ChinAI Newsletter

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2025 China Computing Power Industry Chronicles - Frenzy, Growing Pains, and Value Reversion
The Truth About DeepSeek All-in-One Machine Deployment
Assetizing, Trading, Franchising: China’s Strategy for Building a National Data Economy
Does the UAE have an Advantage in Building Data Centers?
Inference Scaling and AI Governance
Recreating the Smells of History

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These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and related topics. Jeff is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University.


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February 23rd, 2026


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https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-348-chinas-compute-year-in

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The People who Resist AI
ChinAI #144
ChinAI #335
The development of Internet Fiction in China, from Internet sub-culture to mainstream literature
The Temple of Earth and I (translated excerpts)
Reputation Collectives - how international industry associations influence China’s safety standards in high-risk technologies
ChinAI #61: A Backlash to Social Credit Blacklists?

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These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and related topics. Jeff is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University.


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First published:

February 16th, 2026


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https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-347-the-chinese-people-who

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My latest article on how international private governance could play a role in AI governance.
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2008
AI Safety/Security Governance Report
ChinAI translation and coverage
Alibaba’s The Large Language Model Technology development and governance practice report
Carnegie analysis
China’s AI Boyfriend Business Is Taking On a Life of Its Own
Support for Washington Post international employees

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These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and related topics. Jeff is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University.


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First published:

February 9th, 2026


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https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-346-reputation-collectives

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ByteDance vs. Tencent vs. Alibaba.
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Chronicles of the Great AI Battle among ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent — A destiny-changing Conflict

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These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and related topics. Jeff is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University.


Check out the archive of all past issues here & please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay for a subscription will support access for all).

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First published:

February 2nd, 2026


Source:

https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-345-a-three-way-race-for-chinas

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Plus, China's Industry-led AI Security and Safety Commitments.
Featured links
AI Safety/Security Governance Research Report (2025)
INTENT-FT
AI Security and Safety Commitments
Reputation Collectives paper
How China and the US Can Make AI Safer for Everyone
The (Geo)Political Economy of AI Openness - US and Chinese Open-Source AI Approaches in Historical Context
Exclusive - How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West in AI chips
The Age of Academic Slop is Upon Us

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These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and related topics. Jeff is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University.


Check out the archive of all past issues here & please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay for a subscription will support access for all).

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First published:

January 26th, 2026


Source:

https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-344-ai-safetysecurity-governance

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