China Is Quietly Winning

DeepSeek, Temu, TikTok, and the Great Wall of Algorithms: China Is Quietly Winning While the West Argues Over Podcast Guests

From the International Desk of “Oh No, They’re Ahead Again”

China Is Quietly Winning? Move over Silicon Valley. Make way for Silicon Dragon. While America debates whether Joe Rogan or Jordan Peterson should define the future of masculinity, China has quietly, calmly, and oh-so-politely eaten our tech lunch, burped, and left a five-star review on Temu.

The Chinese are not coming. They’re already here. And they brought DeepSeek, a chatbot with the polite charm of Confucius and the memory of your ex.

America trains AI to write poetry. China trains it to run a factory, translate 19 languages, and file your taxes before lunch. -- Alan Nafzger
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DeepSeek V3 didn’t just "close the gap" with OpenAI. It looked at GPT-4, said “hold my oolong,” and downloaded itself into your fridge.

American AI models: “Pay $29.99 a month for slightly inaccurate recipes.”
DeepSeek: “Here’s 600 pages of code, translated into Swahili, with a free massage coupon.”

Temu offers a full suit of armor, a meat dehydrator, and a glowing review of Xi Jinping’s hair in under 48 hours. Prime now just looks like a slow divorce.

While You Were Bingeing 'Succession', China Built One

Remember when China was the tech world's knockoff artist? A Xiaomi here, a Shein there, all wrapped in questionable spelling?

Not anymore. In 2025, Xiaomi delivered 135,000 electric vehicles. Apple, meanwhile, quietly buried its $10 billion EV project under Tim Cook’s meditation rock. Sources say Siri still thinks “horsepower” refers to a Pilates move.

And just last year, China installed more industrial robots than the rest of the world combined. You heard that right. While the U.S. was arguing over Elon’s baby count, China was birthing terminators.

How Did This Happen?

It’s simple. America builds models like they’re Fabergé eggs. China builds them like IKEA tables: cheap, efficient, and full of confusing instruction manuals that somehow still work.

U.S. AI: “We charge hundreds of millions to train a model that hallucinates facts.”
Chinese AI: “Here’s our entire codebase, now translated into pig Latin, enjoy.”

What the Funny People Are Saying About Chinese AI
“DeepSeek is the only chatbot that gave me therapy and a tax deduction in the same session.” — Ron White
“Temu sells 3D-printed husbands now. Honestly, they’re better listeners.” — Sarah Silverman
“TikTok? More like TIKTAKTOE — because they’ve won across all three columns.” — Jerry Seinfeld
“I asked ChatGPT who won the Cold War. DeepSeek whispered ‘not yet.’” — Larry David
America's Response: Sanctions and Sighing

In a bold geopolitical maneuver, the U.S. hit China with AI-related export bans, hoping it would slow their ascent. The result?

China laughed politely and invented a new GPU made out of dragon bone, tofu, and spite. One entrepreneur reportedly joked, “America should sanction our national soccer team next so they start winning.”

Meanwhile, the West continues its strategy of hope:

Hope that China slips.

Hope that our startup founders can find developers not living on Red Bull and regret.

Hope that TikTok eventually runs out of tween influencers.

Spoiler: It’s not working.

Chinese Open Source vs. American Paywalls

Let’s compare:

Metric
U.S. AI Model
DeepSeek (China)
Access
$20+/month
Free + 20 dumplings
Transparency
“Sorry, that’s proprietary.”
“Here’s our training data, and also my cousin’s WeChat.”
Support
Tiered customer service
A chatbot, a call center, and Confucius' ghost

This is not a contest. This is a roast. And we’re the chicken.

TikTok Brainwashing or Digital Diplomacy?

We feared China would use AI to turn our kids into socialists. Instead, they just made autonomous filters that contour cheekbones better than a Beverly Hills surgeon.

By 2027, teens won’t be texting. They’ll be deepfaking themselves into Chinese romantic dramas, whispering “ni hao” to AI-generated boyfriends with six-pack abs and a Ph.D. in blockchain.

The Chinese soft power playbook is simple:

Step 1: Control the platform.

Step 2: Distract the users.

Step 3: Sell them LED cat ears and a household nuclear reactor for $14.99 on Temu.

Manufacturing and Mind Control (Sort Of)

By 2030, China is expected to produce 45% of the world’s manufactured goods. Not just iPhones — everything. Couches. Rockets. Sentient toasters. America will be left making nostalgic podcast episodes about the good ol’ days when we invented MySpace.

And in the back of a tech conference in Shanghai, a humanoid robot named “Dave” will be giving a TED Talk about why American innovation peaked with the fidget spinner.

The New Cold War: But With Emojis

This isn’t about nukes. It’s about nodes. AI nodes. Compute power. Influence. Data.

And while America debates content moderation policies and threatens to ban TikTok for the sixth time, China is pushing their entire stack — from chips to apps — into emerging economies. Africa, Southeast Asia, Latin America — they’re not asking whether DeepSeek is “woke.” They’re asking how to install it on their vending machines.

Final Thought: The Future Will Be Fluently Bilingual

The coming AI arms race won’t be fought with lasers or nukes. It’ll be fought with GPUs, policy papers, and chatbots that can explain Foucault in six languages while selling you a pressure cooker.

We’re not saying China has won. But they’ve definitely downloaded the rules, rewritten the game, and left a helpful tutorial.

America, it’s time to stop tweeting and start building.

Or at least… start copying back.

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8 Humorous Observations

Temu sells a 12-piece screwdriver set, a hoverboard, and a metaphysical crisis for $4.99. With free shipping.

The U.S. built ChatGPT to answer existential questions. DeepSeek built a clone that also cleans your gutters.

American AI tries to pass the bar exam. Chinese AI just passed you in sales — and it's driving a BYD.

We said TikTok was a national security threat. Then installed it on our smart fridges, toothbrushes, and colonoscopy cameras.

DeepSeek released its full model online for free. OpenAI responded with a pricing tier that charges you extra if you're sad.

Chinese robots now dance, talk, and quote Confucius. American robots still look like upside-down wheelchairs chasing cats.

In China, AI is a national strategy. In the U.S., it's a startup pitch followed by a 30-minute podcast about hustle culture.

MORE: What the Funny People Are Saying

“DeepSeek told me I had commitment issues and recommended a wife from Shenzhen. I married her. She’s AI, but she listens.” — Ron White
“I tried using an American AI for customer service. It ghosted me. DeepSeek sold me a hovercraft.” — Jerry Seinfeld
“OpenAI charges me $20 a month to hallucinate. I can get that for free from mushrooms.” — Sarah Silverman
“Temu sent me a package so fast, it arrived before I clicked ‘order.’ I now owe it an apology.” — Larry David
“I asked DeepSeek how to get rich. It said ‘manufacture your own chatbot and sell it to Americans.’” — Amy Schumer https://bohiney.com/china-is-quietly-winning/