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Alibaba has led a new funding round for AI video startup AIsphere, bringing its total Series C financing to 2.98 billion yuan. The deal highlights a race among Chinese tech giants to invest in interactive world models caixinglobal.com/2026-07-15/ali…

State-owned conglomerate Citic Group is preparing a fresh round of executive reshuffles, with potential promotions at China Citic Bank and a leadership handover underway at its bad-debt management unit, Citic AMC caixinglobal.com/2026-07-15/cit…

China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. expects its first-half net profit to surge by as much as 235%, driven by robust returns from tech stocks. The jump highlights how fair-value accounting ties insurers’ earnings closely to volatile equity markets caixinglobal.com/2026-07-15/chi…

Global smartphone shipments hit their lowest second-quarter level since 2013. As chipmakers prioritize AI data centers, soaring memory prices are forcing handset makers to pass costs on to consumers. More on how Apple and Samsung defied the slump caixinglobal.com/2026-07-15/sma…

Distressed properties and judicial auctions dominate Shenzhen’s commercial real estate market as cash-strapped developers and creditors rush to liquidate assets amid China’s prolonged property slump caixinglobal.com/2026-07-14/dis…

Chinese artificial intelligence startup StepFun is stepping into hardware with an AI-native smartphone, hoping to gain more control over how consumers interact with AI services as it prepares for a Hong Kong listing. caixinglobal.com/2026-07-14/ste…

Analysis: For decades, China was the world’s saver. Now its private sector has become a net creditor for the first time ever — and Beijing is moving to write the rules for what comes next. caixinglobal.com/2026-07-14/ana…

Chinese humanoid robot developer LimX Dynamics has raised nearly $200 million in a pre-IPO funding round, bringing its valuation to 15 billion yuan. caixinglobal.com/2026-07-14/chi…

China’s exports and imports surged at their fastest pace in nearly five years in June, surpassing market expectations as rising prices for artificial intelligence-related products boosted trade. caixinglobal.com/2026-07-14/chi…

China should sharply increase central government borrowing to ease the financial strain on local governments that has become the biggest drag on the country’s economy, according to a prominent Chinese economist. caixinglobal.com/2026-07-14/chi…

Ma Xingrui, a former top official in China’s Xinjiang region and a member of the elite 24-seat Politburo, has been expelled from the Communist Party and public office and transferred to judicial authorities for criminal prosecution. caixinglobal.com/2026-07-14/for…

An ex-official at China’s state tobacco monopoly has been indicted on charges of accepting an “especially huge” amount of bribes, the latest high-profile figure to fall in a sweeping anti-corruption purge of the country’s lucrative tobacco industry. caixinglobal.com/2026-07-14/for…

Analysis: A pilot for onshore yuan forex futures is finally on the table after years of offshore exchanges dominating pricing. It could protect exporters and secure pricing power. But cautionary tales of leverage and speculation hang over the proposal. caixinglobal.com/2026-07-14/ana…

In today’s Caixin Business Brief: • China approves five-year plan for consumption • Li Qiang chairs economic symposium • Basic Semiconductor plans price hikes caixinglobal.com/2026-07-14/bus…

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The head of mine safety in China’s Shanxi province is under investigation following a catastrophic coal mine explosion that killed 82 people in May. The probe exposes a widening scandal involving tipped-off inspections and detained local officials caixinglobal.com/2026-07-14/sha…

Tongtech’s chairman has been placed under criminal coercive measures tied to the software maker’s accounting-fraud case. The probe shows China’s push to hold delisted companies and executives accountable is moving beyond fines caixinglobal.com/2026-07-14/ton…

Huawei’s flagship auto partner Seres expects to swing to a massive first-half net loss, dragging its shares down 10%. The reversal highlights how surging material costs and hyper-fast model updates are squeezing margins across China’s EV sector caixinglobal.com/2026-07-14/hua…

China’s cabinet has approved a comprehensive 15th Five-Year Plan to expand domestic consumption, aiming for 60 trillion yuan in annual retail sales by 2030 through a renewed focus on services, higher wages and a stronger social safety net caixinglobal.com/2026-07-14/chi…

Hong Kong has granted captive insurance licenses to courier giant SF Holding and Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels. The move brings the city’s total number of captive insurers to nine, highlighting its push to become a premier risk management hub caixinglobal.com/2026-07-13/sf-…