Japan is embracing "techno-nationalism" to boost its domestic aerospace industry and reclaim its status as an innovation hub, partly driven by competition with China and a desire for nationally produced solutions.
Research published in China's Acta Aeronautica et Astronautica Sinica suggests Chinese language may offer a slight intrinsic advantage over English for AI in aerodynamic tasks. An AI agent developed by Tsinghua University was trained to reduce aircraft wing drag by modifying shapes, learning through trial and error.
Xpeng CEO He Xiaopeng has set a goal to fully outperform Tesla's Full Self-Driving system in the Chinese market by August 2026. At the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition (Auto China 2026), He claimed Xpeng's Vision Language Action (VLA) system already outperforms Tesla in certain complex driving scenarios, citing China's more challenging driving environment as the benchmark for overall capability.
