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DeepSeek has boosted the faith of rich Chinese investors in tech stocks: StanChart
The AI boom in China has convinced Chinese investors that the markets will continue to rise, Standard Chartered’s Judy Hsu says.
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Electric & new energy vehicles
Xpeng CEO says flying car market will be bigger than EVs over next two decades
29 Mar 2025 - 3:51PM
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Electric & new energy vehicles
Self navigating to the top: why China leads the global autonomous-driving race
29 Mar 2025 - 12:00PM
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Electric & new energy vehicles
Chinese EV industry pressed to accelerate global expansion amid tariffs
Companies should balance exports and overseas production while seeking to achieve win-wins with foreign partners, former vice-minister says.
28 Mar 2025 - 8:00PM
A file photo taken on September 11, 2023, shows BYD EVs waiting to be loaded on a ship at the international container terminal of Taicang Port at Suzhou Port, in China’s eastern Jiangsu Province. Photo: AFP
Banking & finance
Chinese state banks’ 2024 profits rise, NPLs dip even as margins thin
All six state-owned commercial banks posted moderate profit growth for last year, as non-performing loan ratios declined slightly.
28 Mar 2025 - 6:32PM
Banking & finance
Venture-capital club expands to Hong Kong, plans US$250m fund
London Technology Club opens in the city with a focus on fast-scaling companies in AI, fintech.
28 Mar 2025 - 6:44PM
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US-China relations
Trump, some Republicans differ on TikTok ahead of sell-or-ban deadline
‘If ByteDance stays involved in any way, the deal is illegal – plain and simple,’ said one senior Republican lawmaker.
28 Mar 2025 - 5:52AM
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A woman poses with her smartphone displaying the @realdonaldtrump TikTok page, in Washington in January 2025. Photo: Reuters
Banking & finance
Cathie Wood sees AI driving US$10 trillion global robotaxi revolution
The CEO of Ark Investment says the market will help propel a near 10-fold jump in Tesla’s share price to US$2,600 in five years.
27 Mar 2025 - 6:37PM
SenseTime
SenseTime’s 2024 loss narrows even as it misses analysts’ forecasts
The company reported net loss of 4.3 billion yuan (US$592 million) in 2024, compared with estimate of 4 billion yuan loss.
27 Mar 2025 - 4:47PM
Robotics
Unitree Robotics profitable since 2020, eyes expansion amid high demand
The Hangzhou start-up known for its robot dogs told local media it had no immediate plans for additional fundraising.
28 Mar 2025 - 10:16AM
Artificial intelligence
Microsoft abandons data centre projects, sparking oversupply fears
Microsoft’s retrenchment in the last six months included lease cancellations and deferrals, analysts at investment bank TD Cowen said.
27 Mar 2025 - 10:09AM
Microsoft’s offices in Issy-les-Moulineaux near Paris, France. Photo: Reuters
Alibaba
Alibaba, Ant partner with home province to boost China’s AI drive
The two tech giants have become key partners in empowering government agencies with AI capabilities.
26 Mar 2025 - 6:30PM
Tencent
Tencent adds AI chatbot friend to WeChat to keep users glued to app
WeChat users can now add Yuanbao as a ‘friend’ and interact with the chatbot without downloading a separate app.
26 Mar 2025 - 5:15PM
Banking & finance
Hong Kong’s MTR Corp raises US$3 billion from its largest public bond sale
The deal comes amid a buoyant Asian bond market as risk sentiment remains steady ahead of further US trade tariffs, according to analysts.
26 Mar 2025 - 4:28PM
CATL
CATL gets CSRC’s nod for Hong Kong IPO to raise at least US$5 billion
CATL plans to sell up to 220.17 million shares and could raise at least US$5 billion to fund new factories overseas.
26 Mar 2025 - 5:50PM
A logo of the battery manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited (CATL) at the Auto Shanghai show on April 18, 2023. Photo: Reuters
US-listed Chinese stocks
Chinese tea chain Chagee reveals revenue surge in US IPO filing
Net revenue nearly tripled to US$1.71 billion in 2024, company says as it prepares for Nasdaq listing.
26 Mar 2025 - 11:11AM
Hong Kong stock market
Hong Kong stocks rise, led by Chinese EV makers and tech firms
Investors take a cue from a Wall Street tech rally overnight and hunt for bargains following a recent correction, brokers say.
26 Mar 2025 - 4:45PM
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Artificial intelligence
ChatGPT can now create charts for work and edit photos better
The new capabilities are available to both free and paid users via OpenAI’s GPT-4o model.
26 Mar 2025 - 9:49AM
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OpenAI has brought image generation to GPT-4o. Photo: AFP via Getty Images/TNS
Electric & new energy vehicles
BYD out-earns Tesla after out-making, out-selling Model 3 producer
Chinese EV maker is forecast to widen its lead over Tesla in 2025 and 2026 global sales, according to consensus compiled by Bloomberg.
26 Mar 2025 - 12:19PM
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DeepSeek
DeepSeek wows coders with more powerful open-source V3 model
The new version and DeepSeek V3 are both foundation models trained on vast data sets that can be applied in different use cases.
25 Mar 2025 - 6:00PM
Banking & finance
Alibaba’s Tsai says some AI bets like excess data centres are speculative
‘People are talking literally about US$500 billion, several US$100 billion [projects]. I don’t think that is entirely necessary,’ Tsai says.
25 Mar 2025 - 5:11PM
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Electric & new energy vehicles
Chinese EV maker Xiaomi raises US$5.5 billion to accelerate expansion
The Beijing-based firm sold 800 million new shares at HK$53.25 each, a 6.6 per cent discount to the closing price on Monday.
25 Mar 2025 - 8:13PM
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A Xiaomi SU7 Ultra electric car is displayed at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on March 3. Photo: Xinhua
Semiconductors
US start-up PsiQuantum raising US$750 million in quantum computing race
Start-ups and major tech firms are chasing quantum computing, with Google, Microsoft and Amazon having unveiled new quantum chips.
25 Mar 2025 - 11:15AM
Auctions
23andMe’s bankruptcy puts 15 million users’ DNA data on auction block
23andMe has proposed an auction in May for the sale of its assets, which include the genetic data of more than 15 million customers.
25 Mar 2025 - 10:13AM
Banking & finance
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Hong Kong must capitalise on DeepSeek to lure global, Chinese funds: HSBC
Hong Kong’s stock market has a lot of room to expand as many companies are planning IPOs, HSBC’s Asia and Middle East co-CEO David Liao says.
25 Mar 2025 - 1:39PM
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