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China’s Chip Exports Surge 73% as ‘Legacy’ Strategy Pays High-Value Dividends

China’s semiconductor industry has delivered a stinging rebuttal to the effectiveness of U.S. export controls, posting a record 72.6% surge in export value to US$43.3 billion in the first two months of 2026. The data reveals a structural shift in global supply chains: while Washington

China’s EV Sector Pivots to ‘Intelligence War’ as Xiaomi, XPeng Roll Out Proprietary AI Models

The battleground for China's electric vehicle market has definitively shifted from battery range to cognitive intelligence in 2026. Major players Xiaomi and XPeng launched flagship updates within 24 hours of each other, both centering their value proposition on proprietary "Large Model" integration rather than mechanical specs.

Moonshot AI CEO Challenges Deep Learning Orthodoxy in GTC Debut, Unveiling ‘Efficiency-First’ Architecture

Yang Zhilin, the founder of Moonshot AI, used his solitary platform as the only Chinese large model entrepreneur at NVIDIA’s GTC 2026 to propose a radical overhaul of deep learning’s foundational blocks. His thesis is stark: the decade-old standards governing AI scaling—from optimizers to residual connections—

Tencent Says Cloud Hit “Scaled Profitability” as AI Spend Reshapes Its Growth Mix

Tencent Holdings said its cloud business achieved scaled profitability for the first time in 2025, marking a turning point for a unit long viewed as capital-intensive and positioning AI-driven demand as a new profit engine. In its latest earnings release on March 18, Tencent reported 2025 revenue of

ChinaBiz Briefing | Huawei Prices Band 11, Minimax Launches M2‑7, Alibaba Cloud Hikes Prices, Oppo Unveils Find N6

The Big Picture: China’s tech and consumer electronics sectors are moving rapidly across wearables, AI models, and next-generation devices. Companies from Huawei to Minimax are expanding product lines and strategic partnerships, while Alibaba Cloud pivots resources amid rising chip costs, signaling intensified competition and innovation. Huawei Aggressively Prices

Huawei Aggressively Prices Band 11 Series to Corner China’s Entry-Level Wearable Market

Huawei Technologies has commenced domestic sales of its Band 11 series, deploying an aggressive pricing strategy that positions advanced health metrics—including GNSS tracking and emotional monitoring—into the sub-400 yuan (US$58) segment. The move signals an intensified effort to capture mass-market consumers in China's

MiniMax Debuts ‘Self-Evolving’ M2.7 Model to Rival Global Heavyweights

MiniMax, the Shanghai-based artificial intelligence unicorn, has launched M2.7, a new flagship model designed to autonomously optimize its own training infrastructure. By successfully deploying the model to rewrite its internal codebases and reinforcement learning harnesses, MiniMax is signaling a pivot toward "AI-native" organizations, aiming to

Alibaba Cloud Raises Prices by 34% to Address AI Infrastructure Shortage and Free Up Resources for MaaS Expansion

Alibaba Cloud Intelligence, the backbone of Alibaba Group Holding, has initiated a sharp pricing adjustment for its proprietary AI infrastructure, signaling a decisive pivot towards consumption-based revenue models as hardware scarcity persists. The cloud giant announced price increases of up to 34% across its AI computing and storage portfolio,

Service Robots Enter Chinese Homes as Shenzhen Cleaning Pilot Sells Out for Two Weeks

Beijing-based INVARIANT Robot has started operating a home-cleaning service in Shenzhen in partnership with 58.com’s home-services arm, 58 Daojia, marking what the company describes as the industry’s first consumer-facing commercial robot service deployed in real households rather than showrooms, industrial pilots or closed

Momenta R7 Goes into Production in SAIC Volkswagen ID. ERA 9X, Signaling China’s Shift Toward ‘Physical AI’

Momenta said it will debut its next-generation autonomous driving foundation model, R7, on SAIC Volkswagen’s flagship SUV, the ID. ERA 9X—an inflection point that reframes China’s driver-assistance race from “seeing the road” to reasoning about physics in real time. At an ID. ERA technology event