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China’s Zeekr hits high growth trajectory with its latest electric van by Jill SHEN

Chinese electric vehicle brand Zeekr has grabbed the spotlight again after?unveiling one of the finest luxury vans Chinese consumers can buy. The company says it is seeking to end the dominance of multinationals in the Chinese market, where dealers charge significant markups for similar offerings.

JD pushes livestreaming appearances of founder Richard Liu’s avatar ahead of 618 e-commerce festival by Cheyenne Dong

An avatar of JD founder Richard Liu participated in its third livestreaming show on Monday as part of a promotional event for this year’s World Book Day. Although the virtual Liu’s nearly 40-minute-long slot made for only a short section of the 11-hour-long e-commerce event, its appearance still suggests that the company sees use of the avatar as a headline- and hype-generating strategy as it looks to boost consumption on its platforms.?

Super Micro, Dell, and Gigabyte suspected of illegally exporting advanced Nvidia chips to China: report by Jessie Wu

Chinese universities and research institutions were still able to purchase servers equipped with the restricted GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) chips as of Feb. 28, despite US export restrictions on the chips being in place since October 2022 and tightened in November 2023, according to an exclusive report by?Reuters.

“We aren’t going anywhere,” says TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew as app prepares legal counter-attack by Cheyenne Dong

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew told the platform’s users that “we aren’t going anywhere” after US President Joe Biden signed the sell-or-ban bill targeting the app into law, giving TikTok’s Chinese parent company nine to 12 months to divest.

Global carmakers take on Chinese giants in EV showdown at Beijing Auto Show 2024 by Jill SHEN

Global carmakers from Volkswagen to Toyota are introducing new models at the Beijing Auto Show 2024 with the help of Chinese tech companies in an effort to defend market share amid a major shift to electric vehicles led by local car giants.?