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Xpeng’s AEROHT flying car on display at Liuye Lake Tourist Resort in Changde City, central China’s Hunan province, March 27, 2025. Photo: Xinhua
Electric & new energy vehicles

Xpeng CEO says flying car market will be bigger than EVs over next two decades

CEO He Xiaopeng believes the global flying car market could reach US$2 trillion in the next two decades, double the size of land vehicles.

Smartphones

Google’s Android transparency shift unnerves Chinese developers

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Electric & new energy vehicles

Chinese EV industry pressed to accelerate global expansion amid tariffs

Semiconductors

China’s top foundry SMIC reports revenue growth in 2024, but net profits plunge

Full-year revenue grew 27 per cent to US$8 billion but net profit plunged 45.4 per cent to US$493 million.

Exterior view of SMIC’s facilities in Pudong district, Shanghai on March 15, 2024. Photo: AFP
Exterior view of SMIC’s facilities in Pudong district, Shanghai on March 15, 2024. Photo: AFP
Semiconductors

Taiwan probes China chipmaker SMIC for allegedly poaching staff

SMIC set up a branch in Taiwan posing as a Samoa-based company and tried to hire local talent, prosecutors said.

US-China relations

Trump, some Republicans differ on TikTok ahead of sell-or-ban deadline

‘If ByteDance stays involved in any way, the deal is illegal – plain and simple,’ said one senior Republican lawmaker.

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Robotics

US robotics firms push for national strategy to compete with China

Tesla, Boston Dynamics and others are pushing for US policies that would boost American companies in the global robotics race.

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Humanoid robots perform at the Zhongguancun Forum in Beijing on Thursday. Photo: EPA-EFE
Humanoid robots perform at the Zhongguancun Forum in Beijing on Thursday. Photo: EPA-EFE
US-China tech war

Beijing AI research lab says inclusion on US export control list a ‘mistake’

The updated BIS list includes more than 50 new Chinese entities, including six units of cloud computing provider Inspur Group.

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Semiconductors

‘Coming out’: Huawei-related chip tool maker makes splash at Semicon China

In the first public display of SiCarrier’s latest chipmaking equipment, the company’s booth drew throngs of visitors eager for more information.

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Apple

Apple CEO meets top Chinese officials in charm offensive but offers no AI update

Cook was among 80 company executives who attended the China Development Forum, an annual event to facilitate dialogue with global investors.

Apple CEO Tim Cook at the opening ceremony of the China Development Forum in Beijing on March 23, 2025. Photo: Pool via AP
Artificial intelligence

Ant Group’s use of local GPUs, not Nvidia, cuts AI model training costs by 20%

The fintech affiliate of Alibaba said its Ling-Plus-Base model can be ‘effectively trained on lower-performance devices’.

Ant Group’s latest research into AI development places it among domestic firms such as DeepSeek and ByteDance in the search for more efficient ways to train and run models. Photo: Shutterstock
Ant Group’s latest research into AI development places it among domestic firms such as DeepSeek and ByteDance in the search for more efficient ways to train and run models. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence

AI boom drives record loans for data centres in Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia has become a data-centre hotspot as tech multinationals diversify beyond China amid geopolitical tensions.

Artificial intelligence

Exclusive | Why Lee Kai-fu is betting his AI start-up’s future on DeepSeek

In an interview with the Post, Lee discusses China’s ‘ChatGPT moment’ and 01.AI’s transition from a model developer to a solutions provider.

US-China relations

US FCC probing if Huawei, other Chinese firms are seeking to evade curbs

Other companies under investigation include ZTE, Hikvision, China Mobile and China Telecom.

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Brendan Carr, chairman of the US Federal Communications Commission, delivers a speech at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on March 3. Photo: AFP
Semiconductors

Huawei-related chip equipment maker to debut products at Shanghai trade show

SiCarrier, a chip tool maker backed by the Shenzhen government, will launch new products at the three-day Semicon China exhibition.

This photo taken on March 22, 2024 shows products from Maxone displayed at Semicon China in Shanghai. Photo: AFP
This photo taken on March 22, 2024 shows products from Maxone displayed at Semicon China in Shanghai. Photo: AFP
Semiconductors

Hong Kong investment arm backs Chinese RISC-V start-up StarFive

The partnership will see Hong Kong support StarFive in rolling out RISC-V chip applications in the city.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Wingtech sells 4.6 billion yuan assembly assets after losses from US sanctions

The company signed an agreement to sell stake in five subsidiaries to Luxshare Precision Industry, according to filing with Shanghai Stock Exchange.

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US-China relations

Robot wars: why this week was a game-changer for the US-China humanoid race

From ‘kung fu bots’ to new production lines, the race to mass produce humanlike robots is accelerating on both sides of the Pacific.

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Unitree’s G1 robot performs a series of kung fu kicks in a demo video released in February. Photo: Unitree
Unitree’s G1 robot performs a series of kung fu kicks in a demo video released in February. Photo: Unitree
Electric & new energy vehicles

Xpeng says robotics industry will get bigger than automotive sector

Xpeng plans to mass produce humanoid robots and flying cars for the consumer market by the end of next year.

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Artificial intelligence

AMD CEO visits China, touts chip compatibility with DeepSeek models

The US semiconductor firm and main rival of Nvidia has been promoting its infrastructural support for DeepSeek’s AI models.

Semiconductors

Chinese institute offers ‘uncapped’ pay to talent in chipmaking gear development

The generous terms reflect how China is sparing no effort to entice young talent to boost the nation’s capabilities in lithography systems.

China aims to reduce reliance on foreign chipmaking equipment suppliers like ASML. Photo: Shutterstock
Huawei

Huawei develops computer chips in move away from Intel, Windows

The company is expected to forgo US hardware and software in favour of self-developed technology in its next personal computers.

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Huawei has received certification for its self-developed computer chip. Photo: DigiTimes
Huawei has received certification for its self-developed computer chip. Photo: DigiTimes
Semiconductors

South Korea semiconductor exports to China sink as US tightens tech restrictions

South Korea’s chip sales to China in February fell 31.8 per cent from a year earlier, bigger than the 22.5 per cent contraction in January.

Artificial intelligence

AI start-up challenges Nvidia’s dominance with Beijing support

A team with ties to Tsinghua University has unveiled a new framework for building advanced AI models using Chinese-made chips.

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Artificial intelligence

Nvidia challenger Biren secures fresh funding from state-backed investor

The start-up, valued at US$2.2 billion, secured funding from a private equity entity under Shanghai State-owned Capital Investment.

Biren Technology chips are seen as challengers to Nvidia in China. Photo: Handout
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