Research briefs.

77 matches. Over one million ticket requests each. 39 nations barred from entry. The soft power paradox of a host nation generating record attraction while restricting who can actually show up.

China isn't just building better models — it's exporting the infrastructure layer of global AI through open-source licenses. When developers in Lagos or Berlin build on Qwen or DeepSeek, they're building on Chinese world-models. That's influence without presence.