Chinese state media and the armed forces coordinated an anniversary campaign linking the end of Japanese rule in Taiwan to Beijing's reunification claim, while a satellite-view video gave the commemoration a contemporary military-information edge.

Chinese delivery-robot maker Neolix raised nearly $400 million and says it is moving from selling vehicles toward selling delivery capacity, but profitability, overseas deployment and public safety remain unresolved.

Chinese commentary stresses that Kimi's alleged undisclosed influencer campaign resembles a familiar local marketing practice, while US coverage foregrounds the disclosure controversy; screenshots remain unauthenticated.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited Dandong ahead of the APEC summit in Shenzhen, with Chinese leaders highlighting the two countries' traditional ties and intent to deepen cooperation.

Ahead of the Communist Party's fifth plenum, attention is turning to quiet preparations for the next year's senior appointments and how the next generation of officials is being formed.

Young Chinese people may embrace Japanese anime and music while rejecting symbols associated with Japanese militarism, a distinction tested by a campus confrontation over the Rising Sun flag.

Chinese autonomous-driving supplier Qianli has introduced a radar that runs detection and classification on-device, shifting some perception work from the central computer to the sensor.

Ren Zeping, a prominent Chinese economist known for commentary on markets and policy, has reportedly been barred from gaining new followers and suspended from posting as regulators scrutinize financial influencers.

ByteDance has merged its AI short-drama product into creative platform Jimeng, reflecting a shift toward consolidating consumer apps while its Seedance model business gains leverage.

Xi's framework ties conflict resolution in Africa to African-led security, sovereignty, dialogue over force and sanctions, and development alongside immediate security concerns.

Analysts warn Taiwan against relying on a single foreign satellite provider after Starlink restrictions disrupted Ukrainian drone operations, renewing debate over resilient communications in a crisis.

Chinese researchers used ancient proteins from Xujiayao fossils to support their identification as Denisovans and infer shared cranial and dental traits, demonstrating a route around the difficulty of recovering ancient DNA.

Moonshot says it removed some offensive-security material from Kimi K3.1 Pro's training and reinforcement-learning environments, accepting a lower score on a controlled exploit test to set a boundary for an open-weight model.

Chinese military aircraft designers have proposed integrating large antenna arrays into fighter wings, an approach that could use wing area to supplement nose-mounted radar.

A Chinese market analysis argues that AI-linked stocks are being repriced for valuation and overseas-policy risk even as selected chip and equipment companies report strong results.

China-founded Today AI has raised more than $200 million for a personal assistant that builds persistent memory from authorized app data, while its founders say they also plan to train their own models.

WeChat is offering creators and producers extra revenue for short dramas adapted from public-account stories, a platform-content strategy distinct from Tencent's longer-term Webnovel rights business.

Shenzhen startup Orange Cat Universe raised tens of millions of yuan for a cat bed that collects loose fur through a passive mechanical brush, making safety and reliability a selling point rather than adding sensors or AI.

A debate over a US analyst's claim about Chinese living standards drew online criticism for relying on old figures, amid broader concern about declining American visits to China and the resulting loss of firsthand understanding.

Hangzhou startup Lingyan raised tens of millions of yuan (roughly $4–14 million) for a robotic-face system that uses cable drives and lightweight on-device expression models rather than relying on external servers.

China's NearLink alliance has released three initial 3.0 standards, including lossless audio, as it broadens the short-range wireless system toward AI and new device classes.

Volvo's third-quarter losses worsened as China sales fell 43% year over year, far more than the broader Chinese passenger-car market, exposing a sharper competitive problem than weak demand alone.

Baidu Health is adding video-based symptom intake and more links to human doctors, an approach that treats AI as a way to collect and route clinical information rather than make final diagnoses.

A union representing workers at Micron's Taoyuan site rejected the company's proposed profit-sharing plan, while a separate union at its Taichung plant had reached an agreement.

Alibaba is testing a no-code app builder that can connect generated tools to users' authorized data from services including Taobao and Amap, raising the stakes around personal-data access in consumer AI.

Nomura argues that data-center expansion should keep global memory demand ahead of supply through 2028, while Chinese maker CXMT's progress is one source of concern about future capacity.

Instant-food maker A-Kuan Foods is weighing a delisting from China's NEEQ, while a reported 4.43 million yuan (about $620,000) receivable from restaurant group Ma Liu Ji sparked a social-media dispute over whether it was overdue.

Chinese brand Daisy's Sky generated more than 300 million yuan (about $42 million) in annual GMV from an eye oil, but the report questions whether that success can extend beyond one product and a polarizing format.

Chinese components supplier Lens Technology reported third-quarter revenue of 19.04 billion yuan (about $2.68 billion) and net profit of 843 million yuan (about $119 million), down 8% and 50% year over year.

Huaneng Hydropower plans to pay 8.701 billion yuan (about $1.23 billion) to acquire a clean-energy subsidiary from its controlling shareholder, China Huaneng Group.

Rescue teams have completed the first 60 temporary shelters in Baqing County after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake, according to state media.

A Huawei software update reportedly adds user-defined automations spanning phones, apps, home devices and connected-car functions, extending HarmonyOS's push to coordinate services across its device ecosystem.

Alipay and iFlytek are expanding a smart-cockpit partnership to support tolls, parking, parcel pickup and food ordering through voice-driven vehicle services.

Chinese game maker miHoYo plans to open a permanent Genshin Impact cafe in Tokyo in January, extending the game's world into branded food, merchandise and events.