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01.04.26 - 20:37
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Stellantis in Talks to Make Chinese EVs at Idled Canadian Plant (Bloomberg)
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Stellantis NV is discussing options for building electric vehicles in Canada with its Chinese partner, Zhejiang Leapmotor Technology Co., according to people familiar with the matter, a sign of how quickly the auto industry is being reshaped after Canada opened the door to companies from the world's largest car market....
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01.04.26 - 19:54
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′System malfunction′ causes robotaxis to stall in the middle of the road in China (The Guardian)
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Distressed riders who were stranded for hours say Apollo Go customer service agents offered 'useless platitudes'A “system malfunction” has caused several self-driving robotaxis to stall in the middle of the road in China, police have confirmed, after distressed riders were stranded for hours.Local authorities in the central Chinese city of Wuhan said they began receiving calls “one after another” on Tuesday night from riders reporting that autonomous vehicles operated by the Chinese internet company Baidu had frozen. Continue reading......
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01.04.26 - 19:06
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Robotaxi outage in China′s Wuhan leaves passengers stranded in moving traffic (The Guardian)
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More than 100 of the Baidu driverless vehicles stopped running because of a system malfunctionSome robotaxi passengers were left stranded in the middle of fast-moving traffic in a major Chinese city after their driverless vehicles stopped running, according to police and media reports on Wednesday.A preliminary investigation indicates more than 100 robotaxis came to a halt because of a “system malfunction”, police in the city of Wuhan said in a statement, without elaborating. No injuries were reported. Continue reading......
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01.04.26 - 16:48
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Meet OpenClaw: The AI Craze Sweeping China (Bloomberg)
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Fueled by FOMO and a government push, agentic AI OpenClaw is surging in China. On the Big Take Asia Podcast: what it does, why it took off so fast and what it reveals about the risks and realities of AI's next phase. (Source: Bloomberg)...
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01.04.26 - 14:06
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China′s Nexchip files for Hong Kong listing as chip expansion race heats up (SCMP)
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China's third-largest chip foundry, Nexchip Semiconductor, filed for a Hong Kong listing on Tuesday as domestic wafer fabs race to expand production capacity amid surging artificial intelligence demand and Beijing's push for greater chip self-sufficiency.
Nexchip, a smaller rival to SMIC and Hua Hong Semiconductor, is seeking a dual listing in Shanghai and Hong Kong, signalling the state-backed foundry's latest effort to strengthen its position in China's mature-node chipmaking sector.
The move......
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01.04.26 - 13:54
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China′s Sci-Fi Boom Drives Record Revenue Growth (ZeroHedge)
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China's Sci-Fi Boom Drives Record Revenue Growth
Public interest in science fiction is rapidly rising in China, alongside the country's push toward technological advancement.
A new report says revenues hit a record in 2025 while related online searches surged by over 200%, according to the South China Morning Post.
According to data released at the China Science Fiction Convention and reported by Xinhua, total industry revenue reached 126.1 billion yuan (US$18.2 billion), marking a 15.7% year-on-year increase.
The report also noted expanding global influence for Chinese sci-fi intellectual property.
Video games continue to dominate the sector, contributing more than 60% of total earnings.
Sci-fi titles alone brought in 77.91 billion yuan and performed well internationally.
As Wu Yan put it, “Overall, sci-fi games still account for the lion's share of the market.”
He added that younger audiences favor immersive, interactive formats, where games still outpace other media in both populari...
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