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Thursday 11 June 2026
CanSemi IPO exposes strains in China's mature-node chip push
CanSemi Technology's planned ChiNext listing has exposed the financial strain behind China's push to build mature-node semiconductor capacity, as the Guangzhou-based foundry seeks...
Thursday 11 June 2026
Unitree, Nvidia expose humanoid robotics' biggest question: who controls the body, brain and ecosystem?
Unitree Robotics' Nvidia-backed H2 Plus has sparked debate in China over who controls the robot body, AI brain and autonomy in a global ecosystem.
Thursday 11 June 2026
China's embodied AI boom tests whether robots can repeat the EV miracle
China's embodied AI sector is entering a financing cycle that increasingly resembles the early days of electric vehicles. Investors, local governments, and technology groups are backing...
Wednesday 10 June 2026
Unigroup Guoxin targets Beijing IPO as China's DRAM pipeline gains another contender
Unigroup Guoxin Microelectronics is moving closer to a Beijing Stock Exchange IPO, adding another DRAM-focused player to China's domestic memory chip pipeline.
Wednesday 10 June 2026
China's CNY2tn data center plan puts domestic AI chips at the core
Beijing is preparing a plan to spend CNY2 trillion (US$295 billion) over the next five years to build data centers across China, a move aimed at strengthening the country's domestic...
Wednesday 10 June 2026
Microsoft Azure's China retreat shows data sovereignty is squeezing global cloud providers
Microsoft is reportedly scaling back parts of its China operations again, with the latest adjustment focused on its Azure cloud business, as both the US and China tighten scrutiny...
Wednesday 10 June 2026
Taiwan reportedly weighs tougher AI chip export curbs as US lawmakers push for tighter China controls
Taiwan is considering significantly tougher restrictions on exports of advanced AI chips to China, a move that would bring the island's regulations closer to those of the US and strengthen...
Wednesday 10 June 2026
Apple's Siri AI finally arrives, but China blockage threatens iPhone's next upgrade cycle
Apple's new Siri AI has finally arrived, but its absence from China threatens to weaken the company's artificial intelligence (AI) strategy in one of the world's most important smartphone...
Wednesday 10 June 2026
Microsoft cuts hundreds of Azure jobs in China as another step in its global restructuring

Microsoft is laying off hundreds of employees in its Azure cloud division in China, marking the latest step in the company's ongoing restructuring...

Wednesday 10 June 2026
Commentary: YMTC, CXMT relisting shows US-China tech controls are moving beyond chips
YMTC and CXMT have returned to Washington's Chinese Military Companies list, placing China's two leading memory chipmakers back at the center of US scrutiny over semiconductors, military-civil...
Wednesday 10 June 2026
Chinese AI startup StepFun seeks US$12 billion valuation in Hong Kong IPO
Chinese artificial-intelligence (AI) startup StepFun is preparing to file for a Hong Kong initial public offering as early as Monday, according to people familiar with the matter,...
Tuesday 9 June 2026
Alibaba puts CEO directly in charge of new unit as AI model race turns commercial

Alibaba Group Holding has created a new artificial intelligence unit called Token Foundry, putting it directly under CEO Eddie Wu as the...

Tuesday 9 June 2026
Huawei tests AI agents at HDC 2026 after OpenClaw hype loses steam
Huawei Developer Conference (HDC) 2026 is set to open on June 12 at Songshan Lake in Dongguan, with HarmonyOS and frontier AI technologies taking center stage. Beyond updates to the...
Tuesday 9 June 2026
US Pentagon adds BYD, Alibaba to China military company list
The US Department of Defense has updated its list of companies identified as Chinese military companies operating in the US, adding a wide range of technology, telecom, semiconductor,...
Tuesday 9 June 2026
Tencent takes dual-track AI chip route with Canghai V2 and domestic partnerships
Tencent is sharpening a dual-track AI chip strategy, combining self-developed semiconductors for its own business workloads with deeper partnerships across China's domestic AI computing...