Chinese chip designer Loongson has shipped over 1 million units of its 3A6000 desktop processor, a milestone for China's semiconductor self-sufficiency drive. The chip uses Loongson's self-developed LoongArch instruction set and domestic manufacturing. Performance is comparable to Intel chips from 2020. https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3353309/loongsons-flagship-chip-hits-1-million-units-boosting-chinas-tech-self-reliance #China #Tech #Semiconductors

#NewSpecies!Chrysosplenium ningqiangenseA newly discovered saxifragaceae from #china!Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B09C975D-78EA-567B-A538-AE40C5835136Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.272.184683#PhytoKeys #ChrysospleniumNingqiangense#FAIRdata #science #OA #openaccess #biology #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #flora #wildflowers #flowers #wildplants #plants #wildlife #saxifragaceae

@plazi_species At my house, a very similar one appears in the middle of the ground surface covered by dead leaves and branches.

#NewSpecies!New whip spider from #china just snapped:Sarax quinquespinusTreatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D2976E-FF4F-FFE4-4FC2-A8B2FD75B876Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5748.3.8#Zootaxa #SaraxQuinquespinus#FAIRdata#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #fauna #invertebrates #arachnology #spider #arachnids #whipspider

#NewSpecies!New water beetle from #china just came in:Copelatus lankeensisTreatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7C4C87C2-FF8F-FFB3-A3DA-550AFBCDFC8DPublication: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2026.1052.3271#ejtaxonomy #CopelatusLankeensis#FAIRdata#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #fauna #invertebrates #entomology #insects #coleoptera #beetles #bugs #freshwater

#NewSpecies!New snake from #china just sidled in:Achalinus mirabilisTreatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/496DFD59-2448-5CC9-B4B9-4D4DDCAEC196Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.183453#ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #AchalinusMirabilis#FAIRdata#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #fauna #herpetology #herps #reptilia #snakes

#NewSpecies!Primula maershanensisA newly discovered primulaceae from #china!Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F3A67E91-661E-579F-9584-9BFFCD47F715Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.274.191386#PhytoKeys #PrimulaMaershanensis#FAIRdata #science #OA #openaccess #biology #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #flora #wildflowers #flowers #wildplants #plants #wildlife #primulaceae

Scientists of Chinese descent leaving the US at an accelerating pace. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/scientists-of-chinese-descent-leaving-the-us-at-an-accelerating-pace/4017831.article#china #usa #science #news

New report from Human Rights Watch about the Chinese government's systematic erasure of the Tibetan language“Language loss on the scale taking place in Tibet is not accidental – it is Chinese government policy. Unless China’s practices change, an entire generation of Tibetan children will grow up cut off from their own language, culture, and heritage.” - Maya Wang, HRW https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/05/04/china-harmonization-plan-erasing-tibetan-language#Tibet #China #language #HumanRights #HRW

China Is Run by Engineers. America Is Run by Lawyers.#china #usa https://freakonomics.com/podcast/china-is-run-by-engineers-america-is-run-by-lawyers/

Chinese Pangolins Growing Steadily in the Wilds of Southern China for the First Time This Centuryhttps://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/chinese-pangolins-growing-steadily-in-the-wilds-of-southern-china-for-the-first-time-this-century/#goodnews #animals #wildlife #conservation #China

Three Chinese companies - Alibaba, ByteDance and Zhipu AI - have been named among Time magazine's first list of the 10 most influential AI companies of 2026. The US-based publication launched a dedicated AI ranking, with the remaining seven companies based in the US and France. https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3351823/chinas-alibaba-bytedance-and-zhipu-ai-make-cut-times-first-ai-list #China #Tech #AI

DeepSeek has cut API prices by up to 90% following its V4 model release, bringing cached input costs to RMB 0.025 per million tokens. The company says the cuts set a new industry low and are driven by its sparse attention architecture, which reduces per-token compute requirements to 27% of its predecessor. Context windows reach 1 million tokens. https://pandaily.com/deep-seek-slashes-api-prices-sets-new-low-for-large-model-costs #China #Tech #AI

President Xi Jinping has for years worked to isolate Taiwan’s leaders by blocking their diplomatic meetings and participation in global organizations. Now, he’s also looking to keep them out of the skies.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-23/xi-weaponizes-foreign-airspace-in-latest-bid-to-isolate-taiwan#Ukraine #Russia #China #Taiwan

#TopicOfTheDay The #DiamondSutra, printed in #China in 868 CE using woodblock printing, is the #Oldest known printed book still in existence. This significant Buddhist text, discovered in the Dunhuang caves, offers invaluable insights into early printing technology and Buddhist philosophy.#WorldBookAndCopyrightDayhttps://knowledgezone.co.in/kbits/6807b42dc42fff1aab8f7ccf

#Europe and #Ukraine’s dependence on #China for the production of drones poses a huge risk, a Ukrainian military official and drone producers warned.https://www.euractiv.com/news/ukraines-drone-producers-warn-of-chinese-dependence-for-components/

🟡 Naval Activity | 7/10 Japanese destroyer transits Taiwan StraitThe Japanese destroyer JS Ikazuchi transited the Taiwan Strait en route to the Philippines for joint exercises. The actions of the Japanese authorities have caused a negative reaction in China.#OSINT #NewsGroup #Naval #TaiwanStrait #China #Japan

🟡 Naval Activity | 7/10 Japanese Destroyer Passes Through Taiwan StraitThe Japanese destroyer JS Ikazuchi passed through the Taiwan Strait en route to the Philippines for joint exercises. The actions of the Japanese authorities have caused a negative reaction in China.#OSINT #NewsGroup #Naval #TaiwanStrait #China #Japan

Photocopy scans of Hacker Defence (Line?) magazine, a #hacker magazine from #China that ceased publication in I think 2015. I regret that these aren’t better copies and I am working on tracking them down.#hacking #historyhttps://archive.org/details/2000-2015_hacker_defence_line

HSBC says Hong Kong is better placed than many Asian peers to turn stablecoins into commercially viable products at scale, underpinned by its early lead in tokenisation. Since August 2024, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority has been piloting tokenised deposits, and issued digital green bonds raising HK$10 billion. The granting of stablecoin issuer licenses to HSBC and Standard Chartered marks the next phase. https://www.scmp.com/tech/blockchain/article/3350498/hong-kong-seen-leading-asia-push-scale-stablecoins-hsbc-says #China #Tech #FinTech