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In-depth analysis of China’s electric vehicle industry, including EV makers, batteries, pricing competition, and policy support. This section tracks profitability challenges, technology shifts, and structural changes shaping the world’s largest EV market.

CATL’s Nvidia Moment: How China’s Battery Giant Is Trading Margins for Ecosystem Control

Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) delivered record first-half revenue of RMB 276.9 billion (US$38.5 billion) on July 25, yet a deliberate margin sacrifice to protect downstream market share reveals a strategic anxiety strikingly similar to the one Nvidia navigates in the AI chip arena. CATL reported H1

ChinaBiz Briefing | Alibaba's 20x CXMT Gain, Kimi K3 Goes Open-Source, China AC Exports Surge

China's technology and industrial sectors delivered a dense slate of signals on July 28, with Alibaba crystallizing a landmark return on its semiconductor bet, Moonshot AI releasing its most powerful open-weight model yet, and a record European heat wave rewriting the growth calculus for China's

China's Auto Industry Endgame: Fewer Groups, More Brands

What Is Actually Happening in China's Auto Market Consolidation? China's auto industry is not simply shrinking — it is restructuring. The widely asked question, "how many carmakers will survive?", frames the issue incorrectly. The more precise question is: how many groups will survive, and how

NIO, Xiaomi and Chery Race to Lock In China’s DRAM Supply

NIO, Xiaomi, and Chery each spent RMB 158 million (US$21.9 million) not to own a piece of China's hottest IPO — but to secure a guaranteed seat at the DRAM supply table before the next memory crunch hits. Changxin Memory Technologies (CXMT) made a seismic debut on

ChinaBiz Briefing | CXMT Debut, CATL's 587Ah Cell, Tencent AI Overhaul, AgiBot IPO Push

China's technology and capital markets delivered a dense cluster of structural signals on July 27 — spanning memory, batteries, AI, robotics, and semiconductors. Taken together, the day's developments illustrate a common theme: Chinese technology companies are no longer merely benefiting from policy tailwinds. They are demonstrating commercial

ChinaBiz Briefing | Geely-Ford Valencia Deal, CXMT IPO, CAS Space Milestone

China's technology and industrial complex delivered a dense set of signals on Thursday: a Chinese automaker rewrote the European manufacturing playbook, the country's dominant DRAM maker prepared for a landmark stock market debut, a commercial rocket company crossed a key operational threshold, and a brutally honest

Geely Bets €221 Million on Ford's Idled Spanish Plant, Rewriting China's European EV Playbook

Geely is acquiring a 34% stake in Ford's Valencia factory for €221 million (approximately RMB 1.765 billion, or US$245 million), a transaction that marks the most structurally significant pivot yet in Chinese automakers' European manufacturing strategy — and the most consequential shift in the Geely-Ford

Chinese Automakers Abroad: A Regional Guide to Market Opportunity and Structural Limits

The global automotive map is being redrawn — and China's carmakers are doing much of the drawing. But the opportunity is far from uniform. What Is This About? Chinese passenger car brands have moved beyond simply exporting vehicles. They are now competing systematically for durable market share across multiple

XPeng’s Europe Strategy: Global Platform, Local Software, and the B2B Challenge

46,859 Chinese pre-orders within one hour of a Munich reveal underscore the dual-market ambition behind XPeng's most globally engineered car yet — but the harder battle lies in software, data, and winning Germany's B2B fleet buyers. Six Years of Tuition Fees Produce a Pivot

ChinaBiz Briefing | Innolight's $8B IPO, NIO's Chip Pivot, AI Office Wars, and China's Auto Reckoning

China's technology and capital markets are converging around a single thesis on July 22: AI infrastructure is real, it is scaling, and the companies closest to the physical layer — silicon, optical interconnects, compute systems — are attracting the most serious capital. Meanwhile, two structural crises — in autos and in

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