Tesla sold just 8,817 vehicles in China in October 2026, its lowest domestic monthly total since July 2022, down 66.1% from a year earlier. The Model Y dropped from first place in September to 66th, as a September promotional push appears to have pulled deliveries forward.
The Shanghai Hotel, a Jing'an landmark since 1983, has reopened as Shanghai Hotel Jing'an Radisson, keeping its classic shell while adding 357 rooms near Jing'an Temple. It headlines a weekly travel brief that also flags Explora Journeys' first Asia season.
A Chinese social post about a Sam's Club in Jinan on November 8 captures a familiar frustration: paid members who expect a calm, orderly warehouse store instead face crowds and chaos. The complaint is less about shopping than about what a membership fee is supposed to buy.
At the ninth China International Import Expo in Shanghai, Qualcomm showcased an on-device mixture-of-experts agent, arguing that edge AI is entering a new phase after three to four years of development. The company says the shift moves phones from single-point apps toward persistent, agent-like experiences.
At CNCC 2026, Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Zhang Weinan argued that physical intelligence — AI that senses, predicts and acts in the real world — is the field's hardest open problem, because mistakes in a factory cannot be undone with a keystroke.
As GPT-6 Astra fuels fears that general AI will swallow robotics, Chinese embodied-AI firm AgiBot staged a launch event built around its Worken compute accounting and 20,000-unit shipment record, arguing robot makers still own the physical half of the problem.
A Shanghai Star Market survey shows 24 of 49 listed optical communication companies grew third-quarter net profit by more than 50%, driven by AI computing and data-center demand for high-speed optical links.
Kodak's signature yellow has moved from film boxes to hoodies and plush toys, drawing queues in Seoul and photo crowds in Shanghai. A licensing-driven revival shows how an old imaging brand can sell nostalgia without making a single roll of film.
Shanghai's night session split sharply: crude oil futures climbed 4.25% to 758.50 yuan a barrel, while gold fell 3.51% and silver dropped 6.8%. The divergence puts energy and precious metals on opposite tracks in one of the world's busiest commodity markets.
A stake shuffle inside Zhou Hongyi's holding structure has been read by some investors as a sale of 360 shares. The cybersecurity-turned-AI company's stock is near multi-year lows, making any ownership change a test of confidence.
China's biggest shopping festival has become an AI proving ground, with Alibaba's Qwen Go assistant handling price checks and refunds while ByteDance's Doubao phone helper hits roadblocks. The contest shows how agents are moving from chat into checkout.
A Huafu Securities macro analyst argues that Chinese A-share valuations already reflect investors' cautious expectations, with broad indices and growth sectors near historic lows. He urges investors to avoid panic selling and focus on companies whose earnings justify their prices.
Shandong's highway service areas are winning over Chinese road-trippers who once dreaded them, drawing millions of visitors a year as domestic self-drive holidays boom. The upgrade turns a neglected roadside business into a template other provinces are watching.
Foreign visitors arriving under China's 240-hour visa-free transit are leaving with full suitcases and a craving for hotpot and street snacks. For many, one stopover becomes the preview of a second trip.
China drew 548.8 billion yuan in foreign investment in the first nine months of 2026, down 4.3% year on year, yet high-tech sectors pulled in 228.5 billion yuan, up 33.8%. September alone posted a 2.5% rise, hinting at a turnaround.
Shanghai police arrested 25 people accused of using custom software to bulk-buy limited-edition blind boxes and resell them at a profit, seizing more than 5 million yuan in illegal gains.
The mysterious model that quietly dominated OpenRouter over China's National Day holiday has been unmasked as MiniMax's M3.1 Flash, which now leads agent-task benchmarks while undercutting rivals on price.
Chinese startup Today AI has raised more than $200 million just months after launching its personal AI assistant, with backing from Tencent, Ant Group and Sequoia China. The company is betting that always-on agents will manage schedules, tasks and daily life.
A 200-strong Renault engineering team in China, known as ACDC, is changing how the French automaker develops vehicles, cutting costs and speeding up launches. The experiment reflects a wider shift as global carmakers look to Chinese software and electric-vehicle expertise.
