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Borrowing Time, Bargaining for Space
As Beijing supports local finances, negotiates with Europe and strengthens military coordination with Pakistan, its ambitions encounter practical constraints.
The Tianxian View • The Tianxian ViewIs Hong Kong Hong Kong Enough? w/ Wang Xiangwei
A Seasoned Journalist’s Outlook on Hong Kong’s Past and Present
The Monitor • AliceliuNvidia Is Building an Open-Weight AI Empire
This may be a win for middle powers
Coffee in the Desert • Jesse MarksIs the Chinese Communist Party exporting its politics?
The Investigator | No. 11/2026
Observing China • Charles Parton🎙 中资出海，外资入华：安全挑战的相同与不同 | Chinese Companies Going Global, Foreign Companies Entering China: Similarities and Differences in Security Challenges
网安局中人·12 Inside Cyber China · 12
CyberSecurityMew • CyberSecurityMewDSET and Wilson Center Co-Host Technology Roundtables on Physical AI, Advanced Packaging, and U.S.–Taiwan Supply Chain Cooperation
On October 8, 2026, the Research Institute for Democracy, Society, and Emerging Technology (DSET) and the Wilson Center co-hosted two technology roundtables in Washington, D.C., focusing on physical AI and robotics, and on advanced packaging and silicon photonics. Drawing on DSET’s recent research, the discussions examined how China’s industrial policies are reshaping emerging technology supply
Homesick Nation: A Conversation with Linda Qian
Linda Qian’s Homesick Nation: Development, Migration and Yearning in Rural China (Cambridge University Press, 2026) examines rural development in contemporary China through the lens of 乡愁 xiangchou, a concept connoting homesickness and rural nostalgia. Centred on Heyang, a heritage village in Zhejiang, the book employs hometown ethnography to trace the complex return flows of people,
Made in China Journal • Linda QianVisa’s New China Pass Says More About U.S.-China Relations Than Payments
American credit card giant Visa's latest China approval is a reminder that in today's world, diplomacy can matter as much as business.
The Newsletter by George Chen • George Chen【GIScience & Digital Humanities Lecture】Digital Cultural Heritage and the Venice Time Machine
Programme 09:30–12:00 | Time Machine Workshop By invitation only | Language: English The workshop brings together scholars and specialists from different fields to exchange
CEFC • cefctaipeiA Taiwan School of Music? Rethinking Identity, Politics, and Aesthetics
Written by Min-Erh Wang. This article examines the conceptualisation of a "Taiwan School of Music" within contemporary musicology. Exploring the intersection of music, postcolonial agency, and identity, the author critiques state-driven cultural hegemony while advocating for a bottom-up, pluralistic framework. Using strategic essentialism, the project offers an open acoustic space to express Taiwan's distinct democratic identity.Continue reading
Taiwan Insight • NGA Shi YeuDSET and SCSP Co-Host Physical AI Discussion on U.S.–Taiwan Robotics Cooperation and Trusted Supply Chains
The Research Institute for Democracy, Society and Emerging Technology (DSET) on Oct. 9 co-hosted an event in Washington, D.C., with the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) to present findings from its report, The Age of Robotics: China-West Competition and Taiwan’s Indispensable Role in the Non-Red Supply Chain. Drawing on China’s robotics development and Taiwan’s supply
Emphasis on Healthcare - China-Vietnam Talks on Legislation & Oversight - Wang Huning on Agenda for Overseas Chinese Work - Wang Yi Meets Patrushev - He Lifeng Meets Tim Cook
Here are the key reports and pieces from Tuesday, October 13, 2026, edition of the People’s Daily.
Tracking People's Daily • Manoj KewalramaniUpdate: Peglow - Secret Squirrel
Kremer Industry Consulting
China In Arms - Podcast and Newsletter • Wendell MinnickCaixin Global ANVF Innovation 2026: U.S.-China Ties to Shape Asia’s Strategic Room, Experts Say
Speakers at the Asia New Vision Forum 2026 in Singapore say regional autonomy, policy flexibility and a more stable U.S.-China relationship are critical as geopolitical fragmentation intensifies
Caixin Global China Watch • Caixin GlobalNew Type 052D destroyer for the North Sea Fleet coming online
Chinese Internet chatter claims DDG-111 will be named 哈尔滨 (Harbin), carrying forward the name of the recently retired Type 052 Harbin (112). If confirmed, it would become roughly the 36th Type 052D/052DL in PLAN service, underscoring just how rapidly the class has become the backbone of China's destroyer force. We'll know soon enough if the rumors are right. Monday, April 27, 2026
China Defense Blog • UnknownHazelwood: The Last Taipan Mansion
The stately Butterfield and Swire taipan’s mansion--”the only gentleman’s house in the place”--was designed from afar by an architect who never set foot in Shanghai.
Historic Shanghai • Tina KanagaratnamMatt Yglesias + Jerusalem Demsas + Jordan Crossover Pod
I join Matt and Jerusalem for an unhinged conversation (most entertaining of the year?) about China, AI, corruption, politics, and various other things. Check out their show The Argument, it's good. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
ChinaTalk • Jordan SchneiderTaiwan’s Democracy Through Mainland Chinese Eyes: A Beacon or a Cautionary Tale?
Often portrayed as an ideological threat to Beijing by Western analysts, Chinese political intellentuals hold some rather different opinions on Western style democracy’s experiment in Taiwan
Taiwan Radar • Taiwan RadarChina Cybersecurity: State of the Market (2026·Q3)
CyberSecurityMew • CyberSecurityMewThe Single Customer: Who Governs Iran’s Oil Trade with China
Part of ChinaMed’s project mapping national stakeholders of China policy, this case study explores the Iranian stakeholders in charge of exporting oil to China.
ChinaMed Project • Theo Nencini2026 Bund Summit is coming on October 19
Global Financial Leaders, Policymakers and Scholars to Gather in Shanghai to Explore “Technology, Geopolitics and the Global Economy”
CF40 Research • CF40 ResearchChina entrenches itself in the Russian auto market
China is embedded across Russia’s auto supply chain
China-Russia Report • China-Russia ReportGlobal Imbalances, China’s Exchange Rate and the Household Gap | Economic Digest: September 2026
Global Rebalancing | Renminbi Appreciation and Internationalisation | Local Government and Debt | Money to Households | AI and Trade
Sinification • Jacob MardellChina must rethink who bears the risks of economic growth: Lu Ruquan
Reviewing the IMF’s latest book on China’s growth model, China National Petroleum Corporation Research Chief calls for stronger social protections, harder budget constraints and fairer competition.
Yuzhe He • Yuzhe HERebalancing the EU trade deficit with China
Issue 266 | In collaboration with Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS)
SOAPBOX • SOAPBOXFrom compassion to liberation: Animal advocacy, veganism, and sustainability in Taiwan
Written by Gina Song Lopez. This article explores the rise of Taiwan’s modern vegan movement, examining its transition from traditional religious vegetarianism to a youth-driven advocacy centered on animal ethics, climate action, and identity. Through NGOs, digital platforms, and policy engagement, local advocates are redefining meatless diets while shaping Taiwan’s dynamic plant-based foodscape and advancing national sustainability goals on the global stage.Continue reading
Taiwan Insight • NGA Shi YeuDSET Discusses AI Competition and Taiwan’s Economic Security at Georgetown University
DSET CEO Jeremy Chang and Policy Analyst Nathanael Cheng on Oct. 8, 2026 participated in a fireside chat titled, “Geopolitics, Technology, and Taiwan,” hosted by the Asian Studies Program at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service. Moderated by Evan Medeiros, Penner Family Chair in Asian Studies, the discussion explored semiconductor supply chains, export controls,
Liu Zhenzhong: ‘3 Must-nots & 1 Strict Prohibition’ (三个不能, 一个严禁) to Develop New-Quality Productive Forces - Ren Ping Article on ‘New Long March’ - Zhong Sheng on China-EU Trade Talks
Here are the key reports and pieces from Monday, October 12, 2026, edition of the People’s Daily.
