Entity

China

The world's most populous great power and second-largest economy; a central actor in trade, technology, and security.

As of 12 Nov 2026Last evidence 11 Nov 2026

What is happening now

  • The AI model race

    Registered event · reported 29 Mar 2026 to 11 Nov 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

  • China’s Trade Surplus Tops $1 Trillion for Second Straight Year as AI Exports Drive Growth

    Reported claim · first reported 10 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 11 separate publishers

  • Seoul sees slim chance of Trump-Kim contact at APEC summit in China

    Reported claim · first reported 9 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

  • Hyundai Motor's HTWO teams up with Air Liquide to expand hydrogen mobility in China

    Reported claim · first reported 9 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

  • US intelligence memo says China recruited a Megaspeed executive to spy on Nvidia's Jensen Huang

    Reported claim · first reported 8 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 7 separate publishers

All 14 events and claims involving China

What changed

  • Attention Rising: 824 mentions on 12 Nov 2026, against 606 on 22 Oct 2026 (+36%).
  • State Last recorded change: coverage state went from steady to rising on 9 Nov 2026 (3 changes recorded since 5 Nov 2026).
  • Claims No claim first reported since 11 Nov 2026.
  • Market The cited market on “Will China invade Taiwan by December 31, 2027?” moved from 12% to 8% Yes since 28 Sept 2026 (the market’s own price).

How well we know this

20,938 documents · 801 publishers · 8% say something specific about it · last evidence 11 Nov 2026

  • Gap: 8% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
  • Gap: 2 receipts withheld: no source link (the same rule the topic record applies)

In this snapshot’s daily coverage:

Reported alongside China

Names most often reported alongside it; bigger circles and heavier lines mean more shared documents. A dashed circle has no page of its own yet.

AIUnited StatesTrumpNorthern Marian…RussiaIranIndiaJapanSouth KoreaOil

Story momentum

Rising

The word compares 824 mentions on 12 Nov 2026 with 606 on 22 Oct 2026 (+36%); a change of less than 8% either way reads Steady.

Daily mentions +67% from 28 Sept 2026 to 12 Nov 2026, between 137 and 824 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions China, day by day.

Market price, cited

8% Yes

priced 12 Nov 2026 · relation: subject of the question

the market: 12% → 8% Yes (-4pts, from 28 Sept 2026 to 12 Nov 2026)

on “Will China invade Taiwan by December 31, 2027?”

The day’s closing price on this market, and how it moved. The number is the market’s own. Ask about China

“Will China invade Taiwan by December 31, 2027?”: the market's own price; the venue link is not stored with it

Coverage volume and market price are separate measures.

On the desk: Geopolitics Desk

For developers

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  "coverageTrend": "rising",
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The figures on this page, as data. The tool returns the full entity record.

Events involving China

Most-reported first, then newest. Registered events come from the event record; reported events are groups of claims about one occurrence. Claims are grouped when they were first reported within 2 days of each other and either name at least 2 of the same people, places or things besides this one, or share at least 25% of their wording. Each claim keeps its own record.

  • The AI model race

    Registered event · reported 29 Mar 2026 to 11 Nov 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

  • China’s Trade Surplus Tops $1 Trillion for Second Straight Year as AI Exports Drive Growth

    Reported claim · first reported 10 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 11 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Seoul sees slim chance of Trump-Kim contact at APEC summit in China

    Reported claim · first reported 9 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Hyundai Motor's HTWO teams up with Air Liquide to expand hydrogen mobility in China

    Reported claim · first reported 9 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • US intelligence memo says China recruited a Megaspeed executive to spy on Nvidia's Jensen Huang

    Reported claim · first reported 8 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 7 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Silicon Valley and Trump rally behind Nvidia CEO after his affair with alleged Chinese spy

    Reported claim · first reported 8 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Nvidia board’s probe into Jensen Huang’s affair with a suspected Chinese spy could look at questionable statements from the CEO and his spokespeople

    Reported claim · first reported 7 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 20 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • China’s Central Bank Probes Solana Over Shanghai Ad, Says Promoting SOL Is Illegal

    Reported claim · first reported 6 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Donald Trump's political humbling after US midterms signals short-term gain, long-term pain for China

    Reported claim · first reported 5 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • SoftBank acquisition of ABB robot unit blocked by China regulator that opposed Meta’s Manus deal: FT

    Reported claim · first reported 5 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 11 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Iran Opens Strait of Hormuz to China and India as U.S. Blockade Continues

    Reported claim · first reported 5 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 9 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Nvidia Tightens AI Chip Tracking in Southeast Asia as China Smuggling Concerns Grow

    Reported claim · first reported 2 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • China’s Communist Party calls for a crackdown on corruption that uses crypto and blockchain

    Reported claim · first reported 1 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Economic indicator: china & GDP

    Registered event · reported 22 Aug 2026 to 20 Oct 2026 · no longer active · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

Walk the record from China

Open where it comes from, follow a claim or a related name, and use the trail to come back. Every step says what it is, how it stands and when. Machines read the same record.

China

Entity.

Evidence
20,938 documents · 801 separate publishers · a mention shows the name is in use, not that any claim about it is true
Standing
A name from our starting list; its record is kept up to date automatically from coverage
Time
first seen 12 Mar 2026, last seen 11 Nov 2026
Measured
8% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
12 Nov 2026
25 links from here

Who it moves with: the 10 names are in the map above.

What is claimed about it (12)

  • Corroborated: Reported by three or more sources that did not copy each other.
  • Reported by two: Reported by two sources that did not copy each other.

Situations it is named in (3)

For machines: this record as JSON

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What the coverage says

Recent reporting that names China, newest first. Open any row to follow it to the original article.

Evidence tiers: primary source = an official public record · attributed = a named outlet, receipt linked · lead = observed, not yet receipted.

Other markets materially about China

Markets whose question is about China or names it as a party. Each row says how the market relates to China and why. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue.

No other open market in the record is materially about China: none names it as the subject of its question or as a party in it.

3 more open markets joined to China but not about it
  • 54.2% Yes

    “Will Xiaomi have the best Chinese AI model at the end of November 2026?”

    Polymarket · priced 12 Nov 2026

    Relation: mentioned only in passing · the name does not appear as a word in the question; the record joined it another way · close date not stated in the question

  • 40% Yes

    “Will the highest temperature in Beijing be 16°C on November 13?”

    Polymarket · priced 12 Nov 2026

    Relation: about a place in it · a weather or score reading at a place: about a place at most, never about the subject · closes 13 Nov 2026

  • 7% Yes

    “Will Barron Trump join Trump at APEC in China?”

    Polymarket · priced 12 Nov 2026

    Relation: about a place in it · “china” appears only as the place something happens (“in …”) · close date not stated in the question

What it connects to

Related records.

Recorded history

  • 9 Nov 2026

    coverage state changed: steady to rising

    Previous state held since 8 Nov 2026

  • 8 Nov 2026

    coverage state changed: rising to steady

    Previous state held since 6 Nov 2026

  • 6 Nov 2026

    coverage state changed: steady to rising

    Previous state held since 2 Nov 2026

3 changes recorded since 5 Nov 2026, newest first.

Ask about ChinaWatch China

Story momentum counts mentions in tracked coverage. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue. Informational only, not advice. As of 12 Nov 2026.