China Applies its Industrial Playbook to Brain Chips
A wave of Chinese brain computer interface startups has emerged thanks to government-led support. Can they challenge Elon Musk’s Neuralink?
The first high-altitude brain-computer interface clinical application center in Xizang Autonomous Region of China officially opens at Lhasa People's Hospital, July 9, 2026. Credit: VCG via AP Images
For some Chinese patients, the country’s efforts to harness the power of the mind are already bearing fruit.
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Deng and Zhang play chess, enabled by NeuroXess chips implanted on the surface of their brains. Credit: NeuroXess
Last month, two men played a live game of chess from their beds across two cities. In Nanchang, in Jiangxi province, Deng, a former art teacher who lost motor functions in his hand after an accident, lifted chess piece
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