AP reports Trump leaves on Wednesday for the APEC summit in Shenzhen, his third in-person meeting with Xi this year, and plans to bring Elon Musk. Several outlets' headlines say Putin may join a three-way meeting; I could not verify that.
SCMP reports lawmakers are demanding answers on the national-security risks and control of advanced chip exports to China. Treasury Secretary Bessent blamed the Commerce Department for not restricting Nvidia chips, and Commerce Secretary Lutnick agreed to testify on export controls. Trump and Xi are due to meet in Shenzhen next week.
ChinaTechNews reports UBTech signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Shanghai Yongda Holding Group; its headline puts the number at 400 bionic humanoid robots and says it secures a commercial purchase order. The summary gives no value or delivery timing.
According to US Treasury Secretary Bessent, the US and China agreed to set up an AI dialogue to guard against shared security risks. SCMP quotes experts saying Washington worries about losing control of systems while Beijing prioritises stability and content rules, which could cloud the dialogue ahead of the APEC summit.
The updated M8 starts at RMB 379,800, with extended-range and battery-electric options. It is the first major release since Seres took brand leadership.
The third-generation Tang is a five-seat electric SUV with pre-sale prices from RMB 225,000 and up to 850 km of CLTC range. CLTC figures are usually higher than real-world range.
LatePost reports Shi Yunfeng, who leads ByteDance's AI chip and DPU teams and joined in 2018, has resigned. The report says ByteDance's custom chip taped out this year but fell short of expectations and a successor is in development. TechNode did not confirm it independently and ByteDance gave no comment.
According to CnEVPost, CATL plans 5,000 urban and 1,000 highway swap stations across 297 Chinese cities. The headline says this could overtake Nio's swap network.
In a company announcement, student-founded EdTech platform Custodia Learn says it is in due diligence with a publicly listed Chinese education group at a US$5.4 million valuation, up from US$500,000 in January 2026. The buyer is under NDA and unnamed. The platform reports 19,063 registered users and 8,986 daily active sessions.
Denglin listed in Hong Kong on 10 November under Chapter 18C, raising about HK$1.415 billion, 35% of it for upgrading current GPU lines. It uses LPDDR instead of HBM for lower cost, power and supply-chain risk, targets enterprise private clouds and edge inference, and plans a first Minsky IV version in December.
The five-seat Denza N8 costs RMB 269,900 to RMB 329,900, in four battery-electric and two plug-in hybrid versions. The longest-range model has a 130.15 kWh Blade Battery, rear-wheel drive, and a 1,003 km CLTC rating. CLTC figures are usually higher than real-world range.
DJI said on its Chinese website that price changes take effect at midnight on 18 November, citing sustained rises in semiconductor, memory and other component costs. The notice does not list affected models, the size of the change, or whether it applies outside China.
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