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China tech news and opinions on the ground.

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Counterpoint: China’s 618 smartphone sales fall 13% year-on-year https://t.co/Xb8Yt46BFa

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Tencent launches Hunyuan Hy3, integrates model across multiple products https://t.co/IE2D5JpQZb

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UBTECH says full-size humanoid robots typically run for only two to four hours amid U1 battery criticism https://t.co/lAcPnBV8H4

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Huawei Mate 90 series reportedly to feature new Kirin 2026 chip based on Tao (τ) Law https://t.co/j02N5pL0wP

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ByteDance’s Doubao and Alibaba’s Qwen to shut down AI agent features on July 15 https://t.co/746NH7dLtK

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How a small Portuguese university city is building hard-tech startups https://t.co/oBhEEZHbau

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Hit party game Party Animals heads to mobile, bringing furry chaos to smartphones https://t.co/95QyRJ4N4X

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Kuaishou’s Kling AI raises nearly $3 billion in funding https://t.co/veLAX5V8mM

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Tencent joins reported $3 billion funding round for Kuaishou’s Kling AI https://t.co/RCfEgimNAR

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Tencent launches Ubisoft-licensed Just Dance: Party on mobile platforms with AI body tracking https://t.co/gFEEiLgfUP

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Xiaohongshu reportedly launches internal Darwin project to develop new products https://t.co/Q6GlzAsE0A

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Xiaomi launches crowdfunding for its first smart storage device https://t.co/kg8c239UJH

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UBTECH unveils consumer humanoid robot U1, says orders secure 11,000 ahead of first deliveries https://t.co/tcaj4YzrGd

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Paper Games cancels Love and Deepspace’s new male lead Ao Yin after player backlash https://t.co/5rASES8aiL

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NVIDIA expands robotics hiring in China, opens roles in Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen https://t.co/TLMyXRZtMG

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Momenta launches Hong Kong IPO with GIC, Fidelity and BlackRock as cornerstone investors https://t.co/fQ1vp1yWbt

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CXMT and Tencent reportedly reach $2.94 billion DRAM supply agreement https://t.co/UmuvTQhm1p

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DeepSeek to launch V4 in mid-July with new peak-time API pricing https://t.co/B5OnFXDq5l

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Apple reportedly lobbies US for approval to source DRAM from China’s CXMT https://t.co/nYlnjQlv59

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Tencent tests TenPayGo, a WeChat pay-based app for overseas visitors https://t.co/BDA0OEaUvt