9 h. ago China’s electric vehicles have disrupted the order of the car industry

China’s electric vehicles have disrupted the order of the car industry  MSN

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26 h. ago Beijing: China's tech progress aims to benefit global development

Beijing: China's tech progress aims to benefit global development  news.cgtn.com

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30 h. ago Ford's CEO says China's EV progress is 'the most humbling thing' he's ever seen

Ford's CEO says China's EV progress is 'the most humbling thing' he's ever seen  Business Insider

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3 d. ago Xiaomi’s SU7 SUV a hit with mainland Chinese motorists as bookings reach 240,000

Chinese smartphone and electric-vehicle (EV) maker Xiaomi has been flooded with orders for its YU7 SUV, with analysts saying the car could challenge the dominance of the Tesla Model Y, the bestselling SUV on the mainland. The company said that it received 200,000 pre-orders for the YU7 in just three minutes after bookings opened at 10pm on Thursday, with the number rising to 240,000 by 4pm on Friday. The 240,000 bookings for the YU7, priced from 253,500 yuan (US$35,366) to 329,900 yuan, are...

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4 d. ago Ahead of a crunch summit with China, the EU is complaining of ‘stinking fish’

A month out from a crunch summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and the leaders of the European Union, senior EU officials have landed on an unsavoury term to describe their trade ties with China: “the stinking fish.” The analogy, used when briefing member state diplomats on progress in trade talks with China, refers to the European Commission’s frustration that each of its top demands from Beijing is around the removal of measures that were introduced to punish Europe or the US. Brussels...

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4 d. ago Shares of China's Xiaomi surge after launch of electric vehicle YU7

Shares of China's Xiaomi surge after launch of electric vehicle YU7  Reuters

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4 d. ago Carmakers GM, Tesla and Ford lead list of US companies in China exposure: report

General Motors, one of America’s top carmakers, leads US companies in its exposure to China, perched in a delicate position as bilateral trade tensions persist amid US President Donald Trump’s steep 55 per cent tariffs on Chinese imports, according to a research report published this week. But GM is hardly alone. Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company Tesla, rival carmaker Ford, engine manufacturer Cummins, aerospace and tech firm Honeywell, beverage giant Coca-Cola, and chipmaker Qualcomm also...

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4 d. ago Xiaomi takes aim at Tesla with 4% cheaper YU7 SUV, a Model Y competitor

Xiaomi, the Chinese smartphone maker and electric-car start-up, priced its YU7 sport-utility vehicle (SUV) at a 4 per cent discount to Tesla’s bestselling Model Y, a move that is expected to draw a wave of orders in a cutthroat market where even the strongest players struggle to break even. The YU7, Xiaomi’s second production model, starts at 253,500 yuan (US$35,322), compared with 263,500 yuan for the Model Y’s basic edition, the Beijing-based company announced at a launch event on Thursday...

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4 d. ago Decoding the future of China’s C919 jet in a shifting aviation landscape

The C919, China’s first indigenous narrowbody jet, embodies Beijing’s progress in pursuing technology self-sufficiency and holds the potential to reshape the global aviation market, but it faces a host of difficulties in challenging established giants Boeing and Airbus. In the latest China Future Tech webinar, Jason Li Hanming, a US-based aviation analyst, along with SCMP reporters Frank Chen, William Zheng and moderator Ralph Jennings, discussed questions surrounding the home-grown Chinese...

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4 d. ago China's Xiaomi sees shares soar to record highs as new electric vehicle draws strong response

China's Xiaomi sees shares soar to record highs as new electric vehicle draws strong response  CNBC

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4 d. ago China’s space military tech ‘threat’, EU and rare earths: SCMP daily highlights

Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. China moving ‘breathtakingly fast’ in space military tech: US general China is moving “breathtakingly fast” in space military technologies and posing strategic threats to the United States, America’s top space force official said on Tuesday. 2. US-China trade deal is near, expert says: ‘they are going to stabilise this’ The United States and China could...

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5 d. ago US strike on Iran highlights China’s need for strategic bombers, analysts say

Strategic bombers remain “irreplaceable” for China’s military – even as it makes progress with sixth-generation fighters and long-range missiles – given their role in global strikes and nuclear deterrence, analysts say. They pointed to the American B-2 stealth bombers that hit Iran’s three nuclear sites on Saturday, dropping bunker-buster bombs directly over the facilities before returning unscathed. Seven of the B-2 bombers were flown nearly 27,000km (16,700 miles) – supported by more than 100...

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5 d. ago CATL executive warns of risks from EV price cuts, calls on Beijing to intervene

A senior executive from Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), the world’s largest producer of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs), urged authorities on the mainland to intervene in the price war that is roiling the market for new energy cars. Ni Jun, CATL’s chief manufacturing officer, on Wednesday said the brutal discount war would not end if Beijing remained on the sidelines. “One big player cannot always lower prices [to gain market share] while driving out all other small rivals,” he...

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6 d. ago U.S. intelligence community veteran warns about China’s quantum computing progress

U.S. intelligence community veteran warns about China’s quantum computing progress  Washington Times

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6 d. ago Xiaomi speeds up YU7 launch, Tesla’s Robotaxi vs Baidu’s Apollo Go: 7 EV reads

We have put together stories from our coverage on electric and new energy vehicles from the past two weeks to help you stay informed. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. China’s BYD expands car-carrier fleet to bolster EV exports amid furious domestic competition BYD, the world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) maker, has taken delivery of two new car-carrying ships – the largest yet in a growing fleet – as it bets on export growth to counter brutal...

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7 d. ago Suez Canal on rails? How this inland Chinese city wants to revolutionise global trade

In Tuanjie Village, in the heart of Chongqing – China’s largest inland city, best known for its spicy hotpot – orange gantry cranes hoist cargo onto goods trains bound for Europe and Russia. Each day, hundreds of containers pass through the sprawling 82,000-square-metre yard, exporting electric vehicles and components or returning with cars, meat, wine and dairy. Just a five-minute drive away, blue cranes mark another yard – this one unloading tropical fruits and raw materials from Southeast...

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7 d. ago Suez Canal on rails? How this Chinese city wants to revolutionise global trade

In Tuanjie Village, in the heart of Chongqing – China’s largest inland city, best known for its spicy hotpot – orange gantry cranes hoist cargo onto goods trains bound for Europe and Russia. Each day, hundreds of containers pass through the sprawling 82,000-square-metre yard, exporting electric vehicles and components or returning with cars, meat, wine and dairy. Just a five-minute drive away, blue cranes mark another yard – this one unloading tropical fruits and raw materials from Southeast...

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8 d. ago China's Electric Vehicle Factories Have Become Tourist Hotspots

China's Electric Vehicle Factories Have Become Tourist Hotspots  WIRED

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1 week ago Hong Kong’s research strength is vital to China’s third wave of reform

As Shenzhen approaches 45 years as a special economic zone (SEZ), the importance of opening up in driving China’s progress was stressed by none other than Huawei Technologies founder Ren Zhengfei. “The more open the country becomes, the more it will drive our progress,” he told People’s Daily in a recent interview, speaking also of the importance of basic research, education and talent development. Soon after, the government outlined reforms to accelerate the development of hi-tech emerging...

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1 week ago The United States wondered how China managed to make such progress in the field of electronic chips. Huawei and Xiaomi are the answer, with massive development

The United States wondered how China managed to make such progress in the field of electronic chips. Huawei and Xiaomi are the answer, with massive development  Glass Almanac

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