Stella Li: BYD Can Overtake Toyota and VW Without the U.S.
October 12, 2026 – Stella Li, executive vice president of BYD and head of its international business, laid out the company’s next phase of global strategy at a summit in Singapore, saying BYD aims to overtake Toyota and Volkswagen within five years to become the world’s largest automaker. She said BYD will continue its overseas…
Kimi K4 in the Works: Moonshot AI Eyes 5-6 Trillion Parameter Beast
October 12, 2026 – Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3, currently regarded as the strongest domestic large model in China, is approaching the three-month mark since its release. Rumors of an upgraded K3.1 have circulated since late last month, with reports now pointing to a mid-October launch. According to Nomura Securities, Kimi K3.1 is expected to be…
Geely Enters Canada: Chinese Automakers Now Present in Both U.S. Neighbors
October 10, 2026 – Geely Auto officially announced its entry into the Canadian market on October 9, saying it has set up a local team and is building out retail and service networks before launching its first vehicles for Canadian consumers in 2027. The move makes Geely another Chinese automaker to enter the North American…
BYD’s Humanoid Robot ‘Xiao Di’ Debuts in Newly Published Design Patent
October 10, 2026 – China’s National Intellectual Property Administration has published a design patent for an embodied intelligent robot, with BYD Co. Ltd. listed as the patent holder. This marks the first formal public disclosure of the appearance of BYD’s self-developed humanoid robot. The patent’s authorization announcement number is CN 310247768 S. The authorization announcement…
Xiaomi MiMo V2.6 Pro Tops SuperCLUE Agent Coding Benchmark
October 9, 2026 – SuperCLUE has released a Chinese-language benchmark for agent-based terminal programming, with Xiaomi’s MiMo V2.6 Pro taking the top overall score. The evaluation focuses on how well large models perform when driving an agent framework to handle Chinese-language requirements. It covers requirement understanding, task planning, tool use, file editing, error diagnosis and…
EU Set to Rule on JD-Ceconomy Deal by November 4, Sources Say
October 9, 2026 – According to media reports citing people familiar with the matter, JD.com has refined its remedial package to address the European Commission’s regulatory concerns over its $2.5 billion (about 16.8 billion yuan) acquisition of German electronics retailer Ceconomy. The transaction is now expected to win EU approval, with the European Commission set…
Huawei Ascend Overtakes Nvidia in China: 50% Market Share vs. 8%
October 8, 2026 – According to recent reports, Huawei management told the media that, based on the data the company can track, Huawei’s AI accelerators have become more popular than Nvidia’s in the Chinese market. Institutional estimates and figures disclosed at Huawei Connect show that Huawei’s Ascend AI chips now hold about 50 percent of…
Huawei Unveils XMFS: A New File System for CXL 3.0 Servers Outperforming tmpfs
October 8, 2026 – At the Linux Plumbers Conference 2026 held recently in the Czech Republic, Huawei engineers formally presented an experimental file system called XMFS. XMFS, short for eXpress Memory File System, is a specialized file system designed for modern Linux servers equipped with CXL 3.0 or Huawei’s Unified Bus. Both CXL 3.0 and…
Huawei Mate 90 Series Launches October 1, Available Same Day in a Rare Move
September 29, 2026 – After nearly a month of speculation, Huawei has officially confirmed the launch schedule for the Mate 90 series. The company announced that the Mate 90 series will be unveiled at 10:00 a.m. on October 1, with sales opening across all channels at 12:08 p.m. the same day — meaning the phones…
Wang Chuanfu Re-elected BYD Chairman for Three-Year Term, Retains Dual Role as President
September 29, 2026 (evening) – BYD Company Ltd. announced on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange that its board of directors has elected Wang Chuanfu as chairman of the ninth board of directors, for a three-year term beginning from the date of approval and lasting until the end of the ninth board’s term. The first meeting of…
