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After gaining EV dominance, Chinese carmakers shift goal to take on full-hybrid behemoths Chinese EV leaders are pushing into full-hybrid tech to challenge industry titans on mainland and abroad Chinese carmakers, already at the vanguard of electric vehicle (EV) technology and pr

DevelopingAlibaba to issue HK$80 billion in new shares for global AI push The Chinese tech giant announced it will issue HK$80 billion in new shares to fully fund its global AI push Alibaba Group Holding will issue HK$80 billion worth of new shares and use the entire proceeds to

Are humanoid robots the future? Chinese makers instead highlight practical design The industry is seeing a shift from flashy demonstrations, like kickboxing and dancing, to real-world deployment At Unitree Robotics’ packed booth at the conference, bipedal models played table tenn

China is building a vast ‘national ring road’ circling the country’s borderlands The vast ‘border-coast loop’ is designed to boost development and national unity, but will have to navigate geopolitical and ecological barriers China has outlined plans to build a massive road link

Nvidia customers notified of AI-related price rises above 15% The rises will impact systems including those with the Vera Rubin and Grace Blackwell chips, according to people familiar with the process Some of Nvidia’s biggest customers have been told that the prices of servers co

Pay, perks, equity: China’s AI, chip firms lead way in offering rewards to lock in talent Companies are rolling out an unprecedented wave of stock grants amid fierce domestic headhunting and an intensifying US-China tech race Which company is the most generous? The answer depends

Advertisement Chinese durian lovers rejoice as new rail routes bring supply surge and lower prices Improved cold-chain transport links are making durians cheaper in the world’s biggest market for the pungent tropical fruit 2-MIN READ2-MIN Listen Sylvia Main Shanghai Not long ago

Oxford blues: Chinese executives log complaints over training programme Participants say they spent a lot of time queuing for library cards, and a visit to Germany turned into a bus tour circling factory grounds Lan Shili, a former billionaire who founded one of China’s first pri

In FocusAs natural disasters rage, does China’s ‘top-down’ climate model provide a way forward? As Beijing enacts a state-led approach to climate adaptation, Washington leans on the private sector and Brussels tries to chart a middle way A punishing drought is draining Europe’s g

China’s trade grip tightens in Europe as clock ticks towards October deadline As Brussels continues its push to rebalance ties, the latest data show China’s trade surplus expanded over all but three EU members in July China extended its trade surplus over all but three EU members

China’s telecoms giants bet on ‘token factories’ as AI drives revenue growth The country’s ‘big three’ telecoms operators are investing heavily in AI computing capacity, as they cash in on a surge in token usage China’s three state-owned telecoms giants have made billable artific

China enlists AI in hunt for better soybeans, but self-sufficiency unlikely any time soon New platform is China’s latest effort to improve home-grown soybean varieties and reduce reliance on imports Chinese agricultural scientists have launched a generative AI breeding platform f

Alibaba signals faster AI payoff, margin gains halfway through US$56 billion capex plan Aggressive spending strains cash, but Alibaba’s AI cloud growth points to strong long-term returns, analysts say “The most important incremental message, in our view, is that cloud growth has

Advertisement China strategic mineral exports to US rise as Japan shipments plunge July customs data shows Beijing easing supplies of rare earth magnets to the US while export curbs deepen Japan’s material shortages 2-MIN READ2-MIN 1 Listen China’s exports of strategic minerals

China clears Geely for landmark satellite IoT test to spur commercial space sector Geespace secures a two-year satellite IoT trial from MIIT, the first approval for a private Chinese firm The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) granted Zhejiang Geespace Technol

In China first, project breathes new life into ageing wind turbines State-owned recycling group says work has begun on remanufacturing 25 turbines in Gansu province China has launched its first batch-scale remanufacturing project for retired wind turbines in Jiuquan, Gansu provin

In FocusDespite US sanctions on Xinjiang cotton, China’s textile industry weathers the storm Dozens of firms that source from the region were added to a US import blacklist, but few appear worried after years of diversification When the US government announced the addition of 43

As China shows, liberal capitalism is not the only path China has disproved one of the post-Cold War era’s most confident assumptions: that the Western model is the only route to modernity Much of the Western debate about China begins with a category error. “Communism” is often t

China’s Gulf oil imports rebound in July after Iran ceasefire, but tighter outlook looms Purchases from the Gulf accounted for 27.6 per cent of China’s total crude imports in July, up over 10 percentage points from the month before China’s crude imports rebounded in July followin

Alibaba’s AI cloud growth surge drives earnings despite soaring tech spending Tech giant posts fastest growth in cloud and AI revenue in 22 quarters, says huge AI computing investments will pay off within three years Alibaba Group Holding on Thursday reported revenue growth of 45

Shanghai is lowering second-home down payments. Will it boost the property market? The megacity joins Beijing in further easing financial barriers for homebuyers, as authorities push to spark a durable recovery Shanghai has announced further cuts to minimum down‑payment requireme

Hesai rides on lidar growth as smart cars gain ground despite China’s struggling market World’s largest maker of lidar sensors signals ambitions beyond the supply chain, repositioning itself as a top tech firm Chinese carmakers’ reinforced push to produce more smart vehicles coul

Armed with funding boost, SpaceSail accelerates China’s push to rival Elon Musk’s Starlink Company pairs landmark capital with rapid satellite deployment and overseas expansion as China’s private aerospace sector breaks new ground In a record funding round for China’s satellite i

