Policy AI & Digital25 SEP 2026

China pours $184 billion into AI as migrant worker wages stagnate at $755 a month

Beijing has channelled $184 billion in government guidance funds into AI since 2000, while the country's roughly 300 million migrant workers earned an average of just $755 per month in 2025 — a 2.3% annual rise that lags well behind the pace of AI and manufacturing integration.

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Policy Energy & Cleantech Americas Asia Pacific+325 September 2026

China has cancelled two-thirds of its planned overseas coal power capacity

A joint report by CREA and PACS — both advocacy-oriented research organisations — finds that 61.5 gigawatts of Chinese-backed overseas coal capacity has been cancelled in the five years since Xi Jinping's 2021 UN pledge. The cancellations are projected to avoid 6.

Policy AI & Digital Americas25 September 2026

Xi Jinping visits Washington for landmark summit with Trump

Xi Jinping's state visit to Washington on September 23–25, 2026 produced a two-month trade truce extension running to January 10, a new bilateral Board of Trade, and a formal AI dialogue framework — but left the largest structural trade questions unresolved.

Policy Mining & Resources24 September 2026

China's Ministry of Natural Resources launches nationwide mineral exploration offensive

Beijing has launched a five-year campaign to expand domestic mineral discovery and extraction, backed by 500 billion yuan invested in the 2021–2025 cycle.