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China technology
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.
An ad in Hong Kong for BytePlus, a ByteDance cloud computing platform featuring AI services. Photo: Eugene Lee
Artificial intelligence

China’s AI race heats up as SenseTime, ByteDance unveil model updates

The two companies are the latest to join DeepSeek, Baidu and Alibaba in enhancing their AI services amid intense market competition.

US-China tech war

Nvidia CEO says Huawei has everyone ‘covered’ if US chip ban on China stays

Huawei

Chinese tech champions boost Europe ties amid US tensions

Electric & new energy vehicles

Xpeng and Chinese EV peers aim to win over Hongkongers amid global push

‘Xpeng and other mainland Chinese companies have abundant new technologies that can be introduced to Hong Kong,’ CEO says at expo in city.

Visitors walk among Chinese electric cars at the 2025 Hong Kong Automotive Expo at Asia-World Expo on June 12, 2025. Photo: Daniel Ren
Artificial intelligence

ByteDance helps jewellery firm Lao Feng Xiang push AI glasses to China’s elderly

The jewellery firm’s foray into the wearables market reflects a surge of fresh interest in smart eyewear with AI-powered capabilities.

Science

From a shepherd to world-renowned scientist, Xie Yimin leaves Australia for China

Globally celebrated scientist who grew up in a poor rural area, now returns to his hometown as dean of Hohai University.

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China-EU relations

Not just robots: China’s high-end 3D printers shine at Europe’s top tech fair

Chinese firms optimistic about rising EU demand, as trade war narrows access to US market.

Zhang Zhengwen, the founder of XDM 3D Printing Technology (left) with the Chinese ambassador to France, Deng Li, in the China Pavilion at Paris VivaTech on June 12, 2025. Photo: Xiaofei Xu/SCMP
China airliners

China approves world’s biggest amphibious plane, AG600, for mass production

The home-grown aircraft overcomes final regulatory hurdle as Beijing seeks to reduce dependence on foreign tech.

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Banking & finance

US venture capital firm to unload stakes in 40 Chinese tech start-ups

Chinese venture capitalists, government-backed funds expected to fill a funding gap left by retreating international investors, analyst says.

Artificial intelligence

China’s orchard of AI, chip grads now ripe for the pickin’ as tech trade sours

Many who entered university during Trump’s first trade war with China are ready to become key cogs in China’s hi-tech engine.

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Alibaba

Joe Tsai says open-source AI will boost Alibaba’s cloud business

The Chinese tech giant has made substantial investments in AI and cloud computing following a sweeping restructuring initiative.

Alibaba chairman Joe Tsai speaks on stage during the VivaTech trade show in Paris on Wednesday. Photo: Xinmei Shen
Semiconductors

Huawei founder sheds light on China’s strategy to overcome US curbs

Ren Zhengfei’s comments underscore Huawei’s commitment to achieving chip self-sufficiency, with compound semiconductors playing a key role.

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DJI

DJI launches US$10,000 enterprise drone that can avoid power lines at night

The new Matrice 400 offers a 59-minute flight time, a payload capacity of up to 6kg and a powerful obstacle-sensing system.

China’s private sector

From AI to chips: China courts private tech firms to help drive next 5-year plan

Businesses in emerging sectors tapped to help shape innovation-led 2026-2030 strategy, analysts say.

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People visit the 34th Harbin International Economic and Trade Fair in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, May 19, 2025. The fair showcased cutting-edge technologies such as autonomous driving, commercial satellites and humanoid robots from over 100 tech firms. Photo: Xinhua
China manufacturing

China plans to turn Shenzhen into AI and aviation hub amid US sanctions

Beijing is deepening reforms to accelerate the development of emerging industries in the Chinese tech hub, which faces a barrage of US trade curbs.

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Shenzhen plans to focus on accelerating the development of local hi-tech industries, as it grapples with the impact of US tariffs and export controls. Photo: Getty Images
Electric & new energy vehicles

Chinese EV battery maker Eve Energy jumps on Hong Kong IPO bandwagon

The firm joins more than a dozen smart-mobility companies from mainland China aiming to raise funds amid the city’s listing surge.

China trade

‘Making a dent’: race is on to reap rare earths elsewhere amid China’s dominance

‘If China imposes export restrictions on rare earth components, the US will just find alternative sources,’ former AmCham China chair says, pointing to challenges.

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Semiconductors

Chinese academy launches automated system to speed up chip design

The system, developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, uses AI for semiconductor design, dispensing with the need for human developers.

Chips seen on a circuit board of a computer. Photo: Reuters
Tencent

Tencent Music to buy Ximalaya, an audio app used by 300 million users

Ximalaya, a platform for podcasts, audiobooks and music, could enhance Tencent Music’s competitiveness in the audio content market.

Apple

Apple’s most sweeping software redesign disappoints mainland Chinese consumers

The hashtag ‘iOS26 Ugly’ was microblogging app Weibo’s top-trending topic on Tuesday, as thousands of netizens expressed their discontent.

Semiconductors

A quantum leap: Chinese institute begins photonic chip production

Photonic chips are a critical hardware component for quantum computing and high-speed optical communications.

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The campus of Shanghai JiaoTong University. One of its affiliated institutes has begun production of photonic chips. Photo: AFP
US-China trade war

Chinese premier urges faster tech applications amid US export controls

China needs to move swiftly to turn new technologies into real-world products, Premier Li Qiang says.

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China is accelerating efforts to become technologically self-sufficient, as the United States restricts exports of a string of strategic technologies. Photo: Shutterstock
China’s C919 passenger plane

Two years of C919 commercial operations

Manufacturer Comac has so far only delivered 18 of China’s first domestically built narrowbody passenger jets, all to mainland carriers, out of a reported order book of around 1,500 planes.

Artificial intelligence

Video | How Hangzhou’s ‘six little dragons’ built China’s newest Silicon Valley

Six tech start-ups have boosted the international prestige of Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province, and reshaped the geography of Chinese innovation.

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Huawei

Huawei founder Ren says state-of-the-art chip performance can be achieved

Ren Zhengfei says his firm is just one of many Chinese chipmakers, adding that the US has ‘exaggerated Huawei’s achievements’.

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In this file photo, Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei is interviewed in Taiyuan, north China’s Shanxi province, on February 9, 2021. Photo: Xinhua
China economy

My Take | What will China look like in 2030? A forecast on the next 5-year plan

China is likely to leverage advanced technology to boost manufacturing, achieving self-sufficiency while becoming an indispensable exporter.

Visitors interact with robotic musicians at a carnival in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei province. Photo: Xinhua
US-China relations

US arrests another Chinese scientist with no permit to send biological material

Scientist is accused of shipping material to University of Michigan; 2 charged last week over conspiring to smuggle toxic fungus.

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Robotics

China turns to robots for elderly care with national pilot programme

Amid a demographic crisis, the government is encouraging the use of robots to care for senior citizens in institutional and home settings.

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