Worldwide statistics across the planet: Infographics – Watch China rising across the board.

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The worldwide orderbook reached 226 million compensated gross tons on October 26, surpassing the previous record set during the 2008 shipping boom. China captured 81.8% of all new ship orders during the first nine months of 2026. Tankers and green-powered vessels are driving demand. Chinese shipyards are now building a growing share of the ships that carry the world’s oil, gas and merchandise.

https://www.caixinglobal.com/2026-11-03/china-dominates-as-global-shipbuilding-orderbook-hits-record-102500319.html

Chinese open-weight AI models are gaining adoption internationally, including on Western cloud-computing platforms. Goldman Sachs reported in October that China’s semiconductor manufacturing capacity is advancing faster than investors had expected, although technical bottlenecks remain. The competition is no longer confined to which country has the best AI model. It now includes chips, computing infrastructure and the software ecosystem built around them.

https://www.goldmansachs.com/insights/articles/competition-among-chinas-ai-models-is-intensifying-as-chip-sector-advances

h/t Fenris

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