# China
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China Hands Over 17 Rescued Seafarers to the Philippines, Signalling Humanitarian Cooperation at Sea
China publicly handed over 17 rescued seafarers to the Philippines, with footage highlighting the humanitarian handover. The episode underscores the potential for practical maritime cooperation to complement, but not resolve, broader territorial tensions in the South China Sea.
State TV Amplifies PLA Call for Long-Term, All-Fronts Crackdown on Military Corruption
China’s state television broadcast a PLA Daily editorial calling for an intensive, long-term and comprehensive anti-corruption campaign in the military. The prominence of the message signals Beijing’s intent to pair disciplinary purges with systemic reforms, reinforcing political control while aiming to improve operational effectiveness.
China’s Commercial Space Race Eyes 2026 as the Year of Reusable Rockets
At a Beijing forum, chief engineers from three leading Chinese commercial space firms unveiled competing plans to prove reusable rocket technology in 2026. Their strategies differ—batch production and engine upgrades, large kerolox modular rockets, and a dual small/large vehicle path—yet all target lower costs and higher cadence to serve satellite‑internet constellations.
China Puts an Embodied AI on Its Biggest Stage: Galaxy General to Supply Robots for the 2026 Spring Gala
Galaxy General has been designated to provide embodied large-model robots for China’s 2026 Spring Festival Gala, signalling a shift of advanced robotics from labs into mass cultural exposure. The move offers a high-profile marketing and technical proving ground while raising safety, governance and societal-acceptance questions.
China’s New Space Start‑Up Books First Tourists and Aims for Crewed Flight by 2028 — A Commercial Space Push Gains Momentum
A Beijing commercial space firm unveiled its CYZ‑1 crew capsule and says it has reserved seats for more than 20 tourists across multiple vehicles, aiming for a crewed flight in 2028. The move highlights China’s accelerating commercial space ecosystem, rising investor interest, and potential spillovers into batteries, energy storage and high‑tech supply chains, even as technical, regulatory and market risks persist.
Power Banks on Wheels: How Shared-charger Vendors Are Turning E‑bikes into Mobile Micro‑businesses — and Raising Safety and Regulatory Alarms
Entrepreneurs in multiple Chinese cities have begun mounting shared power‑bank kiosks on electric bicycles, creating a mobile rental service that is cheap to install and can earn operators modest daily income. The practice raises safety and regulatory issues because many installations use uncertified inverters and exposed wiring, prompting local enforcement actions even as major platforms explore formal, integrated versions of the idea.
LEO Satellite Boom Sparks High‑End PCB Arms Race in China
China's PCB industry is racing to capture a rising share of the booming low‑Earth‑orbit satellite market by investing in high‑frequency, high‑reliability boards and scaling production. Domestic firms have manufacturing scale and supply‑chain advantages, but still face certification and materials hurdles before they can fully capitalise on mass deployments.
White Coats on the Front Line: Hospital Team Braves Mud and Waves to Treat China's Coastal Defenders
A medical team from Zibo No. 148 Hospital spent eight days and over a thousand kilometres delivering frontline care to coastal garrisons in Bohai Bay, treating more than a thousand servicemen and women. The outreach combined mobile physiotherapy, traditional medicine and institutional cooperation with local veterans’ authorities, reflecting China’s emphasis on troop welfare and civil‑military medical integration.
Why Jensen Huang’s Shanghai Market Stop Matters: Nvidia, Chinese AI Ambition and the Race for Compute
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s modest Shanghai market visit underscored the company’s ongoing commercial commitment to China even as export controls and rapid domestic innovation reshape the competitive landscape. Chinese advances in open‑source models, homegrown accelerators and emerging photonic computing are narrowing reliance on foreign GPUs and creating a more diversified global AI infrastructure.
From Shanghai Markets to Launchpads: Jensen Huang’s China Stopover and a Boost for Beijing’s Commercial Space Push
Jensen Huang’s early-2026 visit to Shanghai and public-facing interactions underline ongoing commercial links between Nvidia and China despite geopolitical headwinds. At the same time, Beijing is accelerating support for a domestic commercial space sector — highlighted by policy measures for satellite-data use and Zhongke Yuhang’s completion of IPO counselling — while tightening data and security regulation, creating both opportunities and risks for firms operating in China.
Jensen Huang’s China Visit and a New Wave of Chinese Space-Tech Listings Signal Business-first Engagement
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s January visit to Shanghai highlights the continuing commercial importance of China to global AI hardware suppliers. At the same time, Beijing’s new measures to develop commercial satellite data and a string of corporate preparations for public listings, such as Zhongke Yuhang’s completed IPO counselling, show China steering capital and policy toward space and data‑intensive technologies while tightening data governance.
US Carmakers at Risk of Becoming Niche Players as Global Markets Shift
A University of Michigan professor warns that Ford and General Motors risk becoming niche producers focused on pickups and SUVs if they lose market share in Canada, Mexico and other markets. Such a retreat would have wide economic and strategic consequences, as global demand shifts toward smaller, electrified vehicles and non‑US competitors expand abroad.