China Tech

Alibaba’s AI Chip Coup: How a Blockbuster Deal Is Turbocharging China’s Tech Ambitions

Alibaba’s AI Chip Business: From Hanguang 800 to T-Head Accelerators Alibaba’s foray into semiconductors is relatively recent but rapidly expanding. In 2018, the company established its chip design unit Pingtouge (meaning “Honey

17 September 2025

NVIDIA 2025: Dominating the AI Boom – Company Overview, Key Segments, Competition, and Future Outlook

Nvidia’s New China-Only AI Superchip Outguns H20 Amid U.S.-China Tech Showdown

Nvidia is developing a China-only AI chip named B30A, based on the Blackwell architecture, designed to outpace the current H20 while complying with U.S. export controls. The B30A will be a single-die

19 August 2025

AI · China Tech · Hardware · NVIDIA · US-China Relations

AI Stocks Roar to Record Highs Amid Bold Deals and China Backlash (Aug 12–13, 2025 Roundup)

On August 12, 2025, Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 closed at record highs as AI stocks drove gains and cooling inflation boosted expectations for a Fed rate cut. Nvidia (NVDA) surged to

13 August 2025

AI Stocks · China Tech · Industry Trends · Stock Market · Technology News

China Tech’s July 2025 Shockwave: AI Triumphs, Chip War Truce, and EV Frenzy

Huawei regained the top spot in China’s smartphone market in Q2 2025 with 12.5 million units shipped, the first time it led for more than four years. China saw the launch of

21 July 2025

AI · China Tech · Chips · Electric Vehicles · Industry News

China’s July 2025 Tech Shockwave: AI Supercomputers, Chip Wars & EV Showdowns

Moonshot AI released its open-source large language model “Kimi K2” in July 2025, claiming it outperforms other open models and rivals top U.S. models in coding and complex tasks. Beijing filings showed

13 July 2025

Artificial Intelligence · China Tech · Chip Industry · Electric Vehicles · Supercomputers

Global AI Powerhouses Clash: China’s AI Revolution Challenges U.S. Tech Dominance

DeepSeek and Alibaba’s Tongyi Qianwen now rival top U.S. models in capability, and DeepSeek costs about $0.55 per million tokens versus roughly $15 for OpenAI. OpenAI’s ChatGPT has more than 910 million

3 July 2025

Artificial Intelligence · China Tech · Global Trends · Innovation · US Tech

China’s “Night‑Light” Laser vs. Starlink: What a 2‑Watt Beam Really Means for the Coming Orbital Arms Race

Laser Leapfrog: Inside China’s Record-Breaking 1 Gbps Geo-Laser Link and the Post-Starlink Future of Space Internet

On June 17, 2025, a team led by Prof. Wu Jian (Peking University of Posts & Telecommunications) and Dr. Liu Chao (Chinese Academy of Sciences) achieved a 1 Gbps downlink from a

25 June 2025

China Tech · Future Networks · Laser Communication · Space · Space internet · Starlink Alternatives

Inside DeepSeek AI: The Chinese Foundation Model Powerhouse Revolutionizing Open-Source AI in 2025

DeepSeek AI was founded in 2023 as a spin-off from Hangzhou‑based High-Flyer Capital Management, following a March 2023 announcement that the fund would devote resources to AGI research. High-Flyer built two private

18 June 2025

2025 Innovations · Artificial Intelligence · China Tech · Foundation Models · Open Source

China Tech News: 18 June 2025 - 17 September 2025