AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoU.S.-China Tech Friction: The Pentagon updated its list of Chinese military-linked firms, adding major names like Alibaba, Baidu and BYD—raising new risks for contracts and investment while Beijing says the blacklist is discriminatory. AI Power Race: China is planning a roughly $295B AI data-center buildout and even turned on the world’s first underwater data center near Shanghai, as UN warnings say AI could soon consume huge electricity and water. Trade Watch: China’s foreign trade volume rose 16.9% in May, with exports up and imports up, keeping the first-five-months growth streak alive. North Korea Diplomacy: Xi returned from North Korea after talks with Kim, with both sides pledging deeper ties. Security & Surveillance: Apple’s EU Siri rollout dispute is reigniting scrutiny after reports of iCloud data stored on China government-linked servers. Culture Protection Tech: Tianjin University unveiled a “digital fingerprint” system to uniquely identify cultural relics at microscopic scale. Health & Science: China reported a first combined pig liver-and-kidney transplant into a human, while a large Japanese study links green tea to fewer dementia-linked brain lesions.
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