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Huawei Technologies is one of the world's largest smartphone makers and telecommunications equipment providers. The company also sells a range of consumer electronics from smart home devices and appliances to rooftop solar products and electric vehicles. The company's 5G equipment has been banned outright in a number of countries – including the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, Sweden and the UK.
Selcuk Unal, Turkey’s ambassador to China, says his country has been working as a connecting power between East and West for decades. Photo: Karma Lo
China-Middle East relations

Exclusive | Why has a Nato member reaffirmed its Brics ambitions? Its envoy elaborates

New Turkish ambassador Selcuk Unal says the country is seeking deeper ties with China while bridging Asia and Europe.

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Artificial intelligence

Compact AI model from China’s StepFun outshines rivals from DeepSeek, Moonshot

Smartphones

China gives Apple ‘best iPhone quarter in history’ with 38% revenue growth

Semiconductors

Alibaba’s T-Head unit unveils details of AI chip designed to rival Nvidia’s GPUs

The launch of the Zhenwu 810E marks the latest initiative by China’s Big Tech firms to develop a domestic alternative to Nvidia’s AI chips.

T-Head, the semiconductor design arm of Alibaba, promotes its Zhenwu 810E chip as capable for both AI training and inference. Photo: Handout
Semiconductors

Beijing weighs H200 imports amid uncertainty for China tech giants

More than 400,000 H200 chips reportedly approved for ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent as China balances AI needs with tech self-reliance push.

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Semiconductors

China’s manufacturing powerhouse Guangdong exports record chip equipment

Exports of chip equipment rose 20 per cent last year, while exports of EVs, lithium batteries and solar products rose 30 per cent.

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US-China tech war

Editorial | China’s caution about Nvidia’s advanced chips is only prudent

For Beijing, escaping the US tech chokehold is more important in the long run than making any temporary advances.

Technicians work on chip processing equipment at a semiconductor manufacturing plant in Suqian, Jiangsu province, on October 20. Photo: AFP
World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos

As Trump shakes world order, Western countries recalibrate approach to China

At Davos, world leaders take veiled swipes at the US, while China frames itself as defender of the post-war system, analysts say.

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China-EU relations

Germany’s Merz talked tough on reform. Will stark car slump force action?

Export slide matched by import upward swing comes amid divisive debate on how German industry can deal with China’s manufacturing prowess.

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Apple

Apple cuts prices for Lunar New Year as competition heats up in mainland China

Apple offers discounts on iPhones, MacBook and other products – its second promotion in a month ahead of the holiday.

Apple led the smartphone market in mainland China with a 22 per cent share in the fourth quarter of 2025. Photo: AFP
Artificial intelligence

Chinese tech giants face dilemma as Nvidia’s H200 chips are held at the border

With firms waiting for import approval from Beijing, one reseller said finding H200 chips has gotten harder – even on the black market.

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Nvidia has received the green light from Washington to export the H200 to China, but was waiting for approvals from the Chinese side. Photo: Reuters
China-EU relations

EU moves to force Huawei out of networks, opening door to wider China tech bans

European Commission plan would make vendor removals mandatory within three years and allow broader curbs if China is deemed a cyber risk.

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Semiconductors

China Telecom develops MoE models trained entirely on Huawei’s AI chips

The state-owned telecoms network operator trains its TeleChat3 models on Huawei’s Ascend 910B chips.

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Smartphones

Exclusive | China’s Xiaomi, Transsion slash 2026 smartphone shipments as memory crunch bites

Xiaomi cut its latest shipment forecast by between 10 and 70 million units, while Transsion lowered its target by 30 to 45 million units.

Chinese smartphone makers are adjusting their handset shipment forecasts due to rising memory-chip prices. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence

Ant-backed Chinese AI agent developer DeepWisdom aims to help solo entrepreneurs

The system, powered largely by open-source AI models, seeks to deliver a finished product without the user writing a single line of code.

Atoms is launching amid a global surge of interest in so-called AI agents – systems designed to carry out tasks autonomously. Photo: Shutterstock
China-Canada relations

Editorial | China-Canada turnaround in ties marks new spirit of global cooperation

The deal struck during the Canadian prime minister’s visit to Beijing is a key part of China’s charm offensive targeting Western allies facing an aggressive US.

European Union

Opinion | In the tech race, Europe can choose a path that sidesteps US-China rivalry

To avoid technological marginalisation, Europe can play to its strengths by focusing on deployment standards instead of the US-China rivalry.

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China economy

China’s AI and EV boom drives record power demand, widening energy gap with US

The main drivers of the growth are the tertiary sector – covering services including AI cloud services – and residential use.

A drone photo taken on December 16, 2025 shows workers on a power transmission line in east China’s Anhui Province. Photo: Xinhua
Artificial intelligence

China curbs US AI chips, shuns foreign capital in pursuit of tech self-reliance

These restrictions signify a new phase in the US-China tech war where ‘offensive and defensive roles have shifted’, says an analyst.

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China-Canada relations

Xi Jinping and Mark Carney refresh China-Canada ties with ‘historic’ state visit

After a near-decade of distant relations, the two countries are ‘forging a new partnership’.

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Artificial intelligence

Zhipu AI breaks US chip reliance with first major model trained on Huawei stack

Zhipu claims GLM-Image achieved industry-leading scores among open-source models for text rendering and Chinese character generation.

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Zhipu said the achievement proved the feasibility of developing powerful multimodal models without US chips. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Smartphones

Huawei reclaims top spot over Apple in China smartphone market

Huawei turns to China-designed processors to complete a rebound from US sanctions and ship nearly 47 million smartphones domestically.

Huawei secured 16.4 per cent of China’s smartphone market against Apple’s 16.2 in 2025, according to the International Data Corporation. Photo: Shutterstock
Chinese offshore investment

How China’s global investment model is changing – and what it means for the yuan

The trade war, weak domestic demand and stronger policy support push more firms to invest overseas, with growing implications for currency.

China-Canada relations

What will top the agenda when Canada’s Mark Carney heads to China?

The Canadian prime minister will have the economy and the US on his mind when he lands in Beijing next week.

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Canada

Canada’s Carney to meet Xi in China, as Trump tariffs hurt US ties

PM Mark Carney will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping for trade and other talks in first such trip by a Canadian leader in nearly a decade.

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the start of a meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, in October. Photo: The Canadian Press via AP
Science

China’s sensitive technology at risk after Trump abducts Venezuela leader Maduro

From oil infrastructure to telecommunications, Chinese investments in the country have been long-standing and extensive.

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China’s President Xi Jinping and then Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in September 2023. Photo: Reuters
US-Venezuela conflict

What assets does China have in Venezuela, and what may happen with Maduro gone?

US move calls into question China’s future financial commitments in Latin American country, potentially hurting Beijing’s regional strategy.

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Semiconductors

Baidu and Huawei tighten grip on China’s GPU cloud as chipmakers chase IPOs

A Frost & Sullivan report shows Baidu and Huawei far ahead in China’s GPU cloud market, reflecting the fast adoption of home-grown AI chips.

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