The United States and China have agreed to establish a formal intergovernmental dialogue on artificial intelligence safety. Announced by China’s Ministry of Finance, this marks a significant diplomatic breakthrough following the recent summit between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping.
DeepSeek, the Chinese AI startup that upended the global market with its highly efficient open-source models, is nearing the completion of a massive funding round that will value the company at approximately $45 billion.
The evaluation of humanoid robotics is moving out of controlled laboratory environments and into the messy, unpredictable real world.
China’s semiconductor industry is experiencing explosive growth, defying the stringent U.S. export controls designed to constrain its technological advancement. According to data highlighted by The Kobeissi Letter, China’s chip exports surged 100% year-on-year to a record $31 billion in April 2026.
Artificial intelligence is rapidly penetrating one of China’s oldest and most traditional sectors: agriculture.
The competition between the United States and China for dominance in artificial intelligence is playing out on the diplomatic stage at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) trade ministers’ meeting in Suzhou. While the official agenda focuses on trade imbalances and supply chain resilience, U.S.
China’s top economic planner has moved to reassure international markets regarding the country’s stance on foreign capital in the technology sector. During a press conference on Friday, Li Chao, a spokesperson for the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), stated unequivocally that China has never required its technology companies to reject foreign investment.
Venture capital is flowing back into China’s artificial intelligence sector at an unprecedented rate. The South China Morning Post reports that funding for AI-related startups in China jumped nearly threefold year-on-year in the first quarter of 2026, as investors poured capital into developers of large language models and embodied AI.
The euphoria that gripped Chinese technology stocks following the rapid rise of AI startups like DeepSeek earlier this year appears to be fading.
Lenovo Group has reported its strongest full-year results in history, driven by a massive surge in demand for artificial intelligence hardware and services.
