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Survival Rules for Turbulent Times: A Compilation of the 20 Most Unmissable Core Insights from the 2026 Tsinghua PBCSF Forum

A dialogue between Zhu Min, former Deputy Governor of the People's Bank of China and former Vice Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund; Michael Spence, 2001 Nobel Prize winner in Economics and Philip H. Knight Professor Emeritus of Management at Stanford Graduate School of Business; and Masaaki Shirakawa, former Governor of the Bank of Japan, at the 2026 Tsinghua PBCSF Global Finance Forum.

Zhipu AI Launches US$5 Billion Financing to Fund Next-Generation Models and Computing Infrastructure

Chinese foundation-model developer Zhipu AI（智谱）, listed in Hong Kong as Z.AI, has launched approximately US$5 billion in financing through a share placement and convertible bond offering. The transaction would substantially expand its funding for model development and computing infrastructure, highlighting the role of Hong Kong’s capital markets in financing China’s AI industry.

Saudi Arabia’s HUMAIN Unveils Arabic AI Model Developed by China’s MiniMax

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund-backed artificial intelligence company HUMAIN announced HUMAIN M3 on September 3, an Arabic-language model commissioned from Chinese AI developer MiniMax. Built on the MiniMax-M3 model family, it is available through HUMAIN Node as a research and evaluation preview, offering a concrete example of Chinese foundation-model technology supporting overseas AI development.

Unpacking China | Key Chinese Firms to Watch This Week （23/08/2026-29/08/2026）

Amid fast-paced changes that fill the business community with excitement, angst and trepidation, EqualOcean will publish a series of roundup articles to document the major events related to Chinese companies going global every week.

Moonshot AI in Talks With Microsoft, Amazon and Google on Kimi K3 Revenue Sharing

Moonshot AI（月之暗面） is in early-stage talks with Microsoft, Amazon and Alphabet’s Google on potential revenue-sharing agreements that could allow the U.S. cloud providers to host its Kimi K3 model, Reuters reported on Aug. 26, citing three people familiar with the discussions.