China Built an AI Agent Ecosystem in Weeks — Europe Is Still Debating Frameworks While European founders weigh competing agent frameworks, China's largest platforms and state infrastructure have already converged — and the window to learn from it is closing fast. --- ## What happened in China Within a matter of days in early March 2026, three distinct actors in China's technology landscape moved simultaneously on OpenClaw — an AI agent framework that functions as a connective layer between AI models and external tools and services. Baidu's cloud unit, Baidu AI Cloud, launched DuClaw, a zero-deployment OpenClaw service that requires no server deployment, no image selection, and no API key configuration. The friction of standing up an agent environment — traditionally a significant technical and operational barrier — was eliminated in a single product release. Tencent stood up SkillHub, a localized mirror of ClawHub, the MIT-licensed official skill directory…