On Feb. 6, Qwen topped Apple Inc.’s free app download chart in China, surpassing Yuanbao and Doubao. Photo: VCG

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    On Feb. 6, Qwen topped Apple Inc.’s free app download chart in China, surpassing Yuanbao and Doubao. Photo: VCG China’s technology giants spent the Lunar New Year holiday showering users with billions of yuan in subsidies, transforming the traditional festive season into a high-stakes contest to accelerate adoption of artificial intelligence. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.,…

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      Chinese President Xi Jinping writes to Iowa friends for New Year

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        NEW YORK, Feb. 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SunCar Technology Group Inc. (the “Company” or “SunCar”) (NASDAQ: SDA), a leader in digitalizing auto insurance in China, integrated ByteDance’s Doubao LLM (“Doubao”) into its digital auto insurance platform beginning in Q3 2025. SunCar is now expanding this integration with the launch of its Personalized Auto Insurance…

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          Marriott Adds 36,000 Rooms in China

          Marriott International accelerated its expansion in Greater China in 2025, signing a record-breaking 200-plus deals across the region, a 25% year-over-year increase in annual signings. With a new deal signed every two days or fewer, the company added more than 36,000 rooms to its regional hotel pipeline, marking two consecutive years of record growth. Yibing…

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