China’s AI Wins in 2025 Include Asteroid Scooping and Electromagnetic Navy Magic
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- •Chinese leader Xi Jinping praised China’s AI progress and tech breakthroughs in his 2026 New Year’s address.
- •Deepseek AI shocked markets by launching its R1 AI model in January, shaking US chip stocks noticeably.
- •Meta’s $2 billion acquisition of Manus AI marks one of the largest US tech purchases of a Chinese AI startup.
In a 2025 extravaganza of sci-fi meets geopolitics, Xi Jinping celebrated China’s AI explosion alongside throwing in a 'humble' brag about the Tianwen-2 asteroid sampling mission—because just mining tech wasn’t enough, why not try space rocks? Meanwhile, the country dropped a slick electromagnetic catapult aircraft carrier, making naval launches more sci-fi action movie than actual navy procedure. On the economic side, China’s Deepseek AI startup roared into the scene with the R1 model in January, causing Nvidia stocks to plunge 17% as US tech scrambled, earning founder Chen Weiliang a billionaire badge. President Trump’s December wink to Nvidia letting them sell H200 chips in China added an ironic seasoning, while Meta fell head over heels paying $2 billion for China-founded Manus AI. Talk about an AI-powered dragon flex!
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China’s 2025 AI flex includes asteroid plundering, electromagnetic aircraft carriers, and billion-dollar chip drama—take that, sci-fi and Wall Street!
When your New Year’s speech doubles as a sci-fi franchise trailer complete with asteroid loot and robot armies, you know China’s AI isn’t playing around.
Nvidia’s stock crashed like a bad drone after China’s Deepseek unveiled the R1 while Meta drops $2 billion on Manus like it’s Black Friday on AI tech.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 1/2/2026 | Author: Aditi Bharade
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