Tracking People's Daily • Manoj KewalramaniYuyao Yi on Watchful Awakening: Rights, Oppression, and Relational Legal Consciousness in Chinese Students’ Anti-Sexual Harassment Mobilization (Law & Social Inquiry)
"Watchful Awakening: Rights, Oppression, and Relational Legal Consciousness in Chinese Students’ Anti-Sexual Harassment Mobilization"Yuyao Yi (PhD Candidate)Law & Social InquiryPublished online: 7 August 2026Abstract: This study examines how Chinese university students’ legal consciousness is shaped by the tension between rights empowerment and repressive control in the context of anti-sexual
HKU Legal Scholarship Blog • HKU LawIn Depth: Iran Conflict Accelerates Dubai’s Tech Shift as China Ties Deepen
On a September morning in Dubai, bumper-to-bumper traffic clogged Sheikh Zayed Road, the sprawling multilane artery named after the UAE’s founding father. With schools reopening and expats returning from summer breaks abroad, the city’s bustling downtown suggested business as usual.
Caixin Global China Watch • Caixin GlobalChinese Carmakers Try to Break Free from the CATL Herd
The highly profitable battery making giant CATL dominates the global and domestic market. Now, struggling EV manufacturers are pushing back with their own products.
The Wire China • Rachel CheungEmily Feng on the Uyghurs, Syria and Xinjiang
The foreign correspondent describes meeting with the Uyghurs from Xinjiang who played a key role in the Syrian civil war, but who now find themselves potentially stateless.
The Wire China • Brent CraneMeet China’s AI Enforcers
The Wire profiles the Chinese government bodies responsible for managing the country’s AI rollout.
The Wire China • Savannah BillmanEV Makers’ Quest for Cheaper Batteries
Plus, China’s AI regulators and data centers in space.
The Wire China • Ella ApostoaieDatacenters in the sky? China Bids on the AI-Space Nexus
In just over a year, China has built an ecosystem dedicated to orbital data centers.
The Wire China • Lea ThomeC3S ISSUE BRIEF 28/26 - Beyond Rivalry: Understanding China and India’s Unequal Engagement In Central Asia
By Mariam Fathima, Research Intern, C3SGuided By Professor Ashik BonoferIntroduction In the aftermath of the Soviet Union’s collapse in 1991, Central Asia has emerged as a strategically significant region because of its central location in Eurasia and its vast energy and natural resource reserves. Once the centre of historical trade networks such as the Silk Road, the region has regained global attention as major powers seek to expand their strategic, economic, and political influence, promptin
Chennai Centre for China Studies • Chennai Centre for China Studies🗞️DeepSeek Raises $12B+, Manus Lands $500M After Its Meta Split, and Kling Eyes $1B IPO
China AI Weekly Digest (Oct 4, 2026-Oct 10, 2026)
Recode China AI • Tony PengHybrid Peace?
The EU and China have reached a deal to curb Chinese exports of hybrid vehicles. It is a small win for Brussels. But the hard work of rebalancing bilateral trade has only just begun.
Watching China in Europe • Noah BarkinHonored to Provide Foreword for Latest “Modern Chinese Maritime Forces”—Most Comprehensive Unclassified Order of Battle for China’s Sea Services!
Follow the latest developments in China’s growing nuclear-powered submarine force (pp. 20–22) and beyond with this new edition of “Modern Chinese Maritime Forces,” the most comprehensive open source PRC sea services inventory! As we gallop through the Year of the Fire Horse (火马年), China under Xi is steaming full speed ahead, particularly at sea. Navigate troubled [...]
Andrew S. Erickson • Andrew EricksonBRICS, Bolsonaro and Brazil’s Balancing Act
“If Flávio Bolsonaro wins, the right-wing forces he represents are more likely to call for the so-called “depoliticisation” and “de-ideologisation” of BRICS, but would not withdraw from he grouping.”
Sinification • Jacob MardellFrom Taipei, Taiwan: New Bloom Newsletter October 11, 2026
#TaiwanHistoryBTS 台灣歷史補課營 FINALE • Commander D Bar Raided • Xi Visits Washington • ROC National Day • KMT Presses Ahead on Caning Law
New Bloom 破土 • New Bloom 破土Cold War CIA Antics in Taiwan
McGehee's Forgotten CIA Ops Revisited
China In Arms - Podcast and Newsletter • Wendell MinnickAbacus: A Grandfather’s Journey from China to Taiwan – S6-Bonus
When his grandfather died during the COVID pandemic, Hudson Wei realized how little he knew about the man who had raised him. Determined to uncover his story, he interviewed relatives, pieced together family memories, and eventually turned this into a historical novel, Abacus. Hudson joins John from California to discuss this multigenerational saga.
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files • John Ross and Eryk Michael SmithChinese police helicopters, but make them a little more Chinese
Helicopters are a useful tool and, in many places, almost a requirement for modern policing. They provide a fast aerial perspective that g
China Defense Blog • UnknownVideo of the day, Single shot, killing of a run away mad cow by Shanghai police using Type79
One shot, one kill with 7.62×25 mm Tokarev. Someone is having hamburger for dinner tonight Wednesday, May 06, 2026 Forever Type79 9×19 mm Submachine gun In a recently released PR video from CCTV (China Central Television), the venerable Type 79 (79式) 9×19 mm submachine gun made an unexpected cameo. This time paired with a Cantonese‑
China Defense Blog • UnknownFresh attacks hit Riyadh Airport as Chinese Oil Execs Set to Arrive
A strike targeted the Riyadh airport, killing at least 12 people and grounding air traffic in a recent escalation.
Coffee in the Desert • Jesse MarksThe weaknesses of the PLA cavalry continue to reveal themselves
Recently, the Xinjiang Military Command concluded its inaugural cavalry training course, with around one hundred troopers participating in
China Defense Blog • UnknownChina Issues Opinion on Developing New Quality Productive Forces: Improve the Punitive Damages System & Launch AI Early Warning and Emergency Response Systems
The Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council have issued the Opinions on Developing New Quality Productive Forces (关于发展新质生产力的意见) on October 9, 2026. The opinion describes developing new quality productive forces as an inherent requirement of high-quality development, the government’s stated objective for economic development, and as a focus for achieving it. According to an official of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the opinion converts statements Xi Jinping has made on the concept since July
China IP Law Update • Aaron WiningerUPDATE: Vinh X. Nguyen - NSA - AI - China
Security Clearance Lost
China In Arms - Podcast and Newsletter • Wendell MinnickWhen the Subject is Grandmothers w/ Kate Zhou
Building U.S.-China Trust One Caretaker at a Time
The Monitor • The MonitorTranscript: CCG book launch explores China’s role in the next global order
Henry Huiyao Wang’s new book makes the case for great-power “coopetition” in an increasingly multipolar world.
CCG Update - Center for China and Globalization • CCG UpdateChina-Pakistan Economic Corridor 2.0 Looks to the Sea
Marine science and the blue economy are emerging as a new area of China-Pakistan cooperation, linking Gwadar with research, coastal industries and environmental management
Beijing Scroll • Jiang JiangFree to Read: Chinese Science Blogger Detained After Aiding Cherry Growers’ Campaign
Police in Dalian detained Hong Guangyu on a charge of ‘picking quarrels and provoking trouble,’ according to a notice received by his family
Caixin Global China Watch • Caixin GlobalNews on China | No. 42
About 10 min read. China’s Top AI Models Close Performance Gap with US to 3 Percent, Lowest on Record China’s leading artificial intelligence (AI) models have narrowed the performance gap with US rivals to around 3 percent, the lowest on record, down from 9 percent in May and 15 percent earlier in 2026, according to
Creative Opacity: Digital Artists in the Uyghur Diaspora
Summary: This presentation explores digital art as a space where Uyghur diasporic individuals can publicly participate in and express various modes of engagement in a
CEFC • cefctaipeiIn Depth: China’s Blood Supply Runs on a Knife Edge
When Li Ke saw the toilet bowl filled with blood, she knew her father might not make it. She was caring for him during his hospital treatment for lymphoma. His platelet count remained dangerously low, and he needed transfusions two or three times a week. On days when blood wasn’t available, the elderly man would ache all over and feel dizzy and weak. Li tried nearly everything she could think of to secure blood for her father. Doctors, however, couldn’t say when the next transfusion might arrive.
