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Qihoo 360

The latest news, analysis and opinion on Qihoo 360. In-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion.

Chairman / President

Fan Zhao

CEO / Managing Director

Haisheng Wu

CFO / Finance Director

Alex Xu

Industry

Cybersecurity, Internet Services

Website

360.com

Headquarters address

2/F, Building 8, 360 International Center, No. 8, Dongbeiwang West Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100085, China

Stock Code

SEHK:360

Year founded

2005

Elon Musk’s xAI is open-sourcing two versions of its Grok models. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS

Artificial intelligence

Elon Musk’s xAI joins open-source AI race against China

The US start-up open sources the Grok 2.5 model and says it will do the same with Grok 3 within the next six months.

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Semiconductors

Bargaining chip: Nvidia’s efforts to please US and China get harder

16 Aug 2025 - 12:00PM

Taiwan

Taiwan cyberattacks ‘below average’ but widespread: Beijing political advisor

7 Aug 2025 - 6:08PM

Artificial intelligence

Cybersecurity firm 360 backs Huawei chips despite return of Nvidia

Qihoo 360 founder says the US-sanctioned firm will support domestic chips as ‘the more they are used, the more they will improve’.

24 Jul 2025 - 6:00PM

This illustration photo shows the logos of Huawei and Nvidia on an AI chip. Photo: Shutterstock Images

DeepSeek

DeepSeek’s chatbot sees a drop in downloads as AI apps for work, education rise

The average monthly download of DeepSeek’s chatbot fell 72 per cent to 22.6 million in the second quarter from the preceding three months.

22 Jul 2025 - 7:03PM

Science

When it comes to cyber threats, India – not the US – is China’s biggest concern

A group of cyber hackers based in India have become a major headache for China’s cybersecurity.

16 Feb 2024 - 5:38PMvideocam

China technology

IDG Capital works to rebut US claims over China military ties

IDG is one of the oldest venture firms in the market and has been in China since 1993, having invested in more than 1,600 companies, with 500 of them going public or getting acquired.

7 Feb 2024 - 10:46AM

People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers marched next to the entrance to the Forbidden City during the opening ceremony of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing on May 21, 2020. Photo: AFP

Alibaba

Chinese local governments roll out the red carpet for Big Tech firms

Chinese cities from Beijing to Hangzhou have inked cooperation deals with internet giants, as the country’s top leaders signal an end to two years of tech crackdowns.

30 Jul 2023 - 10:00AM

Tencent

Tencent’s Pony Ma hails China’s new plan to boost private economy

In an article published just hours after China unveiled an action plan to invigorate its economy, Ma pledged on behalf of the internet industry to support the government’s latest strategies.

20 Jul 2023 - 6:30PM

Artificial intelligence

China’s ChatGPT frenzy on full display at AI show despite Beijing’s caution

China’s ChatGPT-frenzy was on full display at the country’s largest AI fair in Shanghai this week, despite US sanctions on chips and Beijing’s cautious attitude towards generative AI.

7 Jul 2023 - 9:08PM

A view of the exhibition floor at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, July 6, 2023. Photo: AFP

Alibaba

Alibaba’s AI development in for a bumpy ride, as CEO vows to pump gas and breaks

AI regulation is as important as developing the technology, said Alibaba’s outgoing CEO Daniel Zhang, who will continue to lead its cloud operations.

26 Jun 2023 - 9:00PM

Alibaba CEO Daniel Zhang, who also directly heads the company’s cloud business, speaking at the Nishan Dialogue on Digital Civilisation, organised by the World Internet Conference, in Qufu, Shandong province, on June 26, 2023. Photo: SCMP / Ben Jiang

Censorship in China

China’s 360 highlights how its ChatGPT-like service adapts to censorship regime

In launching its new ChatGPT-like service, the chairman and founder of 360 Security Technology has provided a rare glimpse of how generative AI operates within Beijing’s strict censorship system.

15 Jun 2023 - 9:00PM

Artificial intelligence

Baidu’s Ernie Bot tops Xinhua’s Chinese large language model rankings

Ernie Bot performs better in a series of tasks than competing services from Alibaba, iFlyTek and SenseTime, according to Xinhua Institute.

12 Jun 2023 - 7:00PMvideocam

Artificial intelligence

Explainer | The runners and riders in China’s race to catch up with OpenAI’s ChatGPT

The Post takes a look at China’s current efforts to find a true competitor to OpenAI’s AI chatbot ChatGPT, which has taken the tech community by storm.

19 Apr 2023 - 11:03PM

China’s Big Tech firms are rushing to compete wth ChatGPT. Photo: Shutterstock

Artificial intelligence

Several Chinese experts back call by Musk and others for pause in AI race

Several China experts say ChatGPT technologies need to be developed ‘safely, reasonably, and ethically’ and this requires more scrutiny.

