Labor advocate and citizen journalist Feng Rui has reportedly been detained since September after publishing a major annual review of labor issues that was censored online.

Chinese maritime pressure near Taiwan is shifting toward simultaneous operations across several approaches, according to the island’s coastguard and analysts cited by SCMP.

MiniMax says its new coding and agent model matches DeepSeek’s latest Flash release on several tests, with output above 200 tokens per second and lower peak-hour pricing.

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Tencent’s research team says alternating verified-trajectory learning and reinforcement learning improved a Qwen-based terminal agent, with important limits on the evidence.

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DeepSeek says its V4.1 Flash model ranked first among open models on Arena’s web-development board, pairing competitive coding results with very low reported API prices.

A translated post argues that Chinese social media treats foreign criticism as interference but often celebrates foreign praise, exposing how promotional narratives shape online discussion.

OpenCode says an old system was accessed without authorization, potentially exposing keys for 1.4% of Console users; Chinese coverage highlights dispute over its claim that model distillation was involved.

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A senior Party-school official’s commentary presents the Long March as proof that the Communist Party needs a central core whose authority members must uphold.

Initium links record-low fertility, a rise in school special-needs registrations and a jump in youth suicides to a system that increasingly translates uncertainty into risk screening.

MemSilicon has raised more than 400 million yuan and hired former Graphcore executive Lu Tao to expand from memory products into a low-latency inference processor.

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China Telecom’s Xing4.0-29B-Intent combines intent classification with structured parameter extraction, aiming to turn natural-language instructions into machine-usable JSON.

Conway Research unveiled an on-device assistant that can work offline, using a Qwen-derived model and a custom inference engine; the China angle is the model’s role in a US product.

Recruiters say Chinese technology firms are paying exceptional premiums for scarce foundation-model talent even as hiring contracts elsewhere, unsettling internal pay structures.

AliExpress and Tmall say they will back early-stage AI-hardware brands and pair investment with domestic and overseas selling support, moving the marketplace upstream into company formation.

China’s economy grew 4.5% year over year in the third quarter, with strong high-tech exports helping keep the annual growth target within reach.

Fast Retailing’s North American and European sales have overtaken Greater China, while Uniqlo closes mainland stores and shifts from footprint expansion toward productivity and local adaptation.

Beijing’s ambassador denied making threats after Manila summoned him over remarks that China could easily win a war, sharpening tensions in an already sensitive relationship.

A Wire China analysis asks how close Chinese equipment makers are to replacing advanced lithography tools blocked by US controls; the supplied teaser gives no technical verdict.

The Chinese space startup is building spacecraft that can inspect, refuel, repair and assemble satellites, with its next demonstration planned to test a seven-degree-of-freedom robotic arm.

After a decade of sidewalk deployment, robots still struggle to enter residential compounds, buildings and elevators, where property rules and human behavior make delivery costly.

Former commerce minister Chen Deming told a Beijing forum that China should secure more investment agreements abroad and rejected the claim that its trade surplus simply reflects overcapacity.

Industry participants argue that local AI can win in eldercare, government and enterprise settings where sensitive data, always-on service and latency make cloud-only designs difficult.

A second unusual Chinese vessel has appeared near Guangzhou, prompting speculation that it could launch and recover large underwater drones beyond coastal waters.

A profile of Anker describes its push into higher-tech hardware and a tension between its promise of entrepreneurial autonomy and employee complaints about churn and pressure.

A new Chinese-supported port in Tanzania is designed to handle 60,000 tonnes of fish a year, combining local infrastructure development with China’s food-supply and maritime interests.

Lightweight Manufacturing is scaling production for print-service shops rather than hobbyists, betting that low-cost machines can handle small-batch work once served by far more expensive equipment.

Midea’s robotics and automation unit grew faster than its appliance business, yet falling margins and small scale leave it far from a dependable second growth engine.

A Chinese analysis contrasts Kimi’s product-led, API-heavy growth with DeepSeek’s infrastructure ambitions, arguing the two leading labs are becoming less alike rather than converging.

The loss-making freight platform plans to sell its mainland unit for one yuan and shift its focus to Hong Kong and overseas markets, subject to shareholder approval.

Wang Yi met Bulgaria’s president and senior officials in Sofia, with both sides discussing closer economic ties, technology cooperation and support for China’s one-China position.

The People’s Liberation Army condemned a Chinese student reportedly wearing the Japanese military flag in a Russian classroom, framing the act as whitewashing militarism.

A Wire China analysis says Europe can use tools beyond product-specific import limits and argues China’s economic model is driving the confrontation.

ICBC and Standard Bank announced ten measures to expand cross-border yuan use, including more than 10 billion yuan in interbank financing capacity for African institutions.

Researchers found fingerprints on Terracotta Army figures that they attribute to adult men, women and children, challenging the assumption that the monumental work was made only by adult male artisans.