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China’s private sector

How Beijing became China’s biggest tech venture capitalist, from AI to chips

China’s tech sector thrives on state-backed investment, reshaping funding dynamics and sparking a debate about balancing risk and innovation.

China trade

China wants unique access to minerals with Indonesia offer, analyst says

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Good Schools Guide

Hong Kong schools are using micro-credentials to reward non-academic learning

US-China trade war

Nvidia, Palantir, Meta warn about ‘premature restrictions’ of open-weight models

Top US tech companies urge policymakers in open letter not to undermine competition and drive more users to Chinese AI systems.

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Nvidia was one of the giant US tech companies to sign an open letter urging policymakers to avoid "premature restrictions" on open-weight models. Photo: Shutterstock
Donald Trump

Trump vows fresh tariffs on EU in retaliation for US$1 billion Google fine

The threats come on the heels of the US president’s decision to impose duties of at least 10 per cent on goods from around 60 nations.

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Huawei

Huawei’s Tau Scaling Law: a new path amid US sanctions

Company founder Ren Zhengfei says the new framework is crucial for survival, enabling chip advancements without EUV lithography.

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Tencent

Tencent fires WeChat manager after 7-figure bonus leaks online, sparks uproar

Screenshots of the executive’s eye-watering compensation went viral on social media, which Tencent said caused a ‘severe negative impact’.

Tencent Holdings has fired a manager whose seven-figure pay package leaked online, sparking heated discussion on social media. Photo: Shutterstock
China trade

China energy giant expands Korean footprint, helps fuel Seoul’s AI ambitions

The state-owned firm’s new project, independently managed by the company’s South Korean subsidiary, brings its number of power facilities in the country to five.

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Artificial intelligence

China’s Kimi K3 well behind US rivals in cyberattack ability, study shows

Kimi K3’s overall score of 32.2 per cent compares with top, unnamed US models that average 76.2 per cent.

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Artificial intelligence

Opinion | Hong Kong must wake up to the cold hard geopolitics of AI

With AI increasingly being treated as a strategic asset, the city should ensure it has access to the technologies shaping the global finance.

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US President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on March 31, in Washington, as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick listens. Photo: AP
China stock market

Investors fret as China’s A-share divorces echo Bezos’ Amazon split

Retail investors worry about secondary share-price movements following equity transfers resulting from large shareholders’ divorces.

Retail investors worry more about secondary share-price movements following the divorces of large or controlling shareholders in China's A-share market. Photo: Shutterstock
US-China trade war

More Americans think China is world leader in AI, new survey reveals

Findings come as AI race between Washington and Beijing ramps up and with technology high on agenda at planned Trump-Xi summit in September.

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US-China relations

Pentagon expands blacklist to include China’s top civilian universities

Fudan and Shanghai Jiao Tong join Defence Department research blacklist, extending US restrictions beyond military-linked institutions.

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US-China tech war

Can science bridge the US-China trust gap? Maybe with new rules, researchers say

Continuous dialogue and clearly defined boundaries between security and development are crucial, Fudan University researchers say.

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In recent years, the number of Chinese students studying in the US has steadily fallen. Photo: Xinhua
Banking & finance

Shanghai to launch ‘choke point’ tech funds, relax some pre-profit listing rules

The city will unveil dedicated funds and new offshore yuan channels while allowing pre-profit AI and nuclear fusion start-ups to list on the Star Market.

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A woman in Beijing walks by a display promoting the Star Market after its establishment in 2019. Photo: AP
Artificial intelligence

Opinion | Why it’s dangerous to see AI as humanlike

The foremost ethical concern is deception. Treating AI systems as humanlike risks the lives of vulnerable people.

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European Union

EU fines Google US$1 billion, risking US fury

The fines are the biggest in total against one company under the competition law known as the Digital Markets Act.

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Stocks

Macroscope | Emerging markets have a concentration problem. Investors will have to live with it

Investors nervous about the dominance of South Korean and Taiwanese chipmakers can’t afford to ignore them.

Currency traders pass by a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index and the foreign exchange rate between US dollar and South Korean won at Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul on June 5. Photo: AP
Hong Kong transport

Hong Kong gears up for city’s first test run of fully driverless vehicles

Passenger vehicles being tested at Chek Lap Kok will no longer require person behind wheel as backup, but cars will still be monitored remotely.

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US-China relations

Trump to steer billions from universities to AI and individual scientists

White House says overhaul will back AI and researchers to restore the US scientific edge as Beijing closes the innovation gap.

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US-China trade war

Trump tech official accuses China’s Moonshot AI of stealing from Anthropic

Michael Kratsios alleges Beijing-based company targeted Anthropic’s most powerful model, Claude Fable 5, through large-scale ‘distillation’.

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The Trump administration claims that outputs from Anthropic’s most powerful model, Claude Fable 5, have been incorporated into Moonshot AI's new Kimi K3 model. Photo: Shutterstock
China-EU relations

China, EU pushing ahead on joint research despite trade tensions

Joint 2025-2027 research agreement covers climate and agriculture, state media says, signalling will to collaborate in spite of differences.

Harvesters at work in a rice field in Hangzhou, eastern China. China and the EU are reported to have signed joint research funding agreements to support scientific cooperation in areas such as food, agriculture and biosolutions, as well as climate change and biodiversity. Photo: Xinhua
Robotics

Chinese robot maker AgiBot targets a listing in Hong Kong’s booming market

Leading robot maker plans a Hong Kong IPO with Citic, CICC, and Morgan Stanley as sponsors.

Artificial intelligence

China’s Moonshot AI accelerates fundraising push ahead of planned IPO: source

Per a source, the company closes fundraising round at US$30 billion valuation, as it signals it may go public in next six months.

Artificial intelligence

Heat, hardware and high stakes at China’s World AI Conference

SCMP’s Ann Cao just finished covering her sixth WAIC in Shanghai, and is looking forward to the next one.

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Humanoid robots developed by OpenMind Robotics at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on Saturday. Photo: AFP
China economy

Opinion | China’s stock market intervention is a confidence booster

Amid geopolitical tension and talk of an AI bubble, China needs a stable financial market to underpin economic growth.

People walk on a street beneath a large screen showing the latest stock market and economic data in Shanghai, China, on June 15. Photo: EPA
Electric & new energy vehicles

China’s EV makers went from small fry to big shots. Can others do the same?

The global green shift is providing a way for emerging economies to catch up with global powerhouses, with help from China’s supply chain.

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US-China relations

Crawfish soup on Mars? US Senate hears worries over China’s scientific ambitions

Republicans point to Beijing’s rising research spending, while Democrats warn Trump’s funding cuts could erode America’s ability to compete.

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