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Nvidia's latest language processing chip, unveiled at the company's annual artificial intelligence conference, has opened a new frontier in the AI inference arms race, as the booming market for AI agents like OpenClaw presents a complex new reality for China's semiconductor industry, according to analysts. The Nvidia Groq 3 Language Processing Unit (LPU), introduced on Monday at GTC 2026 in San Jose, California, was described by the company as an accelerator with fast memory and low latency......

China leads the world in patent applications for anti-drone technology, which has drawn heightened attention during the wars in Ukraine and Iran and a spate of suspicious sightings in the West, according to intellectual property law firm Mathys & Squire. Patent applications for anti-drone systems rose 27 per cent over the past year, with China submitting 82 compared with 22 from the US, the second-largest filer, the 115-year-old UK-based law firm said on Monday. South Korea ranked third with six......

Chinese smartphone maker Oppo is mounting a fresh challenge in the foldable handset market after launching the latest product in its Find N series, as the industry faces rising memory prices and anticipation builds around Apple's foldable iPhone. Find N6, launched globally on Tuesday, featured upgraded hinge technology designed to make the crease on the foldable screen “virtually imperceptible”, according to the company. “While foldables offer the advantage of a larger display, the crease has......

Chinese contract drug makers – including WuXi AppTec, WuXi Biologics and WuXi XDC – face a less certain long-term revenue outlook as US pharmaceutical companies bring production in-house and reconfigure supply chains amid rising US-China tensions. While near-term earnings remained largely locked in, visibility beyond that was limited, according to Cui Cui, head of healthcare research for Asia at Jefferies. “Earnings visibility for 2026 and 2027 is still very strong – revenue momentum is largely......

A memo circulating in mainland China's financial community has raised concerns that Beijing plans to ban certain Chinese companies from listing in Hong Kong via a red-chip structure, with analysts fearing that this could create uncertainty for new listings in the city. According to a memo seen by the South China Morning Post, some red-chip companies – entities registered overseas but with assets and businesses within China – seeking regulatory approval for an initial public offering (IPO) in......

A Shanghai-based start-up claims to have mastered a technique for producing synthetic petroleum at low cost from air and water, as China intensifies efforts to develop alternatives to traditional fossil fuels amid the US-Israel war against Iran. Carbonology announced it had created a process for converting carbon dioxide extracted from air and water into artificial fuel using solar and wind energy, Chinese media outlet Cailianshe reported on Tuesday. The company – co-founded by a former......

Details of the Shenzhen museum being built by Pony Ma Huateng, co-founder and CEO of internet giant Tencent Holdings, were unveiled on March 17 after months of speculation. In a public letter, Pi Li, the former head of art at Hong Kong's Tai Kwun, revealed that he is the founding director and first employee of Rong Museum, a cultural institution with around 4,500 square metres (48,400 sq ft) in total floor area that will open in 2027. The name Rong refers to the Chinese character for “blending”......

Shanghai has become the latest mainland Chinese city to lower the minimum down payment requirement for loans on commercial-use properties – including shops and business apartments – from 50 per cent to at least 30 per cent. Analysts said the move could help reduce excess inventory in the struggling commercial real estate market, though stronger measures might still be needed. “There is still a meaningful gap between the minimum down payment ratio for residential properties and that for mixed-use......

SmartMore, the first company backed by the Hong Kong government's investment fund, has applied for a listing, underscoring the city's crowded pipeline of technology initial public offerings (IPOs). The unicorn, founded in 2019 and specialising in industrial artificial intelligence, submitted its application on Monday night, with Morgan Stanley, China International Capital Corporation and Deutsche Bank as joint sponsors. SmartMore provides intelligent manufacturing and digital innovation through......

A healthy cash flow is crucial for the success of businesses around the world, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). In addition to problems such as late payments by customers, rising costs and supply shortages, other issues such as expensive bank fees and delays in global remittance payments can cut into the profit margins of SMEs. However, Visa Direct, one of the world's largest digital payment networks, which provides international money transfer services across Visa's......

