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Latest news on billionaire Elon Musk, owner of X (formerly Twitter) and the founder of SpaceX, Tesla and The Boring Company.
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28 Jun 1971
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The DeepSeek name is displayed in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China on June 16, 2026. Photo: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images
Artificial intelligence

China rejects US AI model distillation allegations, warns of retaliation

The commerce ministry says distillation is ‘neutral’ and widely used by companies around the world, including American firms.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

Will Tesla’s rare-earth-free motor put China’s trade trump card at risk?

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Hong Kong stock market

Hong Kong gaining lustre as bridge to China’s tech sector: HKEX CEO

Electric & new energy vehicles

In Focus | China’s EV makers see synergy in their race to beat Tesla in humanoid robotics

Robotics has supply chain synergy with smart EV production because key components like cameras and radar, as well as software, are in both.

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Space

German rocket reaches space as Europe enters satellite launch race

Isar Aerospace, which launched its rocket from a spaceport in Norway, plans to offer a commercial ⁠satellite launch service.

Artificial intelligence

In Focus | Will geopolitics put a potential Musk merger between a rocket and a hard place?

Security concerns in Beijing and Washington could create ‘bottleneck’ if Elon Musk attempts to combine the two flagship companies.

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US-China tech war

US-China AI agreement, G20 trade spat, inflation data

This week: The US and China both back limited AI regulation at G20 event, China blocks G20 communique criticising large trade surpluses, Xi visits Kyrgyzstan and Egypt. Next week: China factory-gate prices may rise for sixth month, August trade data may show further boom, SCMP holds Central Asia conference, and more.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (left) and US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. Photo: Getty Images via AFP
Artificial intelligence

US tech chiefs Huang, Musk warn against AI curbs amid race with China

US tech leaders warn strict rules could blunt innovation and prevent the harnessing of economic gains from rapidly advancing AI.

United States

Video | China’s Pallas-1 reaches orbit as reusable rocket race heats up

Beijing continues to compete directly with Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the new space race, with the US company still the global benchmark in reusable rocket technology.

China technology

China approves string of ‘telepathy’ devices amid push to leapfrog Elon Musk

Chinese regulators have approved a group of brain-technology products this year, as local start-ups push to surpass Musk’s Neuralink.

Domestically developed brain-computer interface products at China Sensor Valley in Bengbu, Anhui province, last month. Photo: Xinhua
China’s private sector

Can China catch SpaceX? New commercial reusable rocket takes to the skies

The orbital mission marks a key milestone for Beijing’s commercial launch sector.

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Chinese rocket maker Galactic Energy has successfully sent its Pallas-1 medium-to-large reusable rocket into orbit. Photo: Weibo
China’s private sector

China’s commercial space sector expands global footprint with Thailand deal

GalaxySpace describes mission as first turnkey satellite export to a Southeast Asian customer by a Chinese commercial space company.

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Artificial intelligence

Biomedicine | China thinks big on brain-computer interfaces

Launch of commercial BCI implantation, ahead of US, offers hope to millions with brain or spinal injuries as plans are made for the technology’s wider use.

Robotics

Brain-tech push gains pace as China sets standards and firms challenge Neuralink

Dozens of guidelines are coming, covering medical, industrial and consumer users as emerging neural technology moves towards wider adoption.

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A member of Yanshan University’s team demonstrates a brain-controlled wearable robotic hand at the China Brain-Computer Interface Contest in Beijing last month. Photo: VCG via Getty Images
Donald Trump

Trump bought shares in Musk’s SpaceX in June, disclosure reveals

White House says third-party manager executed trade without presidential input following rocket maker’s US$1.77 trillion IPO.

A live feed shows SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on the day of SpaceX’s initial public offering (IPO) at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York on June 12. Photo: Reuters
LandSpace

Meet Dai Zheng, the space veteran betting on China’s reusable rocket revolution

LandSpace’s rocket booster recovery has supercharged the country’s commercial space ambitions – and validated a former state engineer’s start-up gamble.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

Xpeng lands US$900m in funding for humanoid AI push despite wider quarterly loss

Backers including Alibaba, Tencent and IDG put up a combined US$600 million while Xpeng itself pledges US$200 million.

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China's space programme

Editorial | As the space race heats up, China’s momentum is undeniable

LandSpace’s successful recovery of the first stage of its Zhuque-3 rocket is a milestone that underlines China’s aerospace ambitions.

In a global first, leading Chinese commercial rocket company LandSpace has recovered a stainless-steel booster after an orbital launch, marking a major step in the country’s efforts to develop lower-cost, reusable rockets. Photo: CCTV
US-China tech war

SpaceSail’s record funding fuels China’s satellite challenge to Musk’s Starlink

Company pairs landmark capital with rapid satellite deployment and overseas expansion as China’s private aerospace sector breaks new ground.

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Artificial intelligence

Meet the Chinese AI star who splashed a reported US$70m on a California mansion

Tony Wu Yuhuai, co-founder of Elon Musk’s AI lab, reportedly buys 12-acre estate, putting a spotlight on China’s Silicon Valley talent.

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United States

As I see it | Why China’s political and industrial systems work better than the US

An Indian writer and an American businessman explain how de-industrialisation and the rise of oligarchs handicapped the US ability to compete.

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A giant screen shows news footage of Chinese President Xi Jinping shaking hands with DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng during a symposium on private enterprise, at a shopping complex in Beijing on February 17, 2025. China’s treatment of its billionaire class differs from the United States’. Photo: Reuters
Trending in China

Chinese workers turn bosses into virtual pets for stress relief amid rising trend

Experts warn that turning real people into AI pets could face legal risks and violate portrait rights.

AI desktop pets are huge in China, with young workers turning their bosses into digital pets to destress. Photo: SCMP composite/RedNote
Robotics

Robotics | Chinese robots on the march despite tech war hurdles

Recent US ban on new robots is unlikely to prevent robotics becoming China’s next export engine after electric vehicles.

War and conflict

Opinion | Chokepoints and the cost of cutting off access

The most dangerous chokepoint may not be the narrowest strait or rarest tech but where the final decision rests with the fewest people.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

Musk’s headaches: meet China’s corporate matrix challenging his empire

From Tesla to SpaceX, Starlink and Neuralink, Chinese companies are giving – or trying to give – Elon Musk’s firms a run for their money.

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Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, attends a conference in Paris on June 16, 2023. Photo: Reuters
Books and literature

Opinion | What Nolan’s Odysseus tells us about Western elite’s existential angst

The film’s reinterpreted Homeric hero represents a contemporary reckoning with the West’s ruthless pursuit of power and disregard for boundaries.

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Matt Damon as Odysseus (centre) in a scene from The Odyssey. Photo: Universal Pictures via AP
Zhu Rongji

How Zhu Rongji’s economic legacy endures in China after former premier’s death

Remembered as a candid, decisive leader, the former Chinese premier championed entrepreneurship, welcomed foreign expertise and brought urgency to economic policymaking.

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China technology

The next tech race? China launches push to leapfrog US in ‘brain chip’ devices

China is throwing the power of the state behind efforts to overtake Elon Musk in a vital frontier technology: brain-computer interfaces.

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