Huawei’s HarmonyOS 3 will officially roll out to an initial batch of devices in mid-October after a month of public testing. The company will launch the new system on 23 models, including 20 types of phone, two watch models, and a tablet. Huawei also revealed a list of 15 models that will be eligible for […]

Alibaba’s grocery chain Freshippo withdrew its group buying business from Hangzhou and Nanjing on Oct.10, leaving Shanghai as the only city to operate the business for now. The firm’s group-buy unit was considered the most important strategy for Freshippo when it launched in 2021. In April, the grocer exited from Beijing, Xi’an, Chengdu and Wuhan […]

Chinese battery maker CATL sold about 18 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of batteries and enjoyed a nearly 40% global market share in August, according to figures compiled by industry tracker SNE Research. With more than 102.2 GWh of EV batteries shipped since the beginning of the year, the world’s biggest EV battery supplier has already surpassed its […]

Xiaomi-invested gaming phone maker Black Shark is downsizing across all major departments, affecting nearly half of the company’s employees. China Star Market cites several sources as saying that Black Shark’s VR business is hardest hit by the redundancies, with a large number of employees recruited at the beginning of this year being impacted, and positions […]

Major Chinese phone vendor Honor has freshened up its affordable phone series Play with the launch of the new 6C on Saturday in China. The Honor Play 6C has a 6.5-inch LCD display with a 90 Hz refresh rate and 720 x 1,600 resolution. It is equipped with an unnamed SM4350 Pro 5G processor from […]

Flowing Cloud Technology, a former Chinese game development platform that turned into a metaverse-focused company last December, closed its public offering on Friday and is expected to be listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange (HKEX) on Oct 18. Flowing Cloud first filed a form on the HKEX just days after its transition, with the […]

Chinese electric vehicle startup Niutron on Saturday launched its first production model, the NV, offering two electrified options – all-electric or plug-in hybrid – with a price range of RMB 278,800 to RMB 318,800 ($39,179 to $44,800). Scheduled for delivery later this year, the plug-in hybrid crossover has a driving range of 1,257 kilometers (781 […]

Ding Yun, deputy chairman of the supervisory board of the Chinese telecom giant Huawei, died of a sudden illness on Friday, according to an announcement on the firm’s discussion forum. Ding served 26 years at Huawei as an executive of enterprise and carrier business groups. Born in 1969, he graduated from Southeast University with a […]