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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.
last updated:
9 September, 2024
Conventional rare earth mining can have damaging environmental impacts, but a new method developed in China could be good news for the sector. Photo: Reuters/Stringer
Science

China’s new technology achieves ‘unprecedented’ rare earth production speed

A new method for mining rare earth metals that is better for the environment has been developed by Chinese scientists.

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Artificial intelligence

China’s AI disrupter DeepSeek bets on ‘young geniuses’ to take on US giants

China-EU relations

German far-right party wants to limit Chinese role in ports, digital networks

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Business of climate change

Can China’s solar industry find a solution before it’s too late?

Solar industry faces year of reckoning as Opec-style pact falters amid a price war and excess capacity.

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US-China relations

At US Supreme Court, TikTok’s pleas to honour free speech met with scepticism

But observers split on whether a ‘dark day’ for 170 million American users looms or a preliminary injunction to delay the ruling is coming.

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Science

China releases powerful electronic warfare weapon design software – for free

While similar US industrial software can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, a Chinese program has been released at no cost.

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Apple

Apple forms Shanghai data-processing venture as AI push in China still in limbo

The Shanghai unit of Apple will focus on software development, big data services, storage services and data processing.

A view from inside the Apple Store at the IFC Mall in Shanghai’s Lujiazui financial district. Photo: Shutterstock
Alibaba

Alibaba studio pulls top mobile game from Vivo’s app store

The move comes amid ongoing disputes between Chinese video game companies and smartphone brands over app-store commission rates.

Huawei

Huawei’s Android rival scores major win as WeChat gets on board

The US-sanctioned Chinese company hopes to have 100,000 apps in its self-developed mobile operating system this year.

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China jobs

Chinese software firm Yonyou picks former senior SAP executive as new president

Huang Chenhong is the latest multinational veteran to join China’s tech sector, as these firms scale back operations on the mainland.

Huang Chenhong, former global executive vice-president at German firm SAP, is expected to help boost business for Yonyou Network Technology. Photo: Handout
TSMC

Exclusive | TSMC cuts ties with Singapore firm over Huawei processor: sources

The world’s largest chip foundry ended its relationship with a Singapore-based firm after a client review.

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A TSMC logo seen at its headquarters in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Photo: AFP
Alibaba

Meet Alibaba’s AI coder: an automated system that can build an app ‘in minutes’

AI coder forms part of Alibaba Cloud’s artificial intelligence programming tool called Tongyi Lingma.

ByteDance

TikTok parent ByteDance denies its algorithms create filter bubbles

Douyin is motivated to break information cocoons because that helps retain users in the long run, executive says.

US-China relations

Beijing orders Chinese miners to report more of their overseas reserves

Amid tensions with US, Ministry of Commerce expands list of mineral resources that must be declared to include rare earths, titanium ore, zircon and tantalum ore.

A view of the MP Materials rare earth open-pit mine in Mountain Pass, California. Photo: Reuters
Jack Ma

AI to reshape the world, Alibaba founder Jack Ma tells Chinese rural teachers

Ma addressed a group of educators to mark the 10th anniversary of his eponymous foundation’s Rural Teachers Initiative.

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Alibaba Group Holding founder Jack Ma addresses a group of Chinese rural teachers online. Photo: Jack Ma Foundation
China-EU relations

EU firms in China lament having to silo operations to stay competitive: survey

Latest report from EU Chamber of Commerce in China also flags increased costs and market barriers that are ‘stripping away global competitiveness’.

China manufacturing

Amid EV sales surge, China’s BYD hits brakes in Brazil over ‘ill practices’

China’s labour practices are driving a wedge between the world’s biggest EV maker and efforts to expand globally in areas where employee protections are paramount.

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Science

New discoveries raise China’s lithium reserves to second largest in the world

Recent finds, including a massive deposit in Tibet, will help meet demand for metal, which is key for EV batteries and other technologies.

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Lithium is key component in electric car batteries. Photo: AFP
Science

Biomathematician Hu Yijuan is among Chinese scientists in continuing US exodus

The renowned biostatistician has left Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia for a full-time post with her prestigious alma mater in Beijing.

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Apple

Apple’s pricey iPhones ineligible under China’s new subsidy scheme

China’s latest stimulus measure offers a 15 per cent subsidy for purchases of smartphones, tablets and smartwatches.

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Banking & finance

China says ‘patient capital’ a virtue in government investment funds

Beijing’s government investment funds have been encouraged to set higher risk thresholds, particularly in tech research allocations.

China has called for more long-term thinking and less risk aversion in its investment funds, particularly for the tech industry. Photo: AFP
Semiconductors

US semiconductor firm SiFive taps China’s growing appetite for open-source chips

California-based SiFive has set up a subsidiary in Shanghai to help customers ‘achieve technological breakthroughs’.

SiFive co-founder Krste Asanović. Photo: Handout
Artificial intelligence

Alibaba powers AI drive of Transsion, top Chinese smartphone vendor in Africa

Alibaba’s Tongyi Qianwen model will enable the GenAI features of the Phantom V Fold2, Transsion’s latest 5G smartphone under its Tecno brand.

China's population

China’s cabinet is calling in humanoid robots to care for granny

To address its rapidly ageing population, China is among the first nations to set policy plans for humanoid robots that will provide companionship, monitor health and may even resemble loved ones.

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US-China relations

US-China dialogue touches on ‘candid’ concerns before Trump takes office

US president-elect says he and Xi have spoken through representatives, but it is unclear if virtual communication system will be used again.

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US president-elect Donald Trump said on Monday that he and President Xi Jinping were speaking through representatives. Photo: AP
Tencent

US blacklisting of China’s Tencent stokes fear of tech war escalation

Tencent’s addition to the Pentagon blacklist raises risks for further sanctions and trade restrictions on Chinese businesses, analysts say.

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The Tencent office in Beijing. Photo: AP Photo
Artificial intelligence

Chinese start-up 01.AI founder Lee Kai-fu denies asset sale to Alibaba Cloud

01.AI denounced as ‘vicious slander’ talks that it was looking to sell its pre-training team and other assets owing to business difficulty.

Business of climate change

China’s Zijin to start producing lithium from Congo in early 2026

The Manono project is also claimed by Australia’s AVZ Minerals, which has started arbitration proceedings against the African nation’s government.

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