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China's sanctions pushback marks a new phase in the oil war with Washington (www.rt.com)
2026-5-8 China

Samsung says it is ceasing sales of TVs and appliances in China amid fierce competition from local brands; Samsung's TV and appliance unit lost ~$138M in 2025 (www.wsj.com)
2026-5-7 China Samsung

The Pentagon's mishandled blacklisting of Alibaba and Baidu in February shows how the Trump administration is often at odds with itself on how to approach China (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-7 Trump China Alibaba Pentagon

China slams African nation over Taiwan leader's visit (www.rt.com)
2026-5-7 China Taiwan Africa

Moonshot, the Chinese AI startup behind Kimi chatbot, raised ~$2B at a $20B+ valuation led by Meituan's venture arm; Moonshot's ARR topped $200M in April 2026 (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-7 China Startup AI chatbot

Sources: the US and China are considering recurring talks on the security risks posed by AI models, with Scott Bessent leading the American side (www.wsj.com)
2026-5-7 China U.S. AI

Sources: DeepSeek is in talks to raise $3B to $4B led by China's national AI fund, valuing DeepSeek at up to $50B (www.reuters.com)
2026-5-7 China AI

Sources: DeepSeek is in talks to raise funds, and the Big Fund, China's biggest state-backed chip fund, is seeking to lead the investment at a ~$45B valuation (www.ft.com)
2026-5-6 China

Sources: the Big Fund, China's biggest state-backed chip investment fund, is seeking to lead an investment in DeepSeek that could value the AI company at ~$45B (www.ft.com)
2026-5-6 China AI

Australia's partnership with Japan helps deter China from starting a war (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
2026-5-6 China Australia Japan

Abundant electricity isn't enough: China's overbuilt AI computing power is underused (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
2026-5-6 China AI

Sources: China targets 70%+ of silicon wafers used by its chipmakers to be made domestically by 2026; chipmakers see an unspoken mandate to use local 12" wafers (asia.nikkei.com)
2026-5-5 China

Why your next car most likely to be an EV made in China (www.lowyinstitute.org)
2026-5-5 China

Beijing arrived late to a war it cannot end (www.lowyinstitute.org)
2026-5-5 China

Nepal raises territorial issue with India and China (www.rt.com)
2026-5-5 China India Nepal

Jensen Huang said Nvidia's market share of AI accelerators in China has “now dropped to zero” and that US export policy “has already largely backfired” (www.tomshardware.com)
2026-5-4 China AI Nvidia

Chinese state media: AI-generated Chinese microdramas to be worth $3B+ in 2026, out of a $14B+ total microdrama market, boosted by tools like Seedance 2.0 (www.nytimes.com)
2026-5-4 China AI

Sources: SoftBank plans to make lithium- and cobalt-free data center batteries in Japan as soon as FY2027, as Japan tries to cut its reliance on Chinese metals (asia.nikkei.com)
2026-5-4 China Japan

China's Linkerbot, which holds 80%+ of global dexterous robotic hands market, raised a Series B+ at a $3B valuation and seeks a $6B valuation in its next round (www.reuters.com)
2026-5-4 China Robot

China orders domestic refineries to ignore US sanctions (www.rt.com)
2026-5-4 China

An evaluation by NIST's CAISI says DeepSeek V4 Pro lags behind leading US AI models by about eight months and is the most capable Chinese AI model to date (www.nist.gov)
2026-5-3 China AI

Chinese Exports of Green Technologies Surged to Record Levels After Iran War Began (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-5-3 China Iran

A Chinese court ruled that companies cannot terminate staff just to replace them with AI, following a similar ruling by another Chinese court in December 2025 (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-3 China AI

Pakistan rolls out first Chinese Hangor submarine (VIDEO) (www.rt.com)
2026-5-2 China

A UK court orders Samsung to pay ZTE $392M for patents needed to enable phone network access; Samsung faces similar suits from ZTE in China, Germany, and Brazil (www.reuters.com)
2026-5-2 China Germany Samsung Brazil

How influencers boosting US-based AI and opposing Chinese AI are paid with money tied to Leading the Future, funded by execs from OpenAI, Palantir, a16z, others (www.wired.com)
2026-5-2 China AI

China Attacked Meta, So Cut All Tech Links (www.gatestoneinstitute.org)
2026-5-2 China

China's EV makers are competing on in-car AI features; ByteDance says its Doubao AI is used in 7M+ cars across 145 models, including from Mercedes, Audi, and VW (www.cnbc.com)
2026-5-1 China AI

Expanding frontiers: what happens if Beijing accelerates its Indo-Pacific push (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
2026-5-1 China

Sources: Huawei expects AI chip revenue to hit ~$12B in 2026, up 60% from $7.5B in 2025, as orders for its Ascend 950PR chip surge and Nvidia stalls in China (www.ft.com)
2026-5-1 China AI Nvidia

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