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US-China AI Race

$300M SMUGGLED. 100,000 CHIPS LEASED. 16,000 ATTEMPTS TO STEAL THE MODELS.

FILE UPDATED Oct 11, 2026

WHY THIS MATTERS

US-China AI race news from AI News Page: a $300M Nvidia chip smuggling indictment, Tencent's $7B offshore chip lease, Moonshot's 16,000-attempt model distillation campaign, and China's plan for AI in every school by 2030.

ZIMBO'S READ ON US-China AI Race

Sunday strip: Liang Wenfeng, THE CHIP HOARDER — teenager with circuit board at Zhejiang; High-Flyer quant money-printer; 2021 Nvidia chip wall under slamming export-controls shutter; 2023 tiny DeepSeek lab; Jan 2025 R1 robot topples the BIG AI $100B+ tag; finale: gold IPO $???B tag over the lab.

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  2. Oct 8, 2026

    YOUR NEW 'COWORKER' HAS ITS OWN EMAIL ADDRESS — IT'S AN AI

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  3. Sep 10, 2026

    TENCENT'S AI CHIP BET TRIPLES ON DEBUT... 84% OF 2025 REVENUE WAS TIED TO TENCENT...

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