Comparing the iPhone 15 Pro and the Huawei Mate 60 Pro in Shanghai: Huawei's HarmonyOS could displace Apple's iOS as China's second-most used operating system this year.
Opinion

U.S. should learn from its failure to take down Huawei

Chinese tech company's rebound shows limitations of sanctions strategy

2 February 2024
Rising Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD plans to roughly double its sales outlets in Singapore and the Philippines this year. (Photo by Dylan Loh)
Electric cars in China

Chinese EV leader BYD makes aggressive push in ASEAN

Tesla rival eyes doubling outlets in Singapore, Philippines after entering Indonesia

31 January 2024
InnoVen Capital is a joint venture between Seviora, a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore state investor Temasek, and one of the city-state’s largest lenders, United Overseas Bank. (Source photos by Getty Images)
Startups

Temasek-backed venture debt vehicle launches China fund

InnoVen Capital raises $130m from Chinese local government agencies

26 January 2024
A Tesla electric car in Hangzhou, China. The U.S. brand has some loyal fans in China, but competition is intensifying.
Supply Chain

Tesla cars face more entry bans in China as 'security concerns' accelerate

Growing restrictions come as local champion BYD becomes world's top EV maker

24 January 2024
Tencent and other Chinese video game companies saw their Hong Kong-listed shares jump on Jan. 23 amid optimism about proposed rules for the industry. 
Technology

Chinese gaming stocks surge as regulator takes down draft rules

Executives expect 'positive' final version of curbs on players' spending

23 January 2024
Scorpio Electric is preparing to launch its first model in countries such as Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines this summer. (Photo by Dylan Loh)
Transportation

China's BYD helps Singapore startup in ASEAN e-motorbike race

Scorpio Electric eyes Indonesia, Thailand for sales of electric two-wheelers

22 January 2024
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) 
Technology

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)
Technology

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
Stream article image
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.
Technology

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