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China and the European Union have yet to find a way of avoiding tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles before they come into effect at the end of this month. Photo: AFP

EU braces for trade blows, Trump doubles down on China: 7 EV reads you missed

From the European Union voting to impose tariffs to a price war among China’s EV makers, here are seven EV stories you may have missed.

Qualcomm’s bid to buy Intel hinges on US election, China scrutiny

Alibaba’s global commerce unit launches new translation-focused AI model

China’s Great Wall Motors to open factory in Brazil in May: report

GWM will focus on producing the Haval H6, a hybrid sports SUV that has been approved to benefit from a Brazilian tax incentive programme.

Great Wall Motors is China’s largest manufacturer of SUVs and pickup trucks. Photo: via Weibo

China unveils road map to become world leader in space science by 2050

Plan sets out 17 priority areas for development including searching for habitable planets and exploring quantum mechanics.

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TikTok’s 2023 revenue rises 75% in Europe, UK and other markets outside US, Asia

ByteDance-owned TikTok attributed that increase to its growing user base, improved ad performance and greater live-streaming revenue.

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Chinese economists call for reforms of ‘critical’ system after Nobel Prize

The winners of this year’s Nobel Prize in economics published extensively on the relationships between political and economic institutions and wealth.

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Members of the Nobel assembly announce the 2024 prize in economics, awarded to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A Robinson, seen on screen, during a press conference in Stockholm on Monday. Photo: TNS

Chinese brands, Apple drive global smartphone shipments

Shipments from Vivo surged nearly 23 per cent in the third quarter, while Samsung’s fell almost 3 per cent, according to IDC.

China’s solar firms eye ‘self-salvation’ amid burning rivalry, growing threats

China Photovoltaic Industry Association trade group held a day-long forum in Shanghai on Monday amid increasingly ‘vicious’ competition at home.

China considering space facility location based on security in times of war

Advantages of coastal operation outweighed by ‘strategic hinterland’ policy in preferred site for massive commercial space facility.

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A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying navigation satellites blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre on September 19. Photo: Getty Images

China is quietly extracting itself from a US helium ‘stranglehold’

Years of research and development are helping China become less reliant on overseas sources of the valuable noble gas.

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Scientific and engineering advances are shifting China away from a US-controlled monopoly of helium, according to experts. Photo: Shutterstock

Vivo unveils X200 smartphone weeks after release of new Apple, Huawei handsets

The X200 series marks the latest effort by Vivo to crack the global smartphone industry’s lucrative high-end segment.

Alibaba, JD.com, Pinduoduo kick-start Singles’ Day promotions on same day

The e-commerce rivals’ respective promotions look to benefit from healthier consumer spending on the back of Beijing’s stimulus measures.

China think tank suggests Nvidia chips for data centres to avoid transfer costs

The Beijing-based think tank warned that transferring AI models trained on Nvidia GPUs to domestic solutions involved ‘complex engineering’.

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An Nvidia GPU is seen inside a computer server displayed at Foxconn’s annual tech day in Taipei, Taiwan. Photo: Reuters

Hong Kong tycoon Peter Lee looks for good karma in green investments

The Towngas chairman and devout Buddhist hopes to create a more sustainable future through his family office investments.

Peter Lee Ka-kit, the elder son of real estate tycoon and Henderson Land Development’s majority owner Lee Shau-kee. Photo: Dickson Lee

Opinion | China pushes ahead on its long march to become a global tech leader

Facing an uncertain future, China’s pivot towards self-reliance and technological innovation will cement its position on the world stage.

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US-sanctioned camera maker Hikvision said to be slashing jobs

The Hangzhou-based company says it is optimising its research manpower, while denying large-scale lay-offs.

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Moonshot AI updates Kimi chatbot to offer capabilities akin to OpenAI o1

Kimi Chat Explore is touted by Moonshot AI as being able to ‘think and reflect’ in response to user queries.

Moonshot AI said its updated chatbot offers problem-solving capabilities similar to the advances shown by OpenAI o1. Photo: Shutterstock

Editorial | AI push turning Hong Kong tech dream into reality

Hong Kong minister hails supercomputing service that benefits companies, including those working on health solutions and deep learning.

Discount shopping giant Temu enters Vietnam and Brunei amid Indonesia ban

The latest expansion initiatives of Temu reflect its efforts to grow in Southeast Asia, home to nearly 700 million people.

Chinese scientists hack military grade encryption on quantum computer: paper

Breakthrough poses a ‘real and substantial threat’ to password-protection mechanism employed across critical sectors, team says.

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Chinese scientists say they have successfully attacked a widely used encryption method using a quantum computer. Image: Shutterstock

Apple opens lab in China amid fierce competition with Huawei

The new facility in the Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong tech cooperation zone is one of several Apple research centres in China.

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An Apple store in Shanghai, China. The US tech giant has opened a new research lab in Shenzhen. Photo: Bloomberg

Alibaba’s Lazada courts Armani, D&G to fend off Shopee, TikTok

The e-commerce platform is broadening its luxury segment to ramp up sales in key markets from Indonesia to Singapore.

Mainland China detains four Taiwanese employees at ‘iPhone city’

Police in Zhengzhou city have detained four Foxconn staff on charges of breach of trust, according Taiwanese officials.

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China risks computing power glut as governments push AI data centre buildout

Total computing power in China accounted for 26 per cent of the world’s total as of June, trailing only the US, but CPU usage rates are low.

A staff member checks equipment at a China Mobile data centre in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, May 24, 2022. Photo: Xinhua

Opinion | China’s path to sustainable growth goes beyond economic stimulus

The path to sustained growth requires an approach that goes beyond short-term intervention and addresses underlying issues.

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Shoppers pass a Huawei store on Nanjing East Road in Shanghai, on October 2. Restoring consumer confidence and furthering a shift to an economy based more on domestic consumption were among the primary goals of Beijing’s recent stimulus measures. Photo: Bloomberg

Xpeng banks on Eagle Eye to enhance autonomous driving in new P7+ sedan

The Eagle Eye system is more accurate in information collection than lidar sensors used in its existing models like P5 sedan and G6 SUV.

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Huawei’s China smartphone sales in August surpass those of Apple, report says

That aligns with data showing a 12.7 per cent year-on-year decline in foreign smartphone shipments, including those of Apple, in August.

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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
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