5 Apr 2023 - 7:00AM

China academics share AI race concerns. Photo: Reuters

Artificial intelligence

ChatGPT has sparked a new round of soul-searching over China’s AI progress

The capabilities of Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s ChatGPT AI bot and the updated GPT4 have shocked China’s tech professionals into action.

27 Mar 2023 - 10:30PM

Artificial intelligence

Father of China’s Great Firewall raises concerns about ChatGPT-like services

Fang Bingxing, the man behind China’s Great Firewall, has raised concerns over GPT-4, warning that it could lead to an ‘information cocoon’.

20 Mar 2023 - 8:00AM

NetEase

Big Tech moguls step down from China’s top political advisory body

The founders of Baidu, NetEase and Sogou are no longer among the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference’s latest delegate list.

18 Jan 2023 - 8:15PM

Baidu CEO Robin Li speaks to the media as he arrives for the opening session of the CPPCC at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in March 2019. Photo: Reuters

Semiconductors

Chinese optical storage firm faces delisting after fine for accounting fraud

Amethystum Storage’s fall from grace has raised concerns about a crop of companies that have chosen to list amid China’s domestic tech drive.

22 Nov 2022 - 9:30PM

Cybersecurity

Shanghai bourse puts Chinese security firm Qihoo 360 under review after loss

Shanghai-listed Qihoo 360 blamed its big third-quarter loss on declining sales and a move to divest its stake in Norwegian browser developer Opera.

29 Oct 2022 - 1:00AM

US-China tech war

China braces for escalating fight after new Pentagon blacklist

None of the 13 Chinese firms newly blacklisted by the US defence department, including DJI, has spoken out, while state media has remained largely silent.

10 Oct 2022 - 1:05PMvideocam

US-China relations

‘Stop stealing’: China slams US over alleged Trojan virus hacking

Probe report cites cyber spy arm of US National Security Agency as source of extensive data-stealing attack on networks across China.

6 Sep 2022 - 9:06AMvideocam

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China has accused US- based hackers of malicious cyberattacks on Chinese networks controlling ‘tens of thousands’ of devices, from servers to firewalls. Photo: Shutterstock

US-China relations

Will US Chips Act force academics, tech companies to ‘pick sides’?

A Chinese report says the new US Chip Act is designed to stifle academic collaboration, and will further divide researchers.

6 Sep 2022 - 7:26PMvideocam

Cybersecurity

Shanghai health data of 48.5 million allegedly hacked and touted for sale

Shanghai’s health code, or Suishenma, is a programme of QR code developed by the Shanghai Big Data Centre.

12 Aug 2022 - 9:21PM

Financial regulation

‘Too easy to borrow’: online loans thrive in China despite fintech scrutiny

As Beijing’s tough stance on online credit persuaded Big Tech firms to scale back their services, smaller platforms have proliferated, luring young consumers into borrowing for a lifestyle they can ill afford.

16 Jul 2022 - 10:16AMvideocam

Regulations on Big Tech companies have forced them to scale back fintech operations, but a growing number of smaller lending firms are feeding Chinese consumers’ appetite for borrowing. Illustration: Perry Tse

Science

China accuses NSA of FoxAcid hack attack on research groups

Chinese cyber watchdog says software found on hundreds of information systems used by academic institutes.

2 Jul 2022 - 7:30PMvideocam

Chinese authorities say an NSA hacking tool called FoxAcid has been detected on systems used by Chinese science institutes. Photo: Shutterstock

US-China relations

Can China develop its own open source code industry as tech dependency risks rise?

Beijing has become increasingly worried that the country’s heavy dependence on Western-dominated open source technologies could eventually backfire.

28 Jun 2022 - 2:47PM

Cybersecurity

Chinese firm that accused NSA of hacking has global ambitions

Beijing-based Qi An Xin Technology Group, which in February publicly claimed that the US National Security Agency hacked computers in 45 countries, has ambitions of becoming a global cybersecurity giant.

1 Jun 2022 - 10:57AM

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Qihoo 360

Elon Musk’s xAI joins open-source AI race against China

The US start-up open sources the Grok 2.5 model and says it will do the same with Grok 3 within the next six months.

Bargaining chip: Nvidia’s efforts to please US and China get harder

Taiwan cyberattacks ‘below average’ but widespread: Beijing political advisor

Cybersecurity firm 360 backs Huawei chips despite return of Nvidia

Qihoo 360 founder says the US-sanctioned firm will support domestic chips as ‘the more they are used, the more they will improve’.

DeepSeek’s chatbot sees a drop in downloads as AI apps for work, education rise

The average monthly download of DeepSeek’s chatbot fell 72 per cent to 22.6 million in the second quarter from the preceding three months.

