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Friday 24 July 2026
Kimi K3 under fire, part 3: China's AI industry questions success story
Chinese officials have embraced Kimi K3 as evidence of indigenous innovation and a maturing open-model ecosystem. Some Chinese developers and technology commentators are far less c...
Thursday 23 July 2026
Kimi K3 under fire, part 2: Why Beijing sees a US containment campaign
China is framing Washington's allegations against Moonshot AI as more than an intellectual property dispute. Chinese officials, state-backed media and policy commentators see the scrutiny...
Thursday 23 July 2026
Kimi K3 under fire, part 1: Inside Washington's case against Moonshot AI

The US government is investigating Chinese artificial intelligence developer Moonshot AI over allegations that its Kimi K3 model improperly...

Thursday 23 July 2026
OpenAI faces backlash over Kimi K3 open source criticism
OpenAI's new strategy chief Dean Ball has drawn sharp criticism from Trump administration officials and advisers after posting a lengthy commentary on Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 model....
Wednesday 22 July 2026
Commentary: Gulf state's Sovereign Wealth Fund pours into ASEAN, eyeing stake in AI infrastructure supply chains

ASEAN's AI boom is taking on a dual role as both a "no-man's land" and an international hub from Singapore's perspective, while investors...

Wednesday 22 July 2026
US-China AI rivalry, part 2: Beijing weighs controls on model weights, training data, chip designs

The forthcoming AI dialogue between Washington and Beijing is less a sign of easing tensions than of a changing rivalry. Both governments...

Wednesday 22 July 2026
US-China AI rivalry, part 1: September talks to confront frontier models, IP theft, open-source risks

The US and China are preparing to hold their first official artificial intelligence (AI) dialogue under President Donald Trump, a notable...

Wednesday 22 July 2026
China weighs stricter AI and chip export curbs after Kimi K3 benchmark win

China is considering tighter export controls on artificial intelligence and semiconductor technologies amid intensifying competition...

Tuesday 21 July 2026
China's magnet exports hit records — but the tap stays political

China's exports of rare-earth permanent magnets reached record levels in the first half of 2026, yet the same customs data reveal a...

Monday 20 July 2026
US and Chinese AI labs are quietly building on each other's models, even as distillation fight rages
The distillation dispute between US and Chinese AI labs has been framed as a one-way street: American firms accuse Chinese rivals of copying their models. However, a run of recent...
Monday 20 July 2026
Hanmi Semiconductor speeds up HBM tool output and plants US flag as equipment shortage looms
South Korea's Hanmi Semiconductor is racing to expand output of the bonding equipment that global memory and foundry makers rely on to build high-bandwidth memory (HBM), warning that...
Saturday 18 July 2026
Dutch report frames Chinese interference in chips, ports and aerospace as a systemic threat
Chinese foreign interference in the Netherlands' strategic industries should be treated as a systemic, long-term threat rather than a series of isolated incidents, according to "Beyond...
Friday 17 July 2026
China moves to institutionalize its vision for global AI governance as Xi launches cooperation body
China used the opening of the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai to institutionalize its bid to shape global governance of artificial intelligence (AI),...
Friday 17 July 2026
Australia strips voting rights from China-linked holdouts in rare-earths miner, curbing Beijing's mineral leverage

Australia has escalated a two-year campaign to force Chinese investors out of Northern Minerals Ltd., barring three China-linked shareholders...

Thursday 16 July 2026
Commentary: Xi Jinping elevates Sovereign AI, diplomacy, ecosystems into China's next AI strategy

The 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) opens in Shanghai on July 17, with Chinese President Xi Jinping set to attend...