8 February 2025

PC giant Lenovo Group, Shenzhen-based robotics firm UBTech and EV maker Geely are among the first major Chinese manufacturing enterprises to push DeepSeek technology into their products. Those initiatives reflect how much DeepSeek has caught the attention of the technology industry at home and abroad, following its recent AI breakthrough. The Hangzhou-based start-up released two […]

In 2022, under the pseudonym “an ordinary little pig”, the founder of artificial intelligence (AI) start-up DeepSeek quietly donated 138 million yuan (US$19 million) to Chinese charities. The name, a nod to Wang Xiaobo’s dark-humour short story “A Maverick Pig”, reportedly masked the true identity of Liang Wenfeng, a man whose quantum trading operation was

Two electric vehicle (EV) models targeting middle-income consumers in mainland China with lower prices have emerged as Tesla’s strongest rivals, as buyers become more budget-conscious. Galaxy from Geely Auto and Xpeng’s Mona 03, which are priced at about 150,000 yuan (US$20,580), threaten to disrupt the pecking order in China’s EV sector. “Young, middle-income consumers favour