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Thursday 25 June 2026
Chinese chip packaging giant JCET plans US$1.1b AI chip packaging plant
JCET Group is accelerating its AI chip packaging expansion with a CNY7.8 billion (US$1.1 billion) investment in a new advanced packaging and testing plant in Shanghai Lingang, strengthening...
Thursday 25 June 2026
China moves to build helium reserve as Nippon Sanso sets over 30% price hike

Global helium supply is under renewed strain. Nippon Sanso, Japan's largest industrial gas supplier, announced it will raise prices across...

Thursday 25 June 2026
China's 360 unveils AI cybersecurity tools claimed to rival Anthropic's Mythos
Chinese cybersecurity company 360 Security Technology has unveiled a pair of AI-powered cybersecurity tools that it says can match the capabilities of Anthropic's highly restricted...
Thursday 25 June 2026
ByteDance's reported AI chip orders mark breakthrough for Chinese GPU maker Iluvatar CoreX
ByteDance's reported plan to purchase at least 50,000 AI inference chips from Shanghai-based GPU developer Iluvatar CoreX could become one of the most significant commercial wins yet...
Thursday 25 June 2026
Anthropic accuses Alibaba of largest distillation attack on Claude, escalating the US-China AI fight
Anthropic's claim that Alibaba "illicitly" harvested its Claude model marks the biggest alleged case yet of a Chinese firm copying a top US lab, sharpening a national-security debate...
Thursday 25 June 2026
China wafer champion turns to US$1.6B overhaul to stop losses
National Silicon Industry Group, China's leading 12-inch silicon wafer maker, has announced a CNY11.45 billion (US$1.6 billion) capital injection into its core subsidiary Shanghai...
Thursday 25 June 2026
China PC shipments fall as Huawei gains ground in weakening market
China's personal computer market weakened in the first quarter of 2026, with shipments down 2% from a year earlier, according to Omdia. The decline reflects softer consumer demand,...
Wednesday 24 June 2026
Imoo overtakes Samsung to become No. 4 smartwatch brand
Imoo beat Samsung Electronics, Oppo, and Garmin to rank as the world's No. 4 smartwatch brand in global smartwatch sales in the first quarter of 2026. In fact, imoo's global smartwatch...
Wednesday 24 June 2026
China's LineShine supercomputer tops TOP500, but AI lead remains unclear

China's LineShine supercomputer debuted at No. 1 on the June 2026 TOP500 list, announced at the ISC 2026 conference in Hamburg, becoming...

Wednesday 24 June 2026
CATL's HIMA exclusivity fades in China EV battery shake-up
Harmony Intelligent Mobility Alliance (HIMA) is reducing its reliance on CATL and broadening its EV battery supply chain, a pragmatic reset driven by cost pressure, delivery targets,...
Wednesday 24 June 2026
CATL turns sodium-ion batteries into grid storage contender with TENER Sodium launch
CATL has launched CATL TENER Sodium, a utility-scale sodium-ion energy storage system aimed at moving the technology from pilot projects into commercial grid infrastructure.
Wednesday 24 June 2026
China's idle EVs could become AI token factories, says CATL chairman
CATL chairman Robin Zeng said on June 23 at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Dalian that many electric vehicles (EVs) in China could be turned into computing infrastructure for the...
Wednesday 24 June 2026
Former SMIC CEO targets China photomask IPO after 12-inch wafer bet
Former SMIC CEO Tzu-yin Chiu is extending his semiconductor materials strategy into photomasks, one of the most critical upstream links in chip manufacturing. Guangzhou Xinrui Photomask...
Wednesday 24 June 2026
Alibaba sues US Defense Department over military company label, raising contract and free-speech concerns
Alibaba Group Holding and its US subsidiary filed a suit on June 23, 2026, in federal court in California, seeking to overturn the Department of Defense's designation of Alibaba as...
Wednesday 24 June 2026
China's autonomous driving crackdown targets overpromised smart vehicle tech
China has announced its first mandatory national safety standard for Level 3 (L3) and Level 4 (L4) autonomous driving, with implementation set for July 2027.