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China Economy

Exclusive | Chinese exporters ditching shipments mid-voyage to avoid crushing Trump tariffs

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Containers at Tianjin Port on Tuesday. Photo: Xinhua

China Economy

US inflation? China is more worried the trade war will make goods too cheap

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China may face greater deflationary pressure amid the trade war, as a decline in US demand leads companies to build of large inventories of unsold goods. Photo: AFP

Military

WWII bomber base enlisted for US power projection against China in the Pacific

The US North Field airbase at Tinian in the Mariana Islands, pictured in 1945. Photo: Wikipedia

Diplomacy

Will Trump’s tariffs force Global South to show ‘true colours’ on US and China?

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US President Donald Trump pumps his fist after announcing reciprocal tariffs on American trade partners at the White House in Washington on April 2. Photo: AFP

China Economy

China may weaponise service trade to hit back against US tariffs: commentators

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The US is escalating its trade war with China by imposing an extra 50 per cent tariff. Photo: Shutterstock
A smartphone displaying US President Donald Trump’s official TikTok page. Photo: Reuters
TikTok

Trump says TikTok deal is still ‘on the table’

‘But we’re going to have to wait and see what’s going to happen with China,’ the US president says.

Robotics

Ex-Tesla engineer launches robotics start-up split between US and China

US-China trade war

Opinion | Why China can and should go all out against Trump in his trade war

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Artificial intelligence

Alibaba executive sees ‘explosive growth’ in AI applications in 2025

A four-day AI fair hosted by Alibaba Cloud in Beijing offers visitors a glimpse of the future.

Alibaba has been investing heavily into artificial intelligence. Photo: AFP
Semiconductors

Samsung denies halting chip foundry services for Chinese clients

Samsung operates one of the few foundries capable of rivalling industry-leading TSMC in producing advanced chips.

Science

First encounter: Chinese AI meets quantum power and gets smarter, faster

Hefei team use China’s superconducting quantum computer Origin Wukong to fine-tune a large language model, researcher says.

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TSMC

TSMC could face US$1 billion fine over chip in Huawei AI processor

Penalising TSMC comes at a critical moment for US-Taiwan relations after Trump slapped a 32 per cent levy on imports from the island.

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TSMC is under a US investigation over a Huawei processor containing chips from the Taiwanese company. Photo: Reuters
Semiconductors

US memory chipmaker Micron to impose tariff surcharge on products

Micron’s overseas manufacturing sites are largely based in Asia, including mainland China, Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore.

US-China relations

US must boost AI funding to counter China’s advances, House hears

Beijing’s ability to develop cutting-edge systems at fraction of cost of American competitors could shift balance of tech and economic power.

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US-China trade war

Chinese semiconductor, auto parts suppliers expect to gain from US trade war

Their view reflects Chinese tech firms’ increased confidence in providing highly competitive alternatives to US imports.

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China’s Ministry of Commerce on Tuesday vowed to implement “countermeasures” against any move by the United States to further raise tariffs. Photo: Shutterstock
Ant Group

Ant Group’s tech unit picks Hong Kong for global headquarters amid AI, Web3 push

Ant Digital Technologies said it was choosing the city to reaffirm its commitment to AI and blockchain technologies, a recent focus for Hong Kong.

Ant Group’s technology unit is establishing a global headquarters in Hong Kong as it focuses on ramping up efforts in AI and Web3. Photo: AP
Artificial intelligence

China narrows gap with US in leading AI models, Stanford report shows

The performance difference of Chinese AI models versus their US counterparts shrank from double digits in 2023 to near parity last year.

IPO

Chinese AI firm AICT prepares to ‘get on the IPO runway’ in Hong Kong

“I’m optimistic about the Hong Kong stock market,” said Yan Jun, the founder and chairman of AICT.

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Microsoft

Microsoft joint venture Wicresoft halts projects in China, lays off workers

Wicresoft will cease work on Microsoft projects in China owing to ‘geopolitical shifts and changes in the global business environment’.

Microsoft and its Shanghai partners founded business consulting joint venture Wicresoft in 2002. Photo: Shutterstock
DeepSeek

DeepSeek unveils new AI reasoning method amid anticipation for R2 model

In collaboration with Tsinghua University, DeepSeek developed a technique combining reasoning methods to guide AI models towards human preferences.

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DeepSeek has unveiled a new approach to improving reasoning AI models amid anticipation for the release of the follow-up to its popular R1 model. Photo: AFP
Stocks

US Treasury chief Bessent: stock market drop a ‘Mag 7’ problem, not a Maga one

The decline has more to do with the emergence of Chinese AI firm DeepSeek than with Trump’s economic policies, Bessent says.

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Artificial intelligence

Deconstructing art: as China’s iconic Dafen village reels, AI takes orders

Dafen once supplied over half the world’s oil paintings – then the global economic crisis, pandemic and China’s housing downturn took their toll – and now comes AI.

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Alibaba

How Alibaba is transforming into a catalyst for China’s AI boom

By empowering innovations through its own technology and supporting former employees, the tech giant is reshaping China’s AI landscape.

Alibaba is showing itself as an enabler of AI innovations. Illustration: Henry Wong
Hong Kong

Editorial | Facial recognition in China calls for protective measures

Hong Kong needs to bear this in mind as mainland China brings in new rules to ease public concerns.

US-China trade war

Trump extends TikTok deadline, says China is ‘unhappy’ about tariffs

US president says White House ‘has been working very hard on a Deal to SAVE TIKTOK’, and is willing to talk to Beijing about it.

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Science

World’s first 1-nanometre RISC-V chip made in China with 2D materials

China’s chip industry has reached a major milestone after scientists developed the world’s most complex semiconductor microprocessor.

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Chinese scientists have had a breakthrough in 2D chip development. Photo: Shutterstock
E-commerce

Trump tariffs, ‘de minimis’ exemption end challenge China’s e-commerce merchants

The policy changes affect many of China’s 120,000 online exporters, whose major market is the United States.

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Higher US tariffs and the end of duty exemptions pose a major challenge to China’s cross-border e-commerce merchants. Photo: Shutterstock
Huawei

Huawei’s ternary logic patent uses an old idea to improve AI chip design

The approach could be used to reduce the number of transistors on a chip, thus reducing energy consumption.

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Fintech

Hong Kong online broker Futu launches DeepSeek-powered tools

Firm joins around 20 Chinese brokers and fund managers, including Sinolink Securities and CICC Wealth Management, in embracing DeepSeek.

Hong Kong environmental issues

Letters | Carbon tax no longer an option for Hong Kong but a necessity

Readers discuss how a carbon tax can help the city meet its climate targets, the impact of a sales tax, and China’s top-down science strategy.

A container ship sails through Hong Kong waters on April 2. A carbon tax is a powerful tool for pricing emissions and creating economic incentives for greener behaviour. Photo: AFP
Artificial intelligence

Quora-like platform Zhihu bets on AI to become China’s X and LinkedIn

‘In the era of AI, the influence of high-quality content will only grow,’ finance chief Wang Han says in an interview with the Post.

Zhihu is hoping to become China’s primary platform for public discussions and professional knowledge sharing with the help of AI. Photo: Shutterstock
Electric & new energy vehicles

China’s lidar sensor firms Hesai, RoboSense stand to gain after fatal EV crash

Adoption of the laser-based sensors will increase as consumers demand safe self-driving systems, analysts say.

Semiconductors

China’s Loongson unveils ‘AI era’ chips amid self-sufficiency drive

The new processors integrate Loongson’s central processing unit cores, which are based on its in-house instruction set architecture.

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