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China urged to curb excessive cash burn, not competition, to fight ‘neijuan’

With e-commerce platforms locked in fierce competition for China’s instant retail market, a prominent Chinese economist has called for government…

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Alibaba’s world-leading AI lab becomes a target for talent poaching by Chinese rivals

Top artificial intelligence talent at Alibaba Group Holding’s Tongyi Lab, developer of the widely used open-source Qwen models, has become…

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OpenAI’s GPT-5 draws mixed reviews in China amid heightened AI competition

OpenAI’s latest flagship artificial intelligence model, GPT-5, has drawn mixed reviews in China, where some critics expressed disappointment over the…

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Europe is expecting a wave of Chinese tourists. Should it thank Donald Trump?

Europe is basking in summer, with sunny skies, high temperatures – and a surge in Chinese tourists. Despite lingering challenges…

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How Alibaba and Meituan are fighting for customers, 1 free drink at a time

Shanghai delivery rider Xie Yu was halfway through his shift on Thursday when he realised he would end up with…

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Alibaba seeks to reclaim e-commerce dominance in China with cross-service loyalty scheme

Alibaba Group Holding is set to launch a new membership programme spanning a range of services from an online marketplace…

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Alibaba’s maps app gets an AI upgrade with Qwen-powered agent

Amap, a mapping and local services provider under Alibaba Group Holding, launched an artificial intelligence (AI) agent on Monday, giving…

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Meta changes course on open-source AI as China pushes ahead with advanced models

Facebook parent Meta Platforms, a major proponent of open-source artificial intelligence (AI) models with its Llama family, has indicated it…

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Tech giants from Tencent to ByteDance vie for AI agent supremacy after Manus relocates

Chinese Big Tech firms from Tencent Holdings to ByteDance are intensifying their focus on artificial intelligence (AI) agents in a…

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DeepSeek’s AI dominance in China challenged by Alibaba’s Qwen and rising rivals

DeepSeek’s artificial intelligence models are the most commonly used products of its kind in China, but the company is quickly…

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