🎙 The CTR Podcast — 25 August 2026
Your audio digest of China technology news. Today's podcast covers 5 stories.
Latest News
- Google is scaling back its manufacturing presence in China, planning to shift Pixel phone and accessory production to facilities in India and Vietnam by 2027 to mitigate geopolitical risks.
Read the original story at Google's Strategic Retreat: Why Alphabet is Scaling Back Operations in China - Huawei is pushing its premium market strategy with the confirmed May launch of the Pura X View phone, aiming to reassert its technological capabilities in high-end devices.
Read the original story at Huawei Confirms Pura X View Phone Launch Date, Signaling Premium Market Push - CATL is aggressively targeting a zero-carbon battery supply chain, demanding sustainability from upstream suppliers to mitigate Scope 3 emissions, despite its own current carbon footprint.
Read the original story at CATL's Aggressive Move: Decarbonizing the Entire Battery Supply Chain - The 'Ox Alpha' model has challenged DeepSeek's dominance on the OpenCode leaderboard, signaling a significant and competitive shift in the open-source LLM landscape for coding.
Read the original story at Ox Alpha Disrupts OpenCode Leaderboard, Challenging DeepSeek's Reign in LLMs - WuXi Biologics reported a 4.3% profit increase in the first half, demonstrating operational resilience amid broader headwinds in the global biotechnology sector.
Read the original story at WuXi Biologics Posts 4.3% Profit Rise, Defying Biotech Sector Headwinds