Chinese, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korean markets were closed for the Lunar New Year, while Japan was also shut for National Day

China and Indonesia account for 70% of global supplies of nickel, but producers in the countries have become unprofitable after the battery metal shed more than 80% of its price since last year

Research firm Canalys expects that 5% of smartphones shipped globally in 2024, or 60 million smartphones will be AI-capable

But how long the market recovery will last remains to be seen, given that broader data out of the world’s second-largest economy continues to disappoint

Beijing has laid out wide-ranging guidelines for various departments and the central bank to help the new-energy-vehicle trade

The 5nm tech will be used to produce chips for Huawei's new smartphones, and, if successful, could also be used for its AI chips

Fraudsters used past meetings to create AI deepfakes of the firm's chief financial officer and other staff to scam an employee into transferring company funds

Tension between Beijing and Washington continued to be the top concern, aside from China's regulatory inconsistencies and increasing labour costs

Provincial-level governments in China are mounted with $13 trillion of debt but also account for about two-thirds of the country's science and technology expenditure

The US commerce secretary raised concerns about the data collected by Chinese EVs in a chat alongside EU Commissioner Margrethe Vestager

A multitude of factors such as social stability and impacts on the property market will be at play when Chinese courts decide on whether to accept the Hong Kong court's ruling on the debt-laden developer

China is pushing to become a world leader in the field of AI by 2030 but wants to keep the game-changing technology under its purview and control