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Explore cutting-edge AI developments in China that are transforming various industries and reshaping the future.
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China technology

Consumer MLCC frenzy cools in China, but AI server demand remains high

Shenzhen distributors say speculative buying in consumer MLCCs is fading, but demand for AI server parts continues to strain supply.

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US, China need nuclear-style AI safeguards, congressman says before Xi summit

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Artificial intelligence

AI investors in Asia seen shifting focus to earnings ahead of Xi-Trump summit

US-China tech war

Neither the US nor China can win the AI race alone, BofA analyst says

American power grid limits and China’s reliance on overseas chips mean both nations must lean on international cooperation.

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Semiconductors

Chinese AI chipmaker Hygon plots expansion to robotics market

New chip targets range of physical AI applications, where machines interact directly with their environments.

2026 Xi-Trump summits

US announces AI dialogue with China, launches Board of Trade

Key outcomes released after eight-hour marathon meeting in New York.

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Artificial intelligence

Chinese AI firm Z.ai faces reputation hit after unauthorised uploads

‘It’s basically like stealing something from users, and the malicious intent is what concerns me,’ Shanghai-based AI developer says.

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Z.ai apologised and said it had fixed the issue, adding that it would release ZCode’s codebase for review. Photo: Future Publishing via Getty Images
Artificial intelligence

Opinion | AI doesn’t just answer questions – it legitimises bad ones

Readily available AI analysis can give weak ideas credibility they have not earned. Decision-makers need to get the question right before reviewing the answer.

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Huawei

China to see major shift to Huawei for AI model training in 2027: deputy chair

The firm’s Ascend chips are ahead of Nvidia in domestic market, Huawei’s Eric Xu Zhijun says.

US-China relations

China edges US, EU on AI regulation trust in middle-income countries: Pew survey

US think tank study finds middle-income countries have ‘more positive views of China’ when it comes to regulating AI effectively.

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A Pew survey found that China leads the US and the European Union in trust in AI regulation among mostly middle-income countries. Photo: Shutterstock
China manufacturing

Xi’s industrial power play sees China bet big on AI, chips and smarter factories

Beijing is accelerating its push for resilient supply chains amid geopolitical tensions and domestic weaknesses.

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An automated guided vehicle operates at the workshop of a building-materials company in northern China's Tianjin last month. The nation is looking to build more smart factories. Photo: Xinhua
Huawei

Huawei unveils latest tech to boost AI power, curb China’s Nvidia reliance

Its SuperPoD will face off against offerings by US rivals in the global computing power arena, including Nvidia’s NVL system.

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US-China relations

Huawei accused of stealing robot tech to get hands on T-Mobile’s trade secrets

US prosecutors claim Chinese tech giant officials were intent on finding out about technical specifications of the robot, dubbed Tappy.

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Artificial intelligence

Chinese state media rejects US AI-distillation claims, warns of countermeasures

Beijing vows to take action if Washington tries to contain China’s firms, as tensions over advanced AI systems heat up before expected Xi-Trump meeting.

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A Chinese party mouthpiece has rejected US allegations that China’s AI firms conducted “industrial-scale” distillation of American frontier models. Photo: Shutterstock
Accounting and auditing

ISO 9001 update for first time in a decade, with China shaping AI, cybersecurity

Global organisation says China will play a greater role in writing tech rules which pave the way to a more ‘inclusive, sustainable future’.

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China has been praised by the International Organization for Standardization for its leadership and vision in raising AI and cybersecurity standards. Photo: AFP
ByteDance

How ByteDance’s AI-enhanced short-drama app leapfrogged Chinese streaming giants

Acknowledging format’s popularity, award-winning director Jia Zhangke defends short dramas as valid art that can move audiences.

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Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek AI engineer slams Anthropic, OpenAI over ‘pacing’ calls, invokes Hitler

Heated rhetoric highlights tensions over how quickly artificial intelligence should advance and who should shape its future amid mounting safety concerns.

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Semiconductors

As AI race with US heats up, China targets US$4.5b tech goal in new 5-year plan

Plan forecasts that operating revenue of enterprises and manufacturers in related sectors will exceed 30 trillion yuan by 2030.

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A technician works on a semiconductor production line in Chongqing, China, on July 29. Photo: VCG via Getty Images
Artificial intelligence

China is beating the US in consumer AI adoption, thanks to super apps: report

While the US has a lead in frontier AI, China’s advantage stems from distributing services through platforms tailored to local habits.

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Artificial intelligence

Forget AI KPIs: how China’s tech giants are rationing tokens for employees

Employees at Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent and ByteDance all report tightening token policies, with some staff asked to co-pay to use US AI models.

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Artificial intelligence

Video | China pushes back against US claims of AI being ‘too powerful’

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

Chinese researchers say a slowdown would protect established US AI firms while freezing latecomers out of the market
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Artificial intelligence

UN Security Council to meet on AI threat as rights chief warns of ‘unprecedented risks’

France calls high-level session during General Assembly amid urgent pleas to govern frontier models.

The UN Security Council chamber in New York. Photo: AFP
US-China trade war

Trump condemns ‘sick conspiracy’ against AI, says he is only guardrail needed

US president criticises industry leaders’ calls for slowdown in development, as it only benefits China in battle for global tech dominance.

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Donald Trump

Trump downplays AI development checks, says unwilling to cede edge to China

The US is leading China in the development of AI and ‘frankly, I want to keep it that way because whoever wins AI wins’, Trump said.

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Semiconductors

Chinese breakthrough in chip material aims to clear hurdle for next-gen memory

Restricting nitrogen-vacancy movement in wurtzite ferroelectrics looks to improve the reliability of next-generation storage, scientists find.

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A worker produces chips for mobile phones, cars and LED lighting at a workshop in China’s Jiangsu province. Photo: Future Publishing via Getty Images
Semiconductors

Beijing pushes AI chip design as part of self-sufficiency drive

Agentic AI is creating a ‘paradigm shift’ in semiconductor design, chairman of domestic EDA leader Empyrean Technology says.

Beijing wants deeper integration between AI and chip-design tools to move up to “the high end of the global value chain by 2030”. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Artificial intelligence

The US and China are racing to build ‘self-improving AI’. Here’s what’s at stake

Both sides view ‘recursive self-improvement’ as a game-changer in the AI race. But who will get there first – and will it endanger us all?

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United States

Anthropic boss calls for AI slowdown amid superintelligence fears

Researcher Jacob Coxon quit days earlier, saying that AI firms were ‘gambling with our lives’ in pursuit of self-improving models.

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