Cissy Zhou reports from Hong Kong on the investigation into former Chongqing mayor Huang Qifan, once seen as politically invincible, now under scrutiny for alleged corruption. At a Hong Kong electronics show, UBTech’s lifelike humanoid robot doll drew attention for its realistic appearance and silicone limbs, with the male version outselling the female and young women spending up to $20,000 for emotional support. The flagship model costs $130,000, and UBTech eyes Japan as a major market pending certification.
Meanwhile, Anthropic is set to build its first Japan data centre via NTT Data Group in Osaka, potentially costing ¥1tn ($6.3bn) or ¥7tn with AI servers, though power supply remains a challenge. In China, despite doubling domestic AI chip production led by Huawei, Alibaba, Baidu and Cambricon, demand from tech giants like Alibaba, ByteDance and Tencent continues to outstrip supply, with their capex expected to exceed Rmb7 billion this year.
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