Trump’s rare earths deal to counter China was a badly needed ‘Sputnik moment’
The other day US President Donald Trump said: “With a communist in charge? Look, you just go back…
Domesticization Hopes Sprouting in the Era of Large Models
According to a report by Xin Dongxi on September 17th, today, the 2025 Global AI Chip Summit was…
Exclusive | Dong Yu on why ‘every chapter’ of China’s 5-year plans boils down to income
Dong Yu has been executive vice-president of the China Institute for Development Planning at Tsinghua University since 2019.…
Tech war: Huawei executive claims victory over US sanctions with computing, AI ecosystem
China has virtually overcome crippling US tech restrictions, according to a senior executive at Huawei Technologies, as mainland-developed…
Baidu unveils AI computing platform powered by Chinese chips to push a domestic tech stack
The Beijing-based AI and internet search giant’s upgraded platform delivers a speedier network connection, increased computing power, and…
Germany asks Apple and Google to remove DeepSeek from app stores
The German regulator has asked Apple and Google to remove Chinese AI startup DeepSeek from their app stores.…
DeepSeek may have used Google’s Gemini to train its latest model
Last week, Chinese lab DeepSeek released an updated version of its R1 reasoning AI model that performs well…
See the Pitch Deck Octave Used to Raise a $5.5 Million Seed Round
Marketing tech startup Octave has raised $5.5 million to grow its AI-powered go-to-market platform. The San Francisco-based startup…
How Europe went ‘crazy’ for Chinese blind-box toys – and why it matters
Hundreds of fans were already waiting in line – some young, some old, some pushing prams – when…
Exclusive | As unswerving superpowers meet unsustainable tariffs, Yao Yang breaks down the paradox
Yao Yang is a Chinese economist, professor and former dean of the National School of Development at Peking…