China

The companies are leveraging market scale and semi-solid technology in their quest for dominance.

Shi Xiaoxin helped define Xpeng’s humanoid robot product system.

Tencent is allowing smartphone makers to connect through controlled integrations rather than screen-reading agents.

Li-Ning offers something harder to match than money: room to make Curry Brand the centerpiece.

World models, coding, Seedance, and Doubao monetization are set to guide its AI agenda this year.

The state-owned automaker is struggling against EV rivals like BYD and Geely.

The EV maker hopes its in-house strategy will help cut costs and break an eight-month sales slump.

The continued price war in China drags the automaker’s margin into single digits.