EV Makers’ Quest for Cheaper Batteries
Plus, China’s AI regulators and data centers in space.
YMTC, the Company that Would Not Die
Plus an alleged Sino-Belgian semiconductor caper, and Logan Wright on China’s financial decay.
Brendan Carr’s FCC vs the PRC
Also, the Busan truce, eleven months on, and Bob Davis interviews Stephen Vaughn.
China’s SMEs and AI
Plus, a report from Taiwan Semicon and a conversation with Susan Shirk.
The Wire China, Issue No. 300
Here’s to 3,000 more!
Montana’s complicated relationship with China, Who’s Who in the Chinese space industry, and Ant Group and JD.com go big on the weightloss business
Plus, a Q&A with a retired U.S. intelligence officer.
Moonshot AI’s Yang Zhilin takes his shot, Zhu Rongji RIP, and the fall of Fang Xinghai
Plus, a look at China’s first private-sector carmaker, Geely.
Jupiter Systems, Part II
Also, bargain hunting in hard times and Maryland’s China-born state rep, Lily Qi.
Xi Jinping, Ambassador to Everywhere
Plus, DJI’s Texas patent battle and Alex Wang on “good environmental authoritarianism”.
Nvidia’s China Partners and the PLA
Also, Xi Jinping’s open AI dilemma and a conversation with Geremie Barmé.
The Return of the Taiwan Tiger
Plus, China’s brain-computer interface industry and the Tsinghua-AI industry nexus.
A Shadow Falls Over Chinese Solar Investments in the U.S.
Also Nvidia, the company that cried Huawei.