Partner, Tech @triviumchina / Chinese data, AI, and tech policy / In China For Noodles since 2002. Read what I write: triviumchina.com/tech
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This piece by @mattsheehan88, about changing state and public attitudes in China about AI and jobs, is one of the year's must-reads so far.
Apr 14
I wrote about the biggest change in 🇨🇳 AI policy over the past year: growing worry about AI's impact on jobs.
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- the surprising spark that ignited the shift
- different ministries competing to lead on AI
- China's ~5 part plan for dealing w/ labor impacts
Link below!
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27 Sep 2025
This week on the Trivium China Podcast, @triviumchina co-founder @andrewpolk81 is joined by @kendraschaefer and @coryjcombs to explain China's AI initiative. Fascinating stuff!! Link below.
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4 Jun 2025
Sat down this week to chat with @KaiserKuo about our latest research on China's generative AI ecosystem - check out the convo on the @SinicaPodcast
open.spotify.com/episode/21R…
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29 Apr 2025
Did you know the Chinese gov publishes an official list of public-facing generative AI tools operating in China? I spent the last six months cataloging and analyzing all 3,739 of them. Here are my early findings – and my data set. Exec sum in thread. 1/9 triviumchina.com/research/se…
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29 Apr 2025
State-affiliated entities hold approximately 22% of the generative AI licenses issued in China, but China’s big telecoms – notably China Mobile – appear to be the only central state-owned enterprises doing genuinely innovative generative AI development. 8/9
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29 Apr 2025
No surprise here: Foreign companies have only registered 0.5% of generative AI algorithms in China, and none of those are bleeding edge. Geopolitics and China's internet regulations are significantly dampening foreign involvement. 9/9
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China's latest round of controls on mineral exports bring our hit rate to six out of the nine @coryjcombs predicted back in March:
29 Feb 2024
Cool paper alert: @coryjcombs takes a stab at predicting which critical minerals are most at risk of export controls by China, and outlines the framework he developed to make those determinations. Input on the framework very welcome! triviumchina.com/research/ga…
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Kendra Schaefer 凯娜 retweeted
28 Jun 2024
Paul Triolo @pstAsiatech & Kendra Schaefer @kendraschaefer on #China's #ArtificialIntelligence sector, how developments are driving U.S.-China #technology competition and intersect with critical policy choices around technologies that support AI ecosystems bit.ly/3VLL8qL
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Kendra Schaefer 凯娜 retweeted
27 Jun 2024
Great working with @kendraschaefer on this complex and important topic! Had to leave a lot out, so much happening in this space...
China’s Generative AI Ecosystem in 2024: Rising Investment and Expectations | The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) nbr.org/publication/chinas-g…
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17 Jun 2024
Beijing has made leading-edge, highly-efficient manufacturing capabilities a top policy priority. In this analysis, @triviumchina experts @kendraschaefer and @coryjcombs provide an in-depth overview of this emerging effort, dubbed “new industrialization.”
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15 Apr 2024
My latest on China #GenAI with @kendraschaefer. Full version with much more detail will be published later this week...
China’s AI Pioneers Face A Critical Year - The Wire China thewirechina.com/2024/04/14/…
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29 Mar 2024
Had a great conversation on China's thinking on AI risks with @CSIS, joined by @gwbstr and @mattsheehan88.
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22 Mar 2024
Finally, finally, finally - China's cyberspace regulator finalizes rules relaxing requirements on exporting data from China. cac.gov.cn/2024-03/22/c_1712…
22 Mar 2024
The Cyberspace Administration of China has just released regulations revising the data export regime. These came out in draft last autumn and heralded a considerable loosening of strict requirements on security review, standard contracts or certification. A few highlights:
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1 Mar 2024
Hats off to @mattsheehan88 for his incredible work tracing the history of how China's AI regulations and policies were written. A real triumph that accurately captures how tech policy is formulated in China. carnegieendowment.org/2024/0…
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