uSmart_DEEP-SEEKING ALPHA_ CHINA'S AI RENAISSANCE, CROSSING THE AI RUBICON
□ What we now dub the "DeepSeek Trade" - sparked by the January 20th DeepSeek R1 launch and its subsequent domination of U.S. App Store rankings - marks a watershed moment in China's AI trajectory. This development, coinciding with a +23% HSI and +36% HSTECH rally (with significant AI and tech weightings), from January lows, signals a potential structural rerating of China's position in the global AI race. Key catalysts include moderated U.S. tariffs (10% vs. expected 15-20%) and DeepSeek's demonstrated capabilities, which compete with SOTA models: ChatGPT o1 (from the not[1]so-open OpenAI), Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and xAI's recently released Grok 3. □ Unlike the U.S. AI narrative's evolution through multiple speculative phases, China's AI sector is moving directly to business model