Bilibili

Tencent moves to rein in AI content flood on WeChat with stricter rules

10 Apr 2026 - 9:31PM

Alibaba takes on Seedance as AI rivalry offers glimpse into race for top talent

10 Apr 2026 - 8:30PM

Humanoids go mainstream as China’s robotics champions appear at CCTV spectacle

ByteDance, Unitree, RedNote, Bilibili and Kuaishou among the firms involved in the unparalleled nationwide marketing opportunity.

17 Feb 2026 - 4:46PMvideocam

Bot the star of the show: a dancing robot delights during China Central Television’s Spring Festival Photo: CCTV

China property

Shanghai launches clampdown on property market doom-mongering

City’s internet regulators shut down 70,000 accounts in a ‘special campaign’ against pessimistic content as real estate jitters continue.

3 Dec 2025 - 10:20PMvideocam

China’s soft power

Editorial | China’s mini dramas may be onto something big

Audiences in Southeast Asia love Chinese micro series. In the US, interest in the format is picking up.

14 Sep 2025 - 7:15AM

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong to face hurdles in enforcing rules on AI-generated content: experts

Hong Kong’s market too small to adopt independent set of laws on generative AI despite growing urgency for regulation, experts say.

6 Sep 2025 - 8:00PM

A rising number of deepfake scams and improper use of AI has reflected a growing urgency for tighter regulation, experts have said. Photo: Getty Images

Chinese culture

Explainer | Can China’s hugely popular mini dramas find success in the US?

Gripping series themes spanning romance to revenge have lured investors with their low costs, speedy turnarounds and fast pay-offs.

21 Aug 2025 - 9:00AMvideocam

China economy

Opinion | Labubu’s rise reflects hitmaker ability of China’s digital ecosystem

An ecosystem that combines e-commerce with social media, it turns users into marketers, breeds viral hits – and projects cultural power.

2 Jul 2025 - 4:30PMvideocam

Bonds

Chinese firms drive US$13 billion Asian boom in convertible bonds

Appetite for equity-linked debt is strong amid global volatility, even with aggressive terms, analysts say.

24 Jun 2025 - 1:01PM

A Hong Kong shop of Chow Tai Fook, which raised US$1.1 billion from convertible bonds last week, is pictured on March 24, 2025. Photo: Jelly Tse

Huawei

Huawei unveils a HarmonyOS laptop, its first Windows-free computer

The device features Huawei’s AI assistant and a wide range of Chinese software, including WPS and Alibaba’s DingTalk.

8 May 2025 - 6:00PM

Huawei’s first laptop running on HarmonyOS, its self-developed operating system. Photo: Weibo/钢炮同学啊

China tech earnings, Hong Kong budget and more

This week: China tech earnings and Xi meets private-sector leaders. Next week: Hong Kong budget, Politburo monthly meeting and more.

21 Feb 2025 - 5:01PM

SCMP Highlights

Recap | China’s tech giants defy economic woes: 6 latest earnings reports

How have some of China’s biggest tech companies fared in their third-quarter earnings revelations? Find out in some of our latest stories.

22 Nov 2024 - 5:48PM

Bilibili achieves quarterly profitability for first time

The Shanghai-based company recorded an adjusted net profit of 235.9 million yuan (US$33.6 million) during the third quarter.

15 Nov 2024 - 12:12AM

OpenAI safety exec calls for responsible AI development at Bilibili event

In an event hosted by and streamed to Bilibili, researcher Lilian Weng Li called AI a ‘double-edged sword’ that must be trained properly.

5 Nov 2024 - 9:00PM

A researcher from OpenAI spoke about the need for the responsible development of AI to ensure safety during a Chinese conference hosted by Bilibili. Photo: Reuters

Genshin Impact creator miHoYo’s co-founder sees AI upending video-gaming jobs

‘For game developers – ranging from average to professional – we might as well consider switching careers,’ miHoYo co-founder Cai Haoyu said in a LinkedIn post.

30 Aug 2024 - 9:00PM

Tencent

Tencent to close online education platform as restructuring efforts continue

Shuttering the 10-year-old online education platform with more than 400 million users shows Tencent’s focus on its cost-cutting strategy.

1 Jul 2024 - 5:02PM

Tencent’s Roco Kingdom: World among 104 new video games approved in June

This month marked a rebound for China’s video gaming industry, after fewer than 100 titles each were approved in April and May.

26 Jun 2024 - 8:00AM

Tencent Holdings’ multiplayer online role-playing game Roco Kingdom: World is now poised for release in China. Photo: SCMP

WeChat

Chinese super app WeChat requires disclosure of AI-generated content

WeChat’s updated content-moderation policy forms part of a broader industry effort to promote greater transparency of artificial intelligence-generated content.

6 Jun 2024 - 5:30PM

Alibaba

Alibaba sells stake in e-commerce branding services firm Baozun for US$21.8 million

The transaction followed the disposal of Alibaba’s shares in Bilibili and Xpeng in March.

31 May 2024 - 7:00PM

Censorship in China

Pirate e-book site Z-Library hit by China’s Great Firewall, Bilibili account closed

Z-Library denied rumours of temporarily restricted access in China, promising to maintain access and saying it’s open to censoring some titles.

2 May 2024 - 5:00PMvideocam

One of the most popular e-book piracy platforms faces restricted access in China after censorship on domestic social media accounts. Photo: Handout

China’s Kuaishou shuts down video gaming project in Beijing

Around 30 people were laid off after Kuaishou Technology disbanded its video gaming studio in Beijing.

30 Apr 2024 - 9:00PMvideocam

Short video app operator Kuaishou Technology’s headquarters in Beijing. Photo: Getty Images

China’s Communist Party

Chinese police arrest over 1,500 in campaign targeting online rumours

China shuts down 63,000 illegal accounts in crackdown on social media posts with false information about hot-button issues such as pandemic and disasters.

16 Apr 2024 - 7:31PMvideocam

Bilibili restructures content units, bets on live streaming amid profit pressure

Chinese video-sharing platform Bilibili has restructured its content units and is doubling down on the live streaming business, as the US and Hong Kong-listed company struggles to make a profit.

3 Apr 2024 - 7:30AM

China-UK relations

Netizens mock UK media claims of China propaganda link to Kate Middleton rumours

Chinese think tank commentator says he can’t imagine Beijing having ‘interest in the private affairs of the Princess of Wales. Unless, I am shown some evidence’.

27 Mar 2024 - 4:47PM

Catherine, The Princess of Wales, announces she is receiving preventive chemotherapy for cancer on March 22. Photo: Getty Images/TNS

E-commerce

Bilibili targeting more collaboration with e-commerce advertisers like Taobao

Bilibili is seeking to drive more revenue growth by pursuing collaboration with big e-commerce advertisers.

12 Mar 2024 - 8:30PM

Bilibili’s ads business pulled in 6.4 billion yuan for 2023, up 27 per cent year on year. Photo: AFP

China to curb excess spending on video games in blow for world’s biggest market

Beijing is moving to curb excessive spending on video games across the country, according to a new draft regulation, dealing another blow to the world’s largest video gaming market after a lengthy government crackdown.

23 Dec 2023 - 1:23AMvideocam

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