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Huawei Pura 80 smartphones are displayed at the company’s flagship store in Beijing, June 11, 2025. Photo: Reuters

Tech Trends

Huawei retains lead in China smartphones, Apple shipments surge in first quarter

Apple ranked second in the first quarter with a 19 per cent share, boosted by a 20 per cent surge in shipments, the largest growth among the top six brands.

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China’s drug makers are speeding up – will AI be their secret weapon?

18 Apr 2026 - 11:05AM

Hong Kong seen leading Asia in push to scale stablecoins, HSBC says

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Big Tech

ByteDance, Tencent step up AI talent battle amid reports of DeepSeek loss

High-profile departures, disputed compensation claims and start-up spin-outs underscore escalating competition for AI engineers.

18 Apr 2026 - 9:00AM

The DeepSeek logo is seen in this illustration taken on January 29, 2025. Photo: Reuters

United States & Canada

White House and Anthropic CEO discuss working together amid Mythos AI fears

The model’s capabilities give it a potentially unprecedented ability to identify cybersecurity vulnerabilities – and to ‌exploit them.

18 Apr 2026 - 7:17AM

Big Tech

Chinese LED chipmaker’s purchase of Dutch firm collapses after US opposition

The failed Lumileds deal highlights the growing hurdles Chinese tech firms face in overseas acquisitions under tightening US policy.

17 Apr 2026 - 10:30PM

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How Amazon uses closer China supply ties to counter tariffs, Shein and Temu

Amazon’s warehousing hub in Shenzhen streamlines shipping for Chinese sellers, cutting costs and delays amid rising competition and tariffs.

18 Apr 2026 - 10:56AM

Amazon officially opened the world’s first global warehousing and distribution facility in Shenzhen to more sellers on Wednesday. Photo: dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

Tech

‘Horrible’ for US if DeepSeek AI models run on Huawei chips: Nvidia CEO

DeepSeek on Huawei chips could help China – powered by ‘abundant’ energy and large pool of researchers – catch up with US in AI: Nvidia CEO.

17 Apr 2026 - 6:00PM

Policy

Chinese platforms fined 3.6b yuan over ‘ghost’ takeaways amid cutthroat rivalry

The fines follow a period of intense competition that drove down prices and stalled profit-making at China’s food delivery platforms.

18 Apr 2026 - 10:40AM

Banking & Finance

Manycore, one of Hangzhou’s ‘Six Little Dragons’, surges on Hong Kong IPO debut

The company’s listing highlights its pivot from design tools to advanced AI-driven spatial platforms as it eyes overseas growth.

17 Apr 2026 - 4:28PM

Manycore Tech is positioning itself at the intersection of artificial intelligence and the physical world. Photo: Getty Images

Tech Trends

How the rise of AI agents could finally make China’s open-source models pay

Free models helped Chinese firms find rapid success – but thin margins are forcing a shift towards hybrid business strategies.

17 Apr 2026 - 8:38PMvideocam

Illustration: Henry Wong

Diplomacy

‘Buy what they can, steal what they can’t’: US lawmakers slam China’s AI tactics

US lawmakers, experts accused Beijing of buying ‘what they can’ and stealing ‘what they cannot’ from America to advance their AI technology.

17 Apr 2026 - 7:20AMvideocam

Banking & Finance

China’s lithium giant Ganfeng sees profit jump as EV, ESS battery demand soars

The world’s top lithium producer forecasts a strong turnaround as global decarbonisation and AI-driven energy storage fuel demand.

16 Apr 2026 - 10:40PM

Big Tech

Chinese tech giants, AI ‘godmother’ Li Fei-Fei race into world models

Alibaba’s introduction of Happy Oyster model for real-time creation of virtual worlds follows unveiling of Spark 2.0 from Li’s World Labs.

16 Apr 2026 - 9:00PM

A screenshot of Happy Oyster’s world model.

Tech

Black market workarounds scale up for Claude as Anthropic tightens ID checks

Chinese developers are bypassing new ID checks as demand for Claude remains strong despite official restrictions.

16 Apr 2026 - 8:00PM

New ID requirements have reverberated across China’s developer community, where many programmers rely on the company’s Claude models. Photo: AFP

Big Tech

TSMC targets over 30% revenue surge in 2026, ramps up capex amid AI boom

AI dominates TSMC revenues as foundry giant pivots from smartphones to high-performance computing.

16 Apr 2026 - 7:07PM

Companies

BrainCo’s brain-computer interface wows at HSBC summit with mind-controlled hand

The non-invasive BCI technology offers a safer alternative to surgery for some conditions, BrainCo partner Nyx He says.

16 Apr 2026 - 5:10PM

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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.

15 Nov 2025 - 11:00AM

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.

11 Oct 2025 - 12:05PMvideocam

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.

27 Sep 2025 - 11:28AM

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.

13 Sep 2025 - 10:36AM

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An electric vehicle charging device on display at the EV & Charging Expo 2026 in Toronto, Canada, on April 8. Photo: Xinhua

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ByteDance, Tencent step up AI talent battle amid reports of DeepSeek loss

18 Apr 2026 - 9:00AM

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China focuses on car standards to put industry in global driving seat

17 Apr 2026 - 6:30PM

Chinese carmaker Nio’s one millionth vehicle rolls off the assembly line in Hefei, Anhui province, in January. Photo: Xinhua

Tech

‘Horrible’ for US if DeepSeek AI models run on Huawei chips: Nvidia CEO

17 Apr 2026 - 6:00PM

Even if China has inferior chips, it can still catch up with the US in AI development given its abundant energy and large pool of AI researchers, according to Jensen Huang. Photo: Handout

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Humanoid robots to compete in Beijing half-marathon

Tiangong Ultra, a humanoid robot runs across the finish line while securing the first position during the E-Town Humanoid Robot Half Marathon, in Beijing, China April, 19 2025. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Artemis starts return journey to Earth after historic moon fly-by

NASA astronaut and Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch peers out of one of the Orion spacecraft's main cabin windows, looking back at Earth, as the crew travels towards the Moon April 2, 2026. NASA/Handout via REUTERS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. REFILE - CORRECTING YEAR FROM "2024" TO "2026".

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