MemSilicon says it has taped out a 28nm, 1Gb resistive-memory chip that shares one selector transistor across four memory cells, a density-oriented design now entering validation.

Chinese coverage frames a rare national health conference as a political mobilization for the 2035 Healthy China goal, with prevention, local care and health impact in government planning emphasized.

Chinese platforms are dropping complicated bundle discounts, while seven ministries are warning against automatic repricing and “lowest price” tactics that can squeeze merchants.

Chinese startup STEPX’s Neo phone pairs an agent-native operating system with task loops, tool calls and third-party service links, testing whether mobile agents can do more than simulate taps.

Also: New Wisdom

A Chinese robotics startup and device maker introduced a first-person data-capture rig combining cameras, motion trackers and optional tactile sensing to record whole-body human actions.

Initium reports that Luckin’s AI-driven staffing system squeezes shifts without accounting for rushes, training and cleaning, leaving workers to fill the gaps with unpaid labor.

Chinese AI company APUS released Reflex Agent, using a small decision model to direct tools and retrieve original task history instead of relying solely on a large model and compressed summaries.

Also: QbitAI

Visionox, Tsinghua and iQOO say their new OLED combines 2K resolution and 185Hz refresh with a phosphor-assisted fluorescent material designed to improve efficiency and lifetime.

Tencent’s WorkBuddy agent can use authorized WeCom messages and business files, pushing an enterprise assistant into the collaboration platform where employees already work.

Also: Leiphone

Alibaba is positioning its workplace agent as a connective layer across seller dashboards and commerce tools, with workflows for analysis, marketing assets and return monitoring.

Also: Leiphone, InfoQ China

A veteran Chinese political survivor is now reported to be under investigation, after a decade in which several close political colleagues fell to the anti-corruption campaign.

Chinese outlets describe more than 1,500 AI-made short dramas launching daily, but creators say platform payouts, short promotion windows and low hit rates leave most projects unprofitable.

The PLA Navy says the Liaoning carrier group has begun a second western Pacific drill series this year, as US and Japanese forces prepare for missile exercises in the region.

A Chinese analysis of Nscale’s planned IPO says ByteDance may have been its largest 2025 revenue source, as the British data-center firm scales around large GPU contracts.

Chinese creators are using generative video tools to make low-budget virtual competitions and remixes of familiar TV formats, while platforms begin offering creator support.

Beijing calls Taiwanese people “two-faced” after presenter Kevin Tsai attends a rally for a Taipei mayoral candidate it labels separatist, highlighting the political risks for entertainers working across the strait.

Also: Initium

A draft EU summit statement calls for Brussels to develop new trade defenses against imbalances leaders attribute to China, even as the bloc pursues a deal on Chinese hybrid-car imports.

Taiwan’s coastguard is buying US-designed uncrewed surface vessels for a dedicated program to monitor growing Chinese maritime activity around the island.

Shanghai’s planning agency has released several agents built on SenseTime’s spatial model, including a flood-dispatch tool that the vendor says improved scheduling efficiency by 80%.

A Chinese report describes Changsha repurposing precision-manufacturing capabilities for embodied AI, with a new 37-degree-of-freedom tendon-driven hand as one example.

A Chinese roundup leads with a Hong Kong IPO-fraud investigation and reports ByteDance’s new model-safety group, Huawei chip testing and a much larger proposed DeepSeek funding round.

Also: 36Kr

Chinese consumer robots are becoming cheaper and shipping in greater numbers, but stripped-down hands, limited payloads and short battery life make household labor a distant promise.

The US Army has formed a 2,100-person multi-domain task force intended to challenge Chinese efforts to keep US and allied forces out of a potential Pacific conflict.

A former EU diplomat discusses Europe’s readiness to defend industry, a harder German line toward Beijing and the challenge of maintaining European unity on China.

The Chinese traditional-medicine company has changed chairmen four times in five years while revenue and profit fall, raising questions about strategy at a state-owned brand built on price increases.

China’s Ministry of Public Security says police have pursued groups accused of threatening companies with negative posts, staged videos or demands for payment to remove content.

Initium says TSMC removed a target to use 60% recycled water after promising not to compete with households for water, reopening a debate over chipmaking and local resources.

Bloomberg reports that Brussels is negotiating to lift sanctions on an unnamed Chinese company if Beijing removes restrictions on German materials supplier Sindlhauser, a potential test of reciprocal pressure.

Initium raises the question of whether Taiwanese law can address alleged cross-border intimidation, including surveillance, assaults and feces-throwing incidents; the supplied article text is corrupted.

After a Lynk & Co car went over a steep slope in Sichuan, the company says the passenger cabin stayed intact and the battery did not catch fire; the driver reportedly suffered minor injuries.

Officials and business leaders from China’s Heilongjiang province visited a Russian-controlled island claimed by Japan to explore joint economic projects, prompting a protest from Tokyo.

Initium’s headline describes a controversy involving a Beijing Institute of Technology teacher and a social-media reporting campaign, but the supplied article text is corrupted.

Former leaders and diplomats at an India forum argue that smaller countries should control strategically useful capabilities to preserve autonomy amid US-China competition.

The two governments discussed investment, joint projects and cooperation in digital and green industries, with Singapore pointing to its upcoming ASEAN chairmanship.