Zhipu AI, known internationally as Z.ai and the main competitor to OpenAI, is restricting sign-ups for its new flagship AI coding product, reports the South China Morning Post. The move comes as existing users face performance issues amid a computing crunch that continues to beset Chinese AI firms. On Wednesday, the Beijing-based firm announced in a WeChat post that it would […]
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Chinese energy storage firms secured a record 366 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of overseas orders in 2025, up 144% from a year earlier reports Caixin. This is reportedly driven by grid instability in Europe and favorable policy tailwinds in the US and Australia. The China Energy Storage Alliance (CNESA), which released the figures Thursday, said more than half […]
Comac, China’s state-run planemaker, says it is aiming to raise this year’s sales—and presumably production—from 15 to 28 of the C919, the country’s first domestically produced passenger jet. Last year, it set the ambitious target of 75, and only sold 15. Since the rollout in 2022, the total number of C919s sold are no more […]
The week was dominated by an event that China did not attend in any substantive way — the World Economic Forum in Davos. Mr Xi has attended in the past, but not this year. But they were a player anyway by implication. Mr Trump of course was there and gave a performance, and there were some solid […]
China’s government is likely to set this year’s economic growth target in a range between 4.5 and 5%, reports the South China Morning Post, citing to three sources briefed on the matter. The range, if confirmed, would serve as another indication of a tilt towards economic rebalancing and stability, both highly valued in the first year […]