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Dora Zhang

Editor covering China's business and technology, focused on AI, electric vehicles, autonomous driving, and robotics, tracking industry developments, innovation, and market dynamics.

DJI, Insta360 Tighten Grip on Global Handheld Smart Camera Market as Q1 Shipments Surge 33%

Global shipments of handheld smart cameras reached 4.14 million units in the first quarter of 2026, a 33% year-over-year increase, according to a new market tracking report from International Data Corporation (IDC). Revenue for the quarter exceeded RMB 10.5 billion yuan (US$1.45 billion), up

China's 'LineShine' Supercomputer Reclaims Global Top Spot After Nine-Year Absence

China has returned to the summit of global supercomputing for the first time in nine years, with the domestically developed "LineShine" system claiming the top position on the TOP500 list at the ISC 2026 international supercomputing conference held in Hamburg, Germany on June 23. The system, developed and

China Leads World’s First Global Autonomous Driving Rules, Reshaping the Industry

The United Nations has formally adopted the first-ever globally unified autonomous driving system regulation, with China playing a co-lead role — a milestone that hands Beijing significant standard-setting leverage over a market projected to define the next decade of automotive competition. The UN World Forum for Harmonization of

CATL’s 30MWh Sodium Battery System Signals Industry Shift — But Killer Apps Remain Elusive

Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) has unveiled a sodium-ion energy storage system that clears every technical benchmark critics once used to dismiss the chemistry — yet the path to mass-market adoption still hinges on a single, elusive variable: a breakout application that resets industry expectations the way Tesla's

China's Top 10 Unicorns in 2026: What the Rankings Reveal About the New Economy

What Is a Unicorn — and Why Does China's List Matter? A "unicorn" is a privately held startup valued at $1 billion or more. China's unicorn ecosystem is one of the world's largest, and the composition of its top-ranked companies functions as

ChinaBiz Briefing | Unitree's $4,150 Robot, Beijing's AI Trillion, MiniMax Meltdown

China's technology and capital markets are moving in two speeds simultaneously: the supply side is breaking cost barriers and benchmark records at a pace that outstrips Western expectations, while the demand side — and the companies caught between the two — is forcing a painful repricing of ambition. From Unitree&

Meituan Bets on "Physical AI" Infrastructure Play, Sidestepping the Model Arms Race

Meituan is restructuring its artificial intelligence operations around a calculated wager: rather than outspend Alibaba and ByteDance on foundation models, it will embed AI into the physical logistics network that processes tens of millions of daily transactions — and position that network as indispensable infrastructure for every AI agent in China.

Sugon All-Flash Storage Tops IO500, Highlighting China’s Shift to Industry Standard-Setter

Sugon has claimed the top positions on both the full-node and 10-node IO500 production-tier rankings at ISC 2026, becoming the first Chinese vendor to achieve the double crown on the benchmark widely regarded as the most rigorous real-world performance standard in high-performance storage—displacing incumbents

Nomura: ESS and Robot Batteries to Drive the Next Battery Boom as China Dominates

Nomura published a sweeping 50-page anchor report on the global battery sector on June 24, 2026, laying out what the Japanese investment bank describes as a fundamental structural shift in the industry — one defined less by raw volume growth and more by diverging competitive strategies across China, South Korea,

China's AI Funding Machine: How Beijing Is Mobilizing Trillions to Win the Tech Race

A new research note published on June 24, 2026 by Nomura International (Hong Kong) lays out in granular detail the architecture of China's state-driven AI financing apparatus — and the scale is staggering. At a moment when investment momentum is faltering and Beijing faces mounting pressure to stabilize