Entity

China

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

As of 28 Oct 2026Last evidence 28 Oct 2026

What is happening now

  • Chinese automakers overtake Japanese rivals in Europe for the first time

    Reported claim · first reported 26 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

  • The AI model race

    Registered event · reported 29 Mar 2026 to 24 Oct 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

  • Kim Jong-un Makes Surprise One-Day Trip to China a Month Before APEC

    Reported claim · first reported 24 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

  • North Korea's Kim Jong Un returns from China after war memorial visit, state media says

    Reported claim · first reported 24 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

  • Congress Attacks Modi Over China Face-Offs, Trade Deficit and Border Security

    Reported claim · first reported 23 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

All 13 events and claims involving China

What changed

  • Attention Rising: 642 mentions on 28 Oct 2026, against 538 on 7 Oct 2026 (+19%).
  • State No change in coverage state or wire tier recorded since 16 Oct 2026.
  • Claims No claim first reported since 27 Oct 2026.
  • Market The cited market on “Will China invade Taiwan by December 31, 2027?” moved from 12% to 10% Yes since 13 Sept 2026 (the market’s own price).

How well we know this

16,081 documents · 717 publishers · 8% contain a typed assertion · last evidence 28 Oct 2026

  • Gap: assertion coverage 0.077: about 92% of mentions carry no typed assertion

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 StatesTrumpRussiaIndiaIranJapanSouth KoreaOilEuropean Union

Story momentum

Rising

The word compares 642 mentions on 28 Oct 2026 with 538 on 7 Oct 2026 (+19%); a change of less than 8% either way reads Steady.

Daily mentions +65% from 13 Sept 2026 to 28 Oct 2026, between 137 and 795 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions China, day by day.

Market price, cited

10% Yes

priced 28 Oct 2026 · relation: subject of the question

the market: 12% → 10% Yes (-2pts, from 13 Sept 2026 to 28 Oct 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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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.

  • Chinese automakers overtake Japanese rivals in Europe for the first time

    Reported claim · first reported 26 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • The AI model race

    Registered event · reported 29 Mar 2026 to 24 Oct 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

  • Kim Jong-un Makes Surprise One-Day Trip to China a Month Before APEC

    Reported claim · first reported 24 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • North Korea's Kim Jong Un returns from China after war memorial visit, state media says

    Reported claim · first reported 24 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Congress Attacks Modi Over China Face-Offs, Trade Deficit and Border Security

    Reported claim · first reported 23 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Chinese AI model Kimi K3.1 Pro is closing in on Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5

    Reported claim · first reported 23 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • USTR proposes extending port fee suspension on China-linked ships to January

    Reported claim · first reported 23 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • China targets 2030 for its national blockchain network buildout

    Reported claim · first reported 23 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • US Army activates air defense battalion in Guam amid N. Korean, Chinese missile threats: report

    Reported claim · first reported 23 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • China-aligned hackers deploy AI agents in massive ConnectWise supply chain attack

    Reported claim · first reported 22 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Treasury sweeps biotech into proposed COINS Act restrictions, but spares Big Pharma’s China licensing deals

    Reported claim · first reported 22 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • China’s humanoid robots hunt for work in South Korea as Seoul bets on physical AI

    Reported claim · first reported 22 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Magnitude-7 earthquake hits China’s Tibet, killing at least 16 and destroying hundreds of homes

    Reported claim · first reported 22 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

    corroborated

Walk the record from China

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China

Entity.

Evidence
16,081 documents · 717 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 28 Oct 2026
Measured
8% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
28 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.
  • Reported by two: Reported by two 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.

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
  • 11.5% Yes

    “Will Moonshot have the best Chinese AI model at the end of October 2026?”

    Polymarket · priced 28 Oct 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

  • 67.5% Yes

    “Will Alibaba be the second-best Chinese AI company at the end of October 2026?”

    Polymarket · priced 28 Oct 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

  • 25.5% Yes

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

    Polymarket · priced 28 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

What it connects to

Related records.

Recorded history

No change in coverage state or wire tier recorded since 16 Oct 2026.

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 28 Oct 2026.