Hacker News with Generative AI: China

Chinese Manufacturers Make Appeals to Americans: Buy Direct (nytimes.com)
Chinese manufacturers are flooding TikTok and other social media apps with direct appeals to American shoppers, urging people to buy luxury items straight from their factories. And amid the threats of sky-high tariffs on Chinese exports, Americans seem to be all in.
China, Manufacturing, Consumerism, Trade, Social Media
7 points by bookofjoe 4 hours ago | 1 comments
M5 Stack no longer shipping to US (m5stack.com)
M5Stack Cardputer with M5StampS3 v1.1
Hardware, Microcontrollers, Shipping, China
22 points by fnordpiglet 5 hours ago | 2 comments
FBI offers $10M for information about Salt Typhoon members (arstechnica.com)
The FBI is offering $10 million for information about the China-state hacking group tracked as Salt Typhoon and its intrusion last year into sensitive networks belonging to multiple US telecommunications companies.
Cybersecurity, Hacking, China, US Government, Telecommunications
7 points by Bender 5 hours ago | 0 comments
Robotaxis ride experience in Wuhan China (youtu.be)
Robotaxis, China, Transportation, Video
4 points by imaginaryunit01 8 hours ago | 0 comments
Chinese (car) firms almost double UK market share on electrified demand (autocar.co.uk)
Sales of cars from Chinese brands in the UK grew 88% in March, as brands including BYD, MG, Omoda and Jaecoo expanded their footprint here.
Automotive Industry, China, Electric Vehicles, United Kingdom, Sales
7 points by Kaibeezy 10 hours ago | 0 comments
CATL: 1500km EV Battery, 520km in 5 Min Charge, Sodium-Ion Mass Prod 2025 (carnewschina.com)
Chinese battery manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL) unveiled three battery technologies at its “Tech Day” event on April 21, potentially reshaping the competitive landscape between pure electric and hybrid vehicles.
Electric Vehicles, Battery Technology, China, Innovation
5 points by xbmcuser 11 hours ago | 0 comments
Why India fell behind China in tech innovation (restofworld.org)
China’s DeepSeek moment has triggered unease for the Indian government and tech industry.
India, China, Technology, Innovation, Politics
6 points by impish9208 19 hours ago | 1 comments
Apple aims to source all US iPhones from India in pivot away from China (ft.com)
Apple, iPhone, Manufacturing, India, China
13 points by selkin 21 hours ago | 4 comments
Chinese factories slow production and send workers home as US tariffs bite (ft.com)
China, Trade, Economics, Tariffs, Manufacturing
11 points by suraci 1 day ago | 2 comments
New-gen electric car battery promises 1500km range, 515km charge in five minutes (drive.com.au)
China’s CATL – makers of electric car batteries for brands including Tesla, BMW and Hyundai – has revealed a new revolutionary rapid charging, long-range battery tech.
Electric Vehicles, Batteries, Technology, China
3 points by cf100clunk 1 day ago | 0 comments
Australian Navy's newest boats made in China (abc.net.au)
A new fleet of tug boats ordered for the Royal Australian Navy by the Defence Department was secretly built at a Chinese shipyard under a $28 million contract awarded last year to a Dutch company.
Military, Australia, China, International Relations
5 points by suraci 2 days ago | 1 comments
European Parliament in 'final stages' of talks with China to remove sanctions (scmp.com)
The European Parliament is in the “final stages” of discussions with Beijing about removing sanctions on its members, smoothing the way for improved relations with the bloc, according to a spokesperson for the lawmaking body.
Politics, International Relations, China, European Union
10 points by suraci 2 days ago | 0 comments
Chinese-owned farms press for repeal of California animal welfare law (kiowacountypress.net)
The largest pork producer in America is owned by a Chinese company, and a lot of people don’t like that.
Agriculture, Politics, China, California, Animal Welfare
24 points by miles 2 days ago | 1 comments
Netflix CEO: Not in China because no show or episode passed Censorship Board (indiewire.com)
If you think there’s seemingly no one who doesn’t have a Netflix account or who hasn’t seen “Squid Game,” there’s about 1.4 billion people in China who haven’t signed up, and the streamer’s co-CEO Ted Sarandos is just fine with that.
Netflix, China, Censorship, Streaming Services
7 points by samspenc 2 days ago | 0 comments
China invites European countries to form united front against Trump tariffs (scmp.com)
In separate calls with the British and Austrian foreign ministers, China’s top diplomat has accused Washington of weaponising tariffs, and urged Europe to join hands with Beijing to defend the multilateral trading system.
International Relations, Trade, China, Europe, United States
13 points by sva_ 2 days ago | 9 comments
How Severe Are China's Food Security Challenges? (csis.org)
Food security is critical to the well-being and stability of all countries. Decades of economic growth have enabled considerable strides in increasing access to food across China, but this growth has also generated new demographic demands and environmental strains. Global shocks like the COVID-19 pandemic, war in Ukraine, U.S.-China tensions, and the effects of climate change have left Chinese policymakers anxious about China’s food security issues.
