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China's Auto Exporters Shift from Trade to Conquest as Domestic Market Implodes

BYD and Chery are rewriting the global automotive order in real time: China shipped 930,000 vehicles overseas in May 2026—a 68.7% year-on-year surge—as a catastrophic domestic demand contraction forces the country's automakers to treat exports not as a supplementary channel but as

AniShort Raises Near RMB 100M, Setting Funding Record in China's AI Short-Drama Tools Race

Ba Dian Ba Digital's platform hit 10,000 enterprise users and RMB 10M in monthly subscription revenue within three months of launch — now it is deploying fresh capital to chase a projected RMB 500 billion market by 2030. Ba Dian Ba Digital, the Shenzhen-based AIGC veteran behind

China's BCI Race Heats Up as BrainCo and Neuracle Eye IPOs, Funding Jumps 230%

China's two leading brain-computer interface firms are simultaneously sprinting toward public listings, as sector financing in the first half of 2026 surpassed RMB 4 billion (US$556 million) — already exceeding full-year 2025 totals and up 230% year-on-year — signaling that the country's BCI

Insta360 Storms Gimbal Camera Market With Luna Ultra, Sells Out in Five Minutes

Insta360 has entered the handheld gimbal camera segment for the first time, launching the Luna Ultra on June 10 with dual Leica lenses and a triple-chip AI architecture — and the market responded instantly, with inventory clearing across major e-commerce platforms within five minutes of listing. The sellout, replicated

Insta360 Faces 227-Million-Share Unlock as Margins Erode and DJI Intensifies Pressure

A lockup expiry covering 56.5% of total shares tests whether Insta360's 76x earnings multiple can survive a simultaneous assault from price wars, soaring memory costs, and a shrinking profit base. One year after its explosive market debut, Insta360 confronts its most consequential stress test yet: a June

MiniMax Faces Triple Threat: Pricing Backlash, Benchmark Doubts, and a July Unlock

Once the brighter half of Hong Kong's AI twin listing, MiniMax has shed roughly 64% from its March peak, as a self-inflicted pricing controversy, contested model benchmarks, and an imminent flood of unlockable shares converge to stress-test a valuation that was always built on scarcity rather

China's Memory Giants Are Heading for IPOs. Why the Hardest Part Comes Next

YMTC and CXMT eye trillion-yuan valuations on Shanghai's STAR Market, riding an AI-driven memory supercycle — yet equipment blockades and a 33-percentage-point gross margin gap with Micron underscore how much ground remains. Both Yangtze Memory Technology (YMTC) and ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) completed IPO filing

ChinaBiz Briefing | Zero ICE in Top 10, BYD 2030 Ambition, Robotaxi Goes Global, XPeng’s AI Pivot

China’s mobility sector has crossed a structural point of no return. As internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles entirely vanish from the country's top-10 best-seller list, domestic giants are aggressively exporting their software and hardware advantages. From BYD's 2030 global dominance pledge to Chinese

SCMP: Jiangnan Shipyard Reveals Nuclear-Powered Hub for Zero-Carbon Shipping

The South China Morning Post reported on June 5 that Jiangnan Shipyard, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), has proposed a nuclear-powered floating island that could function as a next-generation container transshipment hub. The concept, unveiled at the Posidonia International Shipping Exhibition in Greece, combines molten-

Tencent, Century Games Lead Global Mobile Gaming Growth as Export Strategies Deepen

Chinese gaming conglomerates extended their dominance over the global mobile ecosystem in May 2026, capturing the top three revenue spots as targeted intellectual property collaborations and rapid overseas monetization offset domestic market maturity. Global mobile game revenue rose 2.94% month-on-month and more than 7.1% year-on-