A simple handshake between President Xi Jinping and once-shunned entrepreneur Jack Ma sent Chinese tech stocks booming in recent weeks as it was interpreted as the latest sign the sector is being brought in from the cold -- though experts advise caution.

When you invest in Chinese stocks, the regulatory landscape in China and geopolitical tensions are going to be a big part of the story. Tariffs and export controls by the U.S. have been in play since Trump's first term and through former President Joe Biden's term, and have now ramped up even further in Trump's second term.

Tencent's new model doubles response speed while matching top performers like GPT-4o in reasoning tasks, intensifying the AI race between China and the U.S.

The metaverse race is heating up in China. Just like Meta and Microsoft in the U.S., Chinese firms such as Baidu and Tencent are investing in the nascent industry, but strict tech regulations mean China’s virtual worlds are set to offer very different user experiences.

Tencent Holdings Ltd. has launched the Hunyuan Turbo S, a new artificial intelligence model designed for rapid response. Tencent fires up AI race with ‘Hunyuan Turbo S’, and it aims to challenge DeepSeek’s dominance in the rapidly evolving artificial intelligence sector.

Chinese tech giant Tencent launched its latest AI model, Hunyuan Turbo S claiming it can answer questions faster than the global hit DeepSeek R1.

The AI bragging rights war heated up today as Chinese tech giant Tencent (TCEHY) released a new AI model which it said blew “slow thinking”

Baidu could see further gains thanks to its advancements in AI—including Ernie Bot and self-driving technology—and by being one of the few publicly traded companies

Chinese leader Xi Jinping hosted Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma and the country’s top tech executives in Beijing on Monday, in a meeting that signals officials could be steering the country in a more business-friendly direction after a yearslong regulatory crackdown.