China Decode: Apple's China Chip Play, DeepSeek Seeking Billions, and the Californication of Chinese Food
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Hogging seats on a crowded train, not saying excuse me, watching videos on your phone with no headphones in. Sometimes it feels like we don't know how to act anymore. What we have been seeing, increasingly, is people breaking rules. Why should I play by the rules if nobody else is going to do that for me? This week on Explain It to Me, how to mind your manners.
New episodes Sundays wherever you get your podcasts. We have to recognize how enormous a trend this is. The South Korean government, along with Samsung Electronics and SK Heinex, have allocated $520 billion to keep South Korea in the AI race. Can we see any kind of a pledge like that in Europe? Nothing so far comes close to that.
Welcome to China Decode. I'm Alice Han. And I'm James King. In today's episode of China Decode, we're discussing big money moves in the AI arms race, China's latest strategy to increase its global influence, and the californication of Chinese diets. That's all coming up, but first, let's do a quick check-in with how the markets are starting the week in China.
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