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China Decode: Hong Kong's AI Crackdown, Lululemon’s Marketing Backlash, and World Cup Fever

Explore episode Jun 23, 2026

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The Hong Kong AI Lockout: JPMorgan, Anthropic & the New Tech Iron Curtain

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JPMorgan Chase has quietly barred its Hong Kong staff from using Anthropic's AI models over licensing concerns related to Greater China — a move that follows Goldman Sachs's earlier restriction. Alice Han frames this as evidence of a 'technological Cold War II,' an iron curtain being drawn between the U.S. and China that is now enveloping Hong Kong. The conversation pivots to whether Anthropic's decision is driven by genuine national security logic, distillation fears, or political signaling to Washington. Alice notes that financial services account for roughly a quarter of Hong Kong's GDP and employ 250,000 people, making AI access cuts directly threatening to the city's core economic identity. The vision of Hong Kong as an R&D hub that could bridge U.S. and Chinese AI systems has, in her words, become 'no longer apparent.'

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