When it comes to cyber threats, India – not the US – is China’s biggest concern

A group of cyber hackers based in India have become a major headache for China’s cybersecurity.

IDG Capital works to rebut US claims over China military ties

IDG is one of the oldest venture firms in the market and has been in China since 1993, having invested in more than 1,600 companies, with 500 of them going public or getting acquired.

Chinese local governments roll out the red carpet for Big Tech firms

Chinese cities from Beijing to Hangzhou have inked cooperation deals with internet giants, as the country’s top leaders signal an end to two years of tech crackdowns.

Tencent’s Pony Ma hails China’s new plan to boost private economy

In an article published just hours after China unveiled an action plan to invigorate its economy, Ma pledged on behalf of the internet industry to support the government’s latest strategies.

China’s ChatGPT frenzy on full display at AI show despite Beijing’s caution

China’s ChatGPT-frenzy was on full display at the country’s largest AI fair in Shanghai this week, despite US sanctions on chips and Beijing’s cautious attitude towards generative AI.

Alibaba’s AI development in for a bumpy ride, as CEO vows to pump gas and breaks

AI regulation is as important as developing the technology, said Alibaba’s outgoing CEO Daniel Zhang, who will continue to lead its cloud operations.

China’s 360 highlights how its ChatGPT-like service adapts to censorship regime

In launching its new ChatGPT-like service, the chairman and founder of 360 Security Technology has provided a rare glimpse of how generative AI operates within Beijing’s strict censorship system.

Baidu’s Ernie Bot tops Xinhua’s Chinese large language model rankings

Ernie Bot performs better in a series of tasks than competing services from Alibaba, iFlyTek and SenseTime, according to Xinhua Institute.

.css-sioo19{color:#c79a00;}Explainer | The runners and riders in China’s race to catch up with OpenAI’s ChatGPT

The Post takes a look at China’s current efforts to find a true competitor to OpenAI’s AI chatbot ChatGPT, which has taken the tech community by storm.

Several Chinese experts back call by Musk and others for pause in AI race

Several China experts say ChatGPT technologies need to be developed ‘safely, reasonably, and ethically’ and this requires more scrutiny.

ChatGPT has sparked a new round of soul-searching over China’s AI progress

The capabilities of Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s ChatGPT AI bot and the updated GPT4 have shocked China’s tech professionals into action.

Father of China’s Great Firewall raises concerns about ChatGPT-like services

Fang Bingxing, the man behind China’s Great Firewall, has raised concerns over GPT-4, warning that it could lead to an ‘information cocoon’.

Big Tech moguls step down from China’s top political advisory body

The founders of Baidu, NetEase and Sogou are no longer among the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference’s latest delegate list.

Chinese optical storage firm faces delisting after fine for accounting fraud

Amethystum Storage’s fall from grace has raised concerns about a crop of companies that have chosen to list amid China’s domestic tech drive.

Shanghai bourse puts Chinese security firm Qihoo 360 under review after loss

Shanghai-listed Qihoo 360 blamed its big third-quarter loss on declining sales and a move to divest its stake in Norwegian browser developer Opera.

China braces for escalating fight after new Pentagon blacklist

None of the 13 Chinese firms newly blacklisted by the US defence department, including DJI, has spoken out, while state media has remained largely silent.

‘Stop stealing’: China slams US over alleged Trojan virus hacking

Probe report cites cyber spy arm of US National Security Agency as source of extensive data-stealing attack on networks across China.

Will US Chips Act force academics, tech companies to ‘pick sides’?

A Chinese report says the new US Chip Act is designed to stifle academic collaboration, and will further divide researchers.

Shanghai health data of 48.5 million allegedly hacked and touted for sale

Shanghai’s health code, or Suishenma, is a programme of QR code developed by the Shanghai Big Data Centre.

‘Too easy to borrow’: online loans thrive in China despite fintech scrutiny

As Beijing’s tough stance on online credit persuaded Big Tech firms to scale back their services, smaller platforms have proliferated, luring young consumers into borrowing for a lifestyle they can ill afford.

China accuses NSA of FoxAcid hack attack on research groups

Chinese cyber watchdog says software found on hundreds of information systems used by academic institutes.

Can China develop its own open source code industry as tech dependency risks rise?

Beijing has become increasingly worried that the country’s heavy dependence on Western-dominated open source technologies could eventually backfire.

Chinese firm that accused NSA of hacking has global ambitions

Beijing-based Qi An Xin Technology Group, which in February publicly claimed that the US National Security Agency hacked computers in 45 countries, has ambitions of becoming a global cybersecurity giant.

Explainer | The runners and riders in China’s race to catch up with OpenAI’s ChatGPT