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Chinese President Xi Jinping waves as he arrives at the opening ceremony of the World AI Conference in Shanghai. Photo: EPA//Pool

Tech War

Xi’s call on AI, Trump blasts China, US tariffs

This week: Chinese president urges open and secure AI, US leader accuses Beijing over 2020 election, GDP growth slows. Next week: US global tariff expiry, Apec ministers meet, Hong Kong lawmakers decamp to Beijing.

Xi Jinping’s keynote speech at the World AI Conference

Shein clears Hong Kong IPO hurdle as valuation halves to below US$50b: sources

Policy

Xi Jinping warns against creating ‘new historical injustices’ in AI era

Chinese leader’s presence at World AI Conference signals Beijing’s push to elevate AI from tech priority to pillar of geopolitical strategy.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives for a group photo with other attendees before the opening ceremony for the World AI Conference in Shanghai on Friday. Photo: AP
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives for a group photo with other attendees before the opening ceremony for the World AI Conference in Shanghai on Friday. Photo: AP

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Chinese memory giant CXMT oversubscribed 212 times in mega Shanghai IPO

Nearly 10 million investor accounts apply for a rare listed proxy on Beijing’s semiconductor self-reliance drive.

Tech Trends

Chinese Nvidia alternatives project massive sales as AI chip demand surges

Moore Threads and Hygon are capitalising on surging demand for AI computing power as they race to fill the void left by Washington’s export controls.

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BrainCo claims mind-to-robot link at China’s World AI Conference

Hangzhou-based firm says users can control robots using only their thoughts via EEG headsets, marking a leap in embodied AI tech.

Brain-controlled robot demonstration by Chinese tech unicorn BrainCo. Photo: Handout
Brain-controlled robot demonstration by Chinese tech unicorn BrainCo. Photo: Handout

Tech Trends

Moonshot AI touts world’s largest open-source model as China closes gap with US

Kimi K3 is designed for long-horizon coding, knowledge work and reasoning tasks, according to a blog post by Moonshot AI.

Tech War

Top takeaways from Xi Jinping’s opening address at the World AI Conference

The speech marks the Chinese president’s first-ever keynote address at the nation’s premier artificial intelligence summit.

Policy

Xi Jinping says ‘one country’ cannot monopolise AI – as it happened

President’s personal attendance seen as a sign of China’s inclusion of artificial intelligence into broader geopolitical strategy.

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President Xi Jinping arrives at the opening ceremony for the World AI Conference in Shanghai on Friday. Photo: AP

Big Tech

Humanoids to Huawei: what to watch as Xi attends China’s top AI event

Gathering will showcase Beijing’s push to compete across the full AI stack, from models and chips to robots, consumer devices.

People walk near the entrance of the the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center, venue for the World Artificial Intelligence Conference, in Shanghai on July 16. Photo: AFP
People walk near the entrance of the the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center, venue for the World Artificial Intelligence Conference, in Shanghai on July 16. Photo: AFP

Tech Trends

On-device models steal the spotlight as China’s edge AI sector heats up

A growing number of tech firms are pivoting to lightweight models designed to run entirely on smartphones and laptops.

Tech Trends

China’s OnePlus exits US and European markets as smartphone memory pain deepens

The industry is staggering under a chip shortage that has dragged down shipments, forcing handset makers to recalibrate strategies.

Tech

CXMT’s mega IPO draws frenzy from retail investors to DeepSeek founder’s fund

Investors are hoping for a relatively generous allotment rate and sharp gains when the memory-chip maker debuts on Shanghai’s Star Market.

Memory-chip maker CXMT's coming IPO on Shanghai's Star Market has drawn an enthusiastic response from both retail and professional investors. Photo: Reuters

Tech War

TSMC pledges extra US$100b for Arizona fab expansion amid soaring AI chip demand

Riding on the AI boom, the Taiwanese chipmaker’s net income jumped 77 per cent to NT$706.6 billion (US$22 billion) in the second quarter.

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A view of TSMC’s complex in Phoenix, Arizona, under construction earlier this year. Photo: UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
A view of TSMC’s complex in Phoenix, Arizona, under construction earlier this year. Photo: UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Big Tech

China memory-chip maker CXMT set for mega IPO

Listing could be country’s second biggest at US$9.8 billion and comes as global demand for memory chips soars on the back of AI infrastructure build-out.

Tech Trends

As US AI costs soar, global firms pivot to China’s cheap, open-weight models

A sharp narrowing of the performance gap is prompting some developers to shift from costly American giants to budget-friendly Chinese alternatives.

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The AI industrial revolution: why US faces a historic tech reckoning from China

From EVs to robotics, China’s advancement in cutting-edge tech has seen it shake off the West’s long-standing belief in US exceptionalism.

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Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen
Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

Tech Trends

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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Big Tech

Can Huawei’s ‘chip queen’ help China beat the US tech blockade?

He Tingbo says her epiphany came from an ancient irrigation system in Sichuan province, built without modern machinery or electricity.

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Tech War

A cloud above the clouds: US, China jockey for position in computing space race

China could be a leading player in the new technological battlefield, but the US has a substantial lead in essential tools such as reusable rockets.

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Zhu Yiming’s bet that memory-chip production would migrate to China was placed long before he founded CXMT. Photo: Handout

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Europe’s carmakers plan a comeback – powered by EU policies and Chinese tech

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Xi Jinping warns against creating ‘new historical injustices’ in AI era

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Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives for a group photo with other attendees before the opening ceremony for the World AI Conference in Shanghai on Friday. Photo: AP

Tech Trends

Chinese Nvidia alternatives project massive sales as AI chip demand surges

Moore Threads, a GPU start-up founded in 2020, is now one of China’s most closely watched semiconductor players. Photo: Moore Threads

China Business

Race against Tesla: China’s Xpeng eyes 2027 global launch for viral Iron robot

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