
DeepSeek staff retention defies exodus fears as founder turns to funding to lock in loyalty
By Feng Yuchen Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has retained 97% of its core research and engineering…

Blanket ban on drones in Beijing clashes with China’s ambition to unleash the low altitude economy
By Brent Li On April 30, the eve of China’s sweeping new drone regulations, storefronts in…

Alibaba’s HappyHorse bets on native audio-visual AI to redefine video generation
By Zhi Han Alibaba has officially launched the beta testing phase of its proprietary video-generation model HappyHorse 1.0,…

Xiaomi’s high-stakes gamble on custom smartphone chips
By Brent Li Chinese tech giant Xiaomi (1810.HK) recently hit a milestone in its ambitious pivot toward hardware…

The Tsinghua prodigy who turned ‘four-faced monsters’ into a $40 million AI business
By Li Yuan When generative AI rewrote text, images and video in rapid succession, 3D content…

China’s robot-joint makers are racing against time as mass production looms
By Yuan Jingming On a production line in Zhangjiang’s “Robot Valley”, a new kind of industrial…

Leica turns to China’s Gpixel for next-generation imaging sensors
By Brent Li Leica Camera AG has turned to Chinese chipmaker Gpixel Changchun Microelectronics (3277.HK) to co-develop a bespoke image sensor…

Chinese streaming giant’s push for AI actors sparks backlash
By Da Cheung China’s iQiyi faces a backlash over its AI “actor library”, raising concerns about…

Beyond gimmicks: how China’s robots are slowly marching into kitchens and care homes
By Da Cheung In a bustling Seoul fast-food joint, the cook stationed by the 200-degree Celsius…





