A former US export-control official argues that restricting lithography-tool exports could leave China producing roughly 100 times fewer AI chips than the US by the mid-2030s, making DUV controls a major policy lever.

A court sentenced the kindergarten owner to life in prison after more than 200 children were poisoned, making this one of China’s most serious food-safety cases in years.

A researcher behind GeoPT has launched a startup pursuing world models with physical modeling, building on work that learns dynamics from static geometry and particle trajectories.

After announcing a probe into Chongqing’s former mayor and the expulsion of a senior Sichuan official, the CCDI cast the cases as proof that rank offers no protection.

Beijing rejected the idea that EU pressure will win concessions, while Brussels advanced a mechanism to remove China from the single market, leaving the recent hybrid-car deal far from resolving tensions.

An interview revisits three reported deaths in Chinese gene-therapy trials and asks how investigator-initiated studies are reviewed, monitored and regulated as the sector expands.

Shenzhen’s APEC preparations include drone restrictions, new hotels and multilingual taxi devices, showing how a major diplomatic event draws local, provincial and national authorities into city operations.

Beijing approved a larger Japanese business delegation, a limited opening that observers say will not undo the strained political relationship between the two countries.

Chinese AI deployment engineers describe bosses asking to replace IT teams or track employee output, exposing how workplace surveillance and layoff hopes are colliding with the limits of enterprise AI.

A House committee released extensive records on investigations of researchers, many Chinese American, as part of a push for tighter scrutiny of China-linked academic research.

Chinese analysis argues that synchronized delivery delays across countries point to tightly allocated first-wave supply, so sellouts do not prove how many foldable iPhones Apple can ultimately sell.

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A Chinese industry analysis argues that export incentives, market pressure and proposed testing rules are pushing EV makers away from low-price expansion and toward validation, quality and overseas compliance.

A South China Sea dispute has renewed Manila’s security concerns as the Philippines weighs a manufacturing strategy designed to reduce reliance on China.

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 opened consultation on adding 40 technologies to its export-control catalogue, including proposed bans and restrictions across AI, gene therapy and solar manufacturing.

Leapmotor’s battery chief says standardized cells and deeper control of supplier manufacturing can give automakers cost and vehicle-integration advantages as batteries become more commoditized.

Ant Ling’s product-operations head argues that open-weight models can broaden participation and that model evaluation matters more than leaderboard chasing.

Akka’s 65-project porting study found that structured specifications improved first-pass results, while missing cross-component context remained a bottleneck; the trial used 9.41 billion tokens.

A Chinese research team is adapting iron chemistry used in wastewater treatment to attack tumors; the headline cites 84% efficacy, but the excerpt omits the trial design and patient details.

The Pengcheng Cloud Brain III facility has put 10,000 P of domestic computing capacity into trial service, beginning operations before its planned 16,000-P buildout is complete.

Hesai’s Kosmo system combines an 8K spatial camera with cloud reconstruction software to turn real spaces into 3D assets for robot training and simulation.

Physical-AI chipmaker XHEART added Renault, Chery and memory producer CXMT as investors, bringing reported cumulative funding to about 5 billion yuan (roughly $700 million).

Paraguay’s technology minister says sanctions imposed by Beijing will not change the country’s relationship with Taiwan, and could instead speed up joint projects.

Xpeng has folded its F and I product lines into G, leaving G and D, a reorganization intended to focus engineering resources and reduce overlap amid weak sales growth and cost pressure.

Chinese workplace platforms are connecting agents to messages, documents and customer records, turning organizational context and permissions into a competitive asset for enterprise AI.

A relaxed moment with Xi Jinping in Zhongnanhai, when Trump admired a Chinese rose variety, has prompted a new opening for gift diplomacy between the rival powers.

Paradigm and Ruisilian launched ModelSphere, an open-source platform for managing compute, model serving and optimization across several Chinese accelerator ecosystems.

A consumer-industry feature argues that Chinese restaurant chains are trying to scale fresh wok cooking and regional flavors while managing high closures and labor costs.

A Chinese roundup bundles market, service and product news, including DeepSeek outage compensation, Alibaba’s AI-hardware push and reported plans for Apple AI services in China.

Douyin reported sharp year-over-year growth in merchants crossing sales thresholds during the shopping festival, attributing part of the increase to platform-funded coupons.

Liaoning’s anti-graft authorities expelled former Benxi political adviser Shao Tao and referred suspected bribery crimes to prosecutors.

A JAECOO 7 test car using Momenta’s R7 world model completed an 11.38-kilometer Paris route without a takeover, including the complex Arc de Triomphe roundabout.

Lenovo’s Yoga Pro 15 RTX Spark starts at 29,999 yuan (about $4,200) and is marketed for running large models locally with up to 128 GB of unified memory.

A Jinan industry event launched a two-year plan, a community and a 2027 competition aimed at helping AI projects move from demonstrations into business workflows.