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ChinAI Newsletter

Narrations of the ChinAI Newsletter by Jeffrey Ding. China is becoming an indispensable part of the global AI landscape. Alongside the rise of China’s AI capabilities, a surge of Chinese writing and scholarship on AI-related topics is shedding light on a range of fascinating topics, including: China’s grand strategy for advanced technology like AI, the characteristics of key Chinese AI actors (e.g. companies and individual thinkers), and the ethical implications of AI development. While

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8:19

“ChinAI #334: How AI is ‘Transforming’ a Chinese...

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2025/11/03

Featured linksHow a University is “Transforming” its Humanities and Social Sciences ProgramRoundtable Reviews ofThe power of one: How standout firms grow national productivityTranslations: As CAC Tackles “Malicious” Negativity Online, Popular Influencers Zhang Xuefeng, Hu Chenfeng, Lan Zhanfei Hit With BansSecond and LongThank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on

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“ChinAI #333: Around the Horn (22nd episode)” by...

ChinAI Newsletter ·

2025/10/27

Featured linksChili WokChinAI #326The SuperCLUE September 2025 report has been released!ChinAI #324When we talk about “AI Search”, what are we talking about?With state-affiliated investment exceeding 30%, investment is fueling adding fuel to the robotics industryThe most unusual AI money-making scheme has emergedCan (Alibaba’s) Quark succeed as a Chinese ChatGPT?The “Disenchantment and Return to Form” of AI AgentsThese university majors are on the verge of being “occupied” by AIYour agent may be

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8:17

“ChinAI #332: AI PhD Grads are ‘Unsellable’” by...

ChinAI Newsletter ·

2025/10/20

Featured linksNew AI PhD grads are “unsellable”ChinAI #111Twitter postRunning the Right AI Race — A National Strategy for AI diffusionIndustrial Policy and Economic Security ConferenceCould the AirPods Pro 3 Mean the End of Subtitles?OPT ObservatoryFirst Key Update to International AI Safety ReportThank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and related topics

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8:04

“ChinAI #331: Chinese Public Perceptions and Usage of...

ChinAI Newsletter ·

2025/10/06

Featured linksChinese Public Perceptions and Usage of Generative AIWeChat’s integration of DeepSeekCompute is not the answer to AI sovereigntyThe U.S. Needs A Generative AI Intensity IndexGrant Delays Threaten Cultural and Language Studies ProgramsDeepSeek-R1 incentivizes reasoning in LLMs through reinforcement learningMiles BrundageThank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of

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8:02

“ChinAI #330: Chinese Universities Top Global CS...

ChinAI Newsletter ·

2025/09/29

Plus, a deeper dive into the CSRankings methodology.Featured linksEnding CMU’s Dominance, Tsinghua University Takes the Top Spot in CSRankings! Peking University Leads in AICSRankingsHere’sEvery Great Tech Hub Needs RegulationU.S. Loses Appeal for Chinese AI ResearchersUS-China AI Governance PhD FellowshipsCorrection to ChinAI #328 on Cold Reality for Chinese AI Start-upsThank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes)

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9:34

“ChinAI #329: China’s Shifting Cloud Market — A...

ChinAI Newsletter ·

2025/09/22

Featured linksMid-Year Review of Major Cloud ProvidersTopology of “China AI”Selective Restraint: How China Regulates Facial Recognition in 2025US-China AI Governance PhD FellowshipsChinAI #305: Computing Power Shifts in the AI Inference EraThank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and related topics. Jeff is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at

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7:00

“ChinAI #328: The Cold Reality for Chinese AI...

ChinAI Newsletter ·

2025/09/15

Featured linksThe Realities of AI Start-ups in 2025PhD in theoretical computer scienceChina's Big AI Diffusion Plan is Here. Will it Work?ChinAI full translationTaiwan’s “silicon shield” could be weakeningWorking with US CAISI and UK AISI to build more secure AI systemsSilicon Valley enabled brutal mass detention and surveillance in China, internal documents showThank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly

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9:29

“ChinAI #327: Critiquing China’s AI Plus Plan” by...

ChinAI Newsletter ·

2025/09/08

A Strategic Reading of China’s Three-step AI Strategy for the Next Decade.Featured linksThe Nation Sets the Tone for “AI Plus”Geopolitechs newsletterMeasures for the Security Management of Facial Recognition Technology ApplicationsThe AI Plus initiative – China’s blueprint for AI diffusionChina Has a Different Vision for AI. It Might Be Smarter.Assassin’s ApprenticeThank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes)

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4:33

“ChinAI #325: One Year Later - Technology and the...

ChinAI Newsletter ·

2025/08/25

Featured linksState of AI Safety in China (2025)Worrying example of AI slopLao Dongyan on 2024 and RenewalChinAI #77Political Economy of AI SyllabusThank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and related topics. Jeff is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University. Check out the archive of

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8:39

“ChinAI #323: The AI Deflation of China’s Tech...

