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Shanghai to launch ‘choke point’ tech funds, relax pre-profit listing rules in key sectors The city will unveil dedicated funds and new offshore yuan channels while allowing pre-profit AI and nuclear fusion start-ups to list on the Star Market Shanghai is exploring dedicated fund

EU push to remove Huawei, other Chinese telecoms gear could cost US$46 billion: report GSMA Intelligence says move will cost up to US$46 billion, roughly three times more than European Commission has suggested Commissioned by seven European operator groups, including Deutsche Tel

Port of Shanghai targets Singapore, London in maritime push from busiest to best World’s busiest container hub is taking strides to challenge global rivals across the shipping ecosystem as Shanghai eyes high-value services Shanghai, already home to the world’s largest container p

Alibaba unit says 5-in-1 AI gives robots unified brain, body and limbs ABot framework addresses industry’s lack of a complete, self-evolving system to improve robot capabilities, according to Amap Alibaba Group Holding’s mapping unit has unveiled an upgrade to what it calls the w

China’s durian imports from Thailand and Malaysia soar as glut pressures growers Chinese imports of the pungent fruit have increased by 47 per cent in the first half of 2026, prompting a sharp decline in prices China’s durian imports rose 47 per cent, year on year, in the first h

China Unicom launches new Hong Kong-Cambodia cable link as mainland firms leverage city The project ties a high-speed data and information corridor running through Southeast Asia with Hong Kong A new state-of-the-art submarine cable, which will enable faster internet for Cambodia

China’s power grid no longer keeping pace with green energy capacity, study says Bottlenecks in wind and solar power may drag out the country’s reliance on coal China is building more wind and solar capacity than the rest of the world combined, but transmission bottlenecks risk p

China’s tycoons are restructuring their charitable donations. Where is that money going? One major driver of overall decline in corporate donations has been the prolonged slump in country’s real estate sector China’s tycoons have reined in their charitable donations amid weaker-t