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NIO Accelerates Infrastructure Push with Seven New Power Swap Stations in Single-Day Blitz

NIO has executed another calculated expansion of its energy replenishment network, bringing seven new swap stations online in a single day on March 19. The move underscores the electric vehicle maker's continued commitment to infrastructure dominance as a primary moat against intensifying domestic competition in 2026. While the

Xiaomi Claims Viral “Hunter Alpha” Models as MiMo V2 Trio, Pressuring China’s Agent AI Pricing

Xiaomi used a triple model release to claim ownership of the viral “Hunter Alpha” and “Healer Alpha” systems on OpenRouter, reframing what developers had speculated might be a DeepSeek V4 preview into a price-aggressive push for agent-ready AI. The company said the anonymous models that topped OpenRouter’s

IM Motors’ “Ultra Agent” Bets on Qwen and Drive-by-Wire as LS8 Pre-Sales Near

IM Motors is repositioning the smart EV race around “embodied AI” by fusing cockpit intelligence with assisted driving and anchoring it on production-grade drive-by-wire hardware—an approach it says will debut in the LS8 ahead of pre-sales on March 26, 2026. At a March 18 technology

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