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Tuesday 24 March 2026

OpenClaw lands in WeChat, signaling a new era of AI agents in messaging

Tencent has officially launched ClawBot, a plugin that integrates the popular open-source AI agent framework OpenClaw into its flagship messaging platform, WeChat, marking a significant...

Tuesday 24 March 2026

The chip gap: How Alibaba is pulling away from Tencent in China's AI arms race

Alibaba Group has been quietly building something big. Over recent years, it has pushed steadily into in-house chip development — moving from design and research all the way...

Friday 20 March 2026

Tencent leverages WeChat ecosystem to lead AI agent race in China

Tencent's rapid rollout of agentic AI across WeChat could reshape the competitive dynamics of Chinese AI, with potential implications for global markets given WeChat's 1.4 billion...

Thursday 19 March 2026

Tencent to double AI spending on 13% revenue growth as chip curbs reshape capex

Tencent is preparing a sharp escalation in artificial intelligence investment, with plans to more than double spending to over CNY36 billion (US$5.2 billion) in 2026, even as chip...

Thursday 19 March 2026

Column: OpenClaw ignites China's AI agent land grab

OpenClaw's "lobster-raising" wave is moving from developers into China's internet and software sectors at speed in early 2026. Unlike earlier large-model races centred on parameters...

Wednesday 18 March 2026

Tencent joins OpenClaw as sponsor after copy dispute, aligns with OpenAI and Baidu

OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger accused Tencent of copying a GitHub open-source project without providing support, prompting Tencent...

Wednesday 11 March 2026

Commentary: Tencent quietly builds WeChat AI agent to reclaim China's super-app lead

Tencent is reportedly developing an AI agent for its flagship messaging platform WeChat, a move that could reshape how users interact...

Wednesday 11 March 2026

OpenClaw AI agents pull 13 tech companies into China's cloud and device ecosystem

China's technology sector is embracing a new trend known as "raising the lobster," developer slang for deploying and operating the open-source AI agent platform OpenClaw. What began...

Thursday 5 March 2026

Jack Ma: AI tech evolves weekly, outpacing society's readiness

Amid the intensifying global race in generative AI, Alibaba founder Jack Ma recently appeared alongside senior executives at Hangzhou Yungu School to address the technology's rapid...

Tuesday 24 February 2026

Billions in cash, trillions in tokens: China's AI model showdown

Around the 2026 Lunar New Year, China's large model market entered its most concentrated launch cycle to date. Z.ai, MiniMax, Alibaba, and ByteDance released or upgraded models across...

Friday 6 February 2026

Intel, AMD warn of extended server CPU delays in China

Intel and AMD are facing acute server CPU shortages in China, with delivery times for some Intel products stretching to as long as six months, driven by surging AI data center demand...

Wednesday 4 February 2026

China's tech giants transform Lunar New Year into AI showdown

This year's Lunar New Year holiday is shaping up as an intense AI competition for China's tech industry. Unlike previous campaigns driven by payment platforms or e-commerce red envelope...

Tuesday 3 February 2026

ByteDance reportedly eyes 2Q26 launch for new Doubao phone with dual-track partnerships

Tencent CEO Pony Ma sharply criticized the Doubao phone as "extremely unsafe and irresponsible" at the company's year-end meeting in late January 2026. However, recent reports from...

Wednesday 14 January 2026

Tsinghua's AI quartet and China's 20% bet on AI race

As the global generative AI race enters a more competitive phase, the direction of China's large-model development is no longer shaped by a single company. Instead, it is increasingly...

Friday 26 December 2025

Xiaomi rejects US bid to add it to China Military Company list

Xiaomi stated that it is not a Chinese military-industrial company, is not affiliated with any military entity, and only provides consumer-focused civilian and commercial products,...

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