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China Sets Out Five-Year Push to Expand Domestic Oil and Gas Infrastructure

China’s State Council has issued a plan prioritizing higher domestic hydrocarbon production, expanded pipeline networks and greater national storage capacity as Beijing seeks to strengthen energy security against geopolitical and maritim...

Unitree Robotics Shares Fall After Shanghai IPO as Founder Warns of Humanoid Robot Limits

Unitree Robotics was valued at sixty-one billion yuan in its Shanghai debut before its shares fell after the founder said humanoid robots remain years away from large-scale commercial viability, tempering expectations around China’s fast...

Chinese Electric Vehicle Brands Reach Record 14.2% Share of Western European EV Market

Chinese automakers captured fourteen point two percent of Western Europe’s electric vehicle market despite European Union tariffs of more than thirty-five percent, underscoring the competitiveness of China’s integrated battery and vehicl...

DeepSeek Raises API Prices More Than 1,000% With New Flagship AI Model

Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek has released a new flagship model while sharply increasing application programming interface prices, signaling a shift toward commercial monetization after years of intense price competiti...

Chinese Satellite Firm Spacecom Raises Nearly $2 Billion for 15,000-Satellite Constellation

State-backed Spacecom has secured almost two billion dollars to accelerate development of a planned fifteen-thousand-satellite low-Earth-orbit network, reflecting China’s push to build a large domestic communications constellation.

Alibaba Profit Falls 75% as Artificial Intelligence Investment Squeezes Margins

Alibaba reported a seventy-five percent drop in net income despite nine percent revenue growth, as weaker margins in domestic e-commerce coincide with heavy investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure and large language model de...

Yangtze Memory Clears Regulatory Hurdle Ahead of Major Shanghai STAR Market IPO

Yangtze Memory Technologies has completed key pre-listing preparations for a planned domestic share offering, clearing an important regulatory step as the state-backed memory-chip maker seeks capital to expand production and strengthen C...

China Tightens Administrative Controls Around Disputed Scarborough Shoal

China has introduced new restrictions covering the Huangyan Dao nature reserve, while the China Coast Guard and Ministry of Natural Resources have expanded administrative and monitoring measures around the disputed South China Sea territ...

China Keeps Key Lending Rates Unchanged as Policymakers Weigh Support for Weak Domestic Demand

The People’s Bank of China held the one-year and five-year loan prime rates at three percent and three point five percent, respectively, as Premier Li Qiang called for additional fiscal measures to support an economy facing persistent we...

Huawei Begins Presales for Smart Vehicle Co-Developed With Dongfeng Motor

Huawei has opened presales for a new vehicle developed with state-owned Dongfeng Motor, deepening the technology company’s push to integrate autonomous driving systems and digital services into established automotive manufacturing networks.

China Tightens Offshore Trust Rules to Close Tax Shelters for Wealthy Individuals

Financial authorities have introduced new regulations giving wealthy taxpayers 90 days to settle back taxes while restricting the use of offshore trusts, foreign passports and complex structures to shield assets.

DeepSeek Unveils Experimental Multimodal Vision Model as China’s AI Race Intensifies

The Chinese artificial intelligence startup has released a new experimental vision model capable of handling multiple forms of data, adding to competition with domestic technology groups including Baidu and Tencent.

United States Opens Patent Investigation Into Chinese Battery Maker EVE Energy

Washington has launched an intellectual property investigation into EVE Energy, prompting Beijing to call for the United States to withdraw drone tariffs and end what it described as discriminatory investigations of Chinese advanced-manu...

China Sovereign Wealth Fund Names Wu Wei as New President in Executive Reshuffle

China Investment Corporation has appointed former Shanghai official Wu Wei as president of the state sovereign wealth fund, a personnel change that has renewed market speculation over possible consolidation among state-owned financial in...

Japan Reports Rare-Earth Shortages as China Tightens Critical Mineral Export Controls

Japanese manufacturers are facing shortages of essential rare-earth materials after China imposed targeted supply curbs, highlighting the risks for industrial producers that depend on Chinese processing capacity.

