Xiaomi unveils YU7 electric SUV to take on similar models from Tesla, Li Auto, Nio in 2025

Xiaomi unveils YU7 electric SUV to take on similar models from Tesla, Li Auto, Nio in 2025

Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi has revealed its new YU7 sports utility vehicle (SUV) that it expects to commercially release in mid-2025, taking on similar models from Tesla, Li Auto and Nio in the world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) market. In a Weibo post on Tuesday, Xiaomi founder, chairman and chief executive Lei Jun showed off … Read more

This new Android phone almost beat my favorite smartphone camera of 2024

This new Android phone almost beat my favorite smartphone camera of 2024

Table of Contents Table of Contents The camera specifications Main camera Telephoto cameras Wide-angle camera Night mode Is the Xiaomi 14 Ultra still my favorite camera phone? The Xiaomi 14 Ultra is my favorite camera phone of 2024, but the arrival of the Oppo Find X8 Pro impressed me enough during my first few days … Read more

Huawei premium smartphone shipments surge, as Apple continues to lead segment in China

Huawei premium smartphone shipments surge, as Apple continues to lead segment in China

Huawei Technologies gained more ground in mainland China’s high-end smartphone segment in the third quarter, narrowing the gap with US rival Apple, which still leads that handset category, the latest data from research firm Canalys showed. Shenzhen-based Huawei’s domestic shipments of premium-priced smartphones – handsets that cost more than US$600 – surged 34 per cent … Read more

Xiaomi readies mobile chip design for 2025 mass production to cut reliance on Qualcomm

Xiaomi readies mobile chip design for 2025 mass production to cut reliance on Qualcomm

Xiaomi is preparing a self-designed mobile processor for its upcoming smartphones in an effort to reduce its reliance on foreign suppliers Qualcomm and MediaTek. The processor may help Xiaomi be more self-sufficient and stand out in an Android market led by Qualcomm customers. Mass production of the chip designed in-house is expected to begin in … Read more

Wuzhen Summit: China creates AI advisory body, with Alibaba Cloud founder as chief expert

Wuzhen Summit: China creates AI advisory body, with Alibaba Cloud founder as chief expert

China has created a new specialist committee on artificial intelligence (AI), as part of the country’s vision for the development and governance of the technology, amid simmering tensions between Beijing and Washington. The AI Experts Committee will help spearhead efforts to promote the country’s perspective on how the fast-growing technology should be governed, according to … Read more

Oppo brings back premium Find X smartphones to global markets amid slow growth at home

Oppo brings back premium Find X smartphones to global markets amid slow growth at home

Oppo has brought back its high-end Find X series smartphones to overseas markets in a renewed international push, as Chinese Android handset vendors step up expansion efforts amid cutthroat competition at home. The Chinese smartphone giant – the world’s fourth-largest handset vendor by shipments last quarter, according to research firm IDC – on Thursday held … Read more

My Take | Tesla is the poster child for foreign success in China. Can it sustain the goodwill?

My Take | Tesla is the poster child for foreign success in China. Can it sustain the goodwill?

The People’s Daily, the mouthpiece of China’s ruling Communist Party, does not offer praise to foreign businesses very easily. But the newspaper broke with tradition over the weekend with an editorial paying tribute to Tesla, the US electric vehicle (EV) maker owned by billionaire Elon Musk, for helping create the domestic EV boom. The editorial, … Read more

Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun marks roll-out of 100,000th EV by paying homage to Tesla’s Elon Musk

Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun marks roll-out of 100,000th EV by paying homage to Tesla’s Elon Musk

Xiaomi founder, chairman and chief executive Lei Jun on Wednesday marked the roll-out of the firm’s 100,000th electric vehicle (EV) from the assembly line with a social-media post of himself sleeping on the factory floor, paying homage to what Elon Musk did during the early days of Tesla. In a post published at 7:57am on … Read more

Alibaba, JD.com claim big win in Singles’ Day sales as consumer spending bounces back

Alibaba, JD.com claim big win in Singles’ Day sales as consumer spending bounces back

Alibaba Group Holding and JD.com wrapped up their respective Singles’ Day promotions this year, with both Chinese e-commerce giants claiming strong results that signify a rebound in domestic consumer spending during the world’s largest annual shopping festival. Taobao and Tmall Group (TTG), Alibaba’s domestic e-commerce business unit, on Tuesday said its Singles’ Day campaign had … Read more

Alibaba sees Singles’ Day campaign pay off with strong sales in 4 popular categories

Alibaba sees Singles’ Day campaign pay off with strong sales in 4 popular categories

Alibaba Group Holding says this year’s Singles’ Day campaign has seen strong demand in four product categories – home appliances, consumer electronics, beauty and apparel – in a sign of consumer-spending recovery on the mainland, as the world’s largest online shopping festival drew to a close on Monday. Taobao and Tmall Group (TTG), Alibaba’s domestic … Read more