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Will Xiaomi be the world’s first smartphone company to launch an electric car?
Xiaomi, the consumer electronics and smartphone company that some compare to Apple, is preparing for a big electric car reveal this year. Consumers have been eager to see images of the new car, but all they’ve gotten so far are leaked photos of an early draft design.
Could Chinese companies produce revolutionary solid state batteries by 2024?
Solid state batteries are the tantalizing next frontier of electric vehicle batteries, and a wide range of battery, auto, and even internet companies are talking about manufacturing them, but the hype seems premature.
Carmaker Geely acquires Meizu, one of China’s oldest smartphone brands
China’s hard-charging auto manufacturer Geely stunned the car world when it bought Volvo in 2010. Now it has taken over struggling consumer electronics brand Meizu, which it hopes will give it an operating system for its cars.
‘Demon stock’ AMTD Digital had a blistering but brief rally on the NYSE
An obscure Hong Kong financial services company and its controversial founder caused an uproar on Wall Street this week after its stock shot up 14,000%. Can it possibly be legit?
How private Chinese companies are winning in Africa
Africa-China economic relations are dominated by state-to-state interactions, but Chinese private companies are making a unique impact on the continent’s economic transformation. Here’s how.
Electric car brand NIO wants to make smartphones
EV maker NIO wants to build smartphones, adding to a list of tech companies that are blurring the divide between smart devices for talking and traveling.
The top 10 metaverse companies in China
The metaverse, a concept world of virtual and augmented reality, including games and remote working environments, is the hot new thing for China’s tech investors. Here are the top 10 companies in the space.
ByteDance invests in AI-powered female virtual assistants
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What did Apple get out of its secret, $275 billion China deal in 2016?
In the spring of 2016, Apple CEO Tim Cook successfully lobbied Chinese officials to make a massive five-year deal, committing the company to invest billions in the Chinese economy. The Information, which revealed the existence of the deal, says that it helped Apple secure multiple regulatory exemptions and become the top-selling smartphone brand in China.
Elon Musk kisses the ring in China
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Chinese mobile phone leader Xiaomi removed from Pentagon blacklist
The U.S. government has accepted a court ruling that removes Xiaomi — a company founded by a famous serial entrepreneur with no military ties — from a blacklist of companies with alleged links to the Chinese military.
All the electric car companies in China — a guide to the 46 top players in the Chinese EV industry
Electric vehicles, smart systems to drive them, and advanced batteries to power them are attracting enormous sums of capital and China’s best engineering talent. These are the companies that are fighting for one of the most lucrative markets in the world. Many of them will be global EV players.
China’s upstart phone giant Xiaomi enters electric car business — but will the Mi-mobile go?
Xiaomi is a much-loved mobile phone company, but it has never made a vehicle. Yet there’s reason to believe its $10 billion electric car plan might work.
Xiaomi launches electric car division, and a new logo that looks exactly like its old logo
China’s trendiest mobile phone company is on the move, with plans to invest $1.5 billion in electric vehicles, and a logo redesign that reportedly cost $300,000. Chinese internet users think the latter was a lousy investment.
Webull: The Chinese-owned app that could rival Robinhood
Trading stocks using mobile apps is big business, and is only growing bigger after the GameStop affair pitted hedge funds against Reddit users. One of the leading players in the U.S. is owned by a Chinese company.
U.S. sanctions on CNOOC and Xiaomi, and other moves
The United States Defense and Commerce departments both released blacklists of Chinese entities today as the Trump administration uses its last week in power to implement tough China policies.
Xiaomi executive resigns over speech describing customers as ‘losers’
Wang Mei was forced to step down from her senior role at mobile phone and gadget company Xiaomi after describing customers with a Chinese slang word referring to unattractive young men. But was she punished more harshly because she was a woman?
India has banned over 200 Chinese apps since June border clash
As the India-China border conflict remained unresolved, New Delhi continued to pressure Beijing by ordering a fourth wave of Chinese app bans.
IPOs and PPE: How China’s rich got a whole lot richer in 2020
2020 saw an extraordinary amount of wealth generated in China with stock market listings, rising share prices, and pandemic-related market opportunities creating scores of new millionaires and billionaires.
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s half-trillion-dollar opportunity
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange used to lean on its finance and banking sector, but political turmoil has forced it to change. The exchange may have found salvation in China’s tech giants that seek refuge as they scurry away from America.