China’s C919 supply chain: inside the push to replace Western aerospace parts The localisation strategy remains a long-term challenge and is not expected to derail the aircraft’s bid for EU safety approval, industry insider says China is stepping up efforts to source local compon

Money and ‘a lot of noise’: how the US’ critical-minerals industry is vying with China’s State-backed funding is driving American efforts to build domestic supply, but industry trends and price gaps are still seen as hurdles to reducing reliance on China Patriot Critical Minerals

From spectacle to scale: why China’s robotics firms face a ‘critical juncture’ China’s robots have won global attention with a string of viral stunts. But firms now face growing pressure to generate real-world returns At China’s annual World Robot Conference (WRC) that kicked off

Shanghai Port sees Christmas shipment delays as twin typhoons create up to 10-day backlog The extreme weather arrives during a prolonged pre-Christmas peak shipping season for the port More than a week after the most powerful typhoon to hit China so far this year made landfall, t

Record graduate influx lifts China’s youth jobless rate to 17.9% in July An estimated 12.7 million university graduates have entered the job market this summer China’s youth jobless rate climbed to 17.9 per cent in July, as a record wave of university graduates enters an already

Chinese robotaxi firms see eased regulatory bottleneck in Europe as deployment picks up Europe embraces self-driving technology, opening up further opportunities for Chinese companies to expand overseas fleet, says Pony AI CEO “Compared to last year, there is a clear increase in

In FocusChina’s wealthy used grey zones to avoid taxes. Have new rules painted them into a corner? Once a reliable vehicle for tax avoidance, offshore trusts are being reconsidered as enforcement bodies step up their efforts, backed by new regulations For Sarah Wang, a Shanghai-b

Advertisement Opinion Chinese overcapacity isn’t a numbers problem. It’s a productivity gap If Chinese factories can produce more cheaply thanks to better batteries, automation and supply chains, maybe older factories are simply no longer viable 3-MIN READ3-MIN 4 Listen Jeffrey

Meta accused of targeting children to boost Facebook and Instagram use, as US trial begins A bipartisan group of 29 states is suing the company, seeking potentially tens or hundreds of billions of dollars in penalties Meta Platforms intentionally sought to addict children to its

Advertisement Meet the Chinese AI star who splashed a reported US$70m on a California mansion Tony Wu Yuhuai, co-founder of Elon Musk’s AI lab, reportedly buys 12-acre estate, putting a spotlight on China’s Silicon Valley talent 2-MIN READ2-MIN 3 Listen Iris Dengin Shenzhen Tony

ExclusiveNokia to close almost all sites in mainland China by year end, sources say Retreating from China, once Nokia’s largest single-country market globally, would mark an acquiescence to domestic competition Finnish telecoms equipment giant Nokia plans to cut most of its workf

Alibaba’s lightweight Qwen model takes on larger AI systems from OpenAI, DeepSeek, Zhipu Chinese tech giant’s latest offering performed on par with OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Luna and nearly matched DeepSeek, Zhipu’s open-weight models The Qwen3.8-27B, a small model with 27 billion paramet

Beijing eyes rural markets, local town centres to tackle national consumption woes The nation is looking beyond its higher-tier cities like Beijing and Shanghai to address weak domestic demand The Ministry of Commerce and other departments issued an 18-point joint guideline on Tu

Baidu’s quarterly revenue drops 4% as AI cloud surge fails to offset advertising slump Helping cushion the fall, revenue from AI-related operations jumped 25 per cent year on year to 12.5 billion yuan Revenue for the three months ended June reached 31.3 billion yuan (US$4.62 bill

‘World story through Chinese eyes’: war comedy tops 1b yuan, defying box-office slump The global perspective and anti-war message offered by ‘Once Upon a Time in the Middle East’ is resonating with audiences, helping boost summer ticket sales Chinese war comedy Once Upon a Time i

China plans for peak oil demand amid pipeline increase, intelligent rig development Beijing’s peak-oil plan pairs an expansion of China’s network of pipelines with 15-km-deep drilling rigs China has announced a new dedicated five-year plan to drill more crude oil and expand its n

China trims US Treasury holdings amid Iran war, Fed uncertainty Beijing cuts exposure to US debt to US$633.4 billion, official data shows, amid broader diversification push China cut its holdings of US Treasuries to a nearly 18-year low in June, as Beijing continued to diversify

China’s ‘no’ on Australian beans: what the import rejection says about trade ties Incident sparks concern, but indicates China taking a proactive stance, not necessarily a gloomy forecast for relations, experts say China’s recent rejection of a shipment of Australian beans citing

Nvidia to provide up to US$105 billion guarantee for OpenAI’s Ohio data centre Leading technology firms are increasingly tying together chips, power and data centre development as they race to meet soaring AI demand Nvidia has agreed to provide a guarantee of up to US$105 billion

China expands digital yuan network with 8 new banks to accelerate adoption China launched the digital yuan in 2019, but retail adoption has been slow as Chinese consumers are accustomed to using Alipay and WeChat Pay The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) added eight lenders – includi

Geely’s Li Shufu hands over reins to younger generation for ‘healthy’ growth China’s second-largest carmaker names new chairman and CEO in planned succession, as profit drops despite record revenue and export surge Chinese billionaire Li Shufu has relinquished his role as chairma

Alibaba sells gaming arm Lingxi Games as tech giant sharpens focus on AI and e-commerce The landmark deal sees Citic Capital’s private equity arm acquiring the unit famous for strategy game Three Kingdoms Tactics Alibaba Group Holding has agreed to sell its wholly owned gaming bu