From Pen-and-Paper to AI in Two Generations
Millions of Chinese factory owners have been bequeathed a difficult inheritance. AI offers a way to modernize their parents’ low-margin businesses, but only if they...
Taiwan Plays its Chips Card
Helping other countries build up their own semiconductor supply chains is a calculated gamble. Can sacrificing some economic advantage enhance Taiwan’s own security?
Company in the News: BGI
China’s gene research industry faces scrutiny after recent scandals, but a sanctioned BGI holds on to its top spot.
How A Former Google Engineer Escaped The Charge of Spying For China
A judge in California last week overturned a jury verdict that had convicted Ding Linwei of economic espionage, after he stole documents about the tech...
Second Place Was Never Enough: China is Chasing AGI
China is playing a leading role both in developing AGI and regulating it globally.
The Familiar Hong Kong Addresses in America’s Iran Sanctions
More than a third of the Chinese companies sanctioned last month for supporting Iran share office addresses with firms the U.S. has already blacklisted.
The Moonshot Moment
The launch of Kimi K3, one of China’s most powerful AI models to date, prompted a reckoning in the U.S. and triggered a regulatory storm.
China’s Tech Stocks Are Falling Despite Their Own Breakthroughs
A trio of apparent ‘good news’ stories for the Chinese tech industry have had the opposite effect on investor sentiment.
Can China Keep Its AI Open?
An emphasis on open-weight AI models has suited both China’s AI industry and Beijing to date, but limits may now be necessary.
China’s New Technology Trap
The U.S.’s main rival is not only moving ahead in several advanced industries, it is taking steps to keep more of its tech at home.
Tsinghua’s Central Role in China’s AI Revolution
Tsinghua University, the institution behind Zhipu AI and a host of other startups, is one of the main engines fueling China’s AI talent boom.
Nvidia Uses The Specter of Huawei to Make Its Chip Exports Case
Before Nvidia won approval to sell more chips to China, it told the U.S. government that Huawei could have enough chips to satisfy global demand.