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Tuesday 19 May 2026
XPeng introduces mass-produced Robotaxi built on in-house AI chips
XPeng unveiled its first mass-produced robotaxi on Tuesday, marking a major milestone in China's rapidly accelerating race to commercialize Level 4 autonomous driving.
Tuesday 19 May 2026
Lens Technology's Ju Teng bid puts China's notebook supply chain in focus

Lens Technology is seeking control of Ju Teng International Holdings in a deal that could cost as much as US$337 million, expanding the...

Tuesday 19 May 2026
AMD gains Beijing spotlight: China courts Lisa Su for AI chip ties
Shortly after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang left China following a delegation led by US President Donald Trump, Beijing officials swiftly announced a meeting with Advanced Micro Devices...
Tuesday 19 May 2026
Rising memory costs hit China's OLED suppliers harder than Korean rivals
Rising memory prices are squeezing the smartphone OLED panel market. Chinese suppliers are feeling it more than their Korean rivals, as handset makers scale back production plans.
Tuesday 19 May 2026
China doubles down on AI-driven manufacturing upgrade
Chinese officials have renewed calls to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) more deeply into manufacturing as Beijing seeks to modernize traditional industries, strengthen industrial...
Tuesday 19 May 2026
China's AI token boom fuels push for national compute network

China is accelerating plans for a national computing power network as artificial intelligence (AI) token usage surges, casting AI compute...

Tuesday 19 May 2026
Baidu says AI is now the majority of its business
Baidu said its core AI businesses became the majority of the company's revenue in the first quarter of 2026, driven by rapid growth in AI cloud infrastructure, expanded foundation-model...
Tuesday 19 May 2026
Analysts divided on Baidu's AI monetization as cloud growth offsets ad weakness
Analysts offered mixed assessments of Baidu after the Chinese internet company posted first-quarter revenue that topped market expectations, with some pointing to stronger AI monetization...
Tuesday 19 May 2026
Commentary: Sanctions reshaped China's foundry sector — just not in the way markets expected
China's foundry sector is charting a different course as the global semiconductor market remains focused on AI GPUs, the 2nm process node, and advanced packaging. Led by Semiconductor...
Monday 18 May 2026
AMEC-SMIC: China's chip-equipment push moves from trials to scale
China's semiconductor equipment localization campaign is entering a more demanding phase, shifting from proving that domestic alternatives can work to showing they can meet the reliability,...
Monday 18 May 2026
China's car market enters a brutal shakeout
China's auto market is entering a far more difficult phase. Domestic demand has slowed sharply, and for many carmakers the industry increasingly resembles a road with no visible end...
Monday 18 May 2026
Huawei, Apple, and Xiaomi battle for market share with deep discounts
Just after midnight on May 15, Apple quietly cut prices across its iPhone 17 lineup in China, lowering official retail prices for the iPhone 17 Pro series by CNY1000 (approx. US$146),...
Monday 18 May 2026
Analysis: Memory crunch opens IPO window for China’s CXMT
China's top DRAM maker ChangXin Memory Technologies is entering its Shanghai IPO push with a much stronger story for investors, as a global memory shortage turns years of losses into...
Monday 18 May 2026
China cracks down on illegal drone flight-control hacks after multiple cases uncovered
China's Ministry of Public Security announced on May 18 that authorities had uncovered nearly 10 cases nationwide involving illegal modification of drone flight-control systems that...
Monday 18 May 2026
China's disposable car model reshapes global supply chains
At the 2026 Beijing Auto Show, China's shift toward "disposable cars" carries global repercussions: faster refresh cycles could reshape vehicle lifespans, aftermarket ecosystems, and...