Xiaomi launches four SkyNomad SUVs in China from $31,275
Xiaomi launches four SkyNomad SUVs in China from $31,275

Xiaomi launched its SkyNomad SUV family in China today, a lineup of four extended-range models that starts at RMB 209,900, or about $31,275.

It’s Xiaomi’s first move into extended-range vehicles, and the entry price lands below China’s established E…

The US plans to raise AI-directed cyberattacks with China, Nikkei reports
The US plans to raise AI-directed cyberattacks with China, Nikkei reports

The rogue-agent stories of the past two months have arrived somewhere nobody planned for. They are on the agenda for a meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. The United States will raise AI safety with China when Xi visits the White House on 24 S…

Huawei launches Mate XT 2 tri-fold two days before Apple’s foldable iPhone
Huawei launches Mate XT 2 tri-fold two days before Apple’s foldable iPhone

Huawei has launched a new tri-folding phone two days before Apple is expected to show its first foldable iPhone. The Mate XT 2 was unveiled on Monday and goes on sale in China on 10 September. Apple’s event falls on 9 September, so both Huawei and Xiao…

Another Chinese EV myth busted as GAC, Geely, and Leapmotor ace Euro NCAP
Another Chinese EV myth busted as GAC, Geely, and Leapmotor ace Euro NCAP

Somewhere, a guy in Pit Vipers is recording a Facebook video from the front seat of his pickup claiming that Chinese EVs aren’t just inferior to American V8 iron – they’re unsafe, too. Unfortunately for him, the latest EVs from GAC, Geely, and Leapmoto…

SANY delivered 200 electric haul trucks, 600 EV wheel loaders – LAST MONTH
SANY delivered 200 electric haul trucks, 600 EV wheel loaders – LAST MONTH

While North American fleets continue to drag their fleet on electric, the rest of the world is charging ahead. As if to prove that fact, Chinese equipment brand SANY delivered 200 heavy-duty electric haul trucks and more than 600 electric wheel loaders…

Chinese banks and carriers have turned AI tokens into rewards, monthly plans and collateral
Chinese banks and carriers have turned AI tokens into rewards, monthly plans and collateral

Chinese banks, telecom carriers and a Guangzhou district have started packaging AI tokens as credit card rewards, monthly plans and a basis for business lending. Research across 25 European languages finds tokeniser fertility ranges from 1.23 tokens pe…

Export controls went after China’s chips. They never touched the capital, and Moonshot is reportedly seeking $5bn.
Export controls went after China’s chips. They never touched the capital, and Moonshot is reportedly seeking $5bn.

Moonshot AI is considering raising up to $5bn in a Hong Kong initial public offering as soon as this year, Bloomberg reported on Friday. Dong Cao, Julia Fioretti, Pei Li and Luz Ding sourced the account to people familiar with the matter, who asked not…

X said Chinese bots fuelled the data centre backlash. A researcher checked
X said Chinese bots fuelled the data centre backlash. A researcher checked

X said it had found a Chinese bot farm pushing Americans to turn against AI data centres. A researcher who went looking for those accounts found that almost nobody had seen them. Darren Linvill, a researcher at Clemson University, identified at least 5…

UBS says China is unlikely to match ASML’s top tool this decade
UBS says China is unlikely to match ASML’s top tool this decade

UBS analysts say China’s lithography programme is at roughly the stage ASML reached in 2004 and will not produce a viable EUV alternative within a decade. They also expect China to reach high-volume manufacturing of immersion DUV machines in two to fiv…

A Chinese court has frozen Nexperia’s stakes in four of its own subsidiaries
A Chinese court has frozen Nexperia’s stakes in four of its own subsidiaries

A court in Dongguan has frozen Nexperia’s shareholdings in four of its Chinese subsidiaries, worth about 2.14 billion yuan, with the order remaining in place until August 2029. The order took effect in the last week of August, Reuters reported. The ass…