China's Ministry of Commerce condemned the US for new Section 301 tariffs of 12.5% on Chinese goods, calling them a textbook act of unilateralism and protectionism, but signaled it will hold off on re…
China's major chip manufacturers saw profits surge 2,579.5% in the first half of 2026, driven by AI demand, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. The broader electronics industry's profits r…
Hedge fund manager Michael Burry increased bearish wagers on AI-linked stocks including Nvidia and Micron Technology, testing Beijing's stock market support as Moody's warned of debt risks from hypers…
Hong Kong exports surged 53.4% year on year in June to a record HK$641.1 billion, the sharpest increase in 42 years, driven by strong global demand for AI-related electronic products, according to pro…
A survey by the Beijing-based Dacheng Enterprise Research Institute found that more than 70% of 79 entrepreneurs from medium- and large-sized private firms described current business conditions as dif…
Black Lake CEO Zhou Yuxiang hires food delivery workers as salespeople to sell AI automation solutions to family-run factories in China, a strategy that has helped the company serve 35,000 factory cli…
Shares of ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), China's leading DRAM maker, surged 472% on their Shanghai Star Market debut, giving the company a market capitalization of 3.31 trillion yuan (US$489 bil…
Nobel laureate Simon Johnson, a professor at MIT and former IMF chief economist, said AI will likely replace many workers with routine tasks, including white-collar jobs in information processing and …
Leaked comments from DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng reveal a strategy of corporate restraint, low-margin pricing, and open-source models, prioritizing long-term AI ambition over short-term gains. The …
China's biggest technology companies refused to meet a visiting U.S. congressional delegation from the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission during a recent fact-finding trip to Beijing, Ha…
Hong Kong has an opportunity to redefine its place in a world undergoing profound transformation, according to an analysis by the South China Morning Post. The city's future rests on four mutually rei…
An open letter organized by the Stanford Digital Economy Lab warns that artificial intelligence may drive an economic transformation larger than the Industrial Revolution, but four in five signatories…
Tech firms are racing to build colossal supernode clusters for next-generation AI, shifting competition from stand-alone chip specifications to interconnects, memory sharing, and system reliability, a…
Nearly half of China's vocational schools have introduced introductory AI courses, according to a Tsinghua University study, as job-loss fears drive demand for AI skills. Chen Hao, a 26-year-old vocat…
Japan is establishing artificial intelligence dialogue frameworks with India, Malaysia, and other like-minded countries to reduce reliance on top US and Chinese AI firms and promote domestic companies…
Nearly one-third of Singapore's workers say they need a side hustle to supplement their full-time income amid rising living costs and anxiety over AI's impact on white-collar jobs, according to a repo…
State-affiliated investors supplied more than 90% of committed capital in China's private-equity market last year, up from under 79% in 2021, according to data provider Zerone, as Beijing's money resh…
Nvidia, Palantir, and Meta signed a public letter on Friday urging US policymakers to avoid 'premature restrictions' on open-weight AI models, warning that such limits would undermine competition and …
China is positioning itself as a leader in inclusive AI governance, with President Xi Jinping delivering an opening speech at the ninth World Artificial Intelligence Conference that framed AI as a pub…
Recent US trade, tech and visa restrictions targeting China aim to gain leverage ahead of September's summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, though Chinese analysts warn the aggressive pressure r…