What happened 2018AD in China

China banned trading in bitcoin, with the first steps taken in September 2017, and a complete ban that started on 1 February 2018.

On May 3, 2018, Xiaomi filed to go public on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and aims to raise $10 billion in IPO which is expected to be the world's biggest IPO raise since 2014, Xiaomi also announced in partnership with 3 (telecommunications) to sell smartphones in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Austria, Denmark, and Sweden

The Oppo Find X was launched on 19 June 2018 in Paris. Find X features a design that is different from traditional smartphone designs. A pop-up camera allows it to be a full-screen smartphone with minimal bezels. It is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor and it operates on Android 8.1 (Oreo) with ColorOS 5.1.

On July 18, Facebook established a subsidiary named Lianshu Science & Technology in Hangzhou City, China, with $30 million of capital. All its shares are held by Facebook Hong. Approval of the registration of the subsidiary was then withdrawn, due to a disagreement between officials in Zhejiang province and the Cyberspace Administration of China.

Focus Active is being built in China and later announced in a statement on September 10, 2018 that they have no plans to build it in the United States.

The OnePlus 6T was unveiled on 29 October 2018. It launched with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845, a dual-lens camera setup, up to 8 GB RAM, and up to 256 GB of storage. It also features a larger 6.41" 19.5:9 Optic AMOLED display with in-display fingerprint sensor and launched on OxygenOS based on Android 9 Pie. The camera has a 'Nightscape' mode which uses a longer exposure time to capture better photos in poor lighting conditions.

On 6, November 2018, OnePlus announced the first collaboration with McLaren for the launch of the OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition with the slogan "Unlock The Speed".