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China’s Lithium Industry Faces Divergent Fortunes Amid Middle East Crisis

China’s lithium-battery supply chain is being reshaped by the Middle East crisis, splitting the sector between companies buoyed by a fresh surge in energy-storage demand and those exposed to higher costs and delivery risks as key shipping routes seize up. The rupture began after US and Israeli

Xpeng AeroHT eVTOL Completes Batch Trial Production and Test Flights

Xpeng AeroHT said it has completed the pilot-production rollout of five units of its “Land Aircraft Carrier” eVTOL on the same day and carried out multi-aircraft test flights at its flying-car mass production facility in Huangpu district, Guangzhou, according to a company update released with images dated

CATL Posts Strong Q4 as AI-Driven Energy Storage Fuels Growth

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL) delivered a robust fourth-quarter 2025 performance, with revenue and battery shipments exceeding market expectations. The results highlight the company’s leadership in electric vehicle (EV) and AI-driven energy storage markets. Revenue for Q4 reached RMB 140.6 billion yuan (US$19.5

China's AI Agent Race Goes Local: Shenzhen Leads Policy Push to Commercialize OpenClaw

Shenzhen has moved first in China’s race to industrialise “AI agents,” rolling out early policy incentives and public-sector deployments around OpenClaw — a fast-rising open-source framework — as investors watch for the next wave of adoption, costs and competition in the country’s AI ecosystem. The latest catalyst

OPPO to Unveil Find N6 Foldable on March 17, Challenging Honor Magic V6

The competitive landscape of the foldable smartphone market is set to intensify as OPPO Mobile officially confirmed the launch of its new flagship, the Find N6, scheduled for March 17, 2026. The upcoming device is positioned as a direct competitor to the Honor Magic V6, currently holding the title of

ChinaBiz Briefing | AI Platforms Battle for Habit, EVs Reshape Southeast Asia, and China's Tech Ecosystem Expands Its Ambitions

China's technology and industrial landscape is undergoing simultaneous disruptions on multiple fronts. Chinese EV brands are systematically dismantling Japanese automakers' last major overseas stronghold. AI platforms are spending billions to acquire users — and discovering that retention is a fundamentally harder problem. And across software, hardware, autonomous driving,

IP as the Last Certainty: How China's Gaming Industry Is Betting on Franchises to Navigate the AI Era

China's gaming industry is entering 2026 with a sharpened conviction: as artificial intelligence disrupts content creation and new entertainment formats compete aggressively for user attention, intellectual property has evolved from a marketing asset into the sector's primary hedge against structural uncertainty. The shift is more than

JinkoSolar Posts First Annual Loss Since A-Share Listing as Solar Price Collapse Deepens Industry Crisis

JinkoSolar has reported its first annual loss since listing on China's A-share market, with a net deficit of RMB 6.786 billion yuan (US$933 million) for 2025, underscoring the severity of a prolonged price collapse that is reshaping the global solar industry's competitive landscape.

Chinese Automakers Carve Into Japan's Southeast Asian Stronghold as EV Shift Reshapes Regional Market

Chinese electric vehicle brands are mounting a sustained challenge to Japanese automakers' decades-long dominance in Southeast Asia, eroding market share across the region's six major economies and forcing a structural reassessment of one of Japan's last remaining automotive bastions outside its home market. Japanese

AI Chatbots Enter Travel Booking Arena, Threatening China's Online Travel Giants

China's two most widely used AI assistants have moved into the online travel booking space, marking what analysts and industry observers describe as the most significant disruption to the country's travel platform ecosystem since the mobile internet era — and raising pointed questions about the long-term