marks its latest effort to grow its presence across Asia.

A street in Bangkok. Photo: AFP
Artificial intelligence

US falling behind China in AI energy race, Anthropic says

The Silicon Valley start-up says it is ‘concerning’ that the US added only one-tenth of the power capacity that China added last year.

Power lines in Mountain View, California. Photo: Reuters
China's military weapons

Is this new tailless UAV China’s answer to next-generation drone warfare?

Clips on social media show tailless aircraft with a distinctive diamond-shaped delta wing and accompanied by turboprop transport planes.

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US-China relations

Chinese hacking groups are behind SharePoint attacks, Microsoft says

Microsoft said it identified 2 groups as leveraging flaws in SharePoint software; China said it firmly opposes all forms of cyberattacks.

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