Alice Han

And I have a sneaking suspicion, although I'm not entirely confident, that they may try to kill this deal or delay this deal, because this is an AI company.

I mean, it does agentech AI, so it's not directly national security dual use related.

But I sense that with AI getting even more charged as a topic in China domestically, there could be some spanners in the works, so to speak, for meta.

And mainly because I think it'll make Mark Zuckerberg's life a little bit worse.

So let's see if that actually happens.

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I think in a way, Trump's moves have probably pushed a lot of these countries, the Europeans, the Canadians, now maybe even the Brits, to adopt a softer trade policy towards China.

There has been an understanding over the last few years that China is an overcapacity and a national security problem.

But at the end of the day, there's a lot of money on the table.

Welcome to China Decode.

I'm Alice Han.

In today's episode of China Decode, we're discussing how China is pulling America's allies out of Washington's orbit, the problem with China's lopsided economy, and a viral app that exposes China's loneliness epidemic.

That's all coming up, but first, let's do a quick check-in with how the Chinese markets are starting the week.

On Monday, the Shanghai A-share index inched up 0.3%.

The Hang Seng A-share index fell 1.1%, dropping to a one-week low on news of escalating trade tensions out of the U.S.