Hacker News with Generative AI: China

Robotics China's Electric-Vehicle-to-Humanoid-Robot Pivot (technologyreview.com)
Here’s what the country’s big bet on robots might mean for the rest of the globe.
Robotics, China, Electric Vehicles, Humanoid Robots
5 points by m463 15 hours ago | 0 comments
China's Plateauing Fuel Use Is Without Precedent IEA Says (bloomberg.com)
A slowdown in the growth of China’s fuel use is without precedent for a country at its stage of economic development, the International Energy Agency said.
China, Energy, Economics, International Relations, Fuel
10 points by slothtrop 22 hours ago | 2 comments
An inside look at NSA tactics, techniques and procedures from China's lens (inversecos.com)
Since I reside in a Five Eyes country (Australia) and have publicly presented four cases I led on China’s APT41 attacking organisations in ASEAN, particularly concerning China’s cyber and political strategies, I was curious to explore what China publishes about Five Eyes operations.
Cybersecurity, Espionage, Intelligence Agencies, International Relations, China
216 points by davikr 1 day ago | 68 comments
China Looks to Use Tesla FSD Rollout as Leverage in Trade Negotiations (gizmodo.com)
China is considering using Tesla as leverage in U.S. trade negotiations.
China, Tesla, Trade Negotiations, Automotive Industry, Geopolitics
6 points by nickthegreek 2 days ago | 5 comments
Nitazenes: Battle with Deadly Synthetic Opioids and Drug Trade Links to China (postimees.ee)
On December 7, 2023, police responded to a domestic violence call at an apartment in the Kopli district of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Upon arrival, they identified a man in his 30s, Sergei, and his partner, both of whom appeared to be extremely intoxicated. Sergei carried a mini-grip plastic bag containing 15 grams of a dirt-coloured substance, according to court files inspected by Postimees.
Drugs, Crime, China
6 points by type0 2 days ago | 0 comments
South Korean regulator accuses DeepSeek of sharing user data with ByteDance (bbc.com)
South Korea has accused Chinese AI startup DeepSeek of sharing user data with the owner of TikTok in China.
Data Privacy, Artificial Intelligence, China, South Korea, Regulation
241 points by devonnull 2 days ago | 132 comments
Xi Voices Support for Jack Ma, China Private Sector Chiefs (bloomberg.com)
Chinese President Xi Jinping presided over a meeting with Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma and other prominent entrepreneurs on Monday, signaling Beijing’s endorsement for a long-marginalized private sector now considered key to reviving the world’s No. 2 economy.
China, Business, Politics, Economy
5 points by newusertoday 3 days ago | 2 comments
The A-level student who became an enemy of the Chinese state (bbc.com)
Just over a year ago, Chloe Cheung was sitting her A-levels. Now she's on a Chinese government list of wanted dissidents.
Politics, China, Activism, Students
11 points by zfg 3 days ago | 2 comments
South Korea blocks downloads of DeepSeek from local app stores (techcrunch.com)
South Korean officials on Saturday temporarily restricted Chinese AI Lab DeepSeek’s app from being downloaded from app stores in the country pending an assessment of how the Chinese company handles user data.
South Korea, AI, Regulations, Privacy, China
11 points by vinni2 3 days ago | 1 comments
It's not just AI. China's medicines are surprising the world, too (economist.com)
It’s not just AI. China’s medicines are surprising the world, too
China, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, International Relations, Surprises
37 points by helsinkiandrew 4 days ago | 61 comments
Japan's $1.5B bet on ultra-thin solar cells in challenge to China (ft.com)
Japan, Solar Energy, China, Technology, Business
15 points by bookofjoe 4 days ago | 2 comments
Dinner at a North Korean Restaurant in Shanghai (2016) (wordpress.com)
Shrouded in secrecy and isolated from the world, North Korea exudes an air of mystery.
North Korea, Travel, China, Food, Culture
112 points by herecomethefuzz 5 days ago | 74 comments
China's Salt Typhoon Spies Still Hacking Telecoms by Exploiting Cisco Routers (wired.com)
When the Chinese hacker group known as Salt Typhoon was revealed last fall to have deeply penetrated major US telecommunications companies—ultimately breaching no fewer than nine of the phone carriers and accessing Americans' texts and calls in real time—that hacking campaign was treated as a four-alarm fire by the US government.
Cybersecurity, China, Hacking, Telecoms, Cisco
18 points by ironyman 5 days ago | 1 comments
Google facilitated Russia and China's censorship requests (theguardian.com)
An investigation has exposed the tech firm’s cooperation with autocratic regimes to remove unfavourable content
Google, Censorship, Russia, China, Politics
30 points by m1 5 days ago | 8 comments
China recruiting 'planetary defence force' amid fears of asteroid hitting Earth (theguardian.com)
China has begun recruiting for a planetary defence force after risk assessments determined that an asteroid could conceivably hit Earth in 2032.
