In pole position: Cross-legged pole hugging challenge goes viral on Chinese social media

It involves people sitting cross-legged with a pole between their legs and trying to free themselves. Read more at ...
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Chinese open-weight AI models challenge US dominance in coding

Chinese AI labs Z.ai and Moonshot have released open-weight models GLM-5.1 and Kimi K2.6 that outperform leading US closed models on key coding benchmarks. These advances come as enterprises ...
CNBC

Trump tariffs could create a new challenge for Chinese policymakers: A growth rate below 5%

The blanket 10% tariffs will be levied on top of the existing tariffs of up to 25% that Trump had imposed on Chinese goods during his first presidency. The additional 10% tariffs would reduce China's ...
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OpenAI debuts GPT-5.5 as Chinese labs challenge AI lead

OpenAI has launched GPT-5.5, calling it its most capable and first fully retrained base model, aimed at complex agentic coding tasks. The release comes as Chinese labs like Z.ai, Moonshot AI, and ...
The Washington Post

Could you feed yourself on $70 a month? Chinese millennials are trying.

Call it under-consumption core. Call it frugality. In China, call it “proudly stingy.” Just as the cost of living is weighing on many Americans — and even helped propel Donald Trump back into the ...