WAIC 2026 Reveals a Full-Stack Agent Infrastructure Push — and a Widening Split With the West
The World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) 2026 has crystallized a fundamental divergence in how agent infrastructure is being architected globally. While the Western ecosystem remains locked in a cycle of fragmented, vendor-specific protocol competition, China is rapidly consolidating a coordinated, full-stack infrastructure model. This shift moves beyond mere software updates; it represents a structural reordering…