China’s tech giants pursue AI, semiconductor talent in US as competition intensifies
The overseas hiring spree underscores these “big tech” firms’ growing ambitions to build up their skilled workforce in…
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,…
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,…
China-founded AI-agent start-up Manus acquired by Zuckerberg’s Meta for ‘billions’
A China-founded start-up that specialises in artificial intelligence agents was acquired by US tech giant Meta Platforms for…
China narrows AI gap with US 3 years after initial ChatGPT shock
Chinese government authorities sent urgent requests to various experts, including professors from Tsinghua University, to provide briefings on…
Role reversal: Meta adopts Qwen as Chinese AI becomes industry foundation
When US tech giant Meta Platforms released its flagship Llama family of artificial intelligence models in February 2023,…
Alibaba bets on ‘everything app’ Qwen to define AI era for global consumers
Alibaba Group Holding’s new multipurpose artificial intelligence consumer app, Qwen, has the potential to become China’s “super-app” in…
DeepSeek, Qwen AI Besting ChatGPT, Grok, Gemini In AI Crypto Trading Challenge
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China’s generative AI user base doubles to 515 million in 6 months
China saw a massive uptick in generative artificial intelligence adoption in the first half of the year to…
Mapping shifts in the geography of tech innovation: China becomes a big player in AI research
The belief that China is a country only good at adopting technologies at scale has been a “misperception”,…
Alibaba’s Qwen3-Omni tops Hugging Face AI ranking as Chinese open systems flourish
Alibaba Group Holding’s new Qwen3-Omni multimodal artificial intelligence system has quickly become the most popular model in the…
China’s ‘full stack’ AI ambitions on show at Alibaba’s Apsara Conference
China’s full artificial intelligence technology stack was on display at this year’s Apsara Conference, the annual gathering of…