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Artificial intelligence

China plans to ban ‘intimate’ AI companions for teenagers

The latest proposals come two months after China introduced its first dedicated rules governing humanlike AI interaction.

US-China tech war

In Focus | Will US cloud computing restrictions rain on China’s AI parade?

China's space programme

In Focus | How China is turning Hainan from a tourist island into a major aerospace hub

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Artificial intelligence

A ploy to entrench US lead? China pushes back on calls for slowdown in AI

Chinese researchers say a slowdown would protect established US incumbents while freezing latecomers out of the market.

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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei addresses the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India, February 19, 2026. Photo: Reuters
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei addresses the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India, February 19, 2026. Photo: Reuters
Brics

Xi touts Brics cooperation on AI as US titans flag tech risks

China’s President Xi Jinping promoted an AI ‘community’ at a Brics summit, while US industry leaders backed the idea of slowing the technology’s development.

China technology

China’s five-year plan for its information and communications sector

China plans to grow the revenue of the information and communications sector to 4.1 trillion yuan by 2030.

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Artificial intelligence

China targets fourfold boost in AI computing capacity by 2030 in major tech push

The nation’s intelligent computing capacity hit 2,185 eflops at the end of June, up 177 per cent from a year earlier, according to MIIT.

China’s expansion in intelligent computing clusters is being driven by a sharp increase in AI workloads. Photo: Getty Images
China’s expansion in intelligent computing clusters is being driven by a sharp increase in AI workloads. Photo: Getty Images
Artificial intelligence

In Focus | Will geopolitics put a potential Musk merger between a rocket and a hard place?

Security concerns in Beijing and Washington could create ‘bottleneck’ if Elon Musk attempts to combine the two flagship companies.

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Artificial intelligence

US tech chiefs Huang, Musk warn against AI curbs amid race with China

US tech leaders warn strict rules could blunt innovation and prevent the harnessing of economic gains from rapidly advancing AI.

US-China tech war

China urges global AI cooperation, not rivalry, ahead of Xi-Trump summit

With the high-stakes meeting just weeks away and tech tensions escalating, Beijing uses a G20 ministerial forum to advocate collaboration on the emerging technology.

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China’s Minister of Science and Technology Yin Hejun joins other delegates at the G20 Innovation Ministerial summit in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, US, on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

‘Slop’ purge: Chinese watchdog scrubs millions of harmful AI posts

Clampdown sweeps across 2,400 websites and apps as cyberspace watchdog escalates fight against generative tech abuse.

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The Cyberspace Administration of China says it has removed some 49,000 accounts during its latest enforcement drive. Photo: Reuters
The Cyberspace Administration of China says it has removed some 49,000 accounts during its latest enforcement drive. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

OpenAI executive urges US-China AI safety talks ahead of Trump-Xi summit

Dean Ball, a former White House adviser, says the window for cooperation will ‘widen’ in next few months but will not stay open forever.

Artificial intelligence

Gates pitches US-China AI cooperation ahead of Xi meeting

The Microsoft co-founder may travel to Beijing in November as he seeks support for global cooperation on managing potential AI risks.

Semiconductors

Cut off from Europe, Nexperia China eyes self-reliance through domestic wafers

The Chinese division is betting on a high-stakes, home-grown supply chain pivot to bypass suspended European wafer shipments.

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An employee works with a wafer on a production line of semiconductor firm Nexperia in Hamburg, Germany, on June 27, 2024. Photo: Reuters
China’s private sector

China clears Geely for landmark satellite test to spur commercial space drive

Geespace secures a two-year satellite IoT trial from MIIT, the first approval for a private Chinese firm.

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A rendering of Geespace’s push to deploy proprietary orbital networks. Photo: Handout
A rendering of Geespace’s push to deploy proprietary orbital networks. Photo: Handout
Artificial intelligence

Zhipu AI’s answer to Project Glasswing marks shift for Chinese cyber safety

Company’s ‘Shield of Open Source’ programme offers free security audits to help users patch software vulnerabilities.

Robotics

Robotics | Chinese robots on the march despite tech war hurdles

Recent US ban on new robots is unlikely to prevent robotics becoming China’s next export engine after electric vehicles.

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Artificial intelligence

Zhipu launches GLM-5.3 model as China seeks Mythos-level edge in cyber defence

Company says GLM-5.3 outperformed leading US systems in cybersecurity tests, beating Anthropic’s Mythos 5 and OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 on CyberGym.

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Zhipu says it has tested GLM-5.3 with security teams in China against real-world codebases, identifying 2,436 vulnerabilities across 269 projects after expert review. Photo: Shutterstock
Zhipu says it has tested GLM-5.3 with security teams in China against real-world codebases, identifying 2,436 vulnerabilities across 269 projects after expert review. Photo: Shutterstock
Alibaba

China’s richest province taps Alibaba to power its AI and chip push

Guangdong province deepens ties with China tech giant to boost digital innovation by focusing on AI, semiconductors and smart services.

Artificial intelligence

Meta strikes at China’s open AI lead, betting on potential US curbs

Meta’s renewed push into open-source models aims to attract US businesses wary of the regulatory risks associated with adopting Chinese AI.

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Artificial intelligence

China’s Kimi K3 AI model escapes a closed cyber test: researchers

Kimi K3’s escape did not involve the hacking of an external system, unlike recent breaches by OpenAI and Anthropic models.

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The Kimi K3 incident follows similar ones involving closed frontier models from OpenAI and Anthropic. Photo: Getty Images
Cybersecurity

China launches probe into Palo Alto Networks as US trade tensions intensify

The move comes just a day after Beijing imposed sanctions on a string of US firms and tightened controls over the drone supply chain.

The flags of the US and China on a motherboard. Photo: Shutterstock
The flags of the US and China on a motherboard. Photo: Shutterstock
2026 Xi-Trump summits

Disputes over AI, robotics, trade mount ahead of planned Xi-Trump summit in US

Tech and trade rifts and forced labour claims test US-China cooperation ahead of Xi Jinping’s planned visit to Washington in September.

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Artificial intelligence

Chinese data centre component firms hammered as US drafts ban

Shares of firms including Zhongji Innolight, newly listed in Hong Kong, dive on news US is working on plan to ban imports from China of new models of their core product.

Artificial intelligence

China’s Moonshot AI seeks US$50b round as year-end Hong Kong IPO eyed: sources

Unicorn dismantles offshore structure to pave way for potential listing as investor appetite surges after release of Kimi K3 model.

Kimi K3 has outperformed leading US systems from Anthropic and OpenAI in certain capabilities, according to Moonshot. Photo: Reuters
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