A Florida Surrogate, a Father in China, and the Babies Caught Between—Messy custody case lays bare risks that America’s largely unregulated surrogacy industry can pose to parents, surrogates and child (+120 chars more)

.@Spencerjakab: “Now DeepSeek moments are happening frequently. This week, Chinese memory-chip maker CXMT made its debut and instantly became mainland China’s most valuable listed company, sparking a (+133 chars more)

Hermes shares dropped despite the luxury group booking an acceleration in sales, with some analysts pointing to a lack of a convincing rebound in the key Chinese market. https://t.co/LrtVDvitfW https: (+91 chars more)

Chinese military researchers have used outputs from leading models developed by OpenAI and Anthropic to train domestic AI systems to advance China’s defence capabilities, according ​to a Reuters revie (+142 chars more)

“What we’ve seen in China is the largest swing of any country in history in its demonstrated capacity and need to consume oil—with virtually no repercussions for anything you use oil for.” https://t.c (+86 chars more)

“Starting in 2023, he was required to produce one lead a week that could be used to justify a detention. Mr. Zhang said he had frequently failed to hit the quota and had to submit self-criticism repor (+141 chars more)

.@EswarSPrasad in FT op-ed: “China’s vision of providing international leadership while defending globalisation…rings hollow if it fails to tackle its homegrown problems, and continues to count on the (+138 chars more)

China’s Factory Activity Gauge Unexpectedly Signals Contraction—The official PMI reading increases pressure on Beijing to roll out additional policy support to buttress growth https://t.co/iyR8MNEm2S (+97 chars more)

Panama Infuriated China. Now It’s Paying the Price—Beijing is pressuring the country after its ousting of a Hong Kong firm from two Panama Canal ports @CostasParis @PerezEnMexico @RebeccaYFeng https: (+114 chars more)

Tal Feldman in NYT op-ed: “The U.S. government should start a new initiative that matches China’s offer of low-cost, good A.I. and brings the transformational benefits of the technology to the develop (+107 chars more)