China Sets 40% Target for New-Energy Heavy Trucks by 2030
A new frontier for electrification opens up On June 13, 2026, China’s Ministry of Transport and Ministry of Industry and Information Technology jointly published a plan targeting 40% penetration of…
DeepSeek and the Open-Source Strategy Reshaping China’s AI Industry
Chinese AI labs are betting that open models win the long game In January 2026, DeepSeek released DeepSeek-V3, an open-source large language model that matched or exceeded GPT-4o on most…
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China’s AI Regulation 2026 Reshapes How Multinationals Operate
New rules on algorithm registration, data localization, and explainability take effect China’s Cyberspace Administration (CAC) released sweeping AI regulatory guidelines on June 2, 2026, that immediately affect how companies build,…
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China Commits $295 Billion to Nationwide AI Data Center Network
Beijing’s biggest bet on AI infrastructure yet On June 9, 2026, Bloomberg reported that China is preparing to spend approximately 2 trillion yuan ($295 billion) over the next five years…
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Samsung SK Hynix Race to Solve HBM5 Thermal Crisis for AI Chips
Memory makers spend billions on cooling as AI accelerators push power limits At COMPUTEX 2026 in Taipei June 2-5, Samsung unveiled its HBM5 mock-up alongside a new thermal architecture called…
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China Delete A Policy Costs Intel Billions in Revenue
Beijing push to replace foreign chips hits American chipmakers China Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued directives in early 2024 requiring the country largest telecom carriers to phase out…
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China Opens First Photonic Computing Lab to Sidestep US Chip Curbs
On June 11, 2026, Shanghai Jiao Tong University inaugurated the Shanghai Key Laboratory of Integrated Photonic Computing Chips and Systems — China’s first dedicated industry-academia platform for photonic computing. The…
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China’s $295B AI Data Center Plan Squeezes Out Nvidia
On June 9, Bloomberg reported that Chinese government agencies have finalized a blueprint to spend approximately 2 trillion yuan ($295 billion) over five years on a nationwide network of interconnected…
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Ford CATL Battery Plant Shows China Grip on EV Supply Chain
In Marshall, Michigan — a town of 7,000 people about 100 miles west of Detroit — a $3 billion battery plant is rising from what used to be soybean fields.…
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Ford’s B CATL Battery Plant Reveals China’s Unbreakable Grip on EV Supply Chains
In Marshall, Michigan — a town of 7,000 people about 100 miles west of Detroit — a $3 billion battery plant is rising from what used to be soybean fields.…
