Guardian Labs' Guardião is a Portuguese AI startup that blocks phone scams before the call rings or the message is seen.
On August 10, 2026, Meta released Muse Glimmer (30B parameters, Apache 2.0) and promised open weights for Muse Spark 1.2, directly challenging China's 61% share of open weight AI tokens and the compliance ri...
China's 2035 ambition to double GDP per capita depends on whether 301 million migrant workers can move from low productivity agriculture and informal urban work into higher productivity formal employment.
On August 10, 2026, Alibaba launched three paid membership tiers for the Qwen Office Assistant, ranging from 200 yuan ( $29.60) to 1,499 yuan ( $222) annually, while keeping the core Qwen chatbot free.
Months long export license delays are costing US companies billions in lost exports, with 82% of pending licenses covering items already available from Chinese or international competitors — meaning the cont...
A July 2026 USCBC flash survey of 31 US companies found that months long export license delays are costing billions of dollars in lost exports, with 82% of pending licenses covering items already available f...
Mainland Chinese investors bought a net US$8.02 billion in Hong Kong stocks in July 2026 — the second consecutive month of net buying — as they fled the global AI selloff that crushed China's Star Market 50...
On August 5, 2026, Tencent expanded international access to its flagship Hy3 large language model through WorkBuddy (free worldwide until August 31, 2026), Tencent Design Miora, and Tencent Cloud TokenHub.
In July 2026, new A share account openings on the Shanghai Stock Exchange fell 7% month on month to 2.66 million, while the margin financing balance dropped for 11 consecutive sessions — the longest losing s...
Mainland Chinese investors channeled a net US$8 billion into Hong Kong stocks in July 2026 via the Stock Connect scheme, marking a second straight month of net buying, as they rotated out of overheated mainl...
Mainland Chinese investors bought a record net HK$62.9 billion ($8.02 billion) of Hong Kong stocks in July 2026 — a 132% surge from June — fleeing a global AI led tech rout that sent mainland China's STAR 50...
Since late July 2026, Germany's government has been quietly mapping Chinese weak points in semiconductor equipment, precision machinery, and technical services to build leverage for a potential EU China trad...