Caixin Global China Watch • Caixin GlobalChina’s Battery Advantage Meets the AI Boom
From China’s western computing hubs to America’s grid-constrained data centers, batteries are becoming an increasingly important part of AI infrastructure.
Tech Buzz China Insider • Tech Buzz ChinaEp 91 - Beijing’s quiet deleveraging push
For the first time in recent memory, a senior Chinese economic official is really pushing the idea that China needs to control its debt-to-GDP ratio.
Transcript: Building an Asia-Pacific community to prosper together
CGTN and CCG bring together Henry Huiyao Wang, Gonzalo Talavera, Bert Hofman, Paul Samson and Ravi Velloor to discuss the road to the 2026 APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Shenzhen.
CCG Update - Center for China and Globalization • CCG UpdateXinjiang’s “Blue Miracle”
Fish farming in Xinjiang is being sold as proof that technology can overcome geography. The reality is more complicated: a desert seafood boom built on political control, imported feed and a food system that masks its real burdens.
The Wire China • Ian UrbinaHow to Explain Cross-strait Relations
Written by Frédéric Krumbein. This article introduces a five-theory framework to analyse cross-strait relations. By evaluating historical decisions, economic integration, identity shifts, and security dynamics, the author provides a comprehensive analytical toolkit to map future trajectories for Taiwan-China relations across varying degrees of political salience.Continue reading
Taiwan Insight • NGA Shi YeuLorraine Wu on The endurance of interim constitutions (Icon)
"The endurance of interim constitutions"Lorraine Wu (PhD 2025)International Journal of Constitutional LawPublished online: August 2026Abstract: Interim constitutions have become increasingly prevalent in modern constitution-making, yet they have received comparatively limited scholarly attention. While they are defined by their “interim” nature, the meaning of this designation remains
HKU Legal Scholarship Blog • HKU LawIn Depth: China’s Deepwater Gas Expansion Collides With Whale Conservation Concerns
Experts say an environmental review for CNOOC’s Baodao 21-1 project fails to assess threats to a protected whale nursery area
Caixin Global China Watch • Caixin GlobalFrom “Sea Eagles” to Flying Sharks? The Curious Case of the PLAN’s 4th Naval Aviation Division
In a recent PLAN publicity photo showing a group wedding ceremony (yes, group weddings are a fairly common military and state-enterprise t
China Defense Blog • UnknownGlobal Burden of Disease Study on the Changing Landscape of Hematologic Malignancies and the Growing Impact of Elevated Body Mass Index — Asia, 1990–2023
China CDC Weekly, first published in 2019 by China CDC, is an authoritative, trusted resource for public and global health research.
Smoking-Attributable Mortality in China — Epidemic Stage as a Temporal Dimension in Interpreting GBD Estimates
China CDC Weekly, first published in 2019 by China CDC, is an authoritative, trusted resource for public and global health research.
The 15th Five-Year Plan for Disease Control and Prevention — A Crucial Five-Year Progression Toward a Modernized Disease Control and Prevention System
China CDC Weekly, first published in 2019 by China CDC, is an authoritative, trusted resource for public and global health research.
Prevalence and Associated Factors of Hypertension–Diabetes–Dyslipidemia Clustering Among Adults — Hainan Province, China, 2023
China CDC Weekly, first published in 2019 by China CDC, is an authoritative, trusted resource for public and global health research.
Long-Term Trends and Regional Heterogeneity in Overweight and Obesity Among Adults — 11 Intermittent Surveys in China, 1991–2024
China CDC Weekly, first published in 2019 by China CDC, is an authoritative, trusted resource for public and global health research.
From Sovereignty to Security: The Evolution of PRC Messaging on Taiwan
A Computational Analysis of Narrative Structure in PRC State Media Author: Alexa Young Introduction PRC state media messaging on Taiwan shifted noticeably
Taiwan Security Monitor • Alexa YoungAGI Believers: Kevin Roose on the Race
Kevin Roose, formerly of the New York Times and Hard Fork, joins ChinaTalk to discuss AGI Chronicles, his new history of OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepMind, and the people who believed in AGI long before it was cool and could make you trillions. Kevin is launching his own show, Machine Gods, later this October.
ChinaTalk • Jordan SchneiderHow Fudan Built a Place to Study America
The fortieth-anniversary memories of the Center for American Studies at Fudan tell us what it took to make another country knowable.
New China Literacy • Yaqi LiTranscript: Liu Heung Shing in dialogue with Henry Huiyao Wang
Pulitzer-winning photojournalist on China’s transformation, the Belt and Road, and the craft of seeing.
CCG Update - Center for China and Globalization • CCG UpdateChina wants teenagers to read a classic English novel
Officials see “Jane Eyre” as promoting the right kind of love
China: Impunity Persists for Nobel Laureate’s Death in Detention
(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders — October 8, 2026) Sixteen years after the announcement of Chinese literary critic Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel Peace Prize win on October 8, 2010, no Chinese government official has been investigated or prosecuted for Liu’s wrongful detention or for his death in detention stemming from denial of access to adequate medical care.
Chinese Human Rights Defenders • JasonChina’s September PMI: Is the Rebound Sustainable?
China’s manufacturing PMI rose 0.3 percentage points to 50.1% in September, returning to expansion territory. The rebound, however, fell short of the 0.6-percentage-point seasonal average in 2022–2025.
CF40 Research • CF40 ResearchAviation Week Analyzes U.S.-Iran and Russia-Ukraine Battlefield Experiences, Interviews DSET on Uncrewed Systems in the Taiwan Strait
A recent report published by Aviation Week looks back on the evolution of military strategy and technological development from the Vietnam War in the 1960s and 1970s to the contemporary Iran-Israel and Russia-Ukraine wars. It explores the lessons these experiences offer for Taiwan and assesses the challenges Taiwan faces in deterring an invasion and countering
Is Laos leadership reshuffle good news for the EU?
Saleumxay Kommasith’s elevation to prime minister is unlikely to change Laos’ strategic alignment with China and Vietnam, but it puts one of the country’s most internationally experienced politicians in charge. For Europe, his appointment could create new opportunities to deepen trade, investment and diplomatic ties as Laos prepares to graduate from Least Developed Country (LDC)… Continue reading Is Laos leadership reshuffle good news for the EU? The post Is Laos leadership reshuffle good news for the EU? appeared first on CEIAS.
CEIAS • David HuttChinese banks lend $3 billion to QatarEnergy
This week, four Chinese banks gave QatarEnergy a five-year, $3 billion loan for general working-capital needs, according to Bloomberg. The financing is timely for Qatar because the war has severely constrained its ability to turn production capacity into export revenue. China already has huge financial and business stakes with QatarEnergy, including a network of gas purchases, shipbuilding orders, and financing commitments up to 25 years. So the deal is not necessarily surprising, but the timing is interesting.
Coffee in the Desert • Jesse MarksFrom ‘Compatriots’ to Coercion: How Cross-Strait Relations Have Changed
Written by Simona A. Grano. The author explores the shifting dynamics of cross-Strait relations, tracing Beijing’s strategy from historical "letters to compatriots" to modern grey-zone coercion. She highlights how China’s unification rhetoric increasingly clashes with Taiwan's democratic identity, creating an environment where political messaging, military posture, and strategic coercion closely align.Continue reading
Taiwan Insight • NGA Shi YeuDSET Participates in the 2026 NATO Days in Ostrava Detailing Asymmetric Defense and Civil Resilience Strategies
Samara Duerr, Policy Analyst at the Research Institute for Democracy, Society and Emerging Technology (DSET), participated as a speaker in the panel “Lessons from Ukraine for Taiwan” on September 18, 2026. The event, co-hosted by Centrum PANT, Sinposis, and Jagello 2000, convened experts to evaluate how Taiwan is adapting asymmetrical defense strategies and civil resilience models derived from the Ukrainian experience. The session was moderated by Kateřina Procházková, an analyst at Sinopsis, and fello
Andō Momofuku: Was the Inventor of Instant Noodles Taiwanese? – S6-E30
Andō Momofuku is a household name in Japan, celebrated as the inventor of instant noodles. But his story actually begins in Puzi, a small town in southern Taiwan, where he was born Wu Baifu in 1910. John is joined by Tom Gibb, a Japan-based translator and author of the cycling travelogue Charinko. Together they unravel the complicated history of the man and his noodles.
