China building a different AI future than the West
The headlines are predictable by now. The United States restricts chip exports. Chinese labs release competitive models. Pundits…
Why is the Hang Seng Tech Index underperforming while AI shares soar?
Hong Kong’s tech equity benchmark is struggling to balance the artificial intelligence frenzy and picking the right industry…
China’s AI crossroads: 3 divergent paths in the race for dominance
On a crisp January afternoon, the Shenzhen Bay Sports Centre, just a stone’s throw from Tencent Holdings’ headquarters,…
Beijing warns tech giants to curb ‘involution’ amid AI giveaway war
China’s top market regulator has summoned the country’s leading tech companies to demand an end to “involutionary” competition,…
US tensions no barrier to Chinese AI apps’ global growth: Alibaba fund CEO
Cindy Chow, executive director and CEO of the Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund, says Chinese AI companies are competitive enough to…
A year on from DeepSeek shock, get set for flurry of low-cost Chinese AI models
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, Feb 12 (Reuters) – One year after Chinese startup DeepSeek rattled the global tech…
China trials its largest locally made AI computing resource in major infrastructure push
China’s state-backed SuperComputing Network (SCNet), a major computing resource provider, has deployed a new node for beta testing,…
‘Value for money’: AI agent OpenClaw adopts Chinese models for cost edge over US rivals
OpenClaw, which has been a runaway success since its late 2025 launch, announced on Friday that it was…
Alibaba, Baidu’s IPO plans for AI chip design units heighten China’s self-reliance drive
The two Chinese internet peers’ initiatives reflected the strong investor appetite for AI chip firms and growing demand…
China’s private sector increases presence among top 100 listed companies
Private sector enterprises comprised 40 per cent of the top 100 listed Chinese companies by market value in…
Alibaba to plan IPO for AI chipmaking unit T-Head, Bloomberg News reports
Jan 22 (Reuters) – China’s Alibaba is preparing to list its chipmaking arm, T-Head, Bloomberg News reported on…
Fighting back: Beijing builds its own ‘small yard, high fence’ to shut out US tech
“Small yard, high fence” was how Jake Sullivan, national security adviser under President Joe Biden, described US tech…