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This is Part 2 of his two-part investigation of China’s Starlink challengers! ChinaTalk is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid ...

This is Part 2 of our Taiwan drone series! Ethan Kessler was a 2025-2026 Boren Graduate Fellow for Mandarin Chinese in Taiwan. Before that, he was a graduate student and think tank researcher focusing ...

Over the course of this week, we are thrilled to share an in-depth, vivid journey through Taiwan’s drone industry in two parts. Ethan’s rigorous research and extensive on the ground reporting is a ...

The following is a cross-post from 葬AI / FuneralAI, an uproariously funny Chinese blog about the ups and downs of the AI industry. Check out their many other articles on Substack and WeChat Public ...

Jay Kimmel is a seasonal fellow with GovAI, where he conducted this research, as well as a fellow with the Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations and a former U.S. diplomat. As the next ...

The Prime Minister of Sweden uses AI models for second opinions on policy. The German Chancellor is testing frontier models against draft legislation on his personal laptop. The US Secretary of War is ...

Aqib Zakaria, ChinaTalk’s chip lead, is in Hawai’i! If you’re interested in joining an Oahu ChinaTalk meetup, reach out to aqib@chinatalk.media. Irene Zhang is going to Jakarta later this month and ...

Caleb Harding is a Mandarin-speaking BYU CS graduate. He previously interned at the US Embassy in Jakarta and Doublethink Lab in Taiwan. He is currently based in D.C. Today, At its inception in July ...