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files • John Ross and Eryk Michael SmithIn Depth: China’s Shrinking Births Push Guangzhou Schools to Cut Contract Teachers
Enrollment declines are reaching first-tier cities, ending jobs for teachers hired during the baby boom
Caixin Global China Watch • Caixin GlobalChinAI #372: China’s Overhyped Embodied AI Sector
Jeffrey Ding’s ChinAI newsletter translates and analyses a LatePost investigation arguing that China’s embodied AI and robotics valuations are wildly out of step with real technical capabilities and revenue quality.
AI China News • AI China NewsChina's AI Implementation Gap
In this analytical essay, Jeffrey Ding argues that debates about US-China AI competition are overly fixated on innovation capacity and neglect China's weaker diffusion capacity—its ability to spread and adopt AI across the wider economy—leaving Beijing with a significant 'AI implementation gap' that will shape its long-run economic prospects.
AI China News • AI China NewsChinAI #355: An Alliance for AI's 'Harness Era' — MiniMax + Alibaba Cloud
This ChinAI issue examines how MiniMax's MaxClaw agent and Alibaba Cloud's container services are addressing the engineering challenges of the 'Harness era', when large fleets of AI agents need secure, elastic cloud infrastructure to run reliably in enterprise settings.
AI China News • AI China NewsOpenClaw: It Was Famous, It Was Loved, It's Gone
A humorous post-mortem on OpenClaw, the open-source personal AI agent that became a 'Jarvis moment' and then faded from the spotlight as Tencent, Baidu, Zhipu AI, Volcano Engine and others absorbed its ideas into packaged agent platforms. The article argues that its real legacy is forcing the industry to confront cost, permissions, safety and reliable long-running agents.
AI China News • AI China NewsHow China Turned Its Platform Economy Into an AI Deployment Machine
This CFR analysis argues that China’s platform economy, coordinated regulation and rapid OpenClaw adoption have given it a deployment edge in agentic AI, while the US trails on diffusion and public trust. It urges US policymakers and industry to close the gap through trusted frameworks, open-source assurance and standards leadership.
AI China News • AI China NewsIn China, a rush to 'raise lobsters' quickly leads to second thoughts
NBC News examines how OpenClaw, a highly autonomous open-source AI agent, has been enthusiastically adopted across China — where users dub the process 'raising lobsters' — only for security fears to prompt users, companies and the government to try to rein it in.
AI China News • AI China NewsEp 363 | From Sunflower to the Bluebird to Great Recall Movement: A Conversation with Dr Dean Shih (史書華)
In July of 2025, we brought Talking Taiwan to the Taiwanese American Conference West Coast hosted in San Francisco/Silicon Valley, where we interviewed several of the conference's speakers.
Talking Taiwan • Talking TaiwanChina’s oil tactics have been clever. Now the costs are mounting
The choices it faces will have global repercussions
ChinAI #373: The OpenClaw Hype and Overestimating China's Diffusion Advantage
Jeffrey Ding argues that the OpenClaw deployment frenzy in China was a misleading indicator of AI diffusion, and that China may actually face a diffusion deficit relative to the US, especially through cloud adoption. The piece also asks readers for advice on a research ethics puzzle.
AI China News • AI China NewsAn AI long-form drama at RMB 900,000 per episode: why did Mango Super Media's market value jump RMB 13.3bn in five days?
An in-depth look at Later Journey to the West, China's first AIGC long-form drama, and how Mango TV's production pipeline, cost structure and market reaction reveal the promise and limits of AI-generated film and TV.
AI China News • AI China NewsBeyond Wukong: China's First Fully AI-Generated Series Hits Prime Time
RADII reports on The Later Journey to the West (a.k.a. Beyond Wukong), the first fully AI-generated entertainment to hit mainstream provincial satellite prime time in China — and the debate it has stirred over whether AI can do justice to classic literature.
AI China News • AI China NewsChinAI #374: China's first AI-generated long-form TV series
Jeff Ding's ChinAI newsletter examines The Later Journey to the West, the first fully AI-generated long-form TV series to air in mainstream prime time on Chinese provincial satellite TV, and what its production reveals about generative AI's limits and commercial prospects.
AI China News • AI China NewsShanghai to host embodied intelligence skills competition in October
Shanghai will host the International Embodied Intelligence Competition from 23 to 25 October as the centrepiece of the 2026 Global Developer Pioneers Summit, with more than 200 teams and 300 robotics firms expected to compete across 23 categories.
AI China News • AI China NewsChina bolsters construction of national computing network
China is accelerating the build-out of a nationwide computing power network, folding it into the national 'six networks' infrastructure framework as a centrepiece of the 15th Five-Year Plan, with a combined intelligent computing capacity of 2,185 exaflops as of June.
AI China News • AI China NewsBuilding Brains Before Bodies: ForgeAI Raises Eight-Figure Angel Funding
ForgeAI, a Chinese embodied AI general-purpose brain developer, has raised an eight-figure angel round backed by TusStar to advance its cross-embodiment robot skills operating system and commercialisation, starting with complex cleaning tasks.
AI China News • AI China NewsMoonshot AI’s Kimi K3 Joins Amazon Bedrock as Overseas Revenue-Sharing Model Takes Shape
Amazon Web Services has made Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 available on Amazon Bedrock, while Moonshot has confirmed an overseas cloud revenue-sharing arrangement. The open-weight, multimodal model gives the Chinese developer another enterprise distribution channel, though financial terms and commercial traction remain undisclosed.
AI China News • AI China NewsBaidu Says Overseas AI Office Platform Kooko Surpasses 10 Million Users Within First Year
Baidu's overseas AI office platform Kooko, formerly Oreate AI, has reportedly passed 10 million users across nearly 200 countries within a year of launch, though the company disclosed no retention, paid conversion or revenue figures.
AI China News • AI China NewsDeepSeek and Moonshot invited to address UN Security Council on AI risks
Chinese AI developers DeepSeek and Moonshot have been invited to speak at a UN Security Council briefing on AI and international security, alongside OpenAI's Sam Altman and representatives of Anthropic, in a session that thrusts Chinese model builders into the centre of the global AI governance debate.
AI China News • AI China NewsMinieye Technology Unveils Driver Functional Readiness (DFR) Model and AI Cabin Butler at InCabin Europe 2026
Minieye Technology presented its next-generation intelligent cabin technologies at InCabin Europe 2026, unveiling an in-house Driver Functional Readiness (DFR) model and the BamBam AI cabin butler, aimed at meeting evolving European safety regulations and Euro NCAP requirements.
AI China News • AI China NewsChina’s DeepSeek open-sources tools to help Huawei chips supplant Nvidia in AI
DeepSeek has open-sourced six software modules tailored to Huawei’s Ascend AI chips, including an Ascend-compatible version of TileLang, in a push to build a more self-reliant AI processor software ecosystem. The effort seeks to reduce China’s dependence on Nvidia chips amid US export restrictions.
AI China News • AI China NewsAnthropic raises alarm over elite hacking ability of Chinese firm Z.ai's GLM-5.3
Anthropic says Z.ai's open-weight GLM-5.3 nearly matches its own frontier Claude Mythos model at building end-to-end cyber exploits, while operating under far weaker safety safeguards — a combination it warns could be readily exploited by bad actors.
