Stories from Beijing · China

The Ming Dynasty's strict maritime ban, intended to prevent piracy and smuggling, paradoxically intensified the 'Wokou' pirate issue.

China has emerged as the global leader in the number of artificial intelligence publications and patents.

A purge is underway within China's military leadership, with widespread allegations of corruption at the highest levels.

GDELT data indicates discussions and developments in artificial intelligence.

The Anthropic Mythos has reportedly generated interest and energy within China's cybersecurity industry.

China and Russia are celebrating the 30th anniversary of their strategic cooperative partnership, which began with the signing of a joint statement in Beijing in April 1996.

Hema supermarket has been fined 198 yuan for mistakenly delivering water narcissus instead of lilies, which led to customer poisoning.

DeepSeek is organizing a new Harness team focused on product development and research in the Harness direction, aiming to compete with Claude Code. This initiative was confirmed by DeepSeek Senior Researcher Chen Deli. The goal is to develop DeepSeek's own code Harness capabilities. DeepSeek has established a new team named Harness, aiming to compete in the field of AI programming agents.

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on May 19th for a state visit to China.

New intelligence suggests China secretly trained Russian troops later deployed to Ukraine. This development occurs as Russian President Putin visits Beijing for meetings with Xi Jinping, highlighting deepening military cooperation between the two nations. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded a large-scale meeting.