2 h. ago Apple likely to delay iPhone Air release in China due to regulatory hurdles

Apple likely to delay iPhone Air release in China due to regulatory hurdles  Anadolu Ajansı

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4 h. ago iPhone Air launch in China delayed due to eSIM regulatory issues

iPhone Air launch in China delayed due to eSIM regulatory issues  9to5Mac

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4 h. ago Apple Delays iPhone Air Launch in China Over eSIM Approval Issues

Apple Delays iPhone Air Launch in China Over eSIM Approval Issues  MacRumors

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7 h. ago Apple postpones iPhone Air in China as Beijing keeps tight grip on eSIM approval

Apple is likely to delay Chinese shipments of its new iPhone Air, the thinnest model ever, as the company works with mainland authorities to resolve regulatory issues related to the use of an embedded SIM. As of Friday morning, Apple had revised iPhone Air ordering details for the mainland, replacing the original launch schedule with “release information to be updated later”. Previously, the company stated that pre-orders would start at 8pm Friday local time, while deliveries would begin on...

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7 h. ago Apple postpones iPhone Air release in China as Beijing keeps a tight grip on eSIM approval

Apple postpones iPhone Air release in China as Beijing keeps a tight grip on eSIM approval  South China Morning Post

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8 h. ago Chinese telecom operators to provide eSIM support for iPhone Air

Chinese telecom operators to provide eSIM support for iPhone Air  Reuters

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8 h. ago China’s C909 jet, Apple’s iPhone Air, Hong Kong’s talent ranking: 7 highlights

We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. China’s aircraft maker Comac wins one of its biggest overseas orders for C909 jets Chinese-made aircraft are set to spread their wings further in Southeast Asia after Air Cambodia announced what could become the largest ever overseas...

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8 h. ago US church sues Hong Kong school, iPhone Air hits snag in China: 7 highlights

We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. China’s aircraft maker Comac wins one of its biggest overseas orders for C909 jets Chinese-made aircraft are set to spread their wings further in Southeast Asia after Air Cambodia announced what could become the largest ever overseas...

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53 h. ago New iPhones spark lively debate among Chinese fans amid eSIM limits, AI delay

Apple’s newly released iPhone series, including the groundbreaking iPhone Air, dominated social media discussion in China on Wednesday, with consumers expressing concerns about eSIM adoption and delayed Apple Intelligence features. China Unicom, one of three state-owned carriers, is the only telecoms service provider able to provide eSIM service to iPhone Air users, although China Telecom and China Mobile, two other operators, said they would roll it out later. China’s conditional acceptance of...

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63 h. ago Apple’s new iPhone Air, with eSIM, faces support limitation in China

Apple unveiled a panoply of updated gadgets at this year’s biggest product launch on Tuesday, with its ultra-thin iPhone Air grabbing much of the limelight. Customers in mainland China, one of Apple’s most lucrative markets, however, may be less inclined to join the scramble for the new model because of regulatory uncertainties related to the new phone’s adoption of eSIM technology in place of physical SIM cards. The release of the iPhone Air may be limited or staggered in the country in its...

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63 h. ago Apple’s new iPhone Air, with eSIM, is the star of company’s product launch

Apple’s new iPhone Air, with eSIM, is the star of company’s product launch  South China Morning Post

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3 d. ago Baidu updates AI reasoning model to rival systems from DeepSeek, OpenAI, Google

Baidu, one of China’s artificial intelligence champions, on Tuesday released an updated version of its proprietary reasoning model with comparable performance to advanced AI systems from DeepSeek, OpenAI and Google. Citing data from third-party AI benchmarks, Baidu chief technology officer Wang Haifeng said at a developer conference in Beijing that the firm’s X1.1 reasoning model had surpassed the performance of DeepSeek-R1, while it matched OpenAI’s GPT-5 and Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro. “From...

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3 d. ago Apple’s iPhone launch on Tuesday may lack sparkle, analysts say

When Apple debuts new iPhones on Tuesday, analysts say its biggest challenge will be to ride out another ho-hum launch as rivals have skated past it in embedding artificial intelligence into their products and services. The biggest draw this year could be a rumoured “iPhone Air”, a phone slimmer than what Apple has sold before and taking its name from the company’s slender laptop, MacBook Air. Apple would need to iron out how to pack batteries and cameras into a thinner device, analysts said,...

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4 d. ago Apple Intelligence to miss iPhone 17 China launch, set for release in China by late 2025

Apple Intelligence to miss iPhone 17 China launch, set for release in China by late 2025  TechNode

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8 d. ago Pentagon pizza orders spike at time of Beijing military parade: Chinese outlet

Chinese state media has mocked an apparent spike in pizza orders near the Pentagon during Beijing’s Victory Day parade, suggesting that in the US close attention was paid to the event, which American President Donald Trump called “very, very impressive”. On Wednesday afternoon, Yuyuan Tantian, a social media account affiliated with China’s state broadcaster CCTV, released a video saying customer traffic data from Domino’s near the Pentagon was more than four times its usual level around 9pm, and...

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8 d. ago Washington should lower temperature on Taiwan invasion threat, US report says

As the US Congress works to finish its annual defence authorisation bill, with new measures aimed at countering China’s influence, a report released Wednesday argues that Washington would be better served by toning down rhetoric about Taiwan and reducing defence investments premised on a looming Chinese invasion there. Beijing is “highly unlikely” to invade Taiwan, with its chances of success increasingly improbable, authors of the Stimson Centre report, “Rethinking the Threat: Why China is...

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8 d. ago Washington should lower temperature on Taiwan attack threat, US report says

As the US Congress works to finish its annual defence authorisation bill, with new measures aimed at countering China’s influence, a report released Wednesday argues that Washington would be better served by toning down rhetoric about Taiwan and reducing defence investments premised on a looming mainland Chinese attack there. Beijing is “highly unlikely” to attack Taiwan, with its chances of success increasingly improbable, authors of the Stimson Centre report, “Rethinking the Threat: Why China...

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1 week ago Chinese embrace their ‘exceptionalism’ but remain wary of US, new poll shows

The vast majority of Chinese want their country to take an active role in global affairs and see their nation as moderately strong in the world, but they remain divided on whether the US or China is the greater power, according to a survey released on Tuesday. by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and The Carter Center contrasts with growing US wariness towards foreign engagement highlighted by US President Donald Trump’s “America first” agenda. “Nationalism is alive and well in China,” the...

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1 week ago Chinese delivery giant Meituan releases AI model to take on Alibaba, DeepSeek

On-demand local services giant Meituan has become the latest Chinese Big Tech company to release an open-source large language model (LLM) to market, more than two years after it acquired mainland AI start-up Light Year for US$281 million. Beijing-based Meituan, the long-standing leader of China’s food delivery market, on Monday released and open-sourced its own LLM, called LongCat-Flash-Chat, via artificial intelligence developer platforms Hugging Face and GitHub, as well as the model’s...

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1 week ago Norwegian Film ‘Loveable’ Sets China Theatrical Release Date

Norwegian Film ‘Loveable’ Sets China Theatrical Release Date  Deadline

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