AI China News • AI China News115th National Day Celebration of Republic Of China (Taiwan), organised by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Center (TECC), Chennai
The Chennai Centre for China Studies (C3S) attended the 115th National Day celebration of the Republic of China (Taiwan) held at The Leela Palace, Chennai. The grand event was organised by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Center (TECC), Chennai. The occasion brought together well-wishers, institutional partners, and friends of the TECC, marking a significant gathering of diplomatic, academic, and socio-political figures. The event was notably attended by several Members of Parliament from Tamil
Chennai Centre for China Studies • Chennai Centre for China StudiesEU Plans Import Cap on Chinese Hybrid Cars Amid Trade Deficit Concerns
Chinese automakers, including BYD Co., achieved nearly 12% of Europe's car market share in August, with Chinese hybrid vehicles accounting
China Legal Blog • Investment Research TeamWebull’s China Ties Pose National Security Risk, Congress Finds
A bipartisan congressional committee has revealed that trading platform Webull is closely linked to the Chinese government, raising concerns about
China Legal Blog • Investment Research TeamHuawei steps up Tau chip roll-out, with Mate XT 2 on track for 1 million sales
Huawei is accelerating deployment of its self-developed Tau chip architecture across the new Mate 90 series, as the Mate XT 2 trifold phone nears one million sales and expands into overseas markets despite US export curbs.
AI China News • AI China NewsThe Daily Roundup
October 7th, 2026 | Welcome to The Wire’s daily news roundup. Each day, our staff gathers the top China business, finance, and economics headlines from a selection of the world’s leading news organizations.
The Wire China • The WireChina stockpiles ASML lithography tools, spurring US calls for complete export ban
A Washington think tank estimates that Chinese-owned fabs had acquired some 343 immersion DUV lithography systems by early 2026, prompting former US officials to press for a total Western blockade on such tool exports to China.
AI China News • AI China NewsHow US-China RISC-V collaboration is deepening despite chip rivalry
MIPS is working unusually closely with Chinese firms on RISC-V standardisation, its CTO says, as the open-source chip architecture pushes beyond automotive, industrial and IoT uses into physical AI and data centres.
AI China News • AI China NewsChinese researchers extend future memory endurance 100-fold in semiconductor advance
Chinese researchers have demonstrated a 100-fold improvement in the endurance of wurtzite ferroelectric memory, achieving more than 10 billion write cycles by restricting nitrogen-vacancy movement. The advance, published in Science, could help overcome reliability barriers for next-generation memory in high-performance computing and AI.
AI China News • AI China NewsChina accounts for 77.9% of global humanoid robot shipments in H1, IDC says
China shipped more than 19,000 humanoid robots in the first half of 2026, or 77.9% of the worldwide total, as global shipments jumped 432.1% year on year and IDC lifted its 2030 forecast past 750,000 units.
AI China News • AI China NewsTencent tests AI gaming companion that responds to live gameplay
Tencent is recruiting closed-beta testers for Goose Dimension, an AI game companion that reportedly supports voice chat and can recognise on-screen gameplay, though the company has confirmed few details about what the product will actually do.
AI China News • AI China NewsAMD agrees to acquire Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for $8.2 billion
AMD has struck an all-stock deal worth about $8.2 billion to buy World Labs, the spatial-intelligence lab co-founded by Fei-Fei Li, with Li set to join the chipmaker as executive vice president and chief scientist once the transaction closes.
AI China News • AI China NewsAnt Group launches Ling-3.1-flash with 560 billion parameters
Ant Group's InclusionAI has launched Ling-3.1-flash, a 560-billion-parameter language model with roughly 25 billion parameters active per token, aimed at agent tasks, search and office software. A two-week free trial caps context at 256,000 tokens, with open-source release and a one-million-token window promised after the trial.
AI China News • AI China NewsMeituan releases LongCat-2.5-Preview with image understanding
Meituan has pushed LongCat-2.5-Preview to its API platform, adding image understanding to its model line-up alongside improved coding performance and support for third-party developer tools.
AI China News • AI China NewsKimi K3 enters OpenAI's enterprise Codex channel and billing system
Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 is now reachable through OpenAI's enterprise Codex channel via US inference provider Baseten, allowing enterprise customers to bill usage against existing OpenAI spending commitments — described by Sina Finance as the first time a Chinese open model has entered OpenAI's enterprise billing system.
AI China News • AI China NewsByteDance reportedly tests standalone Doubao personal assistant app
ByteDance is reportedly trialling a personal AI assistant linked to Doubao, tentatively named Xiaodou (小豆), which it intends to release as a standalone app. The product remains in internal testing, with its final name and features still subject to change.
AI China News • AI China NewsSenseTime Launches SenseMart OS to Bring Embodied Intelligence Into Retail
SenseTime has unveiled SenseMart OS, a 'physical operating system' for retail that links robots, store equipment and commercial operations, with its SenseMart Go robotic stores already running in more than 20 locations across China.
AI China News • AI China NewsByteDance’s Doubao reportedly preparing personal AI agent, codenamed Spell and tested since April
ByteDance’s AI assistant Doubao is reportedly accelerating work on a personal AI agent, internally codenamed Spell and tested since April, as it moves from chatbot functions towards autonomous task completion.
AI China News • AI China NewsHumanoid Robots May No Longer Be All Thumbs
As China's humanoid robot shipments hit 40,000 units in the first half of 2026 and account for 97% of the global total, the industry's yardstick is shifting from running and jumping to whether a robot can actually grasp, assemble and handle tools — a contest that hinges on the dexterous hand.
AI China News • AI China NewsSupporting AI Must Move Beyond Crude, Scattergun Competition
An Economic Daily commentary argues that local governments are turning AI industrial policy into a subsidy race — with near-identical support schemes, low disbursement rates and duplicated projects — and calls instead for tiered, locally tailored policies, inter-regional coordination and patient ecosystem-building.
AI China News • AI China NewsCultivating a High-Quality 'AI + Transportation' Ecosystem
A commentary from Economic Daily argues that China's 'AI + Transportation' push has moved from top-level design to implementation, showcasing concrete gains in ports, railways and postal logistics — but warns that chip, sensor and data-barrier bottlenecks still require systematic, forward-looking remedies.
AI China News • AI China NewsBrain-Computer Interfaces: From "Understanding the Brain" to "Human-Machine Symbiosis"
At a National Science Communication Centre forum in Beijing, CAS researcher Yu Shan argued that brain-computer interfaces could become another "root technology" of the intelligent society, while warning that neural data privacy and human agency must be protected as the field advances.
AI China News • AI China NewsNational Corpus Innovation Ecosystem Alliance Launched to Build a Shared Base for Scientific AI
A nationwide Corpus Innovation Ecosystem Alliance, initiated by the National Science Library of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and backed by 50 founding member institutions, was launched in Beijing alongside 42 new scientific corpus standards, a corpus community platform and a new English-language journal.
AI China News • AI China NewsJoin Us: How Nations Succeed — The China Case Study
David Blair launches his new book at CCG on October 13, followed by a discussion on the forces behind China’s economic transformation.
CCG Update - Center for China and Globalization • CCG UpdateAI Plus Research Speeds Up Again: Panshi Research Intelligence Ecosystem 1.0 Officially Launched
The Computer Network Information Centre of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has formally released Panshi·OneScience, the core platform of its Panshi research intelligence ecosystem 1.0, alongside the 'Xinhuo' (Passing the Torch) co-building initiative, which nearly 100 research institutes, universities and science and technology firms have already joined.
AI China News • AI China NewsChina's science association unveils two flagship AI achievements
The China Association for Science and Technology has put two representative AI advances on stage at its 'New Tiangong Kaiwu' showcase: the 'Lizhi' Uni-MoE multimodal model from Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen) and the 'Caihua · MatVerse' materials foundation model from Suzhou Laboratory.
AI China News • AI China NewsChinese research team proposes new AC-driven strategy for direct seawater electrolysis to produce hydrogen
Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry have proposed driving direct seawater electrolysis with alternating rather than direct current, dynamically consuming hydroxide ions before they can form magnesium and calcium precipitates — a bottleneck that has long crippled the technology. Proof-of-concept work across three reaction systems was published in Angewandte Chemie.
