68 h. ago Tesla’s China plant sees shipment surge ahead of subsidy expiry

Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory reported a significant rebound in shipments last month as Chinese consumers took advantage of soon-expiring government incentives to snap up cars. The US carmaker’s Shanghai plant, its largest production facility globally, delivered a total of 86,700 Model 3 and Model Y electric vehicles (EVs) in November, a 41 per cent jump from October and a 10 per cent rise from a year earlier, according to data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA). The deliveries...

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3 d. ago Tesla Model Y demand in China is through the roof, new delivery dates show

Tesla Model Y demand in China is through the roof, new delivery dates show  Teslarati

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3 d. ago China delivers record 180 billion parcels in 11 months as shoppers chase deals

China delivers record 180 billion parcels in 11 months as shoppers chase deals  South China Morning Post

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4 d. ago CPIFA president delivers plenary speech at 2025 Understanding China Conference

CPIFA president delivers plenary speech at 2025 Understanding China Conference  China Daily

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5 d. ago China hotel guest dies after staff failed to deliver medicine, triggers liability debate

A hotel guest in central China died after the staff held on to life-saving medicine for five hours without delivering it, sparking heated online debate over the hotel’s responsibility. The 51-year-old man, surnamed Hu, was found dead in his room at a Yeste Hotel in Wuhan, Hubei province, on November 20. Hu’s death confused his friend, Han Shun, who delivered his medicine earlier that day. Han took Hu, a Wuhan local, to stay at the hotel the previous evening after he finished work in the district...

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6 d. ago Tesla China delivery centers packed as Q4 2025 enters its final month

Tesla China delivery centers packed as Q4 2025 enters its final month  Teslarati

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7 d. ago Meituan swings into loss in ‘milk tea’ subsidy war with instant commerce rivals

China’s food-delivery giant Meituan swung to a deep quarterly loss, as a costly battle with Alibaba Group Holding’s instant commerce business eroded margins and kept revenue growth modest. The Beijing-based company on Friday reported revenue of 95.5 billion yuan (US$13.3 billion) for the three months to September, up 2 per cent year on year, missing analysts' estimates of 97.5 billion yuan. However, it booked an operating loss of 19.8 billion yuan, compared with a 13.7 billion yuan operating...

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7 d. ago Tourism minister delivers Pezeshkian’s message calling for enhanced ties with China

Tourism minister delivers Pezeshkian’s message calling for enhanced ties with China  Tehran Times

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9 d. ago Why Europe’s top nuclear minds are turning to China’s fusion breakthrough push

Current geopolitics might suggest that Western scientists have been in general alignment with the United States in the global race for fusion energy – but some of Europe’s top nuclear physicists are placing their bets on China. Scepticism over US fusion goals and chronic delays at the 33-nation International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project in France have created an opening for a new leader in the field, and China appears poised to fill it. Targeted for completion in 2027, the...

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9 d. ago Amid global fusion energy race, Europe’s top nuclear minds are betting on China

Current geopolitics might suggest that Western scientists have been in general alignment with the United States in the global race for fusion energy – but some of Europe’s top nuclear physicists are placing their bets on China. Scepticism over US fusion goals and chronic delays at the 33-nation International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project in France have created an opening for a new leader in the field, and China appears poised to fill it. Targeted for completion in 2027, the...

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1 week ago Can Manila as Asean chair deliver progress on Myanmar and South China Sea code?

As the Philippines prepares to take over the rotating Asean chairmanship next year, Manila faces the daunting task of managing a protracted civil war in Myanmar while pushing for progress on a long-delayed code of conduct (COC) in the South China Sea. Analysts say Manila must navigate an Asean agenda crowded with difficult trade-offs, balancing the crisis in Myanmar where progress is expected to remain incremental with a COC process facing a 2026 deadline, even as internal divisions within the...

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2 w. ago Lightning start: China’s Juno ‘ghost particle’ detector delivers record results

The world’s largest “ghost particle” detector, located in southern China’s Guangdong province, has shattered expectations in just two months. Initial results from the vast new Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (Juno) have shown a record level of precision, surpassing decades of cumulative data from other global experiments on neutrinos. The immediate success has confirmed that the detector is ready to tackle fundamental questions, potentially uncovering new laws of physics and solving...

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3 w. ago China law graduate turns delivery driver after ex’s luxury habits drain finances

A law graduate from China’s prestigious Zhejiang University who spent nearly all of his income on his beautiful wife has been dumped by her after he lost his lucrative job. The story of the 43-year-old man, identified as Qianqian, has trended on mainland social media after it was reported by the news outlet 163.com. He had worked as a white-collar worker at a state-owned enterprise in Hangzhou, eastern Zhejiang province, and had a monthly income of 50,000 yuan (US$7,000). Five years ago Qianqian...

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3 w. ago Myanmar military takes delivery of helicopters and aircraft from Russia and China

Myanmar military takes delivery of helicopters and aircraft from Russia and China  WRAL.com

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3 w. ago Engine shortages crimp China’s C919 deliveries amid global aerospace bottleneck

The manufacturer of China’s home-grown passenger jets is ramping up efforts to secure Western-made engines as its aircraft production slumps and rivals race for scarce components amid a supply crunch afflicting the global aviation industry. By dispatching teams to key overseas suppliers, the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) is seeking to smooth out communication and secure delivery of more Leap-1C engines, according to two people with knowledge of the trips. And as the...

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3 w. ago Tesla Oct China deliveries breakdown: Model Y drops to lowest level since Mar

Tesla Oct China deliveries breakdown: Model Y drops to lowest level since Mar  CnEVPost

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3 w. ago China tests new supersonic jet engine, delivers unprecedented thrust, efficiency, speed

China tests new supersonic jet engine, delivers unprecedented thrust, efficiency, speed  Interesting Engineering

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4 w. ago Dutch minister ‘trusts’ China to resume Nexperia chip delivery in coming days

The Netherlands’ Economy Minister Vincent Karremans said on Friday that China could resume supply of chips to Nexperia customers in Europe and the rest of the world “over the coming days”, signalling that the Dutch government has “softened its stance” and raising hopes of a breakthrough in a row that has threatened to throw global automotive production into disarray. “The Netherlands trusts that the supply of chips from China to Europe and the rest of the world will reach Nexperia’s customers...

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4 w. ago Nexperia saga sees wary German auto firms scramble to mitigate chip shortage

With Beijing signalling a restart of Nexperia’s chip exports to safeguard the global semiconductor industry, uncertainties continue to swirl around the resumption of deliveries from China, said a major German automobile supplier amid plans to reduce its production and slash working hours at individual locations. “Our task force is working intensively to secure our chip supply. The situation remains very tense across the industry,” a spokesman with German car-part supplier ZF Friedrichshafen told...

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