From the Prime Minister’s New Car to Overseas Sales Surpassing Domestic: The New Supply Chain Battlefield Behind BYD's Southeast Asian Expansion
On March 25, 2026, in front of the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul set aside his previous Rolls-Royce limousine in favor of a BYD Sealion 7 electric vehicle.Behind this eye-catching move lies a severe tremor in the global energy landscape: since the outbreak of conflict in the Middle East, shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has been seriously obstructed, delivering a massive blow to the global supply of fossil fuels.
Another Chinese EV Startup Turns Profitable in China’s RMB 5 Trillion Auto Market
In China’s fiercely competitive new energy vehicle (NEV) market, where penetration rates continue to rise, prices keep falling, and product concentration intensifies, making money has never been easy.
Infographic: Financing and Overseas Expansion of Chinese Embodied Intelligence Companies in Q1 2026
China’s embodied intelligence sector saw strong Q1 2026 funding, led by early-stage hardware and component firms, while overseas expansion became mainstream, with Europe, Southeast Asia, and North America as key destinations.
Exclusive Interview: NAVEE GOLF Is Building a Smart Golf Ecosystem, Starting with Push Carts
In an interview with EqualOcean, Wentao Shi, Head of NAVEE GOLF, discussed the company's strategic rationale for entering the golf industry, explained how it adapted its mobility and robotics technologies for golf courses, and elaborated on why user insights had become the key differentiator in global markets.
Chinese Embodied AI Company AI² Robotics: The Real Bottleneck in Embodied AI Is Scenarios, Not Just AI
The embodied AI sector gained clear momentum at the start of 2026. Against this backdrop, Yongping Yang, General Manager of EqualOcean, recently visited AI² Robotics in Shenzhen for an on-site interview.
Investment Is Booming, Orders Are Rising, but Robots Are Still Learning How to Deliver
Since the beginning of 2026, embodied intelligence has become one of the most frequently mentioned sectors. Financing news has been rolling in with figures in the hundreds of millions, and almost every day new companies are entering the public eye. 127 Financing Rounds, 44 Companies Going Global); on the Spring Festival Gala stage, robots are no longer merely showcasing technology, but have begun to perform alongside human actors, becoming part of the “cast.”
Thinking of ASEAN as a single market is the biggest miscalculation for Chinese companies
For a long time, multinational corporations have often held a dangerous "holistic" bias when examining the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). This perspective views ASEAN—a region with over 690 million people and interwoven diverse cultures—as a single emerging market, attempting to capture one country as a model and then replicating that pattern across other member states.
You're Invited: China's Innovation, Up Close
China is no longer just a manufacturing hub or a consumer market to watch from a distance. It has become the world's most dynamic innovaton laboratory where AI applications scale faster, humanoid robots roll off production lines at mass-market prices, smart factories rewrite the rules of manufacturing, and internet platforms evolve their business models quicker than anywhere else.
CES 2026 in Numbers | From Shenzhen to Las Vegas: Huaqiangbei’s Year-End Report
CES 2026 features nearly equal numbers of exhibitors from China and the United States, underscoring its increasingly balanced global landscape. China’s growing influence—driven by highly concentrated regional clusters such as the Pearl River Delta—highlights that competition now revolves around systems, scenarios, and industrial ecosystems rather than individual products.
Chassis Supply Chain's "iPhone Moment": China's Tier 1 Shift as LeeKr Emerges
Over the past decade, China's electric vehicle (EV) industry has evolved from a niche experiment into a leading force in the global automotive landscape. In the first ten months of 2025, China exported over 2 million EVs, nearly double the year-earlier figure. From European city streets to Southeast Asian highways and Latin American urban centers, Chinese EVs have emerged as one of the most prominent symbols of a new era of “Made in China.”
How Malaysia Became Southeast Asia’s “Computing Power Hub”
Leveraging geographic security, low costs, and strong policy incentives, Malaysia has rapidly risen as a computing power hub in Southeast Asia. Johor has absorbed spillover demand from Singapore and moved decisively into the AI high-compute track, becoming a key transit hub for Chinese companies’ overseas computing expansion.