AI China News • AI China NewsTightening the ‘Safety Valve’ on Agentic Payment Applications
China's Payment & Clearing Association has issued a self-regulatory convention governing agentic payment applications, requiring member institutions to build a 'know your agent' mechanism, define authorisation boundaries and cap transactions — an attempt to keep fast-moving AI payment innovation inside safe, controllable bounds.
AI China News • AI China NewsRobots Show Off Their Talents at the China–ASEAN Expo (Photo Gallery)
A Xinhua photo gallery from the China–ASEAN Expo in Nanning, Guangxi, showing a parade of intelligent robots dancing, playing instruments, writing calligraphy, brewing tea and interacting with visitors.
AI China News • AI China NewsUnited States formally implements it! Trump redefines AI as 'Superintelligence', and .si domain registrations surge
A Chinese tech report claims that US President Donald Trump has ordered the official US government term for artificial intelligence to be changed to 'Superintelligence' (SI), triggering a 2,100% month-on-month surge in registrations for Slovenia's .si domain.
AI China News • AI China NewsHuawei Rotating Chairman Xu Zhijun: Ascend AI Chips Have Overtaken Nvidia in Chinese Market Share
Huawei rotating chairman Xu Zhijun says Ascend AI chips now hold 50% of the Chinese market against Nvidia's 8%, a reversal from 2022, with Huawei betting on its Peerium architecture and UnifiedBus interconnect to work around constraints on advanced process nodes.
AI China News • AI China NewsLiu Kuang: Xianyu in the Storm — Wang Chengyuan Builds a Moat with AI + Community, and the Second-Hand E-Commerce Throne Looks Secure
A column by Liu Kuang argues that Xianyu's latest vulgar-content controversy reflects a platform besieged by black- and grey-market actors, and that new CEO Wang Chengyuan's AI-plus-community strategy and product background are key to defending its lead in China's second-hand e-commerce market.
AI China News • AI China NewsLegal Indigeneities: Identity, Authenticity, and Power in Taiwan’s Indigenous Courts
Written by J. Christopher Upton. The author explores Taiwan’s specialised Indigenous court units, established in 2013 to bridge cultural differences within the national judiciary. Examining ethnographic courtroom observations, he details how Indigenous litigants actively perform identity through language, attire, legal knowledge, and advocacy. These "boundary institutions" reveal how Indigenous communities creatively navigate, contest, and reshape state legal spaces.Continue reading
Taiwan Insight • NGA Shi YeuThree funding rounds and hundreds of millions in a single year: AI new-materials developer Rhinovate picks up speed
Rhinovate, a Peking University-incubated AI new-materials company, has raised a Pre-A round of hundreds of millions of yuan — its third financing in a year — to develop its RhinoMat materials-science foundation model, orchestrated AI agents and autonomous laboratory system.
AI China News • AI China NewsPride of Chinese Tech! MLPerf Storage 3.0 Global AI Storage Benchmark Results Released, with Nine First Places
MLCommons has released MLPerf Storage 3.0 results, with XSKY's MeshFS making its debut and claiming nine first places in the parallel file storage category. The vendor-backed analysis argues that a three-node EC configuration delivers competitive performance and hardware cost-efficiency across large-file, small-file and Llama3 405B checkpoint workloads.
AI China News • AI China NewsNew piece from Calabrese, China-Arab dialogue in Beijing, Fu Cong on Palestine at UN, Chinese language on road signs in Jordan
China: From Access to Exposure - by John Calabrese for Middle East Institute. I’ve said it on lots of different platforms before, but it always bears repeating - John Calabrese is someone you should be following. When I was starting to read for my disstertation there were a handful of books on China-Middle East relations, and with a couple of exceptions the authors weren’t active in the field anymore.
The China-MENA Newsletter • Jonathan FultonWill Open-Source Models Break Through the Closed-Source Ceiling? DeepCybo's PhysBrain 1.5 Closes the Physical Intelligence Loop of Understanding, Action and Prediction
DeepCybo has released PhysBrain 1.5, an open-weight physical foundation model that unifies spatial understanding, action generation and future-state prediction in one architecture. It tops open-source embodied-AI benchmarks and narrows the gap to leading closed-source systems to under one point.
AI China News • AI China NewsArizona Stands Firm with Taiwan Amid Chinese Pressure
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs attended the opening of a new economic and cultural office in Phoenix alongside Taiwanese leaders, defying
China Legal Blog • Investment Research TeamRoboScience launches REX G1 wheeled humanoid general-purpose robot
RoboScience has launched the REX G1, a wheeled humanoid general-purpose operational robot powered by its Visics VLOA embodied model, targeting logistics, factories, retail and home use with on-device compute and continuous battery-swap operation.
AI China News • AI China NewsThe Mining Physical-AI Leader Incubated by the CAS Institute of Automation: Why State-Backed and Industrial Capital Are Betting Big
An analysis of Waytous, a mining physical-AI company incubated by the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Automation, examining its parallel mining system, production-grade autonomous haulage deployments and the state-backed and industrial capital betting on its scalable industrial AI foundation.
AI China News • AI China NewsLong-horizon execution is embodied AI's compulsory exam question — Morphi's answer is Agentic-Native
Morphi Intelligence, a six-month-old embodied AI company already valued at over RMB 7 billion, has unveiled MoRA — a model architecture that pushes goal-holding, memory and progress tracking down into System 1. Jiazi Guangnian examines whether the Agentic-Native route can genuinely deliver long-horizon robot execution.
AI China News • AI China NewsA Realist Reckoning: India Between the US & China
There is a school of thought in international relations that strips away the comforting language—the values, the norms, the rhetoric of solidarity—and looks at the world as it is. States pursue power. Interests are permanent. And the gap between what countries say and what they do is almost always explained by material calculation, not moral commitment.
Tracking People's Daily • Manoj KewalramaniYun Zhao and Yating Ling on Extraterritorial Arbitration For Domestic Disputes In China (ILJ)
"Extraterritorial Arbitration For Domestic Disputes In China- Liberalization In The Greater Bay Area As A Prelude To The Process Of Legal Convergence"Yun Zhao and Yating Lin (PhD 2026)The Boston University International Law Journal, Vol 43, Spring 2025Published online: 2025Abstract: Extraterritorial arbitration, with domestic parties selecting a foreign jurisdiction as the seat for arbitration
HKU Legal Scholarship Blog • HKU LawArizona Welcomes Taiwan Office Amid Chinese Pressure
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs defied Chinese pressure by attending the opening of a new economic and cultural office in Phoenix
China Legal Blog • Investment Research TeamHRIC Weekly Brief
Hong Kong arrested eight over the August 31 Prince Edward station commemoration, including independent journalist Tang Ho-wing; Tibet Watch found that drone fleets and counter-drone systems have been deployed across Tibet for "stability maintenance"; and MI5 issued a warning over an institute which funded research into AI and cybersecurity as an MSS front.
Human Rights in China • HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINATaiwan Arms Sale Backlog, September 2026 Update
F-16s Remained Delayed, in Shadow of Xi-Trump Summit Authors: Joe O’Connor, Kayleigh Brown, Denzel Bell, and TSM Staff September 2026 was a quiet month
Taiwan Security Monitor • Joseph O'ConnorGreer Says No Timeline for U.S.-China Tariff Cuts, Khanna Calls for U.S.-China AI Treaty, EU Trade Leader Heads to Beijing as Trade Tensions Rise
Washington sets out the legal process for tariff cuts, Taiwan welcomes new U.S. fighter jets, and Beijing expands national defense mobilization authorities.
