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The new AI model that’s swept to the top of online usage charts with high performance at zero cost was created by China’s Z.AI Co., also known as Zhipu.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s efforts to revive sentiment after its $10 billion share placement has failed to dispel investor concerns over how it chose to finance its AI ambition.

Chinese tech giant Xiaomi Corp. has unveiled its in-house self-driving chip, which will be deployed for commercial use in 2027. Xiaomi Touts 3-nm Process According to a report by CnEVPost on Monday, Xiaomi said that the Xring D100 will be...

The company is taking greater control of its technology stack

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi on Monday unveiled a new version of its in-house Xring handset processor, betting that deeper control over key components will help strengthen its supply chain ‌and reduce reliance on external chip suppliers. The introduction of Xring O3 comes a year after Xiaomi launched ‌its first proprietary smartphone processor, the Xring O1, marking the latest step in the world's third-largest smartphone vendor's push to join rivals such as Apple, Samsung ​Electronics and Huawei in developing its own chips. TSMC will manufacture the new chip using its 3-nanometre production technology, two people familiar with the matter said.

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi on Monday unveiled a new version of its in-house Xring handset processor, betting that deeper control over key components will help strengthen its supply chain ‌and reduce reliance on external chip suppliers. The introduction of Xring O3 comes a year after Xiaomi launched ‌its first proprietary smartphone processor, the Xring O1, marking the latest step in the world's third-largest smartphone vendor's push to join rivals such as Apple, Samsung ​Electronics and Huawei in developing its own chips. TSMC will manufacture the new chip using its 3-nanometre production technology, two people familiar with the matter said.

Investing.com -- China opened its five-day World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Saturday, turning the competition into a showcase for commercial technology and a robotics industry viewed as strategically important by the government, Reuters reported.

The world’s third-largest phone maker made a deliberate trade last quarter. The bill came from somewhere else entirely.

Chinese models just swept the top five spots on the world's largest AI marketplace. American labs still own the frontier. Don't get caught in between.

AI cloud gross billings jump 82% to RMB1.33 billion, propelling total revenue to a record RMB3.07 billion and pushing adjusted operating margin to a historic 4.0%.

Xiaomi Corp (XIACF) navigates rising memory costs with strategic product mix optimization, achieving record-high smartphone ASP and advancing AI monetization in Q2 2026.

Xiaomi Corp. posted its third consecutive profit decline, underscoring the heavy toll a persistent global memory shortage has taken on one of the world’s top smartphone makers.

Xiaomi continues to face headwinds, with pricier memory chips pressuring smartphone margins, and reduced subsidies adding to already subdued consumer demand.

China's Xiaomi Corp posted a fall of 42.6% in second-quarter net profit on Tuesday, missing analysts' estimates, as higher costs ‌of memory and other components squeezed margins for the maker of smartphones ‌and electric vehicles. Adjusted net profit of 6.2 billion yuan ($919.50 million)for the period from April to June, fell ​short of an average analyst estimate of 6.6 billion yuan, according to LSEG data. Xiaomi's smartphone revenue fell 7.5% year-on-year to 42.1 billion yuan, while its smartphone gross margin declined ⁠to 8.5% from 11.5% a year earlier, clipped by higher prices for key components.

Xiaomi stock has given investors a strong 3 year return, yet the current share price around HK$25.88 sits against an intrinsic value estimate from a Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model that points to Xiaomi trading below that estimate, while traditional earnings based multiples suggest the shares are now closer to fair value. This split leaves investors weighing a DCF signal of potential undervaluation against a more neutral read from standard market ratios. Xiaomi has returned 128.6% over the...

CXMT Corp.’s ascent to the pinnacle of Chinese markets heralds a potentially consequential shift away from private-sector giants toward a new generation of hardware companies more closely aligned with Beijing’s strategic ambitions.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., Baidu Inc. and Kuaishou Technology are the next big names in tech that will have to address concerns over the mounting financial costs needed to sustain intense AI competition.

Xiaomi (SEHK:1810) has drawn investor attention after recent share price weakness, with the stock down over the past month and past 3 months. This has sharpened focus on its mixed return profile. See our latest analysis for Xiaomi. Over the past year, Xiaomi’s share price return and total shareholder return have both moved lower, with the share price down 36.4% year to date and 16.4% over 90 days. This suggests recent momentum has been fading despite a much stronger 3 year total shareholder...

Waymo has imported 3,200 Zeekr cars from China since 2024 through the Port of Los Angeles. Most of those vehicles were imported this year.

Trade barriers are supposed to be simple machines. You raise the price of a thing until buying it stops making sense, and the buying stops. Washington built one of the tallest of those walls in modern trade policy around Chinese electric vehicles, and by the only measure most people can see, it ...

Geely's much cheaper Xingyuan EV outsold Tesla's Model Y during the six months through July.

After decades of winning over Chinese buyers with its German engineering, Mercedes-Benz Group AG sold only 1,153 units in China in the first half of 2026, a fraction of the more than 80,000 similarly priced SU7 sedans Xiaomi Corp. delivered in the period. The performance echoes the challenges BMW AG, Volkswagen AG and Porsche AG face in China, where they all reported second-quarter sales declines of at least 30%, worse than the overall market's drop. Bloomberg's William Wilkes reports.

Apple turned to CXMT for cheaper DRAM, only to discover that even its enormous order volumes no longer guarantee favorable pricing.

Apple just posted one of its strongest quarters in years, yet the stock tanked within the hour. The headline numbers hide a set of pressures that will force a definitive verdict next quarter.

Apple reportedly approached CXMT for lower mobile-memory prices.

The world's largest EV maker is are ramping up thanks to overseas demand and improved production of its flash-charging Blade 2.0 batteries.

Apple has unlocked a major AI opportunity in China in partnership with Alibaba, and the regulatory green light could become a powerful long-term catalyst for AAPL stock.

China's latest AI breakthrough is forcing Silicon Valley to confront a terrifying possibility: Building the world's smartest models may no longer be enough to win.

Data suggests underutilized gasoline factories, not EV plants, are driving China's auto capacity imbalance.

Apple recently secured approval from China’s Cyberspace Administration to roll out its Apple Intelligence generative AI services, integrating Alibaba’s Qwen and Baidu technology across iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS devices in the country. This clearance gives Apple a way to embed locally compliant AI into its ecosystem in the world’s largest smartphone market, potentially reinforcing user stickiness against premium rivals like Huawei and Xiaomi. We’ll now examine how gaining regulatory...