Turn around: iPhone 12 becomes the most popular 5g mobile phone in the second hand market

Survival Rules for Turbulent Times: A Compilation of the 20 Most Unmissable Core Insights from the 2026 Tsinghua PBCSF Forum

A dialogue between Zhu Min, former Deputy Governor of the People's Bank of China and former Vice Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund; Michael Spence, 2001 Nobel Prize winner in Economics and Philip H. Knight Professor Emeritus of Management at Stanford Graduate School of Business; and Masaaki Shirakawa, former Governor of the Bank of Japan, at the 2026 Tsinghua PBCSF Global Finance Forum.

Ant International Raises About US$1.2 Billion in Series A Financing

Ant International（蚂蚁国际）has completed a Series A equity financing round of approximately US$1.2 billion to support its global expansion and the development of payment and financial-technology services for businesses.

Alibaba Previews 2.4-Trillion-Parameter Qwen3.8, Promises Open-Weight Release

Alibaba Group（阿里巴巴集团）has previewed Qwen3.8, its latest flagship artificial-intelligence model, saying the system has 2.4 trillion total parameters and will eventually be released with open weights.

WeRide Launches Fully Driverless Robobus Service in Singapore, Marking Southeast Asia’s First Public Deployment

Chinese autonomous-driving company WeRide (文远知行) began operating its Robobus autonomous minibus in fully driverless mode on Singapore’s Sentosa island on July 17, becoming the first autonomous vehicle in Southeast Asia to provide public passenger service without a safety driver onboard. The milestone marks a significant step in the overseas commercialization of China’s Level-4 autonomous-driving technology, moving beyond pilot programs toward regular public operation.

BYD to Begin EV Assembly in Pakistan, Expanding Chinese Automakers’ South Asia Manufacturing Footprint

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) giant BYD (比亚迪) is preparing to begin local assembly of vehicles in Pakistan as early as July or August, marking the company’s first attempt to establish direct production capacity in South Asia rather than relying solely on vehicle exports.