Shenzhen’s retail sales flatline as export boom fails to benefit residents
China’s top tech hub, Shenzhen, saw retail sales grow by just 0.5 per cent year on year in…
How China is using AI – and state funding – to transform the micro drama industry
Vigloo, a South Korean micro drama production company, has gone all-in on artificial intelligence this year, betting that…
Guangdong’s rule as China’s GDP king faces an unprecedented threat to the crown
The long-standing rivalry between China’s two largest economic heavyweights – with each boasting a gross domestic product comparable…
Chinese firms trail US peers in AI adoption due to corporate culture: ex-OpenAI executive
Traditional corporate culture and hierarchies are slowing down artificial intelligence adoption in Chinese enterprises, leaving them trailing their…
Tencent and Alibaba quarterly earnings preview: key things to watch
Tencent Holdings and Alibaba Group Holding are set to report quarterly earnings this week, against a backdrop of…
Inside OpenClaw mania in China, as security fears surge alongside enthusiasm for AI agent
By the time software programmer Guo Cancan realised something had gone horribly wrong with OpenClaw – the task-executing…
Tencent Cloud Unveils AI-Powered Gaming Solutions at GDC 2026, Transforming Connection, Creation, and Security for the Future of Games
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Chinese start-up DeepSeek teams with Tencent, HKU on AI tool to sharpen 3D design
The team proposed Pointer-CAD, a framework built on Alibaba Group Holding’s Qwen 2.5 model, which helps designers select…
China to put state-owned firms, capital to work nurturing tech champions
China has pledged to provide a range of supportive measures to promote the diffusion of advanced technology through…
Riot Games Confirms More Layoffs, This Time in Publishing Division and Affecting 3 Teams
Riot Games, the developer behind massive games like League of Legends and Valorant, recently suffered a round of…
China’s AI crossroads: 3 divergent paths in the race for dominance
On a crisp January afternoon, the Shenzhen Bay Sports Centre, just a stone’s throw from Tencent Holdings’ headquarters,…
Alibaba’s Qwen tops 120 million orders in 6 days amid China’s AI shopping battle
Chinese consumers placed over 120 million orders on Alibaba Cloud’s flagship artificial intelligence app Qwen within six days,…