Entity

China

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

As of 8 Oct 2026Last evidence 8 Oct 2026

What is happening now

  • China, US agree to $30 billion tariff cut, AI dialogue following Xi-Trump summit in Washington

    Reported event · first reported 25 Sept 2026 to 26 Sept 2026 · 6 claims · best-carried claim: 12 separate publishers

  • The AI model race

    Registered event · reported 29 Mar 2026 to 7 Oct 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

  • Mistral Says Its New AI Model ‘Le Chonk’ Is the Best Open-Weight Offering Outside of China

    Reported claim · first reported 7 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 6 separate publishers

  • A Chinese Network Laundered More Than $1 Billion for North Korea’s Lazarus Group, Says ZachXBT

    Reported claim · first reported 6 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

  • EXCLUSIVE: US sees Chinese invasion of Taiwan unlikely next year despite 2027 timeline, sources say

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

All 8 events and claims involving China

What changed

  • Attention Rising: 522 mentions on 8 Oct 2026, against 441 on 17 Sept 2026 (+18%).
  • State Changes between snapshots: cannot measure, no state history is kept for China yet.
  • Claims 1 claim first reported since 7 Oct 2026.
  • Market The cited market on “China x Taiwan military clash before 2027?” moved from 8% to 4% Yes since 24 Aug 2026 (the market’s own price).

How well we know this

9,934 documents · 602 publishers · 26% contain a typed assertion · last evidence 8 Oct 2026

  • Gap: assertion coverage 0.26: about 74% of mentions carry no typed assertion
  • Gap: 3 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.

AITrumpUnited StatesRussiaIranIndiaJapanOilXi Jinping
  • AI · 3,397 shared documents
  • Trump · 2,181 shared documents
  • United States · 2,095 shared documents
  • Russia · 2,068 shared documents
  • Iran · 1,994 shared documents
  • Europe · 1,799 shared documents · no page of its own yet
  • India · 1,561 shared documents
  • Japan · 1,524 shared documents
  • Oil · 1,456 shared documents
  • Xi Jinping · 1,162 shared documents

Story momentum

Rising

Daily mentions +314% from 24 Aug 2026 to 8 Oct 2026, between 82 and 690 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions China, day by day.

Market price, cited

4% Yes

priced 8 Oct 2026 · relation: subject of the question

the market: 8% → 4% Yes (-4pts, from 24 Aug 2026 to 8 Oct 2026)

on “China x Taiwan military clash before 2027?”

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

“China x Taiwan military clash before 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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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.

  • China, US agree to $30 billion tariff cut, AI dialogue following Xi-Trump summit in Washington

    Reported event · first reported 25 Sept 2026 to 26 Sept 2026 · 6 claims · best-carried claim: 12 separate publishers

    Show the 6 individual claims
    • China, US agree to $30 billion tariff cut, AI dialogue following Xi-Trump summit in Washington · corroborated · first reported 26 Sept 2026 · 12 separate publishers
    • Trump welcomes China's Xi for state dinner at White House after touting "truly great friendship" · corroborated · first reported 25 Sept 2026 · 9 separate publishers
    • China and the US agree to set up a new AI safety channel, and to keep talking on trade, military · corroborated · first reported 26 Sept 2026 · 7 separate publishers
    • US, China agree to cut tariffs on $30 billion worth of goods, set up channel for AI incidents · corroborated · first reported 26 Sept 2026 · 7 separate publishers
    • Xi-Trump summit advances China-US stability with trade and AI deals · corroborated · first reported 26 Sept 2026 · 7 separate publishers
    • US and China Focus on AI, Agree to Extend Trade Truce, as Trump and Xi Meet in Washington · corroborated · first reported 25 Sept 2026 · 6 separate publishers

  • The AI model race

    Registered event · reported 29 Mar 2026 to 7 Oct 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

  • Mistral Says Its New AI Model ‘Le Chonk’ Is the Best Open-Weight Offering Outside of China

    Reported claim · first reported 7 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 6 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • A Chinese Network Laundered More Than $1 Billion for North Korea’s Lazarus Group, Says ZachXBT

    Reported claim · first reported 6 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • EXCLUSIVE: US sees Chinese invasion of Taiwan unlikely next year despite 2027 timeline, sources say

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

    corroborated

  • China Warns EU of “Resolute Response” as France and Germany Push Tougher Trade Tool

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

    corroborated

  • EU Presses UK to Increase Tariffs on Chinese Cars for Made in Europe Access - News and Statistics

    Reported claim · first reported 25 Sept 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 6 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • China Is Gaining Ground in Latin America-and U.S. Agriculture Is Watching

    Reported claim · first reported 25 Sept 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

    corroborated

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China

Entity.

Evidence
9,934 documents · 602 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 22 May 2015, last seen 8 Oct 2026
Measured
26% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
8 Oct 2026
23 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.

Situations it is named in (1)

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.

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.

2 more open markets joined to China but not about it
  • 55.5% Yes

    “Will the highest temperature in Beijing be 26°C on October 9?”

    Polymarket · priced 8 Oct 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 9 Oct 2026

  • 21.5% Yes

    “Will DeepSeek be added to the Chinese Military Companies list by June 30, 2027?”

    Polymarket · priced 8 Oct 2026

    Relation: mentioned only in passing · the name does not appear as a word in the question; the record joined it another way · closes 30 Jun 2027

1 market past its stated close date is not shown as open: “Will the highest temperature in Beijing be 26°C on October 7?” (closed 7 Oct 2026).

What it connects to

Related records.

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 8 Oct 2026.