China’s rapid advances in artificial intelligence are intensifying debate over the future balance of power in global technology, with analysts warning that US dominance in advanced AI may face its most serious challenge yet. Economists and market strategists have described a growing technology
China’s artificial intelligence industry is entering a decisive moment as major technology firms prepare to unveil a new wave of flagship models, marking what many insiders see as one of the most competitive weeks for domestic AI development so far this year. With
China’s largest internet companies are stepping up investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure as competition intensifies across the global tech sector. ByteDance and Alibaba Group Holding are both preparing to expand data centre capacity and computing resources to support increasingly complex AI workloads, signalling
China has conditionally approved leading artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek to move forward with the purchase of Nvidia’s H200 chips, marking a notable shift in Beijing’s approach to high end foreign semiconductors. The approval comes after weeks of internal review and applies under regulatory
China’s artificial intelligence sector recorded another quiet but meaningful advance this week as Beijing based start up Moonshot AI released its latest large language model, Kimi K2.5, a system analysts say brings domestic model performance closer than ever to leading US counterparts. Independent
China has taken a step into space based artificial intelligence as Alibaba Cloud’s Qwen 3 became one of the first general purpose AI models globally to operate in orbit. The model was successfully uploaded to a space computing centre and completed multiple inference
China’s fast growing open source AI ecosystem is showing its practical impact as artificial intelligence start up DeepSeek upgraded its optical character recognition system by integrating open source technology developed by Alibaba Cloud. The company said its latest model, DeepSeek OCR 2, delivers
China has given an early signal that it may allow select domestic technology companies to resume purchases of Nvidia’s most advanced artificial intelligence processors, easing uncertainty around access to high end computing power. Authorities have granted preliminary clearance for a small group of
China’s artificial intelligence sector is navigating a growing gap between demand for high performance computing and the realities of hardware access, as leading firms face delays importing advanced graphics processing units while domestic alternatives mature at a slower pace. Nvidia’s H200 chips have
China is increasingly positioning artificial intelligence development as an infrastructure challenge rather than a race for headline model breakthroughs, a stance highlighted during a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Speakers emphasised that China’s rapid expansion of energy generation and