Food Security, China, Economics, Geopolitics
8 points by suraci 3 days ago | 1 comments
Trump says China tariffs will drop 'substantially – but it won't be zero' (theguardian.com)
US president says tariffs on imported goods will come down from 145% rate but insists ‘we’re doing fine with China’
Trade, Politics, Economics, China, US
14 points by voxadam 3 days ago | 8 comments
CATL unveils new EV battery that charges as fast as pumping gas (electrek.co)
China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL) has unveiled its latest battery cell technologies, which charge as quickly as filling up a gas tank while potentially lowering costs without compromise.
Electric Vehicles, Battery Technology, China
8 points by LinuxBender 3 days ago | 5 comments
Military Drone Companies Have a Serious 'Made in China' Problem (forbes.com)
Pentagon leaders are calling for thousands of drones to prepare for war in the Pacific. But as Trump’s tariffs escalate tensions with China, they face an uncomfortable reality: Silicon Valley’s drone companies are addicted to Chinese components.
Military, China, Trade, Technology, Drones
8 points by geox 3 days ago | 1 comments
More than 20 robots race alongside humans at half marathon in Beijing (abc.net.au)
Humanoid robots have joined thousands of runners at a half marathon in Beijing — the first time these machines have raced alongside humans in a 21-kilometre course.
Robotics, Sports, China, Running, AI
5 points by Brajeshwar 4 days ago | 0 comments
Show HN: I built an app so I could read the 3 Body-Problem in Chinese (readly.ink)
No more time lost looking words up and adding to Anki flashcards. Do it all with Readly, in a single tap.
Software, Language Learning, China, Science Fiction, Productivity
29 points by alexSimpson96 4 days ago | 13 comments
USA Unable to Make Drones Without Components from China (militarnyi.com)
American drone manufacturers are facing a serious dependency on Chinese components in their products.
USA, China, Drones, Military, Manufacturing
13 points by croes 4 days ago | 9 comments
WD launches HDD recycling that reclaims rare earth elements, cuts out China (tomshardware.com)
Hard Drives, Recycling, Rare Earths, China
5 points by miles 4 days ago | 1 comments
China's CATL to mass-produce cheaper, more efficient sodium-ion EV batteries (scmp.com)
Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), which counts Tesla and BMW among its biggest clients, will mass-produce by the end of this year its Naxtra sodium-ion battery packs that would enable an electric vehicle (EV) to travel up to 500km on a single charge.
Electric Vehicles, Batteries, China, Technology
5 points by ksec 5 days ago | 5 comments
Most Humanoid Robots Fail to Finish Half Marathon in Beijing (wired.com)
About 12,000 human athletes ran in a half-marathon race in Beijing on Saturday, but most of the attention was on a group of other, more unconventional participants: 21 humanoid robots.
Robotics, Sports, China
6 points by Utubepublisher 5 days ago | 0 comments
China's CATL claims to have overtaken BYD on 5-minute EV battery charging time (ft.com)
China’s CATL says it has overtaken BYD on 5-minute EV battery charging time
China, Electric Vehicles, Battery Technology, Competition
7 points by mraniki 5 days ago | 1 comments
China sends back new Boeing jets (theguardian.com)
A Boeing jet intended for a Chinese airline landed back at the planemaker’s US production hub on Sunday, a victim of the tit-for-tat bilateral tariffs launched by Donald Trump.
China, Boeing, Trade, International Relations, Aviation
10 points by belter 5 days ago | 0 comments
China's Coal Generation Dropped 5% YoY in Q1 as Electricity Demand Increased (cleantechnica.com)
China’s coal-fired electricity generation took an unexpectedly sharp turn downward in the first quarter of 2025, signaling a potentially profound shift in the world’s largest coal-consuming economy.
China, Coal, Energy, Economy, Renewable Energy
10 points by xbmcuser 5 days ago | 1 comments
Huawei AI CloudMatrix 384 – China's Answer to Nvidia GB200 NVL72 – SemiAnalysis (semianalysis.com)
Huawei is making waves with its new AI accelerator and rack scale architecture. Meet China’s newest and most powerful Chinese domestic solution, the CloudMatrix 384 built using the Ascend 910C. This solution competes directly with the GB200 NVL72, and in some metrics is more advanced than Nvidia’s rack scale solution. The engineering advantage is at the system level, not just at the chip level, with innovation at the networking, optics, and software layers.
AI, Hardware, China, Technology, Competition
11 points by rbanffy 5 days ago | 0 comments
Boeing begins flying back planes refused by Chinese airlines (bangkokpost.com)
The US plane manufacturer Boeing has begun flying 737 Max jets that were refused by Chinese airline customers back to the United States, as the trade war between the world’s two biggest economies escalates.
Aviation, Trade Wars, China, Boeing, United States
8 points by binarno_sp 6 days ago | 0 comments