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Xi Jinping seizes DeepSeek moment to restore China tech chiefs to spotlight
State media on Monday showed the Chinese president warmly greeting Liang Wenfeng, the youthful chief of artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek, and shaking hands with Jack Ma, the Alibaba founder who fell from favour after criticising regulators in 2020.
Xi Jinping gave China's big tech companies a personal stamp of approval
At the Monday meeting, Xi urged the executives to "show their talent" and pledged to support private businesses.
China’s unspoken question: who will succeed Xi Jinping?
The Chinese leader enjoys complete domination of party and state. But to maintain stability, he also needs to signal a succession process is in place.
Xi Jinping’s U-turn on tech
Diane Brady on Xi Jinping’s turn toward the tech sector. The big story: U.S. and Russia in talks on Ukraine. The markets: Treading water. Analyst notes from Goldman Sachs (on the U.S. economy), Apollo (on GDP),
Has Xi Jinping brought China’s private sector back into the fold?
Who was invited to Xi’s business symposium, which industries were represented, what the president said, when it was held – why it all matters.
Why Xi Jinping is making nice with China’s tech billionaires
China’s Communist Party has a history of purging then welcoming back senior officials. Deng Xiaoping was purged three times before leading the country out of Maoism in the late 1970s. Some cadres are welcomed back years after their death.
Xi Jinping’s graft crackdown is fight without end
It’s 12 years since Xi Jinping launched his crackdown on graft with a promise to catch “flies” as well as “tigers”. Since ...
China's Xi speaks to top executives as state media flag draft law focused on 'private sector growth'
The meeting sends a "very clear signal of top-level support" to entrepreneurs, Peiqian Liu, Asia economist at Fidelity ...
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Xi Jinping shakes hands with Jack Ma at symposium attended by prominent China business leaders
China president Xi Jinping and captain of industry Jack Ma met on Feb. 17 and shook hands, an event that has apparently ...
In from the cold? Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma spotted among top tech bosses who met China’s Xi
Chinese leader Xi Jinping hosted Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma and the country’s top tech executives in Beijing on Monday, in a ...
China's DeepSeek has taken the world by storm. Here are the brains powering the AI sensation
DeepSeek founder Liang has received the lion’s share of media attention in recent weeks as his AI assistant ascended to the ...
Jack Ma, Alibaba and Ant Group founder, joined Chinese tech leaders in a meeting with Xi Jinping. Here's how he amassed a huge fortune.
The life of Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba. He grew up poor in China and was rejected from multiple jobs before finding success ...
China's Electric Vehicles Are Around 3-5 Years Ahead, BYD CEO Says
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's electric vehicles are around three to five years ahead of the competition in terms of products, ...
Stock market today: Asia stocks mostly up as China’s technology stocks rally
Shares in Asia are mostly higher, with Chinese technology stocks surging after Chinese President Xi Jinping met with ...