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Senior Research Fellow, Chatham House. Author of "Global Tech Wars: China's Race to Dominate".
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The China Robot Boom Is Here

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By Alice Han, James Kynge
| The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway
Alice Han and James Kynge start in Taipei, where the government has approved a record $35 billion defense budget for 2027 — an 18.2% jump — coming right on the heels of this year’s Han Kuang drills, which mobilized nearly 22,000 reservists and adopted U.S.-style command tactics for the first time. They dig into what it means for Taiwan’s military readiness, and whether this is more about deterring China or convincing Washington.
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Why Microsoft is Quietly Abandoning China

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By Alice Han, James Kynge
| The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway
Alice Han and James Kynge break down Microsoft’s five-year retreat from China — shuttered offices, closed retail stores, and thousands of jobs wound down — while the company quietly keeps selling Azure and AI services to Chinese giants like ByteDance and Shein. They dig into what’s driving the pullback, whether this is the decoupling everyone’s been warning about, and the irony that Microsoft’s Beijing R&D center helped train alumni now leading rivals like DeepSeek and SenseTime.
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China, Kimi K3 and WAICO: Can Beijing win the AI race and make the rules too?

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By James Kynge
| Revista de Prensa "Almendrón" Verified
People visit the Moonshot AI stand, featuring Kimi K3, during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai on 17 July 2026.Photo by CN-STR / AFP via Getty Images) / China OUT. China has made no secret of its AI ambitions. Back in 2017, its Next Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Plan set out its goal of becoming the ‘ world’s primary AI innovation centre’ by 2030. Now, Beijing is fleshing out a crucial dimension to the plan.
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