China’s tech giants have discovered a new export good: tokens, the units of computation used by artificial intelligence. Whether that can become a viable business, however, remains an open question.
By Jörn Petring
The Internet Trend Monitor explains phenomena and debates in the Chinese online sphere and why they matter to us, too. Today’s topic is whether Chinese art academies should cut traditional subjects in favor of AI-based programs – at a moment when a contemporary Chinese aesthetic is gaining increasing international attention.
By Fabian Peltsch
China is in a race with the United States to develop and deploy artificial intelligence in the military. The new Five-Year Plan is set to further accelerate the pace.
By Andreas Landwehr
ByteDance’s AI video tool Seedance 2.0 generates astonishingly realistic, cinematic-quality videos. The tool is being celebrated as a milestone not only in China. The technology is becoming part of everyday life faster than many expect, says AI expert Hans Uszkoreit – even if its training data remains in the dark.
By Fabian Peltsch
After strong price gains this year, China’s stock markets are consolidating. Tech stocks continue to trade at elevated valuations, as seen most recently in the IPO of chip developer MetaX. Analysts expect more moderate gains in 2026.
By Jörn Petring
Donald Trump wants to allow Nvidia to sell the advanced AI chip H200 to China. The government in Beijing prefers to support the development of its own AI chip industry. The approach of Chinese tech companies and universities is apparently more pragmatic.
By Jörn Petring
A generation is growing up in China whose childhood is becoming a high-tech project. In Beijing, eight hours of AI lessons per school year are already compulsory, and other provinces want to follow suit. Parents have fewer reservations about the technology than elsewhere.
By Lina Falk
Nvidia builds the most powerful chips in the world. Nevertheless, CEO Jensen Huang now claims that China has the better cards in the AI race. What is behind this?
By Jörn Petring
The southern Indian metropolis of Bangalore (now known as Bengaluru) has become one of the most important tech hubs in the world. Like Shenzhen, the location could combine technological innovation and industrial production at the highest level.
By Angela Köckritz
