NIO launches ES9 flagship SUV: China’s largest EV, starting at $54K with BaaS
NIO launches ES9 flagship SUV: China’s largest EV, starting at $54K with BaaS

NIO officially launched the ES9 today, its flagship executive SUV and the largest battery electric SUV ever produced in China. The three-row SUV stretches 5,365 mm (17.6 ft) long on a 3,250 mm wheelbase, packing 520 kW (697 hp) and up to 620 km (385 mi…

China is increasingly keeping its best AI talent to itself

China’s AI boom is producing world-class talent, and Beijing is increasingly reluctant to let them go elsewhere.

Vučić flew to Beijing for a $1.1bn Chinese investment, while Belgrade burned
Vučić flew to Beijing for a $1.1bn Chinese investment, while Belgrade burned

China’s $1.1bn AI, robotics and EV package for Serbia lands four days after 34,000 protesters filled the capital demanding early elections. Brussels has yet to develop a coherent response to either. On Saturday, tens of thousands of Serbians filled the…

China’s market regulator fines Luxshare and Wingtech over their unwinding deal
China’s market regulator fines Luxshare and Wingtech over their unwinding deal

SAMR has penalised the two electronics firms for procedural violations in their now-collapsed asset sale, the latest signal of Beijing’s tightening merger-enforcement posture. China’s State Administration for Market Regulation has fined Luxshare Precis…

Trump Admin permits Volvo to keep selling connected cars in the U.S.

Volvo, which is majority owned by China’s Geely Holdings, said it can now move forward with its expansion plans for its U.S. factory.

Foreign-brand phone shipments to China rose 1.8% in April, CAICT data shows
Foreign-brand phone shipments to China rose 1.8% in April, CAICT data shows

Foreign-branded smartphone shipments to China, a category dominated by Apple, rose 1.8% year-on-year in April to 3.59 million handsets, according to Reuters calculations based on figures published by the China Academy of Information and Communications …

China extends AI travel curbs from DeepSeek to other private firms
China extends AI travel curbs from DeepSeek to other private firms

Top researchers at private Chinese AI companies are being asked to surrender passports, in a quiet expansion of the controls that began at DeepSeek earlier this year. China is widening its informal travel restrictions on senior AI researchers, extendin…

GSR Ventures uses its RedNote stake to anchor a new $350M China fund
GSR Ventures uses its RedNote stake to anchor a new $350M China fund

SR Ventures Management Co., one of the earliest backers of the Chinese social commerce app Xiaohongshu, is raising about $350m for a new China-focused venture fund and is using its existing stake in the app, known internationally as RedNote, as the cen…

China is giving every humanoid robot a 29-character ID code, and over 28,000 already have one
China is giving every humanoid robot a 29-character ID code, and over 28,000 already have one

Summary: China has launched a national ID system for humanoid robots, assigning each a 29-character code that tracks it from production to recycling. Over 28,000 robots across 200 models already have IDs. The system logs real-time performance data incl…

AI is killing the cheap smartphone. The memory that powers your phone now goes to data centres instead.
AI is killing the cheap smartphone. The memory that powers your phone now goes to data centres instead.

In 1985, the best computer a reasonably affluent American could buy was the IBM PC AT, which cost $19,400 in today’s money. Today, a Tecno Spark Go costs $30 in a Nairobi market stall and runs a processor billions of times faster. No other good in hist…