The Latest Breaking News from China

China’s universities cut thousands of ‘obsolete’ arts degrees in AI overhaul

Nearly a third of China’s university programmes have been impacted

The Independent UK · Jun 15

EU trade deficit with China reaches record €1bn a day, data shows

Import and export figures come as European leaders prepare to meet this week to address growing imbalance

The Guardian - UK · Jun 15

China's supreme court bans Infineon from selling GaN power chips in China — market-leader Innoscience secures major victory in multi-region patent war

China's Supreme People's Court on Friday upheld an injunction prohibiting Infineon from selling disputed GaN products in mainland China.

Tom’s Hardware · Jun 15

BYD wants to become the world’s largest automaker. Stella Li is taking that pitch on the road

Stella Li has driven BYD’s rapid transformation into the world’s largest EV maker, spearheading its global expansion across Europe, Asia, and Latin America.

Fortune · Jun 15

This successful Arctic fishing treaty has kept Russia, China, the US and others working together for 5 years – it could be a model for future diplomacy

Lately, much of the news about the Arctic has been bleak. The far north is warming three to four times faster than the rest of the planet. Arctic climate change – manifesting in sea ice loss, permafrost thaw and coastal erosion, among other phenomena – is already causing serious problems…

The Conversation · Jun 15

Want to spy on China? Taiwan launches website for tip-offs and leaks

Island’s spy agency says move in line with practices adopted by US, British and Israeli intelligence

The Independent UK · Jun 15

In 1929, a young archaeologist in China uncovered skullcap, 'Peking Man' inside a cold cave and changed human history forever

A 1929 discovery in China changed human evolution studies. Pei Wenzhong found the Peking Man skullcap. This fossil proved early humans lived in East Asia much earlier than thought. It became a key piece of evidence for Homo erectus. Zhoukoudian is now a major prehistoric site. The find continues to…

The Economic Times · Jun 15

Tiny fake heads, celebrity faces and blinking screens are helping some Tesla drivers in China game camera safeguards

Drivers in China are using cheap celebrity face replicas to trick Tesla's driver assistance systems, allowing them to disengage from driving. This alarming trend exploits system assumptions about driver presence, creating a loophole for distraction. Safety experts warn of over-reliance on these systems, highlighting a critical gap between perceived and…

The Times of India · Jun 15

FBI dismantles Chinese phishing service that coached buyers to generate scam sites using AI —$88 cybercrime product linked to $1.9 billion in losses, 3.87 million stolen cards

The FBI, Google, and Lumen Technologies say they’ve dismantled a China-based phishing-as-a-service operation called Outsider Enterprise.

Tom’s Hardware · Jun 15

'No one has a crystal ball': Lexar execs have a plan to reduce our RAM dependency if the AI data boom lasts 'for years'

I visited China to see the fascinatingly complex process of building micro SSDs and it could reduce our RAM dependency.

Tom’s Guide · Jun 15