Tag: china
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China's Chip Independence: SMIC, Huawei Ascend, and What '7nm' Actually Means
China's domestic chip manufacturing progress after U.S. export controls is real but constrained. Here's what SMIC's 7nm achievement actually means and what it does not.
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The Economics of Late Qing China's Economic Decline
China's share of world GDP fell from roughly 33% in 1820 to 9% by 1913. This article examines the structural fiscal failures, unequal treaty constraints, and internal catastrophes that drove one of history's most dramatic economic collapses.
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The Extraterritorial Problem: Can Brussels Govern Chinese AI?
The EU AI Act's extraterritorial scope theoretically covers Chinese AI exported to Europe. In practice, enforcement is nearly impossible. Here's what that asymmetry means.
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China's AI Governance Strategy Is Smarter Than the West Admits
China's AI regulations predate the EU AI Act. Some mechanisms are more coherent than Western critics admit — here's an honest read of what they actually say.
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How China Built a Parallel Internet (And Why It's Actually Better for AI)
China's internet isolation forced the creation of massive Chinese-language datasets that Western companies lack, creating unexpected AI training advantages nobody planned for.
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The Chip That Started the Second Cold War
The US export ban on advanced semiconductors to China triggered a geopolitical restructuring that rivals the original Cold War in its global consequences.
