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Tuesday 17 March 2026
China reins in OpenClaw surge, flags AI agent security risks

China's Ministry of State Security on March 17 issued its first "lobster security guidelines" for AI agents, aiming to cool market hype...

Tuesday 17 March 2026
MetaX GPU push delivers growth, not profit, as losses hit US$560 million

MetaX, one of China's most closely watched domestic GPU developers, remains loss-making despite rapid revenue growth. According to Sina,...

Tuesday 17 March 2026
Alibaba forms 'Token Hub' unit to consolidate AI teams
Alibaba Group Holding is reorganizing its artificial intelligence operations, creating a new business unit to integrate its AI services and development efforts as the Chinese technology...
Tuesday 17 March 2026
China exposes GEO content poisoning grey market, raising new doubts over AI model trustworthiness
Generative AI is becoming a primary search gateway, but the credibility of its underlying content sources is under increasing scrutiny. China has exposed a grey market industry chain...
Tuesday 17 March 2026
China's Hua Hong reportedly develops 7nm process — breakthrough or bottleneck?
Chinese foundry Hua Hong Semiconductor is reportedly preparing a 7nm chip manufacturing process, a development that could mark a significant shift for China's second-largest contract...
Monday 16 March 2026
ByteDance pauses global launch of AI video model under copyright clash

ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, has put the worldwide rollout of its latest AI video-generation model, Seedance 2.0, on hold...

Monday 16 March 2026
Analysis: Alibaba Qwen talent exit highlights ByteDance's push in multimodal AI
A core researcher behind Alibaba's Qwen large language model has left the company and is reportedly joining ByteDance's AI research unit Seed, Chinese media reported. The move underscores...
Monday 16 March 2026
Analysis: OpenClaw sparks China's AI agent wave, economists see new compute boom
AI agent technology is gaining momentum in China's tech sector, driven by the open-source platform OpenClaw and a trend known locally as "raising lobsters". The phenomenon is drawing...
Monday 16 March 2026
Analysis: BYD eyes F1 entry as it moves from gas engines to electric muscle

As Formula One (F1) prepares to introduce new power unit regulations in 2026, the sport faces its most dramatic technical transformation...

Monday 16 March 2026
Chip inflation spreads as Samsung, Nexchip raise foundry prices and material costs surge
China-based wafer foundry Nexchip recently announced that starting June 1, 2026, it will raise foundry prices by 10% to ensure stable product supply and sustainable long-term partn...
Monday 16 March 2026
Visionox starts 8.6-gen OLED equipment orders, intensifying China–Korea race for IT displays
Visionox has reportedly begun equipment procurement for an 8.6-generation OLED production line, a move that could challenge Samsung Display's (SDC) early lead. SDC gained an advantage...
Monday 16 March 2026
Interview: Taiwan's industrial spirit — the hidden geopolitical layer
As the world braces for the Trump-Xi summit scheduled for March 31 to April 2, headlines are dominated by the petrodollar, the capture of Nicolás Maduro, and the Anthropic ban...
Saturday 14 March 2026
AI boom lifts global foundry revenue to record US$169.5bn, demand risks surface for 2026
Global semiconductor foundries rebounded strongly in 2025 as artificial intelligence workloads and premium smartphone chips boosted advanced-node demand, though rising memory prices...
Friday 13 March 2026
Hygon revenue jumps 57% as AI compute boom lifts China's x86 chip contender
Generative AI is rapidly reshaping the global computing industry, driving demand for advanced processors and accelerating China's push for domestic AI chips. Among the emerging players,...
Friday 13 March 2026
China's Nexchip signals wafer price hikes amid capacity expansion and CIS growth
Nexchip has confirmed that it has raised prices for certain wafer foundry products, aligning its pricing strategy with market conditions, customer demand, and ongoing operational improvements,...