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Wednesday 15 January 2025
US AI chip export control looms over China cloud computing giants
The latest US restrictions on AI chip exports have sent shockwaves through the global tech industry, casting a shadow over China's burgeoning tech sector. The restrictions create...
Friday 10 January 2025
US-China tensions: Tencent, CATL weigh legal action against US blacklist
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has published its annual update to the Section 1260H blacklist, which identifies Chinese companies allegedly tied to the military. The 2024 list...
Thursday 9 January 2025
US targets Tencent: in-depth look at WeChat's future and Apple's China dilemma
The US Department of Defense's decision to add Tencent to its Entity List may significantly impact its flagship messaging app, WeChat, especially the international version. This escalation...
Tuesday 7 January 2025
US Department of Defense blacklists Tencent, CATL, and CXMT amid escalating tech tension
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has added Tencent Holdings, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL), and ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) to its blacklist of entities...
Tuesday 7 January 2025
Tencent addresses US Department of Defense blacklist inclusion amid market fallout
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has classified Tencent Holdings and other Chinese companies as "Chinese military companies operating in the United States." According to a federal...
Friday 3 January 2025
China accelerates LLM development as ByteDance's AI spending rivals BAT combined
DeepSeek, an emerging AI company, has launched DeepSeek-V3, the first version of its new open-source model series. According to official data, this model outperforms other leading...
Friday 3 January 2025
China's LLM market reached a boiling point, Alibaba cuts prices again to capture market share
Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group Holding, has recently slashed prices on its visual language model Qwen-VL by more than 80%, as price wars continue to rage...
Thursday 26 December 2024
Chinese Data Center Operator Yovole Is Said to Consider US IPO
Yovole is considering an initial public offering in the US, people familiar with the matter said, years after the Chinese data center operator's failed attempt to list in mainland...
Wednesday 18 December 2024
Zhipu AI secures US$412 million with backing from Alibaba, Tencent
Zhipu AI, a Chinese artificial intelligence unicorn specializing in large language models (LLMs), has secured CNY3 billion (US$412 million) in its latest funding round—its second...
Tuesday 15 October 2024
Status of domestic AI chip development in China

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Monday 14 October 2024
US-sanctioned Hikvision reportedly undergoing layoff in RD department
Hikvision, a leading global manufacturer of security equipment provider sanctioned by the US, has been reported to be implementing large-scale layoffs. However, the company has denied...
Tuesday 8 October 2024
Huawei launches HarmonyOS NEXT public beta: A game-changer for China's OS sovereignty
On October 8, 2024, Huawei officially launched the public beta of HarmonyOS NEXT, initially supporting devices such as the Mate 60 series, the Mate X5 foldable, and the MatePad Pro...
Tuesday 24 September 2024
AMEC senior executives with US citizenship resign, sparking concern
Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. China (AMEC), a China-based semiconductor equipment supplier, announced the resignation of Senior Vice President Tuqiang Ni and Core Technical...
Friday 13 September 2024
Apple signals flexibility on App Store policies to maintain Chinese market share
At Apple's product launch event on September 10, the company dedicated a segment of the presentation to announce that Tencent's latest game, "Honor of Kings: World" is scheduled to...
Friday 6 September 2024
China-based startup initiates IPO process as Chinese AI chip market grows
Shanghai Enflame Technology, a Chinese AI chip company backed by Tencent, has recently filed its intention to IPO with the Shanghai Bureau of the China Securities Regulatory Commis...