OpenAI broke from Anthropic on July 25 by joining a 32-company letter defending open-weight AI models, leaving Anthropic as the only major US AI lab outside a growing coalition that now includes Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta, and Google.
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China Weighs Export Controls on AI Models, Training Data and Use of TSMC
China’s Ministry of Commerce is consulting AI and chip companies on export controls that would restrict overseas access to Chinese AI models, training data, and ban use of TSMC for Chinese chip designs.
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Philippines Sailor Wounded as China Coast Guard Clashes at Ayungin Shoal
A Philippine sailor was injured when Chinese and Filipino forces clashed at Second Thomas Shoal on July 21, drawing US condemnation and overshadowing ASEAN diplomacy in Manila.
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China Consults Alibaba and ByteDance on Curbing Overseas AI Model Access
China is consulting Alibaba and ByteDance on restricting foreign downloads of AI model weights, in a move that could end Beijing’s open-source AI advantage.
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CXMT Prices Asia’s Largest IPO of 2026 at $8.6 Billion
China’s leading DRAM chipmaker Chang Xin Memory Technologies priced an $8.6 billion Shanghai listing with 212-times investor demand, targeting a debut on July 27 at an $85 billion valuation.
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China Launches 29-Nation AI Cooperation Body at Shanghai Conference
China launched WAICO on July 16, a new 29-nation AI cooperation body, at the Shanghai World AI Conference as Beijing challenges US-led governance frameworks.
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PBOC Holds Rates for 14th Straight Month as China’s Economy Misses Its Growth Target
China’s central bank held lending rates at record lows on July 20 for the 14th straight month after Q2 GDP came in at 4.3%, the weakest reading since late 2022.
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Moonshot AI Launches Kimi K3, the World’s Largest Open-Weight AI Model
Moonshot AI launched Kimi K3 on July 16 with 2.8 trillion parameters and a 1 million-token context window, placing third on GDPval benchmarks and releasing full weights on July 27 — the largest open-weight AI model yet from any lab.
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Rubio and Wang Yi Converge on Manila for ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Week
The Philippines opens its 2026 ASEAN chairmanship ministerial week on July 18 with Marco Rubio, Wang Yi and Sergey Lavrov in attendance, as energy security and the Hormuz disruption dominate the substantive agenda.
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China June Exports Jump 27% as AI Hardware and Tariff Rush Drive Record Surplus
Overseas shipments rose to $412 billion in June, well above analyst forecasts, with semiconductor prices more than doubling year-on-year and electric-vehicle exports up 70%.