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The rise of the AI ‘token economy’ and China’s big bet on scale

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  • published date: 2026-06-14 22:00:00 UTC

In the first of a two-part series, CNA looks at the rise of AI tokens and how China’s rapidly expanding token economy is reshaping the costs, scale and security risks of the next era of artificial intelligence.

Chinese telecom operators are already moving to monetise that shift. Earlier this month, China Telecom, one of three major state-backed mobile operators in mainland China, unveiled nationwide token-… [+2151 chars]