11 h. ago China’s Auto Juggernaut Rolls On as Electrified Vehicles Top 50% of Sales

China’s Auto Juggernaut Rolls On as Electrified Vehicles Top 50% of Sales  Autoweek

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69 h. ago China's top universities plan to roll out 'embodied intelligence' majors to fuel Beijing's robotics push

China's top universities plan to roll out 'embodied intelligence' majors to fuel Beijing's robotics push  Business Insider

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8 d. ago Chinese EV makers step on gas abroad amid weakening mainland sales

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) builders are increasingly shipping their cars abroad to spur international sales ahead of an expected downturn in their home market, analysts say, as Beijing phases out incentives such as tax holidays and cash subsidies. The carmakers, which can enjoy a net margin of 20,000 yuan (US$706) per vehicle by selling their cars outside mainland China, are rolling out more models and pushing into untapped territories to chase high profitability. Stellantis-backed Leapmotor,...

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1 week ago Pony AI Stock Soars In Hong Kong As China Deal And Europe Driverless Rollout Hype Builds Before Q3 Print

Pony AI Stock Soars In Hong Kong As China Deal And Europe Driverless Rollout Hype Builds Before Q3 Print  Stocktwits

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2 w. ago US and China’s national security ‘fixation’ has gone too far, Roach warns

A prominent American economist has cautioned that the United States and China risk developing a “fixation” with national security, a tendency he said was distracting from the domestic challenges facing both countries. “We’ve taken the concept of national security too far,” said Stephen Roach, a senior fellow at Yale Law School’s Paul Tsai China Centre, at the US-China Hong Kong Forum on Monday. He called on Washington and Beijing to draw a clear distinction between economic and national...

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2 w. ago China rolls out steps to make law enforcement more transparent, efficient, responsive

China rolls out steps to make law enforcement more transparent, efficient, responsive  China Daily

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2 w. ago In ‘soybean diplomacy’ with the US, China now holds the remote control

After US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping shook hands in Busan last month, the headlines highlighted smiles and tariff rollbacks. Washington hailed it as a “massive victory”, saying China had pledged to buy 12 million tonnes of American soybeans by January and at least 25 million tonnes annually for the next three years. Futures on the Chicago Board of Trade surged and farmers in the US Midwest cheered. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent declared that “our great soybean...

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3 w. ago PLA heads have rolled but China’s hunt for corrupt military officials isn’t over

Even for the anti-graft era of President Xi Jinping, the wave of investigations into alleged corruption in the Chinese military over the past three years has been exceptional. Last month, nine senior People’s Liberation Army (PLA) officers were expelled from the Communist Party and the military, including He Weidong, formerly China’s second-highest-ranking military officer. They are accused of having “violated party discipline and allegedly committed serious crimes related to their duties” –...

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3 w. ago How Xi’s ongoing battle against PLA corruption shapes China’s military future

Even for the anti-graft era of President Xi Jinping, the wave of investigations into alleged corruption in the Chinese military over the past three years has been exceptional. Last month, nine senior People’s Liberation Army (PLA) officers were expelled from the Communist Party and the military, including He Weidong, formerly China’s second-highest-ranking military officer. They are accused of having “violated party discipline and allegedly committed serious crimes related to their duties” –...

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3 w. ago Tesla’s Big Asia Play — China’s Model Y Boom And Korea’s FSD Supervised Rollout Signal Strong Regional Comeback

Tesla’s Big Asia Play — China’s Model Y Boom And Korea’s FSD Supervised Rollout Signal Strong Regional Comeback  Stocktwits

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4 w. ago Elon Musk Says Tesla FSD May Roll Out In China Next Year — Can It Beat Xpeng, Baidu and Local Rivals?

Elon Musk Says Tesla FSD May Roll Out In China Next Year — Can It Beat Xpeng, Baidu and Local Rivals?  Stocktwits

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4 w. ago Senate measure would support limits on AI chip sales to China

Senate measure would support limits on AI chip sales to China  Roll Call

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