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On AliExpress, Alibaba’s international retail site, this month’s debut of air conditioners in Germany saw local warehouse inventory for a Midea model completely wiped out by Thursday. Photo: Shutterstock
E-commerce

China’s cooling, e-commerce giants see sales surge as Europe heat sizzles

Alibaba notes surge in retail and business-to-business orders, Midea reports sharp revenue rise, and Gree sales get bump in major European markets.

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ByteDance

Exclusive | ByteDance targets early next year for next-generation CPU: sources

Artificial intelligence

Chinese AI model’s bug-hunting prowess narrows gap to US

DJI

China’s DJI, Insta360 blur out GoPro as smart camera demand soars

Insta360 posted the strongest growth among major vendors with a 66 per cent year-on-year surge to 900,000 units in the first quarter.

People visit the Insta360 booth at the BILD Expo in New York, June 18, 2025. Photo: China News Service/VCG via Getty Images
People visit the Insta360 booth at the BILD Expo in New York, June 18, 2025. Photo: China News Service/VCG via Getty Images
Artificial intelligence

Meta’s new AI research chief says agents are next big real-world milestone

UC Berkeley’s RDI centre earlier this month introduced Agents’ Last Exam, a new benchmark that tests how well AI agents perform.

Artificial intelligence

Faster AI, lower costs: DSpark eases bottlenecks and chip strain, says DeepSeek

Start-up unveils speculative decoding framework that speeds up inference by up to 85 per cent amid China’s push to overcome US AI curbs.

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Semiconductors

As AI pushes data centres to breaking point, some Chinese chipmakers bet on SiC

Basic Semiconductor is the latest firm in the space to move forward with an IPO.

A view of Exchange Square in Central. Photo: Jelly Tse
A view of Exchange Square in Central. Photo: Jelly Tse
Artificial intelligence

For China’s tech workers, AI ‘optimisation’ sounds like ‘unemployment’

China’s office workers are worrying whether their jobs can be done by artificial intelligence – and whether their companies will make the switch.

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Apple

Apple price hikes may hit iPhone next as memory, storage costs soar: analysts

Some Chinese consumers are anticipating potential price hikes for the upcoming iPhone series, and are reconsidering their upgrade plans.

Artificial intelligence

China keeps an eye on AI smart glasses as privacy concerns come into focus

Voluntary code aims to address privacy fears surrounding AI smart glasses as shipments surge and hidden recordings spark public outrage.

China has introduced a voluntary industry code of conduct for AI smart glasses following growing privacy concerns over covert recording. Photo: Xinhua
Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek on hiring spree – seeks newcomers, not just AI geniuses

The Chinese AI giant is looking to double in size as it seeks to become a ‘driving force’ in the creation of artificial general intelligence.

DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng. Photo: Shutterstock
DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence

How a Chinese physical AI start-up’s new paradigm bypasses US road maps

Shanghai-based Fysics AI says Fysiverse is a ‘new-generation physics-based world model that adheres to real-world physical laws’.

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Artificial intelligence

Mutually assured disruption? Why China wants its own Mythos AI deterrent

Anthropic’s Mythos has become a ‘cyber nuclear weapon’ that China cannot afford to leave in US hands alone, says 360 founder Zhou Hongyi.

Semiconductors

Kuaishou chip spin-off taps funding for in-house designs amid export controls

TranStreams raises an undisclosed amount in a Series A+ financing round this week led by QF Capital.

The Kuaishou booth at the 2025AWE show in Shanghai, March 20, 2025. Photo: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images
Artificial intelligence

Huawei and Cambricon tighten grip on China’s AI chip market as Nvidia slips

Huawei and Cambricon are set to dominate China’s AI server market as geopolitics and self-reliance accelerate Nvidia’s retreat.

Chinese chipmakers led by Cambricon and Huawei are expected to significantly expand their share of the domestic AI server market as Beijing pushes for greater semiconductor self-reliance. Photo: Getty Images
Chinese chipmakers led by Cambricon and Huawei are expected to significantly expand their share of the domestic AI server market as Beijing pushes for greater semiconductor self-reliance. Photo: Getty Images
Semiconductors

China’s JCET to build new plant in Shanghai to expand advanced chip packaging

US$1.15 billion investment underscores advanced packaging’s role in boosting China’s chipmaking capabilities amid rapid AI development.

Huawei

Huawei partners win big as China Telecom snaps up servers for self-reliance

China Telecom’s 40,000-server procurement puts Huawei’s Kunpeng ecosystem in focus as Beijing pushes for greater use of domestic hardware.

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Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek’s Harness team rushes to join the global AI agent race

Chinese AI start-up recruiting talent to build cutting-edge autonomous agents that adapt foundational language models into commercial tools.

DeepSeek is looking for top talent to join the firm as it pushes itself into the booming AI agent market amid an urgent effort to build the company's next generation of AI tools. Photo: Shutterstock
DeepSeek is looking for top talent to join the firm as it pushes itself into the booming AI agent market amid an urgent effort to build the company's next generation of AI tools. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence

Alibaba chip unit T-Head triples capital amid AI hardware bet

First injection in over three years comes as Alibaba works on full-stack AI infrastructure, from its Qwen models to chips to cloud services.

Artificial intelligence

Hard work and endurance: what Alibaba’s team-building says about its AI drive

Jack Ma and executives plant rice seedlings in a symbolic retreat signalling resilience as Alibaba doubles down on AI.

Nuclear fusion

Chinese start-up tackles fusion energy software bottleneck with help of AI

FusionAlpha is a simulator designed to help developers test reactor designs on computers before committing to expensive physical experiments.

The HH70 is the world’s first full superconducting tokamak device, developed and built by Energy Singularity. Photo: Handout
Artificial intelligence

Zhipu, DeepSeek push China’s trillion-parameter AI frontier amid US clampdown

China’s AI developers deepen push into massive foundation models, backed by lower costs and investor momentum despite US restrictions.

Even as model sizes balloon, Chinese AI firms continue to compete aggressively on price rather than relying solely on performance premiums. Photo: Shutterstock
Even as model sizes balloon, Chinese AI firms continue to compete aggressively on price rather than relying solely on performance premiums. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence

US AI lead vulnerable to China amid ‘structural challenges’: scholar

China’s advantages in energy and industrial applications could erode America’s AI ‘moat’, according to University of Hong Kong academic.

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Artificial intelligence

Alibaba Cloud expands in France amid Europe’s data sovereignty push

Opening of Paris hub is a response to increased demand, says the China tech giant as it looks to roll out agentic AI services across Europe.

Artificial intelligence

Can Chinese silicon replace Nvidia? Here are 5 AI models trained on local chips

A growing number of Chinese AI labs are experimenting with shifting earlier model training phases onto domestic chips.

Chinese AI models have become increasingly competitive with their US peers, but the country’s AI hardware still lags significantly. Photo: Shutterstock Images
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