China Decode: Apple's China Chip Play, DeepSeek Seeking Billions, and the Californication of Chinese Food

Alice Han and James Kynge break down three critical stories in China's economy: Apple's lobbying the White House for permission to buy memory chips from a blacklisted Chinese company amid a DRAM price surge dubbed 'RAMageddon'; DeepSeek's first outside funding round of $7.4 billion, signaling a pivot for the efficient AI startup; and the rise of organic, health-conscious eating among China's middle class—what The Economist calls the 'Californication' of Chinese diets.