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China seeks to curb ‘unfair’ competition in food delivery sector

Fierce competition between top platforms in China has led to price wars.

China ‘firmly opposed’ to US blacklist of Chinese companies

The companies targeted in the US Defence Department’s latest list include some of China’s top tech giants involved in AI.

Pentagon accuses Alibaba, Baidu and BYD of aiding Chinese military

The US has now declared that three of China’s AI champions – Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent Holdings – aid the Asian country’s military.

China expands travel curbs to top AI talent at private firms

Authorities previously barred two of Manus’ co-founders from leaving China.

Alibaba, Tencent shed $84 billion after AI vision falls flat

The market punished Alibaba and Tencent for failing to lay out clear visions for how to profit off AI.

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From the slopes to your screen: How cloud technology is transforming the Olympic Games

A skier performs during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, where Alibaba Cloud technologies allowed broadcasters to recreate performances from multiple angles in near real time.

Where artificial intelligence lives: South-east Asia’s data centre boom

Racks of servers are seen inside an operational Microsoft data centre in Karawang, West Java.

China targets e-commerce battles in latest price war salvo

China unveiled broad regulations that ban major platforms such as Alibaba from coercing online merchants into promotions.

Pentagon suggests adding Alibaba, Baidu, BYD to list for aiding China military: Bloomberg News

The annually updated US list of Chinese military companies - formally mandated under US law as the "Section 1260H list" - designated 134 companies in its last update in January 2025.

AliExpress bans Chinese sex doll seller after Reuters investigation

The products were offered by Guava Dolls, whose seller page on the AliExpress marketplace showed it as being based in China’s Shandong province.

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