ByteDance’s research arm has released a provocative set of results that, if robust, change how companies should think about improving AI agents.
A sudden 7.7% correction in the Star 50 index on July 3 has jolted investors and policymakers who have debated for months whether China’s runaway AI rally is built on durable economic gains or speculative excess.
Kioxia has begun shipping its 10th-generation NAND flash memory, accelerating a contest over one of the most critical building blocks of modern computing and AI.
Seoul has moved to shore up one of the most overlooked links in the semiconductor supply chain: raw materials.
Hong Kong now processes more than half of the chips imported into China, a record share that underscores the city’s renewed importance as a gateway for semiconductor flows into the mainland.
China’s long-anticipated break with foreign AI accelerators has moved from policy and forecasts into operational reality.
China’s AI sector posted a blistering 65% gain across the first half of 2026, yet the mood among professional investors has shifted from euphoria to caution.
A key provision of the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act officially went live on June 30, 2026, barring the U.S. Department of Defense from directly contracting with firms the Pentagon has designated as “Chinese military companies.” The immediate effect is to cut a legal line between the U.S.
Alibaba will bar its employees from using Claude Code, Anthropic’s coding assistant, from July 10, after raising concerns that the tool contained an alleged backdoor that could track Chinese users.
Kuaishou has formally filed a $2.8–3 billion funding round for Kling AI with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, a move that brings Tencent, Alibaba and Baidu onto the same cap table as investors in a company spun out of one of their platform competitors.
