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China is expediting IPO approvals amid its AI rivalry with the US, recently approving listings for chip designers MetaX and Moore Threads in just three months (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/china-fast-tracks-tech-ipos-counter-…

China Fast Tracks Tech IPOs to Counter US AI rivalry
The tech rivalry with the U.S. has made China take an unusual step: It is accelerating the pace at which startups go public in hopes of increasing investment in the tech sector. In recent months, securities regulators in China approved the public listings of two chip designers, MetaX and Moore ...

Long awaited: efficiency standards for electric vehicles. Good news for the energy transition.
Can't beat an e-bike, though ;)
https://carnewschina.com/2025/12/26/china-to-enforce…

China to enforce world’s first mandatory EV energy standard in 2026, capping two-tonne models at 15.1 kWh per 100 km
China will implement the world’s first mandatory electric vehicle energy consumption standard in January 2026.

China nimmt windkraftbetriebenes Unterwasser-Rechenzentrum in Betrieb
In China wurde der erste Teil eines windkraftbetriebenen Unterwasser-Rechenzentrums fertiggestellt. Es gilt als weltweit erste kommerziell betriebene Anlage.

How far can Democrats ride the affordability argument? A progressive running in deep-red Tennessee is about to find out (Arit John/CNN)
https://cnn.com/2025/11/29/politics/tennessee-special-election-behn-van-epps-trump
http://www.memeorandum.com/251129/p52#a251129p52

Alibaba Technical Report: Qwen3-VL beats GPT-5 and Gemini 2.5 Pro on visual tasks and has 100% accuracy on "needle-in-a-haystack" tests for 30-minute videos (Jonathan Kemper/The Decoder)
https://the-decoder.com/qwen3-vl-can-scan-two-hour-…

Qwen3-VL can scan two-hour videos and pinpoint nearly every detail
A few months after launching Qwen3-VL, Alibaba has released a detailed technical report on the open multimodal model. The data shows the system excels at image-based math tasks and can analyze hours of video footage.

China installiert 2024 mehr als die Hälfte aller Industrieroboter weltweit
Asien weist 2024 die meisten Roboterneuinstallationen auf. China allein hat sogar den größten Anteil weltweit. In Europa sinkt der Anteil dagegen.

China claims it has completed the first phase of construction of the first underwater data center, which is powered by wind energy and cooled by seawater (Anna Lagos/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/china-dives-in-on-the-worlds-first-wind-p…

China Dives in on the World’s First Wind-Powered Undersea Data Center
The $226 million project uses ocean breezes and seawater to stay cool.

China spielt in der Wissenschaft zunehmend eine führende Rolle
Bisher gelten die USA als führend in der Wissenschaft. Doch China holt auf, wie eine aktuelle Studie berichtet.
https://www.

Meta says Manus, initially based in Beijing and Wuhan, will cut Chinese investor ties after the deal and "will discontinue its services and operations in China" (Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/techn

Meta says AI startup Manus to cut China ties after acquisition
US tech giant says Manus will maintain current operations as it is integrated into Meta platforms