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Companies & Markets

Chinese tech financier released after probe: former colleague

Xiaomi founder and CEO Lei Jun introduces the Chinese smartphone maker's new electric SUV YU7 in Beijing. The group intends to open 10,000 shops abroad, up from just a few hundred last year.
Opinion & Features

China’s smartphone champion has triumphed where Apple failed

Tencent, for instance, has incorporated DeepSeek’s R1 model into its “AI Search” functions within Weixin, as well as rolling out an upgraded iteration of its proprietary Hunyuan T1 model.
Global Enterprise

China stocks soar on AI, trade hopes. Which are the country’s ‘Terrific 10’ firms?

FILE PHOTO: The Pfizer logo is seen on the pharmaceutical company's manufacturing plant, in Newbridge, Ireland February 10, 2025. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo
Opinion & Features
THE BOTTOM LINE

Why China biotech is getting a DeepSeek moment, too

The pace of China’s open-source AI push has been relentless since the debut in January of DeepSeek R1.
Opinion & Features

Why China is suddenly flooding the market with powerful AI models

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Money Talk
THRIVE NEWSLETTER

👲🏻 Want to invest in China tech stocks? Here are some things to know

On Feb 17 Alibaba CEO Jack Ma and other entrepreneurs met at a symposium in Beijing with Xi Jinping -- which is widely seen as a sign that private sector tech is back in favour.
Global Enterprise

Xi’s rehabilitation of Jack Ma may be the most lucrative ever

DeepSeek has proved that not only can AI breakthroughs happen at a fraction of the cost, but also despite the web of export controls aimed at holding China back.
Opinion & Features
PERSPECTIVE

Why Chinese tech keeps surprising the West

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Temu, an e-commerce platform owned by PDD Holdings, is seen on a mobile phone displayed in front of its website, in this illustration picture taken April 26, 2023. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/File Photo
Opinion & Features
THE BOTTOM LINE

Can China’s tech giants do without consumers?

(FILES) A logo of Huawei is seen during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai on July 6, 2023. Huawei said on December 29, 2023 it expected an increase of almost nine percent in its revenue in 2023, despite US sanctions against the Chinese tech giant. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP)
International

China vows to centralise tech development under Communist Party

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