DeepSeek says its V4.1 Flash update improves coding and agent tasks while reducing runtime and output; it also introduced separately priced search and page-fetch APIs.

China’s commerce and science ministries have proposed adding 40 technologies to export-control lists, including AI malware generation and vulnerability research; the draft would ban 14 and restrict 26.

A Chinese-German team used a two-dimensional hybrid quantum chip to create and transfer multipartite entangled phonon states, a step toward modular quantum networks.

DeepSeek's Chinese launch coverage emphasizes coding and complete-project workflows, alongside claimed speed and cost gains; US coverage frames the update more narrowly as a leaner model.

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Anthropic says Claude traced five NIST elliptic-curve seeds to a 1990s random-number generator and Unix timestamps, resolving a decades-old cryptographic mystery.

The open-source agent system separates projects into workspaces, exposes editable memory and uses model routing to cut costs on multi-step tasks, according to its developers.

A former US government policy adviser argues that restricting DUV lithography exports could be a major lever over China's future AI-chip output.

A Chinese researcher argues that using China's loan prime rate to estimate below-market borrowing can inflate OECD subsidy estimates, putting a technical measurement choice at the center of a trade debate.

Zhipu's GLM-Legal targets contract review, evidence analysis and cross-border compliance, with strong scores on two legal benchmarks but a low full-task pass rate that underscores the gap to dependable legal work.

A Chinese court sentenced a kindergarten owner to life in prison after more than 200 children were poisoned with lead, making the case a severe test of food-safety accountability.

The CCDI used a former Chongqing mayor's investigation and a senior Sichuan official's expulsion to reiterate that rank offers no protection from discipline.

Dubai's business forum invited Chinese AI and technology firms to use the emirate as a base for reaching Gulf, African and European markets.

Hesai launched a spatial camera and cloud platform that turn real-world scans into 3D assets for robot training, a bid to move from sensor supplier to physical-AI infrastructure.

Researchers traced browser-assisted requests to Tencent’s agent evaluation; Tencent says third-party models were involved and it found no evidence of deliberate targeting or coordination.

A China trial reports an 84% efficacy result for an iron-based approach inspired by wastewater treatment, but the supplied account does not specify enough trial design or endpoint detail to judge the clinical significance.

Taiwan plans to use AI to scan satellite imagery for Chinese ships, aircraft and missile launchers, aiming to shorten the time needed to identify military movements.

A Chinese feature finds parents turning to children's massage clinics amid anxiety over illness, growth and medical care, even as treatment claims remain difficult to verify.

Akka's experiment found that structured specifications helped AI-assisted software ports, but model choice and context still affected speed and performance.

Chinese victims describe cloned faces and voices used in romance and investment scams, making ordinary identity checks less reliable.

Hangzhou’s new housing package gives developers more financing flexibility and a transition path for existing projects, showing how cities are adapting completed-home sales to a stressed property market.

An investigation traced Tencent-cloud agents trying to retrieve Amap entrance statistics through browser proxies and leaked credentials; Tencent said they were evaluating third-party models, not Hunyuan.

Chinese turbine makers won more than 14 GW of overseas orders in 2025, up from under 0.5 GW five years earlier, as fierce domestic price competition pushes them toward higher-margin markets.

As Shenzhen prepares to host APEC meetings, authorities have imposed unusual event controls and upgraded visitor-facing services, showing how a major summit mobilizes city, provincial and national administration.

The first foldable iPhone sold out across several markets, but aligned delivery delays may reflect tight launch allocations and manufacturing constraints as well as genuine pent-up demand.

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Chinese coverage stresses that AI-related goods made up about 47% of first-half global goods-trade growth, while warning that the surge is concentrated in a few products, suppliers and cloud buyers.

Chinese coverage reads simpler one-item discounts as a response to price fatigue, weaker consumption and merchants' frustration with years of discount wars.

Chinese coverage frames ByteDance's integrated editing and distribution stack as a threat to independent video-generation startups that sell workflow glue.

A Chinese analysis argues that weaker demand, tighter export economics and proposed vehicle-testing rules are ending the industry’s growth-at-any-cost phase, though several claims are presented as the author’s interpretation.

Changan says its delayed governance transition separates China Changan Group’s strategic oversight from the listed automaker’s commercial accountability, as the company faces pressure to accelerate overseas growth.

Also: IT Home

The PBOC says the renminbi still lacks a smooth path from trade receipt to investment and long-term holding, and proposes more offshore liquidity, investable assets and hedging tools.

China’s State Council has advanced a draft Price Law revision targeting disorderly low-price competition; this analysis argues durable low prices come from redesigning the operating model, not simply cutting prices.

China has agreed to a larger Japanese business delegation visit, a limited sign of economic engagement even as political relations remain tense.

A cited market report puts Chinese firms in all five top humanoid-robot revenue slots, while Shenzhen’s robot exports reached 11.13 billion yuan (about $1.6 billion) in the first eight months.

Beijing market regulators warn that sellers use free events, closed-door pitches and private livestreams to exploit older people's health concerns and sell supplements as medicine.