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Saturday 13 June 2026
Nvidia turns to Vera CPU in China as H200 sales stall

Nvidia has begun telling Chinese clients that its new Vera central processing unit (CPU) could be available as soon as August and that...

Friday 12 June 2026
Meta unwinds Manus AI deal after China order, signaling tighter global scrutiny
Meta Platforms has fully severed operational and data-sharing ties with agentic AI startup Manus after Chinese regulators ordered the transaction canceled. The move affects global...
Friday 12 June 2026
China squeezes InP supplies, jolting US-Taiwan optics chain

China's export controls on the key semiconductor material indium phosphide (InP), imposed since February 2025, are threatening global...

Thursday 11 June 2026
China unveils Long March 12B, a key step toward reusable space launches
China has successfully launched a new commercial heavy-lift rocket designed to support the country's rapidly expanding satellite-constellation ambitions, marking another step in Beijing's...
Wednesday 10 June 2026
Unigroup Guoxin targets Beijing IPO as China's DRAM pipeline gains another contender
Unigroup Guoxin Microelectronics is moving closer to a Beijing Stock Exchange IPO, adding another DRAM-focused player to China's domestic memory chip pipeline.
Wednesday 10 June 2026
China's CNY2tn data center plan puts domestic AI chips at the core
Beijing is preparing a plan to spend CNY2 trillion (US$295 billion) over the next five years to build data centers across China, a move aimed at strengthening the country's domestic...
Wednesday 10 June 2026
Microsoft Azure's China retreat shows data sovereignty is squeezing global cloud providers
Microsoft is reportedly scaling back parts of its China operations again, with the latest adjustment focused on its Azure cloud business, as both the US and China tighten scrutiny...
Wednesday 10 June 2026
Microsoft cuts hundreds of Azure jobs in China as another step in its global restructuring

Microsoft is laying off hundreds of employees in its Azure cloud division in China, marking the latest step in the company's ongoing restructuring...

Monday 8 June 2026
Beijing backs orbital computing in bid for AI leadership
China is accelerating its push into space-based computing, betting that the next frontier of artificial intelligence infrastructure may lie beyond Earth.
Sunday 7 June 2026
China’s space-computing push draws chipmakers, satellite firms, and rocket companies

As artificial intelligence drives an insatiable demand for computing power, China is beginning to look beyond terrestrial data centers...

Wednesday 27 May 2026
Humanoid robot mass production hits a thermal wall
As humanoid robots move closer to mass production, thermal management is emerging as a critical bottleneck. Component efficiency, cramped joint architectures, and limited heat-dissipation...
Tuesday 26 May 2026
China pushes homegrown AI stack with local chips, LLMs

Following the conclusion of the Trump-Xi meeting and amid continued delays in China approving imports of Nvidia H20 GPUs, China's National...

Monday 25 May 2026
China launches OpenHarmony robot OS for humanoids and AI robotics
China has unveiled what developers describe as the country's first robot operating system built on OpenHarmony, underscoring Beijing's broader push to establish a domestic software...
Monday 25 May 2026
Manus eyes US$1 billion buyback after Beijing blocks Meta deal
Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup Manus is reportedly evaluating a US$1 billion fundraising round to buy back control of the company from Meta Platforms, in response to...
Saturday 23 May 2026
Research insight: China’s auto industry turns to robotaxis and AI at Beijing Auto Show
The 2026 Beijing Auto Show, which concluded on May 3, offered a glimpse into what may become the next defining chapter of China's automotive industry: not simply electric vehicles,...