ChinAI Newsletter ·

2025/08/11

Why are Chinese tech giants spending so little on AI Capex?.Featured linksIn this US-China AI race, Chinese internet giants are rapidly becoming marginalizedChinAI #98McKinsey report.China Watching in Chinese - A Guide to Chinese-Language Analysis of Chinese PoliticsBumingbai [不明白播客] podcastTencent Research Institute and Factchecking Platform Jiao Zhen Analyzed 100 Cases of AI-generated DisinformationChinese scientists do a comprehensive safety study of ~20 LLMs – and they find similar things to

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8:16

“ChinAI #322: 100 Cases of AI Disinformation on the...

ChinAI Newsletter ·

2025/08/04

Featured linksTencent Research Institute and Factchecking Platform Jiao Zhen Analyzed 100 Cases of AI-generated DisinformationTencent Res. Institute Tackles Value Alignment in Large Model Security & Ethics Research ReportThread on World AI Conference in ShanghaiWhy Are Tech Billionaires so Obsessed with the Roman Empire?Thank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings

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7:24

“ChinAI #321: Shallow, Narrow, and Slow — the reality...

ChinAI Newsletter ·

2025/07/28

Featured linksThe latest notes on DeepSeek’s all-in-one machineFinancial TimesChina BriefSourcesLinkedIn postsLeiphone articleThe Audiobook version ofYou don’t have to be America or China to win in AI, says Rishi SunakWhy are there no massive Chinese SaaS companies?The Summer of Free AI-gency Thank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and related topics. Jeff

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6:26

“ChinAI #320: Acting Crazy — AI’s most important use...

ChinAI Newsletter ·

2025/07/14

Featured linksYoung people who love acting crazy, intensely act crazy toward AIChinAI #300Thank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and related topics. Jeff is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University. Check out the archive of all past issueshere& pleasesubscribe hereto support

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8:23

“ChinAI #319: China Developer Survey Report (2024)”...

ChinAI Newsletter ·

2025/07/07

Featured linksThe 2024 China Developer Survey Report is here!Promising Topics for U.S.–China Dialogues on AI Risks and GovernanceTwo Rulings on Fair Use and LLM TrainingCan Multinationals Win in China? Lessons from Apple’s ExperienceFinancial Security: Lian Ping on US Sanctions, SWIFT and De-DollarisationThank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and related

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9:01

“ChinAI #318: Her husband gifted 16 million RMB to a...

ChinAI Newsletter ·

2025/06/30

Featured linksThe Aftermath — Her husband gifted a female streamer 16 million RMBSCMP articleZhibo gonghui: China’s ‘live-streaming guilds’ of manipulation expertsThe influence of AI Friendship Apps on users' well-being and addictionVerification of Frontier AIJohn S. Foster Jr., Pentagon scientist who developed warheads, dies at 102Thank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language

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6:15

“ChinAI #317: Chinese AI models disable answers to...

ChinAI Newsletter ·

2025/06/22

Featured linksAI large models can’t solve Gaokao questions, nor do they dare to solve themImportAI on China’s heterogenous compute clusterCan Multinationals Win in China? Lessons from Apple’s ExperienceGuidelines for the Use of Generative AI in Primary and Secondary Schools (in Chinese)Artificial Eyes - Generative AI in China’s Military IntelligenceThank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of

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7:57

“ChinAI #316: Around the Horn (20th episode)” by...

ChinAI Newsletter ·

2025/06/16

Featured linksChinAI #307Between the U.S. and China, it is not about “who defeats whom”People who work for AI, lost in data labelingAI trainersAI large models can’t solve gaokao questions, nor do they dare to solve themThere are really no good data center stocks to buyAs the popularity of large model (startups) recedes, real technology innovators begin to be “seen”How does a Chinese AI video product attract 60 million global users?When rumor spreading rides the wind of “AI”China is implementing a

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“ChinAI #315: Abandoned? Checking in on Three Key AI...

ChinAI Newsletter ·

2025/06/09

Featured linksChinAI #237ChinAI #261Sohu articleGitHub pageQ4 2024 update2025 Q1 benchmarkGitHub pageDSPSafeBenchWhat China’s generative AI registration data can tell us about China’s AI competitivenessConcordia’s AI Safety in China NewsletterWe surveyed 12 public companies about the truth behind DeepSeek’s all-in-one serversA daughter spent two years creating her own AI fatherThank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's

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“ChinAI #314: Can AI save China’s independent cloud...

ChinAI Newsletter ·

2025/06/02

Featured linksCan AI save China's independent cloud providers?Leiphone articleGreen monetary policy in China - window guidance and the promotion of sustainable lending and investmentFunding the AI Cloud — Amazon, Alphabet, and Microsoft’s Cloud Computing Investments, Part 1After Rubio seeks to revoke their visas, Chinese students say U.S. resembles the country they leftFading BeaconThank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's

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6:34

“ChinAI #313: China’s Big 5 Foundation Model...

ChinAI Newsletter ·

2025/05/19

Featured linksChina’s Big 5 Foundation Model Companies contend for supremacyChinAI #284)UC San Diego Book TalkAdvancing Department of Defense Test and Evaluation for AI and Autonomous SystemsTNSR articleChina's province most lacking in universities is frantically building junior colleges (in Chinese)The Romance of Being UnreadableThank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language

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