Tech war: China takes confident strides to develop more AI innovation in 2026
That release was a fitting reminder to the world, especially during the peak of the Christmas holiday season,…
Hong Kong’s investment body posts US$300 million income in first year
The Hong Kong Investment Corporation (HKIC) earned HK$2.34 billion (US$300.7 million) in investment income last year, as the…
Alibaba Cloud team wins top AI award for breakthrough in model efficiency
A research team led by Alibaba Cloud was the only group from China to receive a top award…
China’s DeepSeek makes rare public comment, calls for AI ‘whistle-blower’ on job losses
Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek made a rare appearance at a state-backed industry event on Friday as a…
Huawei’s HarmonyOS 6 system supports direct file transfers to Apple devices for first time
Huawei Technologies on Wednesday released to consumers in China the latest version of its proprietary operating system, HarmonyOS…
China’s Honor teases ‘Robot Phone’, a new AI handset with gimbal-attached camera
The “Robot Phone” was unveiled by Honor online in a promotional video that showed the gimbal-stabilised camera unfurl…
China’s banks face their ‘Japanification moment’, S&P report warns
China’s banks are edging towards their “Japanification moment”, as years of yielding margins to support the economy have…
Tencent counts on demand for Chinese AI tools to lift overseas cloud computing business
Tencent Holdings is aiming for “aggressive” growth in the international cloud computing market, on the back of the…
Tech war: Huawei executive claims victory over US sanctions with computing, AI ecosystem
China has virtually overcome crippling US tech restrictions, according to a senior executive at Huawei Technologies, as mainland-developed…
Shanghai targets 5 new data centres in 2025 as China boosts AI computing capacity
Shanghai aims to complete at least five new large-scale data centres by the end of the year to…