China Tech News
China's technology industry shapes global markets, and this section keeps it in view. Coverage spans the country's major platforms, semiconductor ambitions, AI research and models, electric vehicles, and the government policies steering it all. It also tracks how Chinese tech companies compete and expand internationally.
Stories commonly include new AI model releases from Chinese labs, progress and setbacks in domestic chipmaking, electric vehicle exports and price wars, platform earnings, and Beijing's regulatory interventions. The overseas push of Chinese apps and hardware, and the pushback they meet, is an ongoing storyline.
Understanding China's tech sector has become essential to understanding technology itself, since competition between Chinese and Western firms now drives pricing, innovation speed, and supply chains worldwide. Analysts, investors, policymakers, and industry strategists read this coverage to see both sides of that rivalry.
London to Calcutta by Bus (2022)
2026-04-30Adventures Overland plans to launch a 70-day bus service covering 20,000 kilometers between New Delhi and London, routing east through Burma, China, and Russia to avoid regions with strict visa policies for British travelers. Online discussions highlight that modern geopolitical tensions, missing infrastructure, and regional instability make planning a practical route for such historic overland journeys incredibly difficult compared to the welcoming environments of the 1970s.
China blocks Meta's acquisition of AI startup Manus
2026-04-27China has officially blocked Meta's $2 billion acquisition of Manus, a Singaporean AI startup with Chinese roots. The regulatory decision halts the tech giant's purchase of the artificial intelligence firm.