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Thursday 9 April 2026
Alibaba tightens AI strategy with CEO-led committee and executive reshuffle

Alibaba is restructuring its artificial intelligence (AI) leadership, forming a new CEO-led technology committee and streamlining executive...

Thursday 9 April 2026
China faces 300,000 semiconductor talent gap, warns SMIC founder

China's semiconductor industry faces a widening talent gap even as global competition intensifies, exposing a structural constraint despite...

Thursday 9 April 2026
Nvidia demo highlights China's role in humanoid robot hardware

Nvidia, Google, and Tesla are driving the humanoid robotics race, but competition is shifting to the hardware supply chain. The US leads...

Wednesday 8 April 2026
Chinese energy storage players flock to growing AI data center market in face of fierce domestic competition
Chinese energy storage players are going all in on the AI data center market, as intense domestic competition has caused falling profit margins from traditional storage projects. The...
Wednesday 8 April 2026
China's AI and cloud firms step up use of domestic chips
China's leading AI and cloud companies are shifting toward domestically produced AI chips, a move with global implications for supply chains, technology competition, and cloud services...
Wednesday 8 April 2026
Commentary: China's AI chip dilemma revisits a familiar semiconductor fork in the road
The global AI race is no longer just about who builds the fastest chip. Increasingly, it is about who writes the rules.
Tuesday 7 April 2026
From components to systems: Ennostar to highlight optical comms, automation tech at Touch Taiwan
As the optoelectronics industry shifts from competition in individual components toward systems integration and higher value-added applications, optoelectronics solution provider Ennostar...
Tuesday 7 April 2026
China's auto sales shift, but price war shows no sign of ending

China's auto market showed a notable shift in the first quarter of 2026, with Volkswagen, Geely, and Toyota returning to the top of the...

Tuesday 7 April 2026
China channels billions into space start-ups through IPO pipeline
In recent years, space has emerged as a central arena of global strategic competition, drawing heavy investment from the US, China, Russia, Japan, South Korea, and India. Among them,...
Wednesday 1 April 2026
Alibaba's closed-source pivot signals mounting monetization pressure
Alibaba's release of its closed-source Qwen3.5 model marks a strategic pivot toward monetization, reflecting growing competitive and commercial pressures as Chinese and global AI players...
Wednesday 1 April 2026
Nvidia's US$2 billion bet on Marvell turns rivals into ecosystem partners
Nvidia's US$2 billion investment in Marvell signals a shift toward hybrid AI infrastructure, balancing dominance with openness while intensifying competition across custom silicon,...
Wednesday 1 April 2026
China LLM usage tops US for fourth week as OpenClaw drives token surge
Global large model competition is entering a new phase, with usage data pointing to a shift toward AI agents and a rising “token economy” reshaping pricing, infrastructure...
Wednesday 1 April 2026
Hiroca enters Toyota supply chain with EV interior deal
As competition in the global electric vehicle market intensifies, automakers are increasingly turning to cabin design as a key differentiator. Hiroca Holdings appears to be capitalizing...
Tuesday 31 March 2026
Samsung targets 1nm production by 2030, challenges TSMC with new chiplet technology
Samsung Electronics is aiming to launch its 1nm semiconductor process by 2030 as part of a direct technological competition with rival TSMC. The move seeks to secure leadership in...
Tuesday 31 March 2026
OpenAI scraps Sora to double down on enterprise AI
OpenAI has shut down its Sora video-generation platform, abandoning a high-profile push into entertainment and consumer creativity as it pivots toward enterprise AI and productivity...