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The Amsterdam Enterprise Court has refused to reverse previous measures against Nexperia, leaving Chinese shareholder Wingtech without restored control and prompting an investigation into the company. Wingtech has publicly expressed strong dissatisfaction, signalling potential legal escalation and highlighting the growing legal and political friction over foreign investment in strategic European tech assets.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose modestly as metals and rare‑earth related stocks led gains, while some optical‑communications and large internet names drifted lower. The moves reflect investor interest in commodity and battery supply chains amid broader geopolitical and industrial concerns about raw‑material security.

Xi Jinping conducted a nationwide video inspection of the PLA on February 10, reviewing readiness across land, sea, air, rocket, space, cyber and logistics units and offering Lunar New Year greetings. The exercise underscores Beijing’s focus on joint, high‑technology capabilities and centralized civilian control of the military.

Google is experimenting with a feature that enables direct purchases inside Search and its Gemini chatbot, aiming to monetise AI-driven interactions by turning answers into transactions. The initiative could reshape digital advertising and e-commerce economics, while raising privacy and competition questions.

Meta has started building a more than $10 billion, 1‑gigawatt data centre in Lebanon, Indiana, to serve AI and core product workloads. The project underscores the massive power, water and infrastructure demands of generative‑AI at scale and highlights the trade‑offs between local impacts and corporate investment.

Apple’s ambitious upgrade to Siri, built on its own model platform and integrating Google’s Gemini, has hit new testing problems that may delay key features previously slated for iOS 26.4 in March. Core capabilities such as expanded personal‑data search and advanced app voice controls are the most likely to slip into later iOS releases, underscoring the engineering and strategic challenges of deploying generative AI within Apple’s privacy framework.

Wingtech Technology has expressed strong dissatisfaction after the Amsterdam Enterprise Court refused to lift interim measures limiting its control over Nexperia and ordered an investigation into the Dutch semiconductor unit. The decision prolongs legal uncertainty and is emblematic of growing European scrutiny of foreign investment in strategic tech sectors.

Apple has delayed parts of its major Siri upgrade after testing exposed problems with query handling, response times and conversational flow. The company plans a phased rollout, pushing some features to iOS 26.5 or iOS 27 while focusing on stability for the initial release.

After secret talks in Oman, Iran has rejected U.S. demands for a complete halt to uranium enrichment and set strict red lines excluding missiles and regional influence from negotiations. Tehran’s public briefing to Russia and China and a high‑profile missile display signal it is preparing for both diplomacy and deterrence, raising the stakes for Washington and its allies.

On the Xianggui railway’s Nanning section, a specialised maintenance team known as the “climbing tigers” inspects and mitigates rockfall risks on karst cliffs that threaten China–Vietnam rail traffic. Combining drone-AI scans with dangerous cliffside work and a rigorous record-keeping system that operators call “giving stones household registration,” the crew keeps trains running safely during busy travel periods.

Nasdaq opened higher as investors rotated into memory and storage names, with Micron and SanDisk/Western Digital posting strong gains. Lyft sank after missing fourth-quarter 2025 revenue expectations, underscoring continued risk for growth platforms even amid a selective tech rally.

Iran’s president declared the country does not seek nuclear weapons and said Tehran would accept any inspections, a statement delivered against heightened U.S. military pressure and ongoing indirect talks in Muscat. The offer is politically significant but vague on verification details, and its credibility will hinge on the scope of access granted and reciprocal incentives such as sanctions relief.

China has indicated it will announce details “in due course” about a possible unilateral visa-free regime for British citizens, a proposal raised during UK prime minister Keir Starmer’s visit. The move would be a pragmatic confidence-building measure with potential economic upside, but its impact depends on the specific terms and security safeguards.

On February 6, 2026, the U.S. replaced its long-standing "first-come, first-served" approach to arms sales with a policy prioritising high defence spenders and partners deemed strategically important. The shift tightens the link between weapons exports and U.S. national interest, reshaping alliance dynamics and the global arms market.

Xi Jinping conducted a video inspection of PLA units on February 10 ahead of the Lunar New Year, addressing conventional and specialised forces and highlighting readiness across land, sea, air, space and cyber domains. The event served both as domestic reassurance and an international signal about China’s integrated military capabilities and logistics preparedness.

An 84‑year‑old founder of Buchang Pharmaceuticals has been subject to a court‑ordered ban on high‑end consumption after his family‑owned hotel failed to repay a RMB 16 million loan. The enforcement action, though separate from the listed drugmaker, spotlights governance, related‑party risk and the company’s long reliance on marketing over R&D amid a sharply reduced market valuation.

Hodo (Red Bean) has gone from steady profits to mounting losses as weak consumer demand, intense competition and a heavy reliance on traditional menswear drive revenue and margin declines. The situation is aggravated by judicial freezes on the controlling shareholder’s shares amid the parent group’s debt crisis, undermining investor confidence and complicating any turnaround. The company is pursuing cost cuts, an intra-group acquisition of online homewares assets and other adjustments, but successful repositioning will require fresh capital, governance clarity and faster digital transformation.

China's State Council has issued a roadmap to establish a unified national electricity market, targeting a functional system by 2030 and full completion by 2035, with spot markets to be essentially formalised by 2027. The plan seeks to break provincial market barriers, standardise rules and data, expand market instruments including spot, capacity and green certificate markets, and balance marketisation with government oversight to protect system security.

Beijing became the second mainland city to top RMB 5 trillion in 2025, while the top‑ten city framework stayed largely intact. Substantial movement occurred below the summit: provincial capitals strengthened, export‑dependent ports like Ningbo underperformed, and resource or legacy industrial cities proved volatile, highlighting the shift toward consumption, services and technological upgrading.

ByteDance will use the CCTV Spring Festival Gala to distribute cash and more than 100,000 AI-integrated tech prizes for its Doubao assistant, signaling a strategic pivot toward hardware-driven consumer AI. The campaign contrasts with rivals’ social and commerce-led plays and underscores a longer-term bet on devices as persistent AI touchpoints that can build user habits and edge data for model improvement.