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Chagee will enter South Korea with three Seoul stores opening in the second quarter of 2026, led by a Gangnam outlet and additional sites in Yongsan's I’Park Mall and Sinchon. It becomes the company’s eighth overseas market, as international GMV has risen more than 75% YoY for two consecutive quarters, reaching 262 stores abroad as of September 30, 2025.

<a href="/company/baidu">Baidu’s</a> Apollo Go has resumed fully driverless testing and services in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The restart follows its January approval for fully driverless testing in Dubai and the launch of public driverless services in Abu Dhabi.

<a href="/company/geely">Geely</a> said its overseas sales topped 60,000 units for two consecutive months, climbing 134.7% YoY to a record high. The group now operates in nearly 100 countries and regions, with Latin America, Asia Pacific, and Central Asia leading growth as it advances its global expansion strategy.

<p data-start="818" data-end="1029">Dingdong Maicai said founder Liang Changlin has stepped down as CEO, with former CFO Wang Song assuming the role while giving up his finance duties. Liang remains chairman, and CTO Jiang Xu will leave at the end of March. The leadership overhaul comes one month after <a href="/company/meituan">Meituan</a> completed its <a href="https://kr-asia.com/meituan-beats-jd-com-to-acquire-dingdong-maicais-china-business">USD 717 million acquisition of the company’s China business</a>.</p>

<a href="/company/tencent">Tencent Cloud</a> has launched WorkBuddy, a desktop <a href="/industry/ai">AI</a> agent compatible with OpenClaw skills and integrated with WeCom, QQ, Feishu (Lark), and DingTalk. It supports multiple models, including Hunyuan and <a href="/company/deepseek">DeepSeek</a>, and offers enterprise-grade security based on Tencent’s CodeBuddy architecture.

WeRide has deepened its partnership with <a href="/company/geely">Geely’s</a> Farizon Auto, unveiling an upgraded GXR robotaxi and planning 2,000 deliveries in 2026 across China and overseas markets. The model will begin production in the third quarter of 2026. WeRide’s global fleet reached 1,023 vehicles in January 2026 and is projected to exceed 2,600 units this year.

Vivo has opened its first experience and service store in Singapore at 313@Somerset, integrating retail, live product demos, and on-site after-sales support in a single location.

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.

<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.

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.

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