China tech

Quicktron's autonomous mobile robots move and shelve bins in warehouses. 
China tech

China's warehouse robots set to ease Japan's logistics crunch

Startups see Japanese market as testing ground ahead of domestic growth

21 January 2024
Huawei and other local companies have eaten away at Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market.
Electronics

iPhone discounts spread in China for Lunar New Year as sales dip

Alibaba's Tmall and JD.com offer even sharper discounts than Apple

19 January 2024
Xpeng Motors has decided to use RoboSense lidar for driver assistance. (Photo by Tomoko Wakasugi)
Automobiles

China extends lead in lidar tech crucial to self-driving cars

Chinese companies gain ground in patents and market share

8 January 2024
Baidu's headquarters in Beijing. The search engine giant had hoped to diversify its revenue by acquiring Joyy's YY Live China livestreaming business.
Business deals

Baidu terminates $3.6bn purchase of Joyy's China livestream unit

Search engine giant's deal for YY Live failed to receive regulatory approval

1 January 2024
The Yangwang flagship store in an area of Shanghai that is one of the world's richest. (Photo by Shizuka Tanabe)
Automobiles

BYD uses Shanghai mansion as a boutique to sell high-end cars

Chinese automaker to set up 90 premium outlets by year's end

24 December 2023
Orders for the revamped Aito M7 plug-in hybrid reached 100,000 in two and a half months since its launch. (Photo by Takashi Kawakami) 
China tech

Huawei tech drives smaller Chinese players' challenge to BYD, Tesla

Company uses self-driving know-how to expand EV partnerships

22 December 2023
Eddie Wu, left, will replace Trudy Dai as CEO of Alibaba's e-commerce unit. Both Wu and Dai helped found Alibaba. (Source photos by Getty Images and screenshot from Alibaba's website) 
Technologie

Alibaba Group CEO Eddie Wu to take over company's e-commerce unit

Trudy Dai replaced as group faces fierce competition in two key segments

20 December 2023
As PDD Holdings' Temu moved into more than 40 countries in 2023, reportedly spending more than $2 billion on marketing, employees say the work culture took a toll on their personal lives and health. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)
The Big Story

Inside PDD, China's e-commerce titan behind Temu and Pinduoduo

Efforts to surpass Alibaba at home and chase Amazon abroad come with human cost

20 December 2023
Preparations for July's World AI Conference in Shanghai: As far as AI risks go, China clearly perceives greater dangers from people.
Opinion

China's AI sector has no time for end-of-the-world worries

Country takes pragmatic view as it seeks to close technological gap

18 December 2023
Unlike cloud-based AI, which relies on data centers to process resource-intensive tasks, edge AI is adept at making real-time decisions without the internet and can be applied to smart devices in everyday use.
Caixin

How the AI race has spread from the cloud to the palm of your hand

Challenges to AI use on smartphones are privacy, computing power and battery life

14 December 2023
Singapore-based Lazada has received three rounds of investment from Alibaba this year. (Photo by Takashi Nakano)
Technologie

Alibaba pumps $630m more into Lazada in race with TikTok, Sea

Chinese e-commerce leader faces rising competition in Southeast Asia

14 December 2023
Li Auto sells high-end electric SUVs, a category that has not seen much competition.
Electric cars in China

Chinese auto shares volatile as investors search for next BYD

EV makers who set themselves apart can rise above price competition

14 December 2023
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The Big Story

The great nanometer chip race

China looks for shortcuts as TSMC, Samsung and Intel push the limits of miniaturization

13 December 2023
An office of the Cyberspace Administration of China: Beijing's AI regulations are more about social control and the projection of power than consumer protection.
Opinion

China's tightening grip on AI puts other nations at risk

Technology put at CCP's service likely to be used to further its agenda

8 December 2023
Taiwan has defined five fields as critical technologies that require urgent protection.
Technologie

Taiwan outlines five critical tech fields under its protection

Move to safeguard semiconductors, defense, space seen as attempt to block leaks

6 December 2023
China Merchants Securities expects Pinduoduo will surpass JD.com to become China's second-largest e-commerce player this year, trailing only Alibaba.
China tech

Temu parent PDD's market cap closes in on Alibaba after revenue doubles

Chinese e-commerce operator labels short seller Grizzly's claims as 'baseless'

29 November 2023
Huawei holds many communications patents and is working with around 20 Japanese companies in intellectual property.
Telecommunication

Huawei and Sharp ink cross-licensing deal for cellphone patents

Electronics giants to share intellectual property in 5G and more

28 November 2023
ByteDance, operator of short-video app TikTok, has invested aggressively in gaming since 2016.
China tech

TikTok parent ByteDance to cut 1,000 gaming jobs in strategic shift

Layoffs come as China company intensifies efforts in generative AI

27 November 2023
Chinese company CETC supplies radar and other technology to the country's military. (Photo by Shunsuke Tabeta)
China tech

Chinese military vendor CETC to take over smaller tech company

Beijing merges state-owned firms to withstand U.S. pressure

25 November 2023
Alibaba Group Holding founder Jack Ma had traveled abroad until this spring after stepping down from the Chinese company's board in 2020.
China tech

Alibaba founder Jack Ma starts ready-made food company

New Chinese business comes amid Ma's reported interest in agriculture tech

25 November 2023
The Chinese logo for Baidu's Ernie chatbot.
China tech

Baidu's stock rises as quarterly revenue beats expectations

AI chatbot Ernie starts to earn income, CEO Robin Li says

22 November 2023
Nio staff show how the company's debut smartphone works with its EVs: China's hyperaggressive focus on innovation will support its transformation into a more sustainable economy.
Opinion

Innovation justifies optimism in China's long-term economic outlook

Transformation over past decade will support productivity-led growth

17 November 2023
Alibaba has been betting on its cloud computing services and is striving to establish itself as an AI leader in China.
China tech

Alibaba shares plunge after reversing spinoff plan of cloud unit

Jack Ma's family trusts to sell down stakes in e-commerce group for nearly $871m

17 November 2023
Binance partner Gulf Energy Development says it has received approval from Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission to begin operations. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by AP and screenshot from Gulf Group's website)
Cryptocurrencies

Binance launches Thailand digital asset exchange with Gulf Energy

Crypto giant wins Southeast Asia greenlight amid U.S. legal woes

16 November 2023
China's Oppo is one of many companies developing its own generative AI technology. (Nikkei montage/Source photo by AP) 
China tech

China's Oppo bets on its Andes GPT model to cash in on AI boom

Artificial intelligence move comes amid broader questions over real-world applications

16 November 2023