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Wednesday 21 October 2026
How ByteDance, Alibaba, Tencent are testing the boundaries of US AI chip restrictions
Chinese tech giants ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent have collectively ordered more than 3 million units of Nvidia's new RTX PRO 5500 graphics cards, representing a total value exceeding...
Friday 16 October 2026
Nvidia deepens China gaming push with DLSS 5 partnerships
Nvidia is expanding its presence in China's gaming market by bringing its next-generation Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) 5 neural rendering technology to titles from major Chinese...
Friday 16 October 2026
MediaTek ASIC deal with ByteDance would expand data center push
ByteDance is in advanced talks with MediaTek to purchase custom data center chips, with the companies potentially reaching an agreement soon, according to people familiar with the...
Friday 16 October 2026
Manus returns to China's AI agent race with US$500 million reset
As Manus, one of China's more distinctive AI startups, became entangled in the high-profile unwinding of its acquisition by Meta, the startup's failed attempt to capture opportunities...
Thursday 15 October 2026
AI agents in suspected Tencent Cloud sandbox target Alibaba’s Amap mapping service
An international AI research team has detected a fleet of more than a dozen AI agents operating in a suspected Tencent Cloud infrastructure sandbox and repeatedly attempting to penetrate...
Thursday 1 October 2026
Analysis: China's AI data center buildout vaults to No. 2 as Big Tech capex races toward US$100 billion

China's rapid expansion of AI applications is driving a fresh wave of data center construction. SemiAnalysis estimates that the country has already...

Wednesday 30 September 2026
ByteDance makes up a fifth of China's AI data center capacity amid growing buildout
ByteDance occupies around a fifth of data center capacity in China, according to a recent report. This makes the company the largest customer for rented compute in the country at a...
Friday 11 September 2026
Enflame enters public markets with Nvidia alternatives in its sights

Chinese AI chipmaker Enflame Technology made a striking debut on Shanghai's STAR Market on Friday, with its shares opening 188% above...

Friday 4 September 2026
Moonshot AI reportedly files for Hong Kong IPO, targets US$3B
Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI has reportedly filed confidentially for an initial public offering in Hong Kong, potentially setting up one of the city's most closely watched technology...
Wednesday 26 August 2026
China GPU race, Part 1: Enflame IPO spotlights Tencent ties, deep losses and AI chip ambitions
Enflame Technology is preparing to become the latest of China's leading AI chip developers to tap public markets, with a CNY6 billion (approx. US$893 million) Shanghai STAR Market...
Wednesday 19 August 2026
Nvidia H200 chips reach China as imports remain limited
ByteDance and Tencent have each received about 10,000 Nvidia H200 processors in mainland China in recent weeks, the Financial Times reported, marking the clearest sign yet...
Thursday 13 August 2026
Tencent starts paying for AI in cash, core business is covering the bill
Tencent Holdings used its second quarter to show what an AI build-out costs a company that can afford one. Capex reached CNY52.8 billion (US$7.81 billion), up 176% from a year earlier,...
Thursday 13 August 2026
Tencent steps up AI infrastructure spending as compute costs cut into near-term profit
Tencent Holdings reported second-quarter 2026 revenue of CNY204.8 billion (US$30.30 billion), up 11% year-on-year, as it sharply increased artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure...
Thursday 6 August 2026
Unitree's impending IPO draws Meituan and Tencent as investors

Chinese robotics company Unitree is entering a critical stage in its initial public offering. The IPO is expected to raise about CNY4.2...

Monday 13 July 2026
Tencent seeks control of Manus after China blocks Meta's US$2 billion AI deal

Tencent is in talks to become the largest shareholder in Manus, leading a proposed buyback of the AI agent startup after Chinese regulators...