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Chinese pre-orders for Apple’s iPhone 17 break records amid strong demand

Pre-order sales of Apple’s new iPhone 17 series have got off to a robust start in China, shattering previous records…

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China’s Hangzhou makes AI classes compulsory in schools amid nationwide push

Hangzhou, in China’s Zhejiang province, will introduce mandatory artificial intelligence (AI) courses for primary and secondary schools starting in the…

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TikTok owner ByteDance finds median service length of employees at about 3 years

Social media giant ByteDance, owner of TikTok and its Chinese sibling Douyin, says the median service length of existing employees…

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Xiaomi’s EV unit to become profitable this year, CEO Lei Jun says

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi will start making money from its electric-vehicle (EV) venture by the end of this year, according…

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Former Huawei ‘Genius Youth’ recruit launches humanoid robots to rival Tesla’s Optimus

“We have made some breakthroughs … in product research and development in the past year, and we’re now at the…

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Badminton mocked as becoming ‘rich people’s sport’ in China as shuttlecock prices surge

A price increase in the cost of badminton shuttlecocks in China is reported to have been caused by an unlikely…

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