4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (150+ words) Caixin Global China’s DeepSeek Launches Smaller, Faster AI Model DeepSeek released a new smaller model on Thursday that it says can outperform some flagship systems while cutting inference costs, as Chinese AI developers increasingly compete on both model capability and…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (124+ words) China’s consumer and factory-gate inflation accelerated in August, driven by rising global energy and commodity prices. The consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.8% year-on-year, up from 0.5% in July, matching market expectations. The producer price index (PPI) jumped 3.8%, beating forecasts and accelerating…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (164+ words) Caixin Global China Moves to Rein In AI-Era Counterfeiting and IP Disputes China’s judiciary and intellectual property regulators have introduced new legal guidelines for artificial intelligence disputes and accelerated patent approvals to help domestic technology companies combat increasingly sophisticated counterfeiting....

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (158+ words) Caixin Global Former Emergency Management Minister Expelled From the Communist Party Over Graft China’s former emergency management minister, Wang Xiangxi, has been expelled from the Communist Party and removed from office over allegations that he took massive bribes and abused…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (176+ words) Caixin Global China Tightens Rules to Speed Automakers’ Payments to Suppliers China’s regulators have rolled out stricter guidelines to standardize automakers’ payment practices with suppliers, warning of heavier penalties to combat prolonged delays and noncash settlements. The guidelines, jointly issued…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (116+ words) The sharp reduction was driven by a 10 trillion yuan package launched in late 2024 to resolve hidden debt, allowing local governments to issue trillions of yuan in bonds to replace off-balance-sheet borrowing, saving billions of yuan in interest. While risks from…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (151+ words) Caixin Global China Promotes First 1980s-Born Official to Vice-Ministerial Rank in State Media China has appointed its first 1980s-born official to the elite vice-ministerial ranks, promoting a 44-year-old journalist to a top leadership role at the Chinese Communist Party’s flagship…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (176+ words) Caixin Global Blast at Russia-China Chemical Project Kills Seven, Leaves Nine Chinese Missing A fire and explosion at a Russian-Chinese chemical complex in Russia’s Far East on Tuesday killed at least seven people and left nine Chinese citizens missing, according…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (155+ words) Caixin Global EHang Scraps Revenue Target in Wake of Fatal Aircraft Crash Chinese flying-car maker EHang Holdings Ltd. has withdrawn its annual revenue target as tighter regulations following a fatal aircraft crash in Beijing have delayed the commercial launch of…...