11 h. ago China’s AI and EV boom drives record power demand, widening energy gap with US

China’s total electricity consumption hit a record high of 10.4 trillion kilowatt-hours (kWh) in 2025, more than double that of the US, the National Energy Administration (NEA) said on Saturday. The 5 per cent jump from the previous year marked the first time in China’s history that annual electricity consumption had surpassed 10 trillion kWh – the highest in the world and more than the combined total of the European Union, Russia, India and Japan, state broadcaster CCTV said, citing NEA...

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31 h. ago Tesla’s defeat, Harvard’s success, Trump ‘top global risk’: 7 US

We have selected seven of the most interesting and important news stories covering US-China relations from the past few weeks. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. BYD’s win, Tesla’s defeat, Ford’s pivot: the widening gap in US-China EV markets After years of competing head-to-head with China in electric vehicles, the United States is now widely seen as falling behind – a reality increasingly acknowledged even within Detroit. Read the full story...

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7 d. ago China AI Leaders Warn of Widening Gap With US After $1B IPO Week

China AI Leaders Warn of Widening Gap With US After $1B IPO Week  Bloomberg.com

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1 week ago BYD’s win, Tesla’s defeat, Ford’s pivot: the widening gap in US

After years of competing head-to-head with China in electric vehicles, the United States is now widely seen as falling behind – a reality increasingly acknowledged even within Detroit. When asked about the topic recently on a podcast, US carmaker Ford’s own CEO said: “There’s no real competition from Tesla, GM or Ford with what we’ve seen from China. It is completely dominating the EV landscape globally and more outside China.” For much of the past decade, the global electric vehicle market was...

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1 week ago Winter monsoon to push Hong Kong temperatures to 11 degrees in coming days

This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Get faster notifications on the latest updates by downloading our app. Hong Kong will experience cooler weather over the next couple of days, with temperatures set to fall to as low as 11 degrees Celsius (51.8 Fahrenheit) under the influence of a winter monsoon and a widening gap in daily readings. Senior scientific officer Tong Yu-fai of the Hong Kong...

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1 week ago Winter monsoon to push Hong Kong temperatures to 10 degrees in coming days

This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Get faster notifications on the latest updates by downloading our app. Hong Kong will experience cooler weather over the next couple of days, with temperatures set to fall to as low as 10 degrees Celsius (50 Fahrenheit) under the influence of a winter monsoon and a widening gap in daily readings. “Under the persistent influence of the winter monsoon, it will...

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