Chinese AI Researchers Are Finding Their Voice on X
As OpenAI and Anthropic employees grow quieter online, researchers at Chinese AI labs are flocking to X to explain their…
Chinese Companies Are Selling Vapes With Chemicals Potentially More Potent Than Nicotine
Big Tobacco studied nicotine analogs like 6-methyl-nicotine for decades but never marketed them. Now, Chinese vape makers are using them…
How People in China Keep Outsmarting Anthropic’s Geolocation Restrictions
As Anthropic tightens restrictions on access to Claude in China, users keep finding new workarounds, from proxy services to fake…
Chinese Drivers Are Using Tiny Plastic Heads to Fool Tesla’s Autopilot Safeguards
A cottage industry of celebrity figurines, blinking screens, and other DIY gadgets is helping drivers bypass Tesla’s distracted-driving controls.
The TikTok Ban Was Never About TikTok
A new documentary chronicles how the app became a stand-in for American anxieties about social media, China, and political power.
The $6 Billion Chinese Startup Trying to Build Hands for Every Robot
LinkerBot makes dexterous robotic hands for as little as $600. It wants to become the standard for humanoids and automated…
Shein Buying Everlane Actually Makes Perfect Sense
The acquisition struck many people as a bizarre mismatch, but it’s really a sign of where Chinese ecommerce giants are…
The Chinese App That Puts Instagram to Shame
In the ancient city of Dali, I saw firsthand how RedNote has evolved from a lifestyle platform into the tool…