Hong Kong’s ambition to build a fully tokenised financial ecosystem is gaining momentum, and market players believe the shift could reshape how companies manage global capital. Tokenisation, the process of converting real world assets or money into digital tokens on a secure blockchain
Across China, provincial and municipal governments are unveiling the outlines of their next five-year plans, and one theme appears consistently at the top of every list technology. As local leaders refine their strategic goals for the coming years, many regions are prioritising the
Chinese AI firms pivot from large language models to practical deployments in healthcare, finance, and logistics. Introduction Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been at the heart of China’s digital transformation strategy for the past decade. In the early 2020s, the focus was largely on
Baidu has taken a significant leap in China’s drive toward technological self-reliance by unveiling two new artificial intelligence chips at its annual developer and client conference. As competition intensifies between domestic innovators like Huawei and global giants constrained by export restrictions, Baidu is
Canon’s decision to close one of its major printer production facilities in mainland China marks more than the end of a factory’s operations. It signals a deeper transformation in the country’s consumer electronics industry, where Chinese brands have not only caught up with
Profile: Liu Chen (24) – Co-founder of an esports startup merging gaming with education China’s Esports Generation At just 24, Liu Chen is part of a wave of young entrepreneurs turning China’s gaming obsession into a structured industry with real social impact. Based
Guangdong, China’s wealthiest and most industrially advanced province, is moving quickly to remind the country that it remains a central engine of technological innovation. With a gross domestic product that surpasses the entire economy of South Korea, Guangdong has long been the symbol
Huawei Technologies has drawn renewed global attention after details resurfaced about a three year old patent describing a novel method to manufacture chips at the 2 nanometre level without using extreme ultraviolet lithography. Since the US imposed sweeping restrictions that prevent Chinese companies
ByteDance’s TikTok is preparing to make one of its largest global infrastructure investments by committing more than 200 billion reais, or roughly US$37.7 billion, to build a data centre in Brazil. This project will be TikTok’s first major data hub in Latin America,
China’s race to build its own high performance chips is accelerating, and two home grown GPU makers, Moore Threads and MetaX, are now preparing for highly anticipated stock market debuts. Their listings come at a moment when Beijing is placing unprecedented emphasis on