Space Exploration, China, Asteroids, Defense
6 points by bookofjoe 5 days ago | 1 comments
China's Plateauing Fuel Use Is Without Precedent, IEA Says (bloomberg.com)
A slowdown in the growth of China’s fuel use is without precedent for a country at its stage of economic development, the International Energy Agency said.
China, Energy, Economics
10 points by guerby 6 days ago | 1 comments
China recruits for 'planetary defence force' amid fear of asteroid hitting Earth (theguardian.com)
China has begun recruiting for a planetary defence force after risk assessments determined that an asteroid could conceivably hit Earth in 2032.
Space Exploration, China, Asteroids, National Security
12 points by cyberlimerence 6 days ago | 0 comments
More victims of China's Salt Typhoon crew emerge: Telcos now hit via Cisco bugs (theregister.com)
China's Salt Typhoon spy crew exploited vulnerabilities in Cisco devices to compromise at least seven devices linked to global telecom providers and other orgs, in addition to its previous victim count.
Cybersecurity, China, Cisco, Telecom, Espionage
9 points by rntn 7 days ago | 1 comments
BYD to offer Tesla-like self-driving tech in all models for free (asiafinancial.com)
China’s biggest carmaker BYD has shaken up the electric vehicle industry yet again this week after announcing it will offer cutting-edge self-driving systems on all its vehicles — including its cheapest Seagull model — for free.
Electric Vehicles, Self-Driving Cars, China, BYD
185 points by senti_sentient 9 days ago | 310 comments
Chinese EV leader BYD to offer 'God's Eye' self-driving system on all models (ft.com)
Chinese EV leader BYD to offer ‘God’s Eye’ self-driving system on all models
Self-Driving Cars, Electric Vehicles, China, Technology, BYD
6 points by KolmogorovComp 9 days ago | 2 comments
China's BYD Adding 'High-Level' Self-Driving to Its Budget $10K Electric Car (gizmodo.com)
Tesla’s famously sky-high market valuation is based in part on the premise that it is not actually a car company at all, but an AI and robotics company.
China, Electric Vehicles, Self-Driving Cars, Technology
6 points by croes 9 days ago | 0 comments
Chinese Temu sellers use fake U.S. postage labels to boost their profits (restofworld.org)
Some Chinese Temu merchants are padding their profits by using counterfeit postage labels to trick the U.S. Postal Service into delivering packages for free.
E-commerce, Fraud, China, United States, Shipping
12 points by impish9208 9 days ago | 0 comments
Deploying DeepSeek-R1 Locally with a Custom RAG Knowledge Data Base (pixelstech.net)
DeepSeek, a Chinese AI firm, is disrupting the industry with its low-cost, open source large language models, challenging U.S. tech giants. It has shown high performance in mathematic, coding, English and Chinese Conversation. The DeepSeek-R1 model is opensource ( MIT License ).
Open Source, Artificial Intelligence, China
8 points by misonic 10 days ago | 0 comments
Chinese EV leader BYD to offer 'God's Eye' self-driving system on all models (ft.com)
Self-Driving Cars, Electric Vehicles, China, Technology, Automotive
11 points by KnuthIsGod 10 days ago | 4 comments
Exclusive – Chinese Spy Balloon Was Packed with American Tech (newsweek.com)
A Chinese spy balloon that crossed over the United States in 2023 was packed with American technology that could have enabled it to spy on Americans, according to two sources with direct knowledge of a technical analysis conducted by the U.S. military.
Espionage, China, Technology, Military, Security
7 points by cwwc 10 days ago | 0 comments
China's BYD cuts entry price for smart EVs to below $10k (yahoo.com)
China's BYD on Monday started offering advanced autonomous driving features on most of its models including ones priced as low as $9,555, far undercutting competitors such as Tesla in a move analysts say is set to start a new price war.
China, Electric Vehicles, Autonomous Driving, Price Wars
5 points by bentocorp 10 days ago | 0 comments
Ask HN: Why does DeepSeek delete any serious discussion about China? (ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: Why does DeepSeek delete any serious discussion about China?
China, Censorship, Social Media, Online Discussion
11 points by jerawaj740 11 days ago | 5 comments
Seagate's HDD scandal deepens clues point at Chinese Chia mining farms (tomshardware.com)
Hard Drives, Data Storage, Cryptocurrency, China
15 points by snvzz 11 days ago | 0 comments
Deutsche Bank: 'China eats the world' (scmp.com)
The launch of DeepSeek has unsettled the world’s belief that it “could contain China”, said Deutsche Bank, calling the emergence of the artificial-intelligence (AI) technology the country’s “Sputnik moment”.
China, Artificial Intelligence, Geopolitics, Economics
3 points by xnhbx 13 days ago | 1 comments
Kash Patel Took Up to $5M in Stock from Chinese Ecommerce Giant Shein (wired.com)
Donald Trump’s pick for FBI director told senators he has no plans to divest his shares, which his financial disclosure form says were received in exchange for consulting services.
Politics, Finance, Business, China, Ecommerce
27 points by josefresco 13 days ago | 3 comments