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The digital yuan continues to expand its presence across multiple sectors of Chinese society, moving beyond initial pilot programs into areas as varied as government lotteries,...

China’s Factories Send Split Signals: Private Survey Beats Forecasts While Official Data Flattens

China’s manufacturing sector delivered a tale of two surveys in May. One pointed to solid growth. The other showed activity barely holding above stall speed. The contrast hig...

China’s Manufacturing PMI Contracts to 49.5 in May Amid Weak Demand

China's manufacturing sector experienced a noticeable slowdown in May, adding to concerns about the overall health of the world's second-largest economy. Official data released...

China’s Push for AI Token Futures Signals New Front in U.S. Tech Rivalry

China has begun designing a futures market for AI tokens. The effort, still in its earliest phases, marks a distinct approach from American exchanges racing to list contracts...

China Prices $885 Million Green Bonds in Hong Kong Debut at Tight Yields

China has made its mark in Hong Kong's debt market. The Ministry of Finance priced 6 billion yuan, or about $885 million, in its first green sovereign bond sale there. Split...

China Prices $885 Million Green Bonds in Hong Kong Debut at Tight Yields

China has made its mark in Hong Kong's debt market. The Ministry of Finance priced 6 billion yuan, or about $885 million, in its first green sovereign bond sale there. Split...

Waymo Bets on Chinese-Built Ojai to Slash Costs and Scale Robotaxis

Waymo just handed select riders in three major cities the keys to something different. The Ojai. A boxy, all-electric minivan conceived in the U.S. but assembled in China. Bu...

European Firms Bet Big on Automated Chinese Factories Despite De-Risking Rhetoric

BEIJING — European manufacturers keep pouring resources into Chinese production lines. They do so even as politicians in Brussels talk tough about reducing reliance on Beijin...

China’s Homegrown GPUs Surge as Nvidia’s Market Share Collapses

Beijing's push for semiconductor independence has produced its first wave of domestically designed graphics processors. But early tests show they trail far behind Nvidia's of...

Trump’s China Chip Gambit Collapses as Beijing Rejects Every Nvidia H200

President Donald Trump stepped off Air Force One last month with a blunt assessment. China, he told reporters, had passed on Nvidia's latest AI hardware. "They choose not to...

Apple’s iPhone Gains Ground in China as Smartphone Shipments Finally Turn Positive

China's smartphone market spent much of early 2026 in decline. Memory chip shortages drove up costs. Consumers held back. Yet April brought a shift. Total phone shipments rea...

Pony.ai Presses Ahead With Robotaxi Expansion Despite China Safety Review

Chinese autonomous driving company Pony.ai finds itself in an enviable position. While a national safety review has slowed some rivals after a high-profile robotaxi outage, t...

China Locks Down AI Stars at Private Labs in Bid to Outpace U.S. Tech Rivals

China has begun restricting overseas travel for top artificial intelligence professionals working at private companies. The measures now reach firms such as Alibaba Group Hol...

China’s Coal Paradox: Power Play Extends From Grid Backup to Chemical Feedstock

China added a staggering 78 gigawatts of new coal-fired power capacity in 2025. That figure topped India's entire net coal additions over the previous decade. Yet coal power...

Huawei’s Tau Scaling Bet: A New Route to 1.4nm-Level Chips by 2031 Amid Sanctions

Huawei Technologies unveiled a fresh architectural approach on May 25 that it says will let its high-end chips reach transistor densities equivalent to 1.4-nanometer processe...

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