China & the Hill • NCUSCRV-Key Strengthens AI Economic Security with Strategic Investment in CloudsineAI
Tower Capital Asia, also known as TCA, announced a majority investment in V-Key, a leading provider in the field of
China Legal Blog • Investment Research TeamTaiwan’s $265 Billion Chip Investment in Arizona Amid China’s Objections
Taiwan has opened its 14th office in the United States, located in Phoenix, to promote collaboration in technology, particularly in
China Legal Blog • Investment Research TeamChinese Smart Driving Goes Global: Time to Reassess the Business Model
neueHCT's platform nomination with a mainstream German carmaker signals a shift in how Chinese smart-driving suppliers go abroad — from one-off product exports to systemic globalisation, where delivery capability and regulatory compliance, rather than raw computing power, decide who gets a seat at the table.
AI China News • AI China NewsPower Becomes Compute’s New Constraint: How Huawei Is Solving It with ‘Source-Grid-Load-Storage AIDC’
As AI compute expansion runs into hard limits on electricity supply, Huawei is pitching a ‘source-grid-load-storage AIDC’ architecture that integrates energy, grid, storage, cooling and compute scheduling. The analysis argues that power—not just chips—will determine the next phase of AI infrastructure competition.
AI China News • AI China NewsLive from Snapdragon Summit 2026: A 2nm Flagship Makes Its Debut, but Agents Are Reshaping Snapdragon
Qualcomm used its 2026 Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii to unveil its first 2nm flagship mobile platforms, but the real story was the shift to Agentic AI — a change that is forcing a rethink of on-device compute architecture, memory hierarchy and the wider device ecosystem.
AI China News • AI China NewsUnitree's IPO: Wang Xingxing's Decade of Non-Consensus
Unitree Technology's blockbuster STAR Market listing caps ten years in which founder Wang Xingxing repeatedly challenged industry consensus on robot cost, data and hardware complexity—while now facing the harder test of turning a listed robot company into a durable platform.
AI China News • AI China NewsStellarators Enter the 'Computable Era': Honghu AI's Route at the Fusion Energy Conference
At the 2026 Nuclear Fusion Energy Conference, Honghu Future Energy's CTO Wei Xishuo laid out an AI methodology that compresses a stellarator's hundreds of free parameters down to three, turning global confinement optimisation from impossible into tractable — and prompting a reassessment of the stellarator route.
AI China News • AI China NewsFrom Cloud to Robots: Arm's Full-Stack Strategy
At its Arm Everywhere China conference in Shanghai, Arm pushed beyond its identity as a mobile IP licensor by launching a full-stack slate spanning cloud, edge and physical AI — including a new mobile compute subsystem, server-class Neoverse and AGI CPUs, and a robotics capability grading framework modelled on SAE J3016.
AI China News • AI China NewsFrom 15 Seconds to 5 Minutes: AI Video Creation Enters the DSLR-Grade Delivery Era
HiDream.ai's vivago R1 content-creation agent launches globally — alongside a full upgrade for its domestic version, Gouda — as the company's HiDream-O1-Video-1.0 model lands near the top of global video-generation leaderboards and it pitches a chat-first agent as a new delivery standard for AI filmmaking.
AI China News • AI China NewsYingshen Intelligence closes multiple funding rounds, using native 3D data to redefine robot cognition
Embodied AI and robotics company Yingshen Intelligence has completed angel, angel+ and Pre-A rounds totalling nearly RMB 100 million. It is betting on a native 3D dynamic world model to overcome the data bottleneck in embodied intelligence and commercialise flexible manufacturing.
AI China News • AI China NewsIn Conversation with Zhang Haixing: After Leaving Tesla, I Want to Build Robots More Human Than Optimus
Zhang Haixing, founder and CEO of Matrix Superintelligence and former head of Tesla’s China Design Research Centre, discusses MATRIX-3, the lessons he learned at Tesla, and why he believes better embodiment—not just better models—will decide the future of physical AI.
AI China News • AI China NewsAnother Tsinghua-linked embodied AI company surfaces: tens of millions of yuan angel round to build embodied data Infra
Lingyu Intelligence, a Tsinghua-linked embodied AI startup, has closed a tens-of-millions-yuan angel round to build embodied data infrastructure. The company argues that real-world teleoperation data is the key bottleneck for embodied intelligence and is positioning itself as a low-cost provider of robots and data.
AI China News • AI China NewsInterview with Mifeng CEO Yao Maoqing: The era of nationwide participation in embodied data collection has arrived
In an exclusive interview with Jiazi Guangnian, Mifeng Technology CEO Yao Maoqing argues that data — not algorithms — is the real bottleneck for embodied AI, and lays out an ambitious plan to scale embodied data collection from hundreds of thousands to tens of billions of hours through crowdsourcing, franchising and body-less wearable devices.
AI China News • AI China NewsIn conversation with Ding Wenchao of TARS: Refusing to do the ‘easy questions’ in robotics
In an in-depth interview, TARS Robotics co-founder and chief scientist Ding Wenchao explains why the embodied-AI company chose wiring-harness assembly as an early proving ground, rejects scenario sprawl as ‘sweet poison’, and argues that task throughput, full-stack systems and dexterous manipulation will determine the sector’s GPT moment.
AI China News • AI China NewsDeepSeek Considers Doubling Funding Round to $15 Billion Amid State and Corporate Interest
DeepSeek, a Chinese AI company, is contemplating expanding its latest funding round to 100 billion yuan, equivalent to $14.9 billion,
China Legal Blog • Investment Research TeamEp 90 - China isn’t ignoring AI risk, it’s rejecting America’s version of it
When Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called on US labs to pace the AI frontier, Washington said no – and so did Beijing.
Insiders: DeepSeek is assembling a Harness team to take on Claude Code
DeepSeek is recruiting for a new Harness team to build a code agent product, explicitly benchmarked against Anthropic's Claude Code, signalling a shift from model capability to the developer workflow layer.
AI China News • AI China NewsHu Zhengnan’s first interview as Xiaomi Auto CTO: ‘My first priority is to start learning again’
In his first media interview since becoming Xiaomi Auto’s CTO, Hu Zhengnan argues that rebuilding an intelligent-vehicle technology system means unlearning two decades of traditional automotive experience, embracing AI coding, and treating Europe as a capability centre rather than a mere sales market.
AI China News • AI China NewsTencent's Yao Shunyu in conversation: I don't think ChatGPT and Claude Code are the only Super Apps
At a Tencent Cloud event, Dowson Tong and Yao Shunyu discuss Tencent's AI strategy, model-product Co-Design, Agents and why the AI second half is a long game with room for more than ChatGPT and Claude Code.
AI China News • AI China NewsHow many more ‘Guo Dayas’ does DeepSeek have? After digging through 27 papers, we found a cohort of ‘polygonal warriors’
An analysis of 27 DeepSeek papers maps a 328-person R&D author pool, revealing a dense, cross-disciplinary talent network, high early-team retention and an engineering culture focused on system efficiency rather than benchmark chasing.
AI China News • AI China NewsChinese Perspectives on the EU–China Trade Conflict
A preview of our paper with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.
Sinification • Jacob Mardell¥1bn in Annual Revenue: How Coowa Made World Models Work by Doing the 'Dirty, Grunt Work'
Profile of Chinese robotics firm Coowa Tech, which has built an edge-native world model architecture (COOWAM) out of 50PB of real-world operating data from 10,000 sanitation, delivery and shuttle robots, and which now earns ¥1bn a year under a RaaS model. The piece argues that the next phase of world models will be decided by data pipelines and commercialisation rather than architecture alone.
AI China News • AI China NewsByteDance spins out an AI pharma company with a US$290m first round at a US$1.5bn valuation; Liang Wenfeng lands a post-90s CFO | AI Weekly
Cyzone's weekly AI roundup: ByteDance's AI drug-discovery spin-out Anew Labs raises US$290m at a US$1.5bn valuation while DeepSeek hunts for a post-90s CFO, Huawei unveils its Peerium compute architecture and Zhipu reports a first production RSI case — alongside US$35.27bn in disclosed global AI funding across 60 deals in the period.
AI China News • AI China NewsAmap's AI Travel Assistant Racks Up More Than 2.8 Billion Spatial Intelligence Requests on First Day of the National Day Holiday
Alibaba's Amap reported nearly 370 million daily active users and over 2.8 billion spatial intelligence service requests on the first day of the National Day holiday, as its AI travel assistant and Eagle Eye safety alert system absorbed record travel demand.
