ChinAI Newsletter

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ChinAI #365
My “Tier-5” hometown became a Token Capital
Using AI for National Day travel: the first wave of users feel let down
Why do Kimi and DeepSeek appear in the same model configuration?
BAT giants redo AI pre-training to fix the “Dirty Data” pitfall
Alibaba DAMO Academy’s Medical AI, piecing together a decades-long picture
Jev Dethroned: Chinese open-source decision model StartLux takes top spot
Research Report on Development of the Token Economy (2026)
In the US-China AI race, the deciding factor isn’t compute, it’s another thing
What happens when AI employees join the workforce?
Ban on AI-Human “Romantic Relationships”: New rules on minors’ internet use to tighten controls on virtual companions

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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.


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October 5th, 2026


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Featured links
We Must Pace the Frontier
Anthropic’s Dogma on US-China AI Competition
Technology and the Rise of Great Powers
600,000 people
ChinAI #280
Review of International Political Economy
EA-entangled
Sam Bankman-Fried
This man welcomes sinners and eats with them

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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.


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First published:

September 21st, 2026


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https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-375-critiquing-anthropics

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Featured links
China’s first AI-generated longform TV series
The Later Journey to the West
Huxiu article
SCMP
Why We Like Things - what Silicon Valley gets wrong about taste
Those who Disappeared after the Mudslide at the Gyirong Border Crossing (in Chinese)
Good thread on Anthropic’s recent threat intelligence report
A China Hawk’s Case for Studying in China

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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 issues here & please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay for a subscription will support access for all).

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September 14th, 2026


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https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-374-chinas-first-ai-generated

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Plus, Ask the Audience about a tricky research ethics question.
Featured links
China’s diffusion advantage
QbitAI article
SecurityScorecard
Jeffrey Ding
China’s AI Implementation Gap
OpenClaw: It rose to fame, it was loved, and now it’s over

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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.


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First published:

August 31st, 2026


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https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-373-the-openclaw-hype-and

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Featured links
LatePost
ChinAI #345
The Money Game of Embodied AI
China AI Bulletin 9
Latitudes: Words or action?
State of the AI Economy
How (some) Chinese AI Practitioners View Model Distillation

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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 issues here & please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay for a subscription will support access for all).

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First published:

August 24th, 2026


Source:

https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-372-chinas-overhyped-embodied

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