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Latest news, features and opinion on China’s technology industry, including AI, the US-China tech war, 5G, smartphone makers and apps, and issues surrounding China’s Great Firewall.
last updated:
9 September, 2024
Chinese robotics company Unitree’s B2W robot dog displays an unprecedented range of precise motor control and advanced acrobatics in a video posted to social media on Monday. Photo: Weibo/仿生智能
Science

Chinese firm unveils world’s first ride-on robot dog for all-terrain adventures

The B2-W’s ability to carry an adult safely and comfortably across challenging landscapes attracts online interest.

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Artificial intelligence

Shanghai firm helps AI start-up Stepfun raise ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’

Artificial intelligence

Tesla rival Li Auto wants to expand into an AI and robot company

Alibaba

Alibaba Cloud to live stream China’s most-watched event for first time

The TV show, which airs on January 28, has been a Lunar New Year’s Eve tradition for millions of Chinese families since 1983.

A screenshot from the Spring Festival TV gala in 2023. Photo: CCTV
Huawei

Huawei’s latest phones still rely on South Korean memory chips

While Huawei has used Chinese memory chips in other handsets, the Mate 70 series features products from SK Hynix, a teardown analysis shows.

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Science

Three Gorges times 3: China will build the largest dam in Earth’s deepest canyon

Hydropower project on Yarlung Tsangpo River could get unprecedented investment to tackle daunting engineering challenges.

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Year in Review

Gadget stories you read most in 2024, about the iPhone 16 Pro Max and more

We look back at our 5 most-read gadgets stories of 2024, from one about a world-first handheld device for ear surgery to an iPhone 16 review.

The Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max can record videos at 4K/120fps. Photo: Ben Sin
Ant Group

Ant Group expands Alipay into two business units in latest restructuring

The company will adopt a ‘rotating presidential system’ for the two new businesses, with each unit president serving a six-month term.

E-commerce

Amazon asks Chinese sellers not to offer cheaper prices on Temu

As competition heats up, the US retailer has started tracking product pricing on rival platform Temu, according to merchants.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

China’s CATL launches EV chassis that can withstand high-speed crash

Avatr, Changan Auto and Huawei will be the first to use the chassis, which has a battery capable of running for about 1,000km.

CATL has a global market share of roughly 37 per cent in EV batteries. Photo: Reuters
Foxconn

Foxconn invests in EV battery plant in China’s iPhone city

The US$82 million capital injection marks the Taiwanese giant’s latest foray into the electric-vehicle sector.

The Foxconn building in Taipei. Photo: Reuters
US-China tech war

Chinese surveillance tech firm Dahua exits projects in Xinjiang

The company was added to a US trade blacklist in 2019 on claims it aided in human rights abuses in Xinjiang.

US-China relations

US launches trade investigation into China’s ‘legacy’ chips

Trade agency say ‘evidence indicates’ that China seeks to dominate domestic and global chip markets.

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Science

China-born biologist Wang Cunyu returns from decades in US to head institute

Wang was recognised by Science magazine in 1996 for his work on cancer cell death.

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Wang Cunyu, a member of the US National Academy of Medicine, left China for the US in 1990. He has returned to develop Peking University’s Institute of Advanced Clinical Medicine. Photo: Handout
Smartphones

China’s foldable smartphone shipment growth slows amid global dip in demand

Huawei remains the bestselling foldable smartphone vendor in China, accounting for around half of total domestic shipments.

Huawei Technologies launched its Mate XT, the world’s first trifold smartphone, in September. Photo: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images
Robotics

China’s industrial robot sales shrink on ‘tightening demand’

Total industrial robot deliveries this year are estimated to reach 300,000 units, down 5 per cent from 2023.

China economy

Opinion | China can’t rely on technology as a panacea for economic recovery

As weak consumption hinders economic growth, policymakers must consider improving labour rights and wealth distribution to boost demand.

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Science

Chinese scientists look at desert ant to create ultra-thin light sensor chip

Thin, crystalline films inspired by polarisation vision of desert ants helps team to beat bulkiness challenge, Science Advances paper says.

Photoreceptor cells in desert ants’ eyes helps them to find their way across barren deserts without landmarks. Photo: Shutterstock
TikTok ban

Trump favours keeping TikTok in US after ‘billions of views’ during election

US president-elect offers strongest signals yet that he opposes a potential exit of TikTok from the US market.

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China airliners

China’s C919 jet faces key test as it spreads its wings to 10 major cities

The Chinese passenger aircraft is now flying to 10 major cities as it seeks to convince Western regulators of its reliability.

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Artificial intelligence

The ‘AI Olympics’ gets new hurdles in Canada as US-China tech war plays out

Chinese researchers and companies such as ByteDance made up a greater share of the 37-year-old AI conference this year, but some could not secure visas.

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The 37-year-old NeurIPS conference has taken on greater significance since the launch of ChatGPT spurred greater investment in generative artificial intelligence. Photo: AFP
Artificial intelligence

China faces AI talent shortage in otherwise booming industry, report finds

A quarter of ‘new economy’ job openings this year on the Maimai platform have been directly related to AI, as Big Tech firms fight for top talent.

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AI has emerged as a bright spot in a bleak domestic job market in China’s “new economy”. Photo: Shutterstock
Science

How the launch of China’s GuoWang satellites differs from its US Starlink rival

Details have emerged on the key distinctions between China’s recent internet satellite launch and SpaceX’s constellation.

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Artificial intelligence

Chinese-owned Character.ai rival vanishes from US App Store

Talkie, a popular AI companion app developed by Shanghai start-up MiniMax, has been removed from Apple’s store in the US.

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E-commerce

China’s tax authority to demand online influencer, merchant revenue numbers

A newly proposed regulation would require internet platform operators to report revenue information about users.

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Live streamer Viya Huang Wei sells goods on Taobao in 2019. The Chinese influencer was fined US$210 million in 2021 for tax evasion. Photo: Getty Images
Tencent

Tencent and smartphone maker Honor team up on AI while Apple lags behind

Tencent is providing cloud computing resources to strengthen Honor’s AI offerings while Apple Intelligence is still absent in China.

An Honor retail store seen in Shanghai on July 31, 2022. Photo: Shutterstock
China trade

‘Resilient’ trade gains see Shenzhen poised to overtake Shanghai despite US tech siege

Total trade value in city dubbed China’s Silicon Valley surged past 4 trillion yuan from January to November, with a record year-on-year increase.

China's economic recovery

How China manages big data is changing, as new state-owned firm takes the helm

Restrictive ‘data silos’ have impeded logistics and hindered commercialisation of data, but a new centrally managed company aims to tear down barriers.

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