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<a href="/company/netease">NetEase</a> will stop funding Nagoshi Studio, the Japanese developer founded by Yakuza creator Toshihiro Nagoshi, from May. The move follows a review showing the studio’s first game would require at least JPY 7 billion in additional funding as NetEase scales back global game investments.

Oppo will debut its Find N6 foldable phone on March 17, introducing what it described as the industry’s first “zero-feel crease,” enabled by a redesigned hinge and updated display materials to reduce visible folding under normal use. The device also includes a 200-megapixel Hasselblad camera, a slim book-style design, and support for the Oppo AI Pen.

Tsing Micro has begun its A-share IPO process after signing a listing guidance agreement with Huatai United Securities on February 25. The company develops reconfigurable processing unit (RPU) chips for <a href="/industry/ai">AI</a> and edge computing, with cumulative shipments exceeding 30 million units.

ZTE reported 2025 revenue of RMB 134 billion, up 10.4% YoY, but net profit fell 33.3% to RMB 5.62 billion as telecom operator spending slowed. Its computing business surged 150% and accounted for 24.6% of total sales as the company expands <a href="/industry/ai">AI</a> infrastructure.

<a href="/company/byd">BYD</a> has unveiled an updated blade battery that can charge from 10% to 97% in about nine minutes, which it said is the fastest for mass produced <a href="/industry/ev">EVs</a>. The LFP battery will debut in 11 models, while the company plans to install 20,000 ultra fast 1,500-kilowatt chargers across China by 2026.

<a href="/company/tencent">Tencent</a> has enabled official integration between QQ and the OpenClaw <a href="/industry/ai">AI</a> agent platform, allowing users to create QQ bots. Each account can generate up to five bots, which can send and receive multimedia messages and execute agent tasks after a quick setup.

Shanda founder Chen Tianqiao said he is investing more than USD 2 billion to develop “discoverative AI,” a system designed to generate new knowledge by combining long-term memory, causal reasoning, and predictive modeling. The initiative also includes <a href="/industry/ai">AI</a> infrastructure, startup incubation, and brain research partnerships in the US.

<a href="/company/mixue-bingcheng">Mixue Bingcheng</a> is piloting freshly ground coffee in selected stores, people close to the company said. The trial includes automatic coffee machines, new coffee drinks, and upgraded beans and milk. Most Mixue outlets previously served drip-style coffee made from coffee powder rather than freshly ground beans.

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<a href="/company/tencent">Tencent Cloud</a> will launch a new availability zone in Frankfurt in Q2, bringing its total in Germany to three and expanding infrastructure for cloud and <a href="/industry/ai">AI</a> services in Europe. The company said its international business has recorded double-digit growth for three years, with its overseas customer base doubling in 2025.

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