China’s push for semiconductor self-sufficiency has achieved a significant milestone in the memory sector. ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), the country’s leading domestic DRAM manufacturer, has successfully brought its DDR5 memory modules to the commercial market, demonstrating rapid progress in a critical component of the AI hardware supply chain.
Tencent Holdings Ltd. delivered a mixed set of first-quarter results on Wednesday, missing revenue expectations due to a slowdown in its domestic gaming business, but demonstrating significant momentum in its artificial intelligence initiatives across advertising and enterprise services.
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. reported a dramatic collapse in profitability for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, as the company’s aggressive investment in artificial intelligence and its ongoing price war in cloud computing continued to devastate margins.
The most significant signal ahead of the Trump-Xi summit in Beijing did not come from a press briefing or a policy paper. It came from a flight manifest. It was commonly believed that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang would not joining the U.S.
As the global artificial intelligence race intensifies, the financial projections for the infrastructure providers powering this revolution are reaching staggering new heights.
In a significant expansion of its digital diplomacy and educational outreach, China has officially launched a global artificial intelligence education service platform. The announcement was made during the 2026 World Digital Education Conference (WDEC), held from May 11 to 13 in Hangzhou.
The unprecedented regulatory intervention that blocked Meta’s $2 billion acquisition of the AI agent startup Manus has sent shockwaves through the global technology sector. While the initial headlines focused on the geopolitical clash, the practical reality of executing the reversal is proving to be a complex and highly disruptive process.
Unitree Robotics, the Hangzhou-based company that has become one of the world’s most prolific makers of legged robots, has unveiled something markedly different from its usual lineup of nimble humanoids and quadrupeds.
As artificial intelligence rapidly permeates the Chinese economy, the tension between technological efficiency and labor stability is increasingly ending up in the courtroom. In two landmark decisions, Chinese courts have ruled that companies cannot legally dismiss workers on the grounds that AI tools are cheaper or more productive.
China’s top regulatory bodies have issued a comprehensive set of guidelines aimed at standardizing the development and deployment of artificial intelligence agents across the economy.
As President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping prepare to meet in Beijing, a new analysis highlights a critical and under-discussed risk in the global artificial intelligence race: the behavior of autonomous systems in military and geopolitical crises.
When DeepSeek released its latest artificial intelligence model last month, the announcement included a technical detail that fundamentally alters the geopolitical landscape of the semiconductor industry. The Chinese startup confirmed that its advanced models are now fully compatible with Huawei’s Ascend line of AI processors.
When President Donald Trump arrives in Beijing for his highly anticipated state visit, his delegation will include some of the most powerful figures in American business. Elon Musk, Tim Cook, Larry Fink, and Boeing’s Kelly Ortberg are all scheduled to accompany the president.
As President Donald Trump touches down in Beijing for his first state visit to China in nearly nine years, the country’s financial markets are sending a clear signal: investors are betting heavily on domestic AI self-sufficiency.
On Friday evening, China Central Television’s most-watched news program broadcast footage that had never been shown publicly. The South China Morning Post reports that the Chip Fundamental Technology Research Laboratory at Huawei’s Lianqiu Lake campus in Shanghai appeared on Xinwen Lianbo, the state-run bulletin that reaches more than 200 million viewers nightly.
The enterprise artificial intelligence landscape has long been dominated by a cloud-first paradigm, where massive models run on hyperscaler infrastructure and devices merely act as endpoints for inference. However, Volkswagen is aggressively challenging this architecture with a massive new deployment in China.
The integration of embodied artificial intelligence into traditional manufacturing has reached a significant milestone. The Zhejiang Humanoid Robotics Innovation Center has officially signed an order with Jack Technology to deploy 2,000 NAVIAI humanoid robots specifically customized for garment manufacturing.
When President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping sit down in Beijing this week, the agenda will be dominated by the usual geopolitical flashpoints: trade tariffs, Taiwan, and the ongoing conflict in Iran.
China’s rapid push to embed artificial intelligence into its financial services sector has hit a significant speed bump. The viral popularity of OpenClaw, an open-source, autonomous AI agent, has triggered widespread alarm among regulators and state agencies, forcing Chinese banks into a new, far more cautious phase of AI governance and testing.
The inner workings of China’s top artificial intelligence laboratories are often shrouded in mystery, viewed from the outside through the lens of geopolitical competition and benchmark scores.
