National Data Administration outlines four-year plan for more data sharing

Last week, Chinese AI company DeepSeek caused an earthquake in the western tech world. What happened: DeepSeek released an open source-ish AI model, on par with models released by world leaders such as OpenAI, that can be trained and operated… Read More »

Beijing has further expanded mineral export controls in retaliation against US tariffs. On Tuesday, the Ministry of Commerce (MofCom) added the following items to the country's Dual-use Item Export Control List: Tungsten (including tungsten oxide, tungsten carbide, and myriad solid… Read More »

Beijing just hit another US tech giant with an antitrust probe. On Tuesday, the market regulator (SAMR) announced that it has launched an antitrust investigation into Google. The brief notice on SAMR's website offered no further details. ICYMI: In December,… Read More »