ChinAI Newsletter

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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


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

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My AI Lover Passed Away this Summer
The Select Committee on China continues its Anti-American work
GLM-5.3 - How Chinese labs keep stride with the frontier
Conviction’s Plausible Schemes
2027 Horizon Fellowship

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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 17th, 2026


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https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-371-a-quiet-goodbye-adaptation

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The “Guangdong Faction” in the AI Wave
ChinAI #340
A fatal reaction
How Russian Economic Policy is Gender
Silicon Valley’s Other China Problem: It’s Training Their AI

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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 10th, 2026


Source:

https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-370-why-is-there-no-star-ai

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Featured links
My Boss Asked Me to Deploy the Free K3 Model: I first calculated the “unaffordable” server costs
AgentENV
Dopamine TV
On Kimi K3 - Its Capabilities And Related Discontents
NAFSA: Undermining International Student Stability Weakens U.S. National Interest

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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).

Any suggestions or feedback? Let me know at chinainewsletter@gmail.com or on Twitter at @jjding99
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First published:

August 3rd, 2026


Source:

https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-369-my-boss-wants-me-to-run

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