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China’s six largest state-owned banks plan to distribute about RMB 427.4 billion in 2025 dividends, up 1.6% YoY, extending record payouts as investors shift toward defensive, income-generating assets.

<a href="/company/tencent">Tencent Cloud</a> will raise prices for <a href="/industry/ai">AI</a> computing, container services, and Elastic MapReduce by 5% from May 9, citing rising hardware costs and surging demand, in line with similar moves by <a href="/company/alibaba">Alibaba Cloud</a> and <a href="/company/baidu">Baidu</a>.

<a href="/company/bytedance">ByteDance</a> has launched Seeduplex, a voice model built on a full-duplex framework, designed to cut error interruptions and enable more natural dialogue with real-time listening and response.

WeChat has begun deleting articles flagged as “non-human automated content” after banning <a href="/industry/ai">AI</a>-generated and scripted publishing, with violations facing content removal and account penalties.

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<a href="/company/byd">BYD</a> has announced it will debut the Sea Lion 08 SUV at this year's Beijing Auto Show, expanding its Ocean series lineup with a new high-end model.

CK Hutchison’s Panama Ports Company has launched arbitration against Maersk, alleging breach of contract over canal port operations, with related claims tied to a broader dispute exceeding USD 2 billion.

<a href="/company/xiaohongshu">Xiaohongshu</a> unveiled its NPL (notes, people, live streaming) commerce framework and said top merchants posted over 2.6-fold GMV growth in 2025, with 39 million users generating daily purchase demand.

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