More than ten of China's 19 private banks have stopped selling new personal deposits to customers who live and are registered outside their home province. The change follows a push to localize deposit business, and it is reshaping how savers hunt for yield online.
A Shanghai pilot is issuing digital ID numbers to AI agents so companies can track who assigns them work, who approves it, and who is accountable when things go wrong.
A wave of viral essays on Chinese media asks why ordinary lives feel like failure, and urges readers to stop comparing themselves with the polished lives on their phones. The genre blends folk wisdom and confession — and it is drawing huge audiences.
Goldman Sachs raised its copper price targets for 2026 and 2027, betting supply tightness and steady demand keep the metal elevated. The call lands as copper futures slip in overnight trade and investors weigh a broader commodities picture.
A veteran Chinese tech-and-lifestyle outlet has revived its music column, teaming with audio brand FiiO to recommend eight Chinese indie and pop albums. It is a small window into how China's tastemakers are curating homegrown music for listeners.
Natural rubber futures in Shanghai closed above 20,000 yuan a tonne for the first time since 2017, even as tire factories run at less than half capacity. The gap between rising raw-material costs and weak demand is squeezing the industry.
A viral essay argues that the 'love yourself' marketing aimed at young Chinese women is a carefully built commercial trap, pushing low earners into credit-card debt for skincare, 'light luxury' jewelry and ritual gift boxes.
Researchers at a Shanghai brain-science institute report that a neuron's branching dendrites can perform complex cognitive computation on their own, upending the textbook view of the brain as a network of simple nodes. The work appeared in the journal Science.
Shanghai Superconductor has topped out a massive new plant that will lift its output of high-temperature superconducting tape to 20,000 km a year, the largest such capacity in the world, as fusion and grid projects scramble for the material.
Alltron, the world's top maker of high-density circuit boards for cars, lost 191 million yuan in six months while its core margin fell to 2.8%. The Tesla supplier is still pushing a dual listing in Hong Kong and Shanghai.
The 25th China Shanghai International Arts Festival opened with the debut of the Shanghai Grand Opera House, a six-year, 4,200-seat venue on the Huangpu River. City leaders and programmers say Shanghai is shifting from a stop for touring shows to a place that creates them.
The 25th China Shanghai International Arts Festival opens October 17, with 60 productions and 170 performances. Highlights include three opera Asian premieres and the Beijing People's Art Theatre staging two versions of Hamlet.
A Chinese tea brand, LINLEE, has launched a cross-over with World of Warcraft as the game marks 22 years, turning a fantasy battlefield into a reason to meet up over drinks.
A viral essay argues that China's old web of casual social ties has quietly dissolved, leaving people to invest deeply in a few relationships instead. Weddings, group chats and awkward banquet tables are the clearest evidence.
A traveler from Shanghai shares how a family trip to Tahiti and Bora Bora cost about 12,000 yuan per economy seat — and why ordinary tourists, not just honeymooners, can make the trip work.
A Ukrainian traveler loses a $2,200 iPhone minutes after landing at Shanghai Pudong, holding her IDs and entire itinerary. A volunteer spends three days helping her search, file a police report and track it down.
A Chinese essay explores a new kind of intimacy — a relationship that exists only through a phone screen, never in person. It joins a growing genre of writing about modern emotional life in China.
A Chinese-born vlogger in Denmark flew her late husband's parents to Qingdao, where a restored family photograph moved viewers to tears. Her story shows how grief, in-laws and a camera can build something like family.
Chinese Western food is a homegrown cuisine that blends European technique with local staples like rice, soy and wok fire. A Quora-style essay argues this hybrid tradition is one of the world's most underrated ways of eating.
Liu Yifei, one of China's best-known actresses, drew huge online attention at a Bobbi Brown event in Shanghai, where fan-shot photos triggered the usual mix of praise and scrutiny over her appearance.
Fuxing Island, a quiet industrial island in Shanghai, drew over 200,000 visitors during National Day as cosplayers, gamers and electronic music fans reclaimed its old docks. The event shows how China's industrial heritage is being repurposed for youth culture.
