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Z.ai, also known as Zhipu AI, will restrict new subscriptions to its GLM Coding Plan to 20% of current daily levels starting January 23, citing resource strain from a surge in demand following its GLM-4.7 model launch. Existing users remain unaffected.

Canada’s federal court has overturned a government order to dissolve <a href="/company/tiktok">TikTok’s</a> operations, allowing the platform to continue while a new national security review is conducted. The 2024 order cited security concerns over its Chinese ownership. TikTok, which has about 14 million users in Canada, said it welcomed the ruling and will cooperate with the review.

China added 470 GW of new power capacity in 2025, roughly seven times the US increase, as it moves to secure cheap, abundant energy for <a href="/industry/ai">AI</a> development. Renewable sources accounted for 80% of the new capacity, while 27 nuclear reactors are under construction. The expansion underscores Beijing’s growing advantage in its technology rivalry with Washington.

<a href="/company/alibaba">Alibaba Group</a> has launched a RMB 250 million joint venture with China National Nuclear Power and others to develop electricity generation projects, according to Tianyancha. The move could help secure reliable, clean power for Alibaba’s expanding AI data centers as tech firms race to meet rising energy demands.

iQiyi's international platform recorded a 114.5% YoY increase in global views in 2025, driven by strong demand for Chinese and Thai dramas. The company also launched new content charts across six categories, including drama, film, and animation, to track global viewing trends. Dramas and original content remain its key growth drivers.

<a href="/company/alibaba">Alibaba’s</a> Qwen has become the world’s leading open-source large model, with more than 200,000 derivative models and over one billion downloads, according to Hugging Face. Developers worldwide are creating about 200 new Qwen-based models daily across fields such as robotics, translation, and content generation, highlighting its influence.

Kling AI, a video generation platform developed by <a href="/company/kuaishou">Kuaishou</a>, has surpassed 12 million monthly active users. The tool generated more than USD 20 million in revenue in December 2025, prompting the company to raise its full-year forecast to USD 140 million.

Douyin E-commerce has denied online claims that it launched a discount shopping app, clarifying that no such product exists. People familiar with the matter said the effort stems from small-scale tests in Douyin’s local group buying business, aimed at convenience rather than cost-saving, and that the final name may differ.

China Telecom has developed mixture-of-experts AI models trained entirely on <a href="/company/huawei">Huawei’s</a> Ascend 910B chips, marking a milestone in China’s domestic large model development. The TeleChat3 models, which scale up to trillions of parameters, were built using Huawei’s MindSpore framework but still lag behind leading US models on key benchmarks.

Chinese smartphone makers are slashing 2026 shipment targets as a global memory shortage squeezes supply chains. <a href="/company/xiaomi">Xiaomi</a> reduced its forecast by up to 70 million units and Transsion by 30–45 million, sources said. The cutbacks follow rising chip prices as Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron divert capacity to <a href="/industry/ai">AI</a> demand, weighing heavily on the handset sector.

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