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Chinese universities and research institutions were still able to purchase servers equipped with the restricted GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) chips as of Feb. 28, despite US export restrictions on the chips being in place since October 2022 and tightened in November 2023, according to an exclusive […]

TikTok’s fate in the US appears doomed as the Senate passed a sell-or-ban bill on Tuesday with 79 to 18 votes. The bill, tied to the US’s foreign aid package, is waiting to be signed into law by President Biden. TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance still has the opportunity to battle the ban in […]

Haomo.ai, a self-driving car company backed by Chinese automaker Great Wall Motor, said on Tuesday it raised RMB 300 million ($41.4 million) in a Series B2 financing round involving a Chinese local government. The funding was raised from an investment fund formed by existing investor JZ Capital and […]

Beijing-based text-to-video startup AIsphere has raised over RMB 100 million ($13.8 million) in its latest A2 funding round from Ant Group, the fintech affiliate of Alibaba, less than two months after the company raised more than RMB 100 million. According to Chinese media outlet LatePost, which […]

Chinese startup Momenta will develop autonomous driving platforms based on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Ride chips, which the companies said will bring the same advanced driving capabilities to mainstream models priced between RMB 100,000 and RMB 200,000 ($13,800-$27,600) as their more premium […]

I found myself warning a lot of companies recently about working with unsuitable manufacturers, and I thought I’d write about it. It usually unfolds this way: The buyer designs a new product and finds a manufacturer located in China that seems eager and offers low pricing. The Chinese […]

An avatar of JD founder Richard Liu participated in its third livestreaming show on Monday as part of a promotional event for this year’s World Book Day. Although the virtual Liu’s nearly 40-minute-long slot made for only a short section of the 11-hour-long e-commerce event, its appearance […]

Huawei on Tuesday launched a redesigned M5 compact crossover, the first model under the Aito lineup with manufacturing partner Seres. The Chinese tech giant billed the new vehicle as more spacious, better equipped, and with faster acceleration than the Tesla Model Y at a competitive price tag. The […]

Tech blogger Digital Chat Station revealed on Chinese social media platform Weibo yesterday that Huawei’s next-gen flagship Mate 70 series smartphones will feature main cameras equipped with domestically-produced CIS (Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Image Sensor) chips from OmniVision […]

TNGlobal is excited to announce the ORIGIN: Asia Tech Conference, themed “Unleashing Potential, Reimagine Future” to be held on May 23, 2024, at The Venetian Macao Convention and Exhibition Center, Florence Meeting Room . This landmark event signifies a significant expansion into the […]

TeTencent Games said on Monday it will launch a mobile version of Dungeon and Fighter on May 21, a game seven years in development, after the Chinese tech giant obtained approval from China’s National Press and Publication Administration in February. Developed by Korean company Nexon in 2005, […]

Shares of Chinese electric vehicle maker Li Auto fell as much as 8.3% in Hong Kong on Monday and were nearly 5.6% lower on the Nasdaq, reflecting investors’ concerns that its first official price cuts will put pressure on profit margins. The company on Monday slashed prices by up to RMB 20,000 […]

The launch comes as Geely’s EV unit sees strong and continuous demand for its products on its home turf and is set to embark on a major push into global markets

Alibaba’s cloud computing unit will offer free training, inferencing, and deployment services based on Meta’s new Llama 3 open-source model for a limited period to local enterprises and developers, Alibaba Cloud said on Monday in a WeChat post on its official account. The temporarily free […]

Amid recovering demand and the end of inventory adjustments, global PC shipments increased around 3% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2024 to reach 57.1 million units after eight consecutive quarters of decline, according to market research firm Counterpoint Research. In the first quarter, […]

The US House of Representatives voted 360-58 on an updated bill on April 20 to force Chinese firm ByteDance to sell its short video app TikTok or see it banned. The bill is now expected to go to the Senate this Tuesday. The TikTok bill is part of a $95 billion foreign aid package for

FIMI, a subsidiary of Xiaomi that specializes in producing drones and related accessories, recently launched the FIMI Mini 3 drone for the global market, featuring a Sony 1/2-inch 48MP CMOS sensor and a lightweight of 249g. Several third-party retailers have listed the domestic version of the Mini […]

The development of modern computer science is marked by humanity’s relentless push towards the boundaries of computing efficiency: new technologies led to new applications, digital services expanded, super platforms emerged, internet traffic surged, energy consumption increased, fundamental […]

Everyone has heard worrying stories about when things go wrong with Chinese suppliers, and they can be true. You could be affected if you’re just plain unlucky, but you can take steps to avoid the risks of being scammed, IP being misused, or ending up working with an unsuitable supplier, for […]

China’s Ant Group, Baidu, iFlytek, and Tencent joined US AI firms including OpenAI and Meta in working on two global GenAI and LLM-focused standards which were published by the United Nations on Tuesday. The “Large Language Model Security Testing Method” and “Generative AI Talent […]

On Thursday, Huawei unveiled a letter on the Chinese X-like social media platform Weibo to announce the Pura 70 Series Pioneer Program, a scheme for people to purchase devices from its latest mobile phone series without holding a launch event. The new range was launched with minimal marketing, in a […]

An industry-wide price war in the Chinese car market has escalated to an unsustainable level, which has been ongoing for more than a year and could pressure some automakers to slash prices by another 20-30% in 2024, according to the head of Bosch’s China operations. It is “unhealthy” that […]

China’s Li Auto on Thursday introduced its smallest model ever: an extended-range hybrid crossover that it hopes will contribute a large portion of its total sales this year. The move comes just weeks after the electric vehicle maker witnessed a disappointing launch of its first all-electric […]

China’s food delivery company Meituan has appointed Senior Vice President Wang Puzhong as CEO of its new core local commerce business, marking the first time the firm has had two chief executives. The core business integrates Meituan’s in-store and in-home business groups, as well as the main […]

“Three, two, one! Show [shopping] link!” Richard Liu, founder of Chinese e-commerce company JD, debuted his livestreaming show on Tuesday – using an avatar in his likeness. The billionaire’s virtual doppelganger drove total sales volumes to exceed RMB 50 million ($6.9 million) in less than […]

In the first quarter, China’s chip production surged by 40% year-on-year to reach 98.1 billion units, a sign that China’s mature process chip capacity is rapidly expanding, despite constraints imposed by the US on advanced processes, according to the South China Morning Post. The National […]

Volkswagen and Xpeng Motors have inked a deal to develop a high-performance electrical/electronic architecture that will underpin upcoming China-made, VW-branded models starting 2026, the companies said on Wednesday. The agreement is an expansion of a partnership that kicked off last year with a […]

Japan’s Honda Motor said on Tuesday it is introducing a new electric vehicle brand in China, and will use components from local companies including CATL, Huawei, and iFlyTek as it looks to adapt to significant changes in the highly competitive Chinese car market. The upcoming new models under the […]

Nvidia’s use of TSMC’s Chip-on-Wafer-on-Substrate (CoWoS) packaging for its new Blackwell platform products has led to the Taiwanese manufacturer ramping up its production capacity for 2024. Nvidia’s latest Blackwell platform products include the new B200 GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) and […]

BYD on Tuesday unveiled the first supercar under its premium off-road electric vehicle brand called Fangchengbao, which promises ultimate performance and luxury with bold design treatments — the latest example of Chinese automakers going upscale and competing in the high-end segment. The […]