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Data centres are shifting from copper wires to optical interconnect systems, which can provide the massive bandwidth that AI set-ups demand. Photo: Shutterstock

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Why China’s optical communications sector is the latest AI boom beneficiary

What are optical modules, why are they so critical and which Chinese makers’ stocks are soaring?

Why China is spending billions on a robot army to run its power grid

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Trump ally visits China, DeepSeek releases V4, EV earnings

Tech Trends

How Intel is riding the ‘CPU comeback’ as AI shifts - and where China stands

What’s behind the ‘CPU renaissance’ and where China stands in designing and manufacturing central processing units in the AI age.

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The Intel logo seen on its Core i9-14900K CPU. Photo: Shutterstock Images
The Intel logo seen on its Core i9-14900K CPU. Photo: Shutterstock Images

China Business

Huawei earmarks US$11.7b for training of autonomous-driving systems

Company claims it will outspend all rivals combined to boost computing power, which is essential to enhance advanced driving systems.

Big Tech

DeepSeek unveils next-gen AI model as Huawei vows ‘full support’ with new chips

The company says its cost-efficient new V4 model is competitive with top closed-source models from OpenAI and Google DeepMind.

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Tech war: US Congress rolls out ‘largest’ export control upgrade against China

US lawmakers push export controls to limit China’s tech access in a bid to protect the US semiconductor industry.

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ASML’s High NA EUV machine. Photo: Reuters
ASML’s High NA EUV machine. Photo: Reuters

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Asia’s chipmakers feel the heat as naphtha crunch hits photoresist supply

Japanese suppliers warn of photoresist strain as upstream shocks ripple through Asia’s semiconductor supply chain.

Tech

Beijing sounds alarm over urgent need to clean up online ads

Market watchdog flags AI abuse and traffic-driven tactics as it launches first campaign to overhaul online advertising.

Tech Trends

Why Anthropic’s Mythos has energised China’s cybersecurity industry

Following the Mythos announcement on April 7, shares of major Chinese cybersecurity firms rose for several consecutive days.

Demand for AI-driven cybersecurity and compliance solutions could accelerate. Photo: Shutterstock Images

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Chinese economist Fu Peng hails crypto’s historic rise as he joins Bitfire

The crypto asset management firm acquires a trading system and hires a team of 20 people from Avenir Group for US$1.6 million.

Chinese economist Fu Peng has joined Bitfire Group as chief scientist. Photo: Handout
Chinese economist Fu Peng has joined Bitfire Group as chief scientist. Photo: Handout

Big Tech

Tencent unveils first flagship AI model under former OpenAI researcher

The model is relatively small with only 295 billion parameters, bucking a recent trend of large models with trillions of parameters.

China Economy

Open Questions | Euro, yuan unlikely to match US dollar, Daniel Gros says

German economist doubts EU and Chinese currencies will be widely used for international trade or that stablecoins will take off outside the ‘shadow economy’.

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Big Tech

Alibaba opens Qwen app to partners with China Eastern Airlines tie-up

Company pledges more partnerships to expand the agentic capabilities of its flagship consumer chatbot app.

A China Eastern Airlines flight takes off from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport. Photo: Xinhua

United States & Canada

Billionaire Justin Sun sues Trump family crypto venture

The entrepreneur says his WLFI assets were frozen by World Liberty Financial, and he has been unable to resell the electronic currency.

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TRON founder Justin Sun speaks at an event in Seoul, South Korea, in September 2025. Photo: Reuters
TRON founder Justin Sun speaks at an event in Seoul, South Korea, in September 2025. Photo: Reuters

Tech

Can ‘token exports’ give China an edge in the AI era?

As AI tokens emerge as a new commodity, China’s cost advantage is reshaping global model competition, though monetisation gaps remain.

Tech

Hong Kong-Shenzhen tech cooperation gets a boost with Lenovo AI lab in Hetao hub

The Lenovo AI Innovation Lab will help the tech giant’s partners access AI solutions and scale their businesses globally, executive says.

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Tech War

How Nexperia saga exposes Europe’s waning influence in US-China chip war

The dispute around the Dutch chipmaker shows the erosion of Europe’s geopolitical neutrality in the face of escalating US-China rivalry.

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Nexperia is caught in a geopolitical tussle between the Netherlands and China. Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen
Nexperia is caught in a geopolitical tussle between the Netherlands and China. Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

Tech War

China’s lesson for the US: it takes more than chips to win the AI race

The AI war is increasingly waged among ‘hyperscalers’ – companies with full-stack capabilities across software, hardware and applications.

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Tech War

How Huawei and DeepSeek are tending the garden of China’s AI aspirations

Amid growing AI rivalry with the US, the two companies are leading China’s drive to shake off the nation’s dependence on Nvidia processors.

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Big Tech

Immediate gratification: instant commerce transforms China’s retail market

Instant commerce has developed over a short period of time, as providers expanded their on-demand delivery coverage beyond food.

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Can ‘token exports’ give China an edge in the AI era?

Starting this year, models from Chinese companies have intermittently ranked among the global top tier in token usage. Photo: SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

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Why China’s optical communications sector is the latest AI boom beneficiary

Data centres are shifting from copper wires to optical interconnect systems, which can provide the massive bandwidth that AI set-ups demand. Photo: Shutterstock

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Why China is spending billions on a robot army to run its power grid

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An employee of China Southern Power Grid demonstrates controlling a humanoid robot at the company’s robotics laboratory in Guangzhou. Photo: Reuters

China Business

Huawei earmarks US$11.7b for training of autonomous-driving systems

Richard Jin, CEO of Huawei’s intelligent automotive solutions business unit, introduces the company’s latest advanced driving system in Beijing on April 23, 2026. Photo: Reuters

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DeepSeek unveils next-gen AI model as Huawei vows ‘full support’ with new chips

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