# China
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China’s Homegrown Reusable Rocket Debuts at Inaugural Shanghai Commercial Space Fair
A domestically produced reusable rocket was showcased at the inaugural Shanghai Commercial Space Conference, which hosted 300 exhibitors across 15,000 square metres. The display highlights China’s move from prototype to commercialisation in reusable launch technology, with implications for costs, market structure and strategic competition in space access.
Tencent Cloud Rolls Out Free Nationwide Installation Drive for Its 'Lobster' AI Suite
Tencent Cloud has launched a 40‑day nationwide program offering free on‑site installation and configuration of its "Lobster" AI and cloud products across 17 Chinese cities. The campaign aims to accelerate enterprise adoption and build customer relationships, but it arrives amid regulatory warnings and ecosystem disputes over security and intellectual property.
Shanghai’s AWE Turns Trade Show Into a Visa‑Free Shop Window for China’s Hard Tech
Shanghai’s Appliance & Electronics World Expo introduced an “Oriental Hub” with visa‑free entry for invited foreigners and duty‑free handling for exhibits, turning a consumer fair into an efficient international marketplace for Chinese hard tech. The policy enabled overseas buyers to inspect and negotiate on AI chips, edge compute, optical interconnects and robotics on the spot, accelerating commercial engagement while signalling China’s push to export integrated technology solutions.
Livestream Glamour, Factory Reality: Inside China’s 'A/B' Online Fashion Problem
Chinese shoppers and consumer complaints reveal a widespread mismatch between high‑quality samples shown in livestreams and the cheaper goods actually delivered, a practice dubbed “A/B” goods. The problem stems from livestream marketing tactics, fragmented supply chains and weak last‑mile quality control, and presents legal, reputational and regulatory risks for sellers and platforms.
Lifetime Warranties That Don’t Last: How Chinese Automakers Turned a Trust Signal into a Legal Minefield
Chinese automakers' increasingly common 'lifetime' warranties are being routinely limited or denied through narrow contract terms, service requirements, and administrative loopholes. The practice exposes gaps in regulation and enforcement, undermines consumer trust, and poses reputational and financial risks to manufacturers as vehicles age and failures increase.
China’s Sanitary‑Pad Shakeup: Tougher Standards, Smarter Factories and a Sharper Market
China has introduced stricter national standards for disposable sanitary products that tighten size tolerances, update absorbency tests, close safety gaps on chemicals, and mandate process controls. The rules accelerate factory automation and testing, favour large brands and domestic equipment makers, and are likely to prompt consolidation and higher‑quality — and higher‑priced — products over the coming years.
Beijing Urges Restraint as Gulf Drone Attacks Threaten Asian Oil Shipments
China expressed deep concern over rising Middle East tensions, condemning indiscriminate attacks on civilians and non-military targets and urging an immediate halt to military actions and a return to dialogue. The statement follows Saudi claims that dozens of Iranian drones targeted tankers bound for Asian markets, highlighting risks to energy supplies and global trade.
Small Workshop, Big Effects: How a PLA Drone Repair Room Is Shaping Future Battlefields
A People’s Liberation Army regiment has converted a small clubhouse corner into a unit‑level drone repair and rapid‑prototyping shop that uses 3D printing and flight‑data analysis to shorten repair cycles and improve equipment resilience. The initiative highlights a broader trend in which frontline units build decentralized sustainment and innovation capabilities to maintain operational tempo against proliferating low‑cost unmanned systems.
China’s Humanoid-Robot Rental Boom: Real Market or Temporary Spectacle?
China’s humanoid‑robot rental market has exploded following high‑visibility performances, with rental platforms and mass production pushing prices down rapidly. The sector currently thrives on event and marketing demand but faces structural challenges — short battery life, operator dependence, steep depreciation and an impending warranty cliff — that will test whether rentals are a sustainable pathway to mainstream robotics or a temporary market phenomenon.
From Baghdad Bomb Shelters to China’s Spring Gala: An Iraqi Correspondent Becomes a Symbol of Cross‑Cultural Bonding
An Iraqi-born man who fled war as a child has spent the past 15 years in China, becoming a Mandarin‑speaking correspondent and a featured announcer on China’s Spring Festival Gala. His public profile — and forthcoming marriage to a woman from Xinjiang — is being presented as a symbol of cross‑cultural connection and China’s appeal to foreign residents.
China Sends Vice‑Premier He Lifeng to France for Sixth Round of U.S. Trade Talks, Signalling Continued Engagement
China will dispatch Vice‑Premier He Lifeng to France from March 14–17 to lead the sixth round of economic and trade consultations with the United States. The talks, framed by leaders' agreements at Busan and follow‑up calls, aim to address mutual economic concerns and stabilise the bilateral commercial relationship, though major structural disputes are unlikely to be resolved.
China Imposes Anti‑Dumping Duties on Japanese and Canadian Halogenated Butyl Rubber, Raising Costs for Importers
China will levy anti‑dumping duties on halogenated butyl rubber imports from Japan and Canada from March 14, 2026, after finding dumping and material injury to domestic producers. Company‑specific rates range from 13.8% to 30.1%, the measure lasts five years and includes limited retroactive conversion of provisional bonds to duties.