In a stark acknowledgment of the shifting balance of power in the global automotive industry, Nissan Motor has announced plans to cut its vehicle development time in half, adopting artificial intelligence-driven processes and drawing directly on the expertise of its Chinese joint venture partner.
As the global race to build artificial intelligence infrastructure accelerates, a critical bottleneck has emerged not in advanced silicon, but in the raw materials required to connect it.
OpenAI has disrupted two covert influence operations originating from China that utilized its flagship ChatGPT models to generate content aimed at manipulating American public discourse.
The planned initial public offering (IPO) of CanSemi Technology on the ChiNext board has cast a spotlight on the underlying financial pressures facing China’s rapidly expanding semiconductor manufacturing sector.
As the dust settles on China’s grueling 2026 national college entrance examination, known as the gaokao, the country’s technology giants are fiercely competing for the attention of the 13.4 million students who sat the test.
China’s wholesale prices accelerated at their fastest pace in nearly 4 years in May 2026, driven by a potent combination of surging raw-material costs linked to geopolitical conflict and the massive resource demands of the domestic artificial intelligence boom.
In a pioneering move to regulate the rapidly expanding embodied artificial intelligence sector, China has launched the world’s first full-lifecycle management service platform for humanoid robots.
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has released a comprehensive three-year policy directive to deeply integrate artificial intelligence into the nation’s telecommunications infrastructure.
Chinese technology giant Baidu is preparing to bring its autonomous vehicle technology to the streets of London, partnering with ride-hailing platform Lyft to initiate robotaxi testing in the coming weeks.
Chinese technology giant Tencent has successfully raised approximately $4.6 billion through a massive dual-currency bond offering, securing crucial capital to fuel its aggressive expansion in artificial intelligence infrastructure.
The rapid integration of artificial intelligence across China’s corporate landscape is beginning to manifest in a tangible and controversial workforce trend: “quiet” layoffs. As companies adopt advanced AI agents and automation tools to boost productivity, they are simultaneously navigating strict national labor regulations by executing gradual, unannounced headcount reductions.
In a decisive move that underscores the strategic importance of embodied artificial intelligence to China’s electric vehicle sector, Xpeng Motors CEO He Xiaopeng has personally assumed direct leadership of the company’s robotics division.
A newly released report by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike paints a stark picture of the escalating cyber espionage battle surrounding artificial intelligence.
Researchers at the prestigious West China Hospital of Sichuan University have achieved a significant breakthrough in medical robotics with the development of “MicroSpine.” As detailed in a recent publication in the journal Science Robotics and reported by Pandaily, MicroSpine is an ultra-minimally invasive robotic arm system designed specifically for complex spinal surgeries.
The race to mass-produce humanoid robots in China is accelerating rapidly. A new factory in Beijing, operated by electronics manufacturer Lingyi iTech, has already produced 300 robots for clients just weeks after opening in late April 2026.
A detailed cost breakdown of Unitree’s G1 humanoid robot has revealed the financial mechanics underpinning China’s emerging dominance in robotics hardware. According to an in-depth report by SemiAnalysis, the G1 model carries a bill of materials (BOM) cost of just $8,976.
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) have jointly launched the “2026 Humanoid Robot and Embodied AI Real-Scene Training Special Action.”
Moonshot AI, the Beijing-based developer behind the popular Kimi chatbot, has launched Kimi Work, a desktop application that allows users to deploy clusters of AI agents to automate complex workflows.
StepFun, the Shanghai-based artificial intelligence company founded by former Microsoft executives, is filing for a Hong Kong initial public offering as early as this week, according to people familiar with the matter.
Taiwanese authorities are actively considering stricter export controls on artificial intelligence chips bound for China.