Hong Kong stocks rose for a second day on Tuesday, tracking Wall Street's gains, as oil prices steadied after a sharp overnight decline, easing concerns over inflation and geopolitical tensions. The Hang Seng Index added 0.4 per cent to 25,938.43 at the market open, extending Monday's 1.5 per cent advance. The Hang Seng Tech Index gained 0.5 per cent. On the mainland, the CSI 300 Index added 0.3 per cent and the Shanghai Composite Index was little changed. E-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding......

An Ant Group subsidiary has fulfilled all the necessary requirements for acquiring Bright Smart Securities & Commodities Group, Hong Kong's largest retail stock brokerage, after completing reporting procedures with China's regulatory authorities, the two companies announced in a joint off-trading-hours filing on Monday. Wealthiness and Prosperity Holding, which is ultimately controlled by Ant Group, had completed the reporting procedures with the Chinese authorities required for high-value......

South Korea and Japan have led declines in global stock markets amid the oil shock, underscoring how supply disruptions in the Middle East are weighing on growth in economies heavily reliant on fuel imports. The Kospi index in Seoul has slumped 12 per cent since the US-Israel war with Iran broke out on February 28, while Tokyo's Nikkei 225 has slid nearly 9 per cent. South Korea last week moved to cap oil price increases to limit inflation, while rising crude costs added to price pressures in......

Hong Kong is poised to launch the world's first open-source human-AI agent collaboration network this week, along with a series of everyday artificial intelligence products to assist citizens with activities such as applying for schools and analysing horse racing. The Hong Kong Generative AI Research and Development Centre (HKGAI) said it would soon offer on an open-source basis a human-AI agent collaboration network named “ClawNet”, designed to ensure AI agents “only do things that are......

[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] Young job seekers in Hong Kong will gain access to more than 2,000 positions in technology fields when the Cyberport Career Fair 2026 takes place on March 20 and 21. The event continues to serve as one of Hong Kong's largest platforms connecting young people with tech-related careers. Now in its 12th edition, the expo brings together companies from 21 sectors, ranging from artificial intelligence and fintech to data......

Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings has become a sponsor of OpenClaw after public complaints from the creator of the popular open-source artificial intelligence agent. Tencent and its cloud computing unit officially became sponsors of OpenClaw on Monday, as featured on the project's GitHub page alongside OpenAI and Chinese AI giant Baidu. The GitHub page has a section that lists the project's sponsors. Earlier on Sunday, an account belonging to Tencent Cloud Lighthouse – the tech giant's team......

China's industrial robot production accelerated in the first two months of the year, according to government data, amid Beijing's policy support and industry efforts to promote wider adoption. China produced 143,608 industrial robots in January and February, an increase of 31 per cent from the same period last year, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday. The growth outpaced the 27 per cent increase in the same period last year, when production totalled 91,088......

Alibaba Group Holding has reshuffled its artificial intelligence operations, creating a new top level business group and placing CEO Eddie Wu Yongming in charge as the AI and e-commerce powerhouse accelerates its push into the emerging token economy. The company said on Monday it had established the Alibaba Token Hub (ATH) Business Group, which brings all its core AI teams and products together under one umbrella. This includes Tongyi Laboratory – the developer of Alibaba's Qwen series of......

Chinese electric-vehicle (EV) maker Zhejiang Leapmotor Technology's exports jumped nearly 400 per cent last year, thanks to its partnership with European giant Stellantis, according to a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange on Monday. The Hangzhou-based carmaker said it exported 67,052 units in 2025, the most among emerging Chinese EV makers. Leapmotor exported 13,726 units in 2024. The surge in exports was largely attributed to Leapmotor's joint venture with Stellantis formed in May 2024,......

An undercover investigation by state-run China Central Television (CCTV) has cast a harsh light on a controversial practice in a nascent industry: the “poisoning” of artificial intelligence models with fabricated information. The report showed how techniques of generative engine optimisation (GEO) – the AI version of search engine optimisation (SEO) – could be used to manipulate AI chatbots, provoking widespread public concern and debate as both industry insiders and observers anticipated......