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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.

Unpacking China | Key Chinese Firms to Watch This Week （19/07/2026-25/07/2026）

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.

01.AI Targets 2027 Hong Kong IPO as Contracted Orders Top CNY 1.5 Billion

Kai-Fu Lee says overseas markets generate about half of the company’s business, but the figure should not be conflated with its recurring-subscription share

Alibaba Previews 2.4-Trillion-Parameter Qwen3.8, Promises Open-Weight Release

Alibaba Group（阿里巴巴集团）has previewed Qwen3.8, its latest flagship artificial-intelligence model, saying the system has 2.4 trillion total parameters and will eventually be released with open weights.

WeRide Launches Fully Driverless Robobus Service in Singapore, Marking Southeast Asia’s First Public Deployment

Chinese autonomous-driving company WeRide (文远知行) began operating its Robobus autonomous minibus in fully driverless mode on Singapore’s Sentosa island on July 17, becoming the first autonomous vehicle in Southeast Asia to provide public passenger service without a safety driver onboard. The milestone marks a significant step in the overseas commercialization of China’s Level-4 autonomous-driving technology, moving beyond pilot programs toward regular public operation.