CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter: China’s weak consumer becomes the world’s problem
A China-Africa liner carrying 23800 tons of mechanical equipment and engineering vehicles set sail from Yantai Port to…
In Focus | Family firms power China’s economy – but what happens when the heirs refuse the throne?
Many Chinese tend to label the offspring of the country’s nouveau riche private business founders with the pejorative…
Pipes, power and petaflops: what’s behind China’s massive ‘6 networks’ investment
China’s biggest economic buzzword this year could be the “six networks”, as Beijing aims to use infrastructure investment…
Beijing bets on a US$1 trillion sports boom to revive consumption, job market
China plans to expand the scale of its sports industry to at least 7 trillion yuan (about US$1…
Hugging Face’s new duck robot is selling fast. A Chinese chip powers it
The Microduck robot is set to come with a range of pre-installed actions, according to its developers HuggingFace…
CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter: McKinsey’s contrarian view
Crowds of pedestrians cross a road outside the Taikoo Li Sanlitun shopping complex on August 22, 2026, in…
China’s factory activity shrinks for second straight month
LIUZHOU, CHINA – JULY 25: Robotic arms assemble auto parts at the workshop of Guangxi Liuzhou Zhuotong Auto…
Analysts favor humanoid supplier, even as robots remain concepts — for now
As the novelty surrounding humanoid robots gives way to business questions about their commercialization, stock analysts still see…
China moves to stabilise property sector with ‘stronger-than-expected’ policy package
Beijing has unveiled a package of measures to shift home sales in China’s vast property market away from…
Nvidia ships first H200 chips to China, but forecasts no data-centre computing revenue
Nvidia has confirmed its first shipments of H200 data-centre processors to China under a new US licensing scheme,…
Z.ai shares surge 8% on new AI model running only on Chinese chips
The Zhipu or Z.ai logo is pictured on a smartphone on Aug. 14, 2026. Cfoto | Future Publishing…
China taps high-altitude winds for power generation by flying craft to 4,000m
China has flown an airborne wind energy system to 4,000 metres (13,123 feet) above sea level and generated…