# China
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JinkoSolar Denies Any Deal With Musk’s Team as Shares Spike on Space‑PV Rumours
JinkoSolar denied any cooperation or signed agreements with a team linked to Elon Musk after its shares jumped on rumours of visits by Musk’s delegates to Chinese PV firms. The company emphasised that space‑based photovoltaic technology is still in early exploration and has not contributed revenue, while its core business remains terrestrial solar.
From ‘TV King’ to Balance‑Sheet Crisis: Konka Warns of RMB125–156bn Annual Loss, Fuels Delisting Fears
Konka, a once‑dominant Chinese television maker, has warned of an RMB12.6–15.6 billion full‑year loss for 2025 driven by large fourth‑quarter impairment charges. The forecast has pushed the company toward negative net assets, raised delisting risks, and intensified governance probes following a recent state‑linked takeover.
Beijing’s Economists Push a New Playbook: Diversify, Rebuild Confidence and Green the Supply Chain
At NetEase’s 2026 economists’ conference in Beijing, officials, academics and business leaders argued that China’s next growth phase requires diversified, symbiotic policy: bolster household confidence with social and fiscal measures, pivot toward consumption and services, manage US trade frictions pragmatically, and accelerate credible green supply‑chain transition. The forum stressed that technology and AI pose both productivity opportunities and risks to human skills, while corporate ESG work faces significant implementation hurdles.
China’s Overseas Assets at Risk? A Chinese Op-Ed Urges Militarised Protection after Legal and Political Setbacks
A Chinese commentary warns that investments in Venezuela, Panama and Cambodia face seizure amid geopolitical pressure and host‑country shifts, and explicitly calls for military measures to guard overseas assets. The piece underscores broader debates in China about protecting global economic interests in an increasingly contested international order and highlights the strategic trade-offs of militarising economic diplomacy.
Smile Walls and Statecraft: How a PLA Military District Is Recasting Rural Revitalization in Jiangxi
In Jiangxi’s Ganzhou region, the PLA’s military sub‑district has paired with 19 villages since 2021 to deliver infrastructure, education and agricultural support. Public “smile walls” of photographs dramatise tangible gains — higher incomes, new elderly care and improved schooling — while signalling the Party‑Army partnership behind China’s rural revitalization strategy. The initiative is practical and popular locally but also raises questions about the long‑term balance between military involvement and civilian governance in sustaining rural development.
Armed Police on the Move: China’s Security Forces Round Up Spring Festival Travel
Photographs released during the opening of China’s spring-travel period show People’s Armed Police deployed across major stations and airports, performing both security and public-service roles. The highly visible presence is meant to ensure safe travel during Chunyun while signalling the state’s capacity to manage large-scale population movements.
Tokyo’s “Existential Crisis” Rhetoric on Taiwan Raises Stakes — and Questions About Motives
Hardline Japanese rhetoric framing Taiwan as an “existential” security concern has reignited debate over Tokyo’s military role and constitutional limits. The language reflects both electoral tactics and substantive policy shifts — higher defence spending, island missile deployments and moves to enshrine the Self-Defense Forces — that raise regional tensions and the risk of miscalculation with China.
Japan’s Remilitarisation Moment: Takaichi’s Drive to Put the Self‑Defense Forces Into the Constitution
With the election days away, Sanae Takaichi’s surge in the polls has elevated constitutional revision and the formal enshrinement of the Self‑Defense Forces into central campaign issues. A parliamentary supermajority would make amendment feasible, with wide implications for domestic politics and regional security, drawing sharp responses from China and Russia.
PLA Unveils 'Spring Mode' Poster as Training Season Kicks Off
China’s military released a spring-themed poster campaign marking the start of the training season, using cultural imagery to signal renewed training tempo and to reinforce domestic narratives of military strengthening. The move is largely symbolic but consistent with a broader pattern of public messaging that normalizes sustained readiness and modernization.
China Issues 88 Mandatory Auto-Safety Standards, Tightening Rules for EV Batteries and Autonomous Features
China has issued 88 mandatory national standards targeting vehicle safety, tightening requirements for EV batteries and introducing compulsory rules for automatic emergency braking and in-vehicle emergency calls. The reforms aim to raise safety baselines as the country’s auto production and NEV market expand, but will raise compliance costs and influence who can compete in China’s rapidly evolving EV and autonomous-driving sectors.
China Opens AI + Virtual-Production Lab to Build a Domestic Film-Tech Stack
China has launched an AI and virtual-production laboratory in Zhejiang to domesticise key film technologies, incubate pilot projects and set industry standards. The effort reflects a broader push for technological self-reliance and could lower costs, reshape labour in the film sector and create export opportunities, while raising governance and ethical challenges.
From Books to Models: Shanghai Scholar Urges Humanities to Supply Quality Data and Embrace AI-Age Reform
Meng Zhongjie, president of Shanghai International Studies University and a Shanghai people's congress deputy, urged humanities scholars to prepare high-quality corpora and actively collaborate with AI as part of a broader disciplinary transformation. His call highlights both an opportunity to shape Chinese-language AI and a tension between instrumental collaboration and preservation of critical scholarship.