China’s Youth Unemployment Rate Rises to 17.9% as Job Market Remains Constrained

The unemployment rate for people aged 16 to 24 reached a three-year high in July, underscoring the difficulty of absorbing millions of highly educated young workers as China’s economy shifts away from property and infrastructure-led growth.

Tencent and Alibaba Ramp Up Artificial Intelligence Spending as Compute Race Intensifies

China’s technology giants are sharply increasing investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure, with Tencent’s capital expenditure rising 176% and pushing the company into negative free cash flow as demand for advanced computing c...

China’s Changxin Memory Valuation Tops 4 Trillion Yuan Amid Semiconductor Rally

The domestic memory-chip maker has reached record market levels as rising artificial intelligence demand tightens global supply and strengthens expectations for China’s continued expansion of critical semiconductor production.

Unitree Shares Surge More Than 600% in Shanghai Debut, Valuing Robot Maker at Over $66 Billion

The humanoid robotics company attracted nearly 10 million retail investment accounts in its initial public offering, reflecting strong investor enthusiasm for China’s push into autonomous technology.

China Approves New Marine Monitoring Network Covering Zhongsha Islands and Scarborough Shoal

State-run scientific institutions have authorized a sky-space-ground-sea observation system across contested maritime areas, combining environmental monitoring with expanded automated maritime awareness and law-enforcement capabilities.

China Orders Liquidation of Evergrande’s Main Onshore Subsidiary

Chinese courts have formally begun liquidation proceedings for the property developer’s principal domestic arm, while regulators revoked Evergrande Life’s operating license over illegal use of funds, marking another major step in dismant...

China Drafts Tougher Rules to Protect Overseas Investments Amid Rising Geopolitical Risks

The National Development and Reform Commission has proposed mandatory reporting of major overseas adverse events and measures to protect Chinese investors from forced technology transfers and actions that threaten their legal rights.

China Expands Subsidized Lending as Weak Domestic Demand Weighs on Growth

Financial regulators have broadened subsidized credit programs and raised borrowing limits for smaller businesses and consumers as uneven industrial output and declining fixed-asset investment point to continued pressure on domestic demand.

China Urges US to Withdraw New Tariffs on Chinese Drones

The Ministry of Commerce has formally protested new US trade barriers targeting Chinese unmanned aerial vehicles, arguing that the measures undermine supply chains and violate international trade norms.

Fidelity International Reaffirms Commitment to Chinese Market Amid Exit Rumors

Fidelity International has rejected speculation that it could withdraw from China’s mutual fund market, reaffirming its commitment to onshore operations as foreign asset managers navigate a competitive and tightly regulated environment.

Hitachi Energy to Invest $300 Million in Chinese Transformer Manufacturing

The Swiss-headquartered engineering group is expanding transformer production in China, reflecting continued demand for power infrastructure linked to grid modernization and the renewable energy transition.

China Indicts 17 People in Cross-Border Human Trafficking and Cybercrime Case

Chinese prosecutors have indicted 17 individuals in a crackdown on transnational scam and trafficking networks operating in neighboring Myanmar, targeting criminal groups accused of defrauding Chinese citizens.

US Regulators Open Patent Investigation Into Chinese Battery Maker EVE Energy

A formal intellectual property investigation into EVE Energy adds another point of friction between Washington and Beijing and could complicate the Chinese battery maker’s expansion in North American markets.

Japanese Manufacturers Face Critical Rare-Earth Shortages as China Tightens Export Controls

Expanded Chinese restrictions on rare-earth exports are leaving parts of Japan’s high-tech manufacturing sector short of key raw materials, increasing pressure on companies and allied governments to diversify supplies.

China Moves to Reform $1.5 Trillion Housing Provident Fund to Support Consumption

Financial regulators are restructuring the state-managed housing fund to unlock household savings for wider spending and economic support as the property market remains weak.

