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WuXi AppTec, WuXi Biologics surge on slimmer chances of US Biosecure Act’s passage
Shares of Chinese biotech service providers WuXi AppTec and WuXi Biologics surged on Monday, after a draft US legislation seeking to eliminate their linchpin role
Jack Ma returns to Alibaba campus, as China moves to boost business confidence
Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba Group Holding, on Friday visited the company’s campus in Hangzhou, capital of eastern Zhejiang province, in a show of support
Alibaba’s DingTalk sees Hong Kong as pathway to expansion of workplace collaboration app
Alibaba Group Holding’s workplace collaboration app, DingTalk, has officially launched in Hong Kong, the first stop that is considered a “touchstone” in the overseas expansion
NetEase cuts jobs in Shenzhen as first-person shooting game ‘underperforms’
NetEase, China’s second-largest video gaming company, has cut an undisclosed number of jobs involved in an “underperforming” project that will soon be shut down, according
Chinese start-up touts robot chefs, AI as the future of restaurant kitchens
Robots can cook dishes as delicious as human chefs, and a Shenzhen start-up is trying to convince the world of that. While the automation and
Bitcoin was once dominated by China, but the Trump bump is shifting momentum to US
In August 2012, a young Chinese entrepreneur posted to the online forum BitcoinTalk that he was selling shares in a company that would make hardware
Huawei’s Mate 70 sales to be limited by ‘modest’ chip update, no Android support: analysts
Sales of Huawei Technologies’ latest flagship Mate 70-series smartphones are expected to fall short of the demand generated by the Mate 60, according to analysts,
Could VR headsets become a classroom staple? Experts on their value as learning tools
Instead of going on language learning trips to other countries, why not order an espresso in an Italian cafe while sitting at home on the
Open Questions | Nobel-winning economist James Robinson on China’s place in his theory of institutions
James Robinson, a University of Chicago professor, was one of the three winners of the Nobel Prize for economics this year. He shared the prize
Chinese lidar sensor maker Hesai adamant about global push amid EV tariffs
Hesai Group, the world’s largest maker of the lidar sensors that many smart cars use to map their surroundings, remains confident about expanding into international
Chinese recycling firm Carbon Zero aims to replicate success overseas after Nasdaq IPO
Shenzhen-based recycling firm Carbon Zero Technologies International, which is eyeing a US listing, is aiming to replicate its success in mainland China globally despite geopolitical
Exclusive | China’s Meituan to expand Keeta food delivery service to more Middle East cities, sources say
Chinese food delivery giant Meituan, which operates the Keeta brand in Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia, is set to expand to more Middle Eastern and
Jack Ma makes rare speech at Ant Group’s 20th anniversary, predicts AI-driven future
Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba Group Holding, gave a rare public speech at the 20th anniversary of the company’s fintech affiliate Ant Group, saying
New US chip sanctions to hit Chinese tool makers, but Japan, Netherlands exempt
The US will launch its third crackdown in three years on China’s semiconductor industry on Monday, restricting exports to 140 companies including chip equipment maker
China’s generative AI users reach 230 million as start-ups, Big Tech roll out LLM services
The number of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) users in China reached 230 million at the end of June, as a crop of start-ups and Big
Tsinghua University-incubated start-up to widen test of virtual hospital with ‘AI doctors’
The platform developed by Tairex, a company set up in September under the university’s Institute for Al Industry Research (AIR), features 42 AI doctors covering
China’s strategic ‘little giant’ firms quickly rise to 14,600, surpass 2025 goal
China has fostered 14,600 small, privately owned companies as drivers for top strategic industries, exceeding a 2025 goal and levelling up tech competition with the
Chinese AI firms rush out costly ‘reasoning’ models to take on OpenAI’s o1
Chinese technology companies are rushing to unveil reasoning models – advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models designed to take more time to “think and reflect” before
ASML says new US chip curbs on China won’t affect 2025 sales forecast
Computer chip equipment maker ASML said it does not expect new US restrictions on semiconductor exports to China, announced on Monday, to affect its most
Nations need to invest in digital future for long-term economic growth, report shows
Emerging smart digital technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), fifth-generation mobile communications technology (5G) and cloud computing are rapidly changing our world and the ways
Intel CEO Gelsinger forced out as chip giant falls behind Nvidia, TSMC
Intel chief executive Pat Gelsinger has been forced out less than four years after taking the helm of the company, handing control to two lieutenants
Bezos backs AI chipmaker vying with Nvidia at US$2.6 billion value
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos joined Samsung in a US$700 million bet on Tenstorrent, valuing the AI chip start-up with ambitions of taking on Nvidia at
Chip war: Chinese firms play down fresh US sanctions, tout local supply chain
Chinese semiconductor companies newly added to a US trade blacklist said the business impact of Washington’s latest sanctions will be manageable, according to corporate filings.
China needs investments in new generation of clean-energy tech after wind and solar boom
China needs to boost investment in a new generation of clean energy technology including storage, hydrogen and sustainable aviation fuel, according to executives speaking at
Alibaba Cloud aims high in Southeast Asia in 2025 with new AI partners
The cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) arm of Alibaba Group Holding is collaborating with local partners to expand its services in Indonesia, Thailand and