Chinese AI Rings in the Year of the Horse
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a Lunar New Year AI roundup
Chinese AI Rings in the Year of the Horse a Lunar New Year AI roundup Irene Zhang and Nick Corvino Feb 18, 2026 30 2 4 Share The Year of the Fire Horse is upon us, meaning China’s AI industry spent the final weeks before Lunar New Year frantically racing to ship new models before everyone disappears for the break. Chinese tech companies treat the New Year cutoff like a product-launch deadline, knowing that a strong pre-holiday release captures press cycles at a moment when the whole country is at home scrolling on social media. Regulators, too, have learned to time their moves, issuing new rul
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