Alibaba Reports Weak Retail Profit as Spending Shifts Toward Artificial Intelligence

Alibaba posted weaker core retail earnings amid sluggish domestic consumption while increasing capital spending on generative artificial intelligence infrastructure as the company seeks to strengthen its position in the technology market.

China Expands Subsidized Corporate Lending to Revive Industrial Demand

The People’s Bank of China has widened low-interest credit programs for domestic businesses as policymakers seek to encourage corporate investment and counter persistent weakness in industrial demand.

Chinese Humanoid Robots Post 100-Meter Sprint in 9.39 Seconds at Beijing Competition

Robotics developers demonstrated humanoid machines capable of completing the 100-meter sprint in 9.39 seconds at the World Humanoid Robot Games, highlighting advances in Chinese robotics and artificial intelligence.

Huawei Begins Presales of Smart Vehicle Developed With Dongfeng Motor

Huawei has started presales for its first smart vehicle developed with state-owned Dongfeng Motor, expanding the technology company’s push into automotive software, autonomous driving and smart-cabin systems.

DeepSeek Enters Multimodal AI Race With Experimental Vision Model

Chinese artificial intelligence developer DeepSeek has introduced a vision-language model, adding to the country’s growing competition with leading Western AI laboratories in multimodal systems.

China Investment Corporation Names Wu Wei as President Amid State Finance Restructuring Speculation

The appointment of former Shanghai official Wu Wei to lead the sovereign wealth fund has revived expectations of broader consolidation among state-owned financial institutions as Beijing focuses on financial risk control.

China Begins Evergrande Liquidation as Founder Hui Ka Yan Receives Life Sentence

Evergrande founder Hui Ka Yan was sentenced to life in prison for fraud as liquidation proceedings began for the developer’s main onshore subsidiary, marking a decisive legal reckoning with one of China’s deepest property-sector crises.

China’s Anti-Graft Watchdog Tightens Discipline During Leadership Transition

The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection has pledged stronger political oversight and tougher enforcement against corruption, while appointing Zhao Shiyong and Zhang Zhong as deputy secretaries.

China Completes Deep-Water Offshore Engineering Vessel Equipped With Underwater Robots

State-owned shipbuilders in Jiangsu have delivered a new multifunctional subsea engineering vessel equipped with advanced underwater robots, expanding China’s capabilities in deep-sea resource extraction and maritime infrastructure maint...

DeepSeek Enters Multimodal AI Race With First Vision Model

Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek has released its first experimental multimodal model capable of processing complex visual data, marking a new step in China’s effort to compete with leading U.S. foundation models.

China’s Trade Union Plan Expands Protections for Gig Economy Workers

The All-China Federation of Trade Unions has released a five-year plan to bring platform and digital-economy workers into formal union structures while strengthening labor protections and access to tailored social welfare services.

China Extends Two Hundred Forty-Hour Visa-Free Transit to Vietnam and Kyrgyzstan

China’s National Immigration Administration has expanded its visa-free transit policy to Vietnamese and Kyrgyz citizens, easing travel for tourism, business and regional commercial exchanges.

Algorithmic Trading Incident Triggers Mass Liquidations at Brokerage SBCFX

A highly leveraged trading algorithm allegedly opened thousands of rapid short positions within seconds, triggering widespread liquidations among retail gold traders and prompting scrutiny of the risks posed by automated trading systems.

Indonesia and China Deepen Strategic Cooperation After High-Level Jakarta Talks

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto held talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Defense Minister Dong Jun, reaffirming Jakarta’s commitment to comprehensive cooperation with Beijing while pursuing closer economic and security ...

Yangtze Memory Moves Closer to Shanghai IPO as China Pushes Chip Localization

Yangtze Memory Technologies Corporation is advancing preparations for a major domestic public listing that would provide capital for supply-chain localization as Chinese chipmakers face stringent U.S. technology export restrictions.