China’s Social Credit System

A new report by Counterpoint Research points to India and China as key drivers of Apple’s 3% year-over-year rise in global premium smartphone sales during the first half of 2025, despite a market share dip. Here are the details. For the past few months, we have covered multiple reports indicating…

The complaint says the China-based retailer is a “veritable swamp of infringing and otherwise illegal products” Twenty One Pilots performing in Milan in April 2025. Francesco Prandoni/Getty Images Twenty One Pilots have accused Temu of marketing and selling counterfeit merch in a new trademark infringement lawsuit filed against the China-based online…

During the Ghost Festival on September 6, people across China honored the spirits of their ancestors by burning joss paper, floating lanterns, or even offering painkillers and Labubu dolls. Others simply communicated with their late relative using their smartphone — and even receive a reply. People around the world are…

Reports 104% revenue surge: iFlytek’s AI Learning Machine revenue jumped 104% year-on-year in 1H25 , with gross profit up 116% , making it a rare scaled success in China’s crowded AI hardware market. Delivers deep-reasoning advantage: The Spark X1 large model achieved 2.39% hallucination rates versus 6.8% for peers, using…

Takeaways from AP's investigation into how US tech companies enabled China's digital police stateRead More

Detailed findings from AP investigation into how US tech firms enabled China's digital police stateRead More

The increase in China’s overseas shipments last month fell below a Bloomberg forecast of 5.5 percent. China’s exports expanded 4.4 percent year-on-year in August, official data showed Monday, as the world’s second-largest economy navigated an uneasy trade war truce with the United States. The increase in China’s overseas shipments last…

Opinion China's President Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin were this week reportedly overheard chatting about the possibility that organ transplants might help them achieve immortality. That's scary because both already show signs of intending to rule their nations for the remainder of their lives, and because we know those…

Pakistan and China have entered a new chapter in their economic partnership as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif officially launched CPEC 2.0 during his visit to Beijing. In this important step, both sides signed 21 Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) worth $8.5 billion, reflecting their strong commitment to expanding cooperation. The second…

U.S.-China trade imbalances peaking as policies force change, BCA Research saysRead More