Archive - ChinaTalk

Kevin Roose on the AGI Believers: Oppenheimer with Equity

this one was so fun

10 hrs ago • Jordan Schneider and Phoebe Chow

The Spice Trader vs. the Tariffs

a section 301 update from the litigant

Oct 8 • Jordan Schneider and Phoebe Chow

China, the FCC, and the Logic of Transceivers

The dependencies a potential rule misses

Oct 7 • Quinn Ennis

Data is the Hard Part

Everyone wants AI that wins wars. Very few people want to collect, label, store, and test the data it runs on.

Oct 6 • Jordan Schneider and Phoebe Chow

China’s AI Safety Money Problem

Philanthropy is weak. The state is strong. Safety has to work the system to survive.

Oct 5 • Nick Corvino

CWN#15: The best Chinese short fiction of 2026 (so far)

A mid-autumn special edition

Published on Cold Window Newsletter • Oct 4

In Case You Missed It...

Best of September!

Oct 3 • Phoebe Chow

Building China’s Two Starlinks

is two better than one?

Oct 2 • Paddy Stephens

China's Starlink Response

Crust it, and copy it

Oct 1 • Paddy Stephens

September 2026

Logan Wright on Broken China

.5% growth...how did it get so bad?

Sep 30 • Jordan Schneider and Phoebe Chow

a comic! Ye and Xi and the State Dinner

Sep 29 • Jordache

WarTalk: Potemkin Pacific, Midterm Budget Woes

Every service for themselves + autonomy

Sep 25 • Jordan Schneider

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