At the beginning of 2025, the US Department of Defense blacklisted China’s lithium battery leader, Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), followed by US President Donald Trump imposing a 20% tariff on Chinese products, including lithium batteries. Recently, the US further prevented the US Department of Homeland Security from purchasing batteries manufactured by Chinese companies.

After DeepSeek sparked a revolution in China’s AI industry in early 2025, Alibaba’s Tongyi Qianwen QwQ-32B is poised to become the next widely adopted large model, thanks to its parameters and open-source advantages. While DeepSeek-R1 brought large models into everyday conversations, QwQ-32B is expected to take them further, embedding them in practical, real-world applications.

During the 2025 Mobile World Congress (MWC), international telecommunications companies presented their forward-looking plans for 5G-Advanced and the upcoming 6G technologies. While artificial intelligence remained a key theme, non-terrestrial network (NTN) technologies, driven by satellite communications, emerged as a major highlight. Satellite connectivity is increasingly recognized as a critical component for enhancing the flexibility of global communication infrastructure and completing the telecom ecosystem.