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Huawei, Xiaomi and Honor Raise Phone Prices as Chip and Memory Costs Bite

Huawei, Honor and Xiaomi raised official prices across their smartphone lineups on September 1, pushing the base Mate 80 up 800 yuan in a day. The increases cap a year in which the same phone has quietly become 20 percent more expensive — and analysts say the era of ever-cheaper Chinese phones is over for now.

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Tim Cook Hands Apple's Top Job to Hardware Chief John Ternus After 15 Years

Tim Cook spent 15 years running Apple and one final midnight post saying goodbye on Chinese social media. From September 1, hardware engineering chief John Ternus is chief executive — and China's tech commentariat, which watched Apple's supply chain grow up alongside Cook, is reading the handover as the end of an operations era.

Hunan TV on Monday aired the first episodes of 'Hou Xiyouji,' a Journey to the West sequel whose footage is AI-generated — the first long scripted series cleared to produce, review and broadcast simultaneously under new Chinese broadcast rules. It topped provincial ratings within hours.