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Three of America’s most powerful tech CEOs have, within a week, publicly argued that the United States should not block Chinese AI models – a striking break from Washington’s push to contain them. Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg told the Financial Times on July 29 that the U.S. should not bar Chinese AI models from the race … Read more
The US government has moved to restrict imports of Chinese-made robotics and industrial equipment, escalating trade tensions in advanced manufacturing sectors. (Source: Shenzhen News) The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on July 28 added foreign-made “advanced robotic equipment” – humanoid and quadruped robots – and grid-tied inverters to its list of restricted equipment, citing national-security risks … Read more
🇧🇷 Brazil, 2026-06: Chinese brands took 19.7% of the market (19.6% excl MG). BYD held 4th for a second month and the whole China bloc set records.
🇲🇾 Malaysia, 2026-06: Chinese brands took 8.9% of the market (8.9% excl MG). Perodua and Proton still own 59%, but the China bench is stacking up fast.
🇸🇬 Singapore, 2026-06: Chinese brands took 47.9% of the market (43.2% excl MG). BYD alone took 21.3%, more than Toyota and Mercedes combined.
1. The Ranking Top 20 brands by monthly sales, China-badged brands highlighted in teal. (RobotBelt Monthly Auto Tracker — United Kingdom, 2026-06) 2. Three Signals Signal 1 Fact: Chinese brands held 16.5% of UK registrations in June 2026, but 11.6% without MG. Read: MG (wholly SAIC-owned) still does the heavy lifting. Strip it out and … Read more
1. The Ranking Top 20 brands by monthly sales, China-badged brands highlighted in teal. (RobotBelt Monthly Auto Tracker — Australia, 2026-06) 2. Three Signals Signal 1 Fact: BYD sold 18,881 units in June 2026, just 1.2% behind Toyota’s 19,124. Read: For the first time a Chinese brand is effectively level with the long-time market leader. … Read more
1. The Ranking Top 20 brands by monthly sales, China-badged brands highlighted in teal. (RobotBelt Monthly Auto Tracker — Thailand, 2026-06) 2. Three Signals Signal 1 Fact: Chinese brands took 31.0% of Thailand’s auto market in June 2026 (26.2% excluding MG). Read: Toyota, Honda and Isuzu still hold the podium, but the Chinese block is … Read more
NVIDIA has confirmed a strategic investment in Safe Superintelligence, the lab founded by OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever, and opened its next-generation Vera Rubin compute platform to the effort — targeting a tenfold increase in SSI’s capacity within twelve months. First Financial reports the deal is worth about $5 billion. SSI, founded in 2024, has shipped … Read more
On 28 July, the Cyberspace Administration of China, together with the cyberspace offices of Beijing, Shanghai, Zhejiang and Shenzhen and five leading large-model firms, launched the AI Large-Model IPv6 Capability Enhancement Initiative in Xiong’an. The goal is to push generative large-model applications to fully support IPv6, laying the network foundation for the intelligent era. As … Read more