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Wency Chen
Reporter, Tech
Wency tells stories that explore how technologies are reshaping society, with a focus on cross-border e-commerce, AI, the supply chain and others. Before joining SCMP, Wency contributed to KrASIA, Wired, Rest of World, World of Chinese, Tech in Asia, Vice China (BIE), Harper's Bazaar, etc. She attended Columbia Journalism School.
Alipay, launched 20 years ago by Alibaba Group, has proved to be a revolutionary product that changed the way Chinese people make payments.
The changes for two executives follow a departure last month, as ByteDance seeks to safeguard business in its flagship app’s largest market.
China has waived its retaliatory 125 per cent tariffs on certain semiconductor imports from the US, according to a Caijing report.
AI models developed by Chinese tech companies, including DeepSeek and Big Tech firms, have emerged as popular choices for carmakers.
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Regarding global expansion plans, tariffs will be the ‘number one factor’ to be considered when entering a new market, Zeekr says.
Unitree opened the 10,000-square-metre facility this year, located just 15 minutes from its headquarters.
‘There’s nothing a Chinese factory can’t make,’ a TikTok user says in a video purportedly showing suppliers of designer fashion brands.
The Beijing-based start-up, which is sanctioned by the US, has submitted pre-IPO documents on the mainland with plans to file for an IPO by October.
As the trade war escalates, Chinese chip merchants have reportedly stopped providing price quotes.
The China Semiconductor Industry Association clarified that the place of origin for chips is determined by the location of the wafer fabrication plant.
Chipmakers and analysts anticipate benefits to China’s chip supply chain from the fresh US tariffs, including for equipment and components.
Concerns about technological decoupling have risen after Microsoft ended commercial services for some clients in China.
TikTok Shop has increased efforts to recruit cross-border merchants for European markets, including Spain, Germany, Italy and France.
The policy changes affect many of China’s 120,000 online exporters, whose major market is the United States.
The new processors integrate Loongson’s central processing unit cores, which are based on its in-house instruction set architecture.
Newly appointed AgiBot chief scientist Luo Jianlan, who previously worked at Google, spearheads the advanced AI research effort.
The telecoms industry veteran’s ascension reflects ZTE’s efforts to revive its fortunes in 2025 via its AI strategy.
The IoT & AI Insider Lab in the Zhangjiang hi-tech zone likely closed in January or February, nearby workers say.
Rural residents, who account for a third of China’s 1.4 billion population, are eager to apply AI services.
The equipment start-up kept a low profile until this week, when it unveiled about 30 new products at the Semicon China show.
Taobao’s initiative aligns with China’s broader regulatory efforts to address the misuse of generative AI.
The Hangzhou start-up known for its robot dogs told local media it had no immediate plans for additional fundraising.
The updated BIS list includes more than 50 new Chinese entities, including six units of cloud computing provider Inspur Group.
Cook was among 80 company executives who attended the China Development Forum, an annual event to facilitate dialogue with global investors.
Robots have become a hot investment area in China as VC firms, supply chain partners and tech giants jostle to back leading start-ups.
The robotics start-up co-founded by former Huawei ‘Genius Youth’ recruits has an ambitious 5,000-unit production target, far exceeding 2024 output.
The cloud storage provider has sought to restore public trust after a public outcry from a doxxing incident involving the child of a vice-president.
CEO Huang explained how Nvidia’s latest products could dramatically boost reasoning capabilities for large models like DeepSeek’s R1.
The US semiconductor firm and main rival of Nvidia has been promoting its infrastructural support for DeepSeek’s AI models.
