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Latest news, features and opinion on China’s technology industry, including AI, the US-China tech war, 5G, smartphone makers and apps, and issues surrounding China’s Great Firewall.
The Huawei booth at the 2025 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, March 3, 2025. Photo: Xinhua
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.

Fintech

Hong Kong online broker Futu launches DeepSeek-powered tools

Hong Kong environmental issues

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

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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China trade

How Malaysia became the engine powering China’s AI ambitions

China’s tech giants are rushing to build data centres in Malaysia, which offers cheap energy and access to cutting-edge chips.

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Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen
China economy

Opinion | Despite hurdles, China’s ambition for global leadership role is clear

From the ‘two sessions’ to Boao Forum, Beijing is promoting tech independence, green innovation and support for developing nations.

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Robotics

Ex-Google engineer joins Shanghai’s AgiBot to lead advanced AI research

Newly appointed AgiBot chief scientist Luo Jianlan, who previously worked at Google, spearheads the advanced AI research effort.

Xiaomi

Video | Fatal crash involving Xiaomi SU7 EV

Chinese tech giant says it submitted driving data and relevant operational information to the police, and it deeply regrets the tragedy involving its first car

Xiaomi to cooperate with police after fatal crash involving self-drive feature on SU7 EV
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Science

On way to nuclear fusion, Chinese HL-3 reactor hits ‘dual 100 million degrees’

‘These systems now rank among the best in the world, and they’ve helped set multiple records in China’s fusion research,’ chief designer says.

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HL-3 chief designer Zhong Wulu told Chinese state media the HL-3 tokamak reactor in Chengdu had achieved a plasma state with ion temperatures of 117 million degrees Celsius and electron temperatures of 160 million degrees, bringing it closer to the extreme conditions required to ignite fusion. Photo: CCTV
Alibaba

Alibaba’s Qwen3 AI model coming this month, sources say

The latest upgrade to the Qwen family of models will include a mixture-of-experts version and one with just 600 million parameters for mobile devices.

TikTok

White House to discuss TikTok sale in meeting on Wednesday

The leading plan is for the biggest non-Chinese investors in ByteDance to raise their stakes and acquire TikTok’s US operations, sources say.

ByteDance

ByteDance-owned Douyin sheds light on algorithm amid regulatory pressure

The Chinese version of TikTok has launched a special website that explains how the app recommends and ‘moderates’ content for its users.

Algorithms track users’ behaviour – including likes, follows, shares and the period of time one watches a video – to predict their preferences, according to Douyin. Photo: Shutterstock
ZTE

China’s ZTE names Fang Rong as chairman amid AI pivot, revenue drop

The telecoms industry veteran’s ascension reflects ZTE’s efforts to revive its fortunes in 2025 via its AI strategy.

Shenzhen-based ZTE expects revenue growth to resume in 2025. Photo: Shutterstock
Electric & new energy vehicles

Xiaomi car crash involving self-driving feature sparks concerns in China

Company says it submitted the driving data and relevant operational information to the police and deeply regrets the tragedy.

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Alibaba

Alibaba woos back DingTalk founder to lead office app’s AI push

Chen Hang, who created the app in 2015, will return as DingTalk CEO as Alibaba plans to take a stake in the entrepreneur’s start-up.

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Artificial intelligence

Guangdong boosts AI and robotics subsidies after DeepSeek’s success

A new initiative seeks to position Guangdong as a ‘global highland’ for AI and robotics, following DeepSeek’s success.

A staff member tests a humanoid robot from a company based in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. Photo: Xinhua
5G

China makes advances in commercialisation of brain-computer interface technology

The semi-invasive system developed by CIBR and its affiliated start-up NeuCyber NeuroTech have completed their first three human implants.

Made in China 2025

Stay humble? China ranks itself 10th in new global innovation league table

But China has risen up the rankings faster than any other nation over the past 12 years, according to the report.

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Science

European leadership in particle physics threatened by China: CERN chief

‘There is real competition’ from China in particular, Fabiola Gianotti said, adding the giant FCC project is ‘absolutely on the good track’.

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CERN Director General Fabiola Gianotti discusses the Future Particle Collider (FCC) in Meyrin, near Geneva, Switzerland on Monday. Photo: AFP
US-China relations

As extension winds down for TikTok sale, analysts say deadline may not matter

US President Donald Trump might ignore the law Congress passed and use the app as a bargaining chip in trade talks with Beijing.

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The fate of TikTok in the US remains uncertain, with President Donald Trump apparently using it for leverage in trade negotiations with China. Image: Shutterstock
Science

FBI raids on Chinese-American scientist revives China Initiative fears

Two Indiana homes of cybersecurity researcher and professor raided by FBI and Homeland Security but no reason cited, local media report.

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China airliners

Flying taxis: China clears way for first companies to begin offering services

Chinese regulators have for the first time granted companies approval to operate autonomous passenger drones.

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Science

How AI revolution at a Chinese coal mine is making profits soar

China’s Dahaize Mine is rewriting the playbook on how a coalfield operates as automation takes centre stage.

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Liang Yunfeng inspects smart machines at a Dahaize underground coal mine. Photo: Journal of Intelligent Mine
Semiconductors

Another Apple chip engineer returns to China to nurture next-generation talent

Kong Long left Apple after seven years, following the recent return of M4 CPU engineer Wang Huanyu to China.

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China is finding success in courting semiconductor talent back to the country. Photo: Reuters
China food security

Beijing bids adieu to ‘basic’ farmland with plan to supercharge soil

When it’s basic farmland vs ‘well-facilitated’ farmland, the latter considerably outperforms in cost and yield.

Robotics

Venture capital veteran Allen Zhu questions humanoid robots’ value

Zhu, who famously backed Didi Chuxing and RedNote, says early-stage venture capitalists should steer away from the embodied-AI sector.

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