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China’s tech giants burn cash to try to dominate AI healthcare
Tech giants in China are splashing huge sums on AI healthcare assistants, while regulators and medical tests push the technology forward — but with most services still free and business models unclear, can AI really transform healthcare and make money?
Caixin Global
27 Feb 2026
Technology
Will China lead the agentic AI race with Qwen3.5?
The launch of Alibaba’s latest Qwen3.5, designed for the “agentic AI era”, has kicked the AI race up a notch. It presents an opportunity for countries like Indonesia to level up, but also forces competitors of China’s Big Tech firms — from OpenAI to European startups — to look at deeper issues such as safety and ethics. Technopreneur Akhmad Hanan explains.
Akhmad Hanan
25 Feb 2026
Technology
Alibaba fights Tencent for dominance over AI in China
As China’s AI landscape rapidly evolves, tech giants Alibaba and Tencent are locked in a fierce battle for supremacy. While Alibaba invests heavily in AI infrastructure and open-source models, Tencent focuses on integrating AI into its massive consumer platforms. With both companies reshaping the future of AI in China, the race to define the next era of computing is just beginning.
Caixin Global
27 Jun 2025
Technology
Too early to celebrate successes of AI video in China
Although AI-powered video generation tools are becoming one of the hottest investments for China’s big tech companies, they are still some ways off from being able to produce a coherent feature-length film with the click of a button.
Caixin Global
06 Jun 2025
Technology
Professor Ho Teck Hua on Singapore’s tech future: ‘The story wouldn’t feel right without us’
Lianhe Zaobao executive editor Han Yong May speaks with Professor Ho Teck Hua, executive chairman of AI Singapore and president of Nanyang Technological University, as part of Lianhe Zaobao’s Future 365 interview series. Professor Ho shares his views about Singapore’s developments in AI model development, as well as the impact of US-China AI competition on Singapore.
Han Yong May
10 Feb 2025
Technology
DeepSeek vs ChatGPT: The verdict
Is DeepSeek worth the hype? Does it hold its own against ChatGPT in terms of performance? What kind of tasks can DeepSeek be used for? Academics Wong Lung Hsiang and Looi Chee Kit answer such questions by putting the two rival AI models to the test.
Wong Lung Hsiang, Looi Chee Kit
04 Feb 2025
Technology
All about DeepSeek: its advantages, disadvantages and impact on the China-US tech war
China’s DeepSeek has taken the world by storm since it launched its new generative AI — no easy feat considering that the US previously banned the sale of chips and advanced tech to China. Lianhe Zaobao’s Shenzhen correspondent Daryl Lim and foreign desk executive translator Lee Sian Li tell us more about DeepSeek’s new AI and how it will impact China-US relations and the ongoing tech war.
Daryl Lim, Lee Sian Li
31 Jan 2025
Technology
How will Apple’s iPhone 16 fare in China amid declining market share?
Lianhe Zaobao Shenzhen correspondent Daryl Lim speaks with experts and vendors about the prospects of Apple’s upcoming iPhone 16 launch in the Chinese market, which could be impacted by the challenging economic conditions at home and abroad.
Daryl Lim
05 Aug 2024
Technology
Energy-guzzling AI industry threatens China’s green transition
China’s rebalancing policy will power the country’s data centres with more renewable energy, says EAI deputy director Chen Gang, but this is far from sufficient to reduce China’s AI’s carbon footprint due to the soaring energy demand from the AI sector and grid bottlenecks.
Chen Gang
15 Jul 2024
Technology
OpenAI’s block in Hong Kong and mainland China deepens China-US divide
After OpenAI blocks access to its application programme interfaces (APIs) for Hong Kong and mainland China, startups and large corporations alike would plan on splitting their consumer markets into two camps. Hong Kong commentator Eric Tse discusses the issue.
Eric Tse
10 Jul 2024