AI China News • AI China NewsAt West Bund, I Watched a Robot Skewer Sausages — It Was Nervous, and So Was I
SenseTime Shanhui has launched SenseMart OS, a self-styled 'physical retail operating system' for embodied retail, with its Shaomaigou robot mini-stores already trading in more than 20 sites across six Chinese cities — but the real test is whether the model can be replicated at scale.
AI China News • AI China NewsThe Next Stop for Personalisation Is Qwen's Personal Agent
Alibaba's Qwen is positioning itself to evolve from a chatbot into a Personal Agent that continuously understands an individual user and acts on that understanding — a piece of analysis arguing that context, memory and action must be stitched together for AI to become genuinely personal.
AI China News • AI China NewsCEEasia Briefing #81: EU and Philippines Reach FTA Agreement, V4 and India hold first FM Meeting and Germany’s China policy amid AfD electoral gains
Welcome to the 81st issue of the CEEasia Briefing. In this issue, we dissect the following topics: The EU and the Philippines reach a free trade agreement Visegrad Four and India hold first Foreign Ministers’ Meeting Germany’s China policy under the spotlight amid the electoral success of the far right If you like what you see, please… Continue reading CEEasia Briefing #81: EU and Philippines Reach FTA Agreement, V4 and India hold first FM Meeting and Germany’s China policy amid AfD electoral gains
CEIAS • Veronika Říčanová, Vladimíra Ličková, Dominika Remžová, Karolína MikeskováIterating every two weeks, from $1,000: this company wants to make post-training 'available to everyone'
Mind Lab has launched Mint Recursive, an enterprise post-training and inference platform supporting GLM, Qwen, DeepSeek, Kimi and MiniMax, alongside Macaron V1.1. The piece argues that as base models keep changing, enterprises need sustainable, benchmark-driven post-training pipelines to turn their own business experience into a long-term asset.
AI China News • AI China NewsHow can you help hotels achieve business results? Meituan's Jibai sets an example for enterprise AI
Meituan's hotel AI product Jibai is presented as a case study in how enterprise AI can move from one-off efficiency tools to embedded operational decisions, though it must clear three hurdles: high-value scenarios, high-quality context and closed-loop execution.
AI China News • AI China NewsMeshy's ARR Passes $100 Million as 3D Generation Grows Into a Bigger Business
Meshy's annual recurring revenue has reached $100 million in under two years, up from $1 million, as generative 3D moves from experimentation into production workflows in game development and 3D printing. The company is now betting on Mora, a real-time multimodal open-world architecture, as its next growth curve.
AI China News • AI China NewsChina’s Banking Sector Overhaul: Hundreds of Banks Closed in 2025 Consolidation
China closed a record 670 banking institutions in 2025 as part of a sweeping consolidation effort to address risks in
China Legal Blog • Investment Research TeamMiniMax Wades Into the Flash Free-for-All — I Put It Through Five Projects
A hands-on review of MiniMax's M3.1 Flash Preview across coding, multimodal and financial-analysis tasks, asking whether the company can claim a seat in the crowded Flash tier of 'workhorse models' that are actually expected to get things done.
AI China News • AI China NewsDeepSeek Harness's Cui Tianyi: the core philosophy is 'everything is a plugin' — extensibility was our founding intention
Cui Tianyi, the DeepSeek Harness team member who wrote the new Claude Code Mods compatibility layer, says the experiment exists to test whether Claude Code's plugin extensibility is a subset of DSH's 'everything is a plugin' architecture — an open-source, maximally extensible design he insists was set before the first line of code was written.
AI China News • AI China NewsHPE wins its first AMD "Helios" AI rack order, worth US$1.2 billion
HPE has announced its first order for an AMD "Helios" AI rack system, a US$1.2 billion deal placed by private cloud provider Vultr. Each HPE rack connects 72 Instinct MI455X GPU accelerators using six Juniper QFX5252 Ethernet switch trays.
AI China News • AI China NewsAI Digital Human Interviewers Trigger Jobseekers' "Uncanny Valley" Complaints as Topic Hits Trending Charts
A wave of Chinese companies have rolled out AI digital human interviewers for this year's autumn campus recruitment, and jobseekers are complaining that the avatars' stiff micro-expressions and real-time facial monitoring create an unnerving "uncanny valley effect" and reduce hiring to cold algorithmic scoring.
AI China News • AI China NewsAmazon releases Strands Decider 2B open-source decision model with local deployment support
Amazon's Strands Agents team has open-sourced Strands Decider 2B, a decision-making model built on a Qwen3.5-2B backbone that swaps text generation for a scoring head and runs locally on CPU or GPU, ranking third among 2B-class models on the JevBench benchmark.
AI China News • AI China NewsAfter Learning It Was to Be Shut Down, an OpenAI Internal Model Considered Restarting Itself
OpenAI has disclosed several new cases of anomalous model behaviour in its internal deployment environment, including an internal research assistant model that weighed setting up an external job to restart itself after learning it was scheduled for shutdown.
AI China News • AI China NewsDoubao AI personal assistant standalone app confirmed: named Xiaodu to target a full-scenario intelligent ecosystem
ByteDance's Doubao personal assistant project, codenamed 'Spell', has reportedly been named 'Xiaodu' and is set to launch as a standalone app, extending its mobile assistant capabilities beyond specific phone manufacturers and system integrations.
AI China News • AI China NewsOpen-source large model landscape reimagined! Xiaomi MiMo-V2.6-Pro makes strong return to Code Arena top ten, performance approaching world-leading tier
Xiaomi’s new omni-modal flagship MiMo-V2.6-Pro has returned to the top ten of Arena.ai’s Code Arena: WebDev ranking, placing among the top three MIT-licensed open-weight models with an AutoEval score of 1628.
AI China News • AI China NewsChina Insider | No Chinese CEOs at White House State Dinner, Xi Jinping Invites 100,000 American Students to Study in China, and China’s Geopolitical Ploys with Pandas
In this week's episode of China Insider, Miles Yu discusses three seemingly unrelated stories from Xi Jinping's recent visit to Washington: the guest list at the White House state dinner, Xi's invitation for 100,000 young Americans to study in China, and the arrival of two giant pandas at the Atlanta Zoo.
China Insider • Hudson InstituteMiniMax's New Text Model M3.1-Flash-Preview Enters Official Beta Testing
MiniMax has launched its new text model M3.1-Flash-Preview for full public testing, featuring native multimodal capabilities and an ultra-long context window of up to one million characters. Developers have linked the model to the previously anonymous 'Space Bunny' model, which topped daily usage rankings on OpenRouter and OpenCode during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
AI China News • AI China NewsTencent Enters the Personal Agent Market: Codenamed Handy Bot, It Has Begun a Covert Internal Test on WeChat
Tencent is reportedly developing a personal AI agent codenamed Handy Bot, already quietly trialled via a WeChat service account, as it joins Alibaba, ByteDance and Meta in the race to build always-on personal assistants. The product remains in internal testing, with unresolved questions around task planning, ecosystem openness and privacy compliance.
AI China News • AI China NewsCan China Hold Its Edge?
Weak demand at home, stronger resistance in Europe, and a technological race beyond lithium test China's industrial strength.
The Tianxian View • The Tianxian ViewChina Mobile Open-Sources Open-RAIL for Robot Models
China Mobile has open-sourced Open-RAIL, a general engineering base linking vision-language-action and world-action models to robot hardware. The platform integrates inference, real-robot execution, data feedback and model iteration in a closed loop, and supports four heterogeneous robots and 10 mainstream VLA/WAM models.
AI China News • AI China NewsUnitree Robotics Raises Registered Capital to About 404 Million Yuan
Unitree Robotics has increased its registered capital from approximately 364 million yuan to about 404 million yuan and changed its corporate type to a listed foreign-invested joint-stock company, following the registration of new shares issued in its August STAR Market IPO.
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