Will China’s new northern tech bases in Hebei and Tianjin spark local housing demand?
Chinese technology companies establishing new headquarters and offices in northern cities around Beijing are expected to boost local…
China’s state developers power Shenzhen construction despite market woes
Property Conglomerates dominate prime projects as private sector struggles This project in Shenzhen, called Marivista, is a joint development by state-owned…
As AI pushes data centres to breaking point, some Chinese chipmakers bet on SiC
As the global artificial intelligence (AI) boom puts intense pressure on data centre energy grids, some Chinese chipmakers…
China launches plan to revive foreign investment as FDI continues to fall
China is doubling down on efforts to attract and retain foreign investment with a new, comprehensive action plan…
Will China’s AI-powered agribots repeat its EV success story?
While Chinese agricultural machinery does not rank globally, the shift to embodied intelligence amid the current tech revolution…
Why China is attracting wealthy Gulf families in search of education, tech and business
In April, a family from the United Arab Emirates – four adults, three children and a nanny –…
Open Questions | Hong Kong must embrace ‘bipolar’ role to thrive in ‘Stage 3.0’: ex-HKEX boss Charles Li
Charles Li Xiaojia, the longest-serving CEO of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX), defined a decade of city…
Alibaba, Tencent lead pivot from chatbots to embodied AI for robotics
Chinese tech companies are racing to deploy artificial intelligence models into robots, shifting the battleground for generative AI…
Controversial China ‘dead or alive’ app transforms into valuable personal safety tool
A controversial Chinese app with the allegedly offensive name “dead or alive” has been transformed into a government-backed…
China’s top trade negotiator urges Apec to grow economic pie, divide it fairly
China’s chief trade negotiator, Li Chenggang, urged Asia-Pacific economies to reject a zero-sum mentality, grow the economic pie…
China’s old ‘Motown’, Shanghai bets on robotaxis, better batteries for a GDP bump
The financial and commercial hub of mainland China is pinning its economic hopes on emerging industries such as…
‘Explosive’: why China’s gold recycling industry is growing at record speed
China’s gold recycling industry is expanding at its fastest pace in a decade amid sustained fervour in the…