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Protesters and police clash at rally against proposed China 'mega-embassy'

A clash between protesters and police broke out at a protest over the proposed China embassy.

The National (Scotland)

Labour MP warns Starmer he is crossing a red line with China embassy deal

Backbencher raises concern over government’s attempts to improve relations with Beijing

The Independent UK

House Republican Proposes Legislation To Safeguard U.S. Technology From China

House Republican introduces bill to restrict China's access to U.S. technology due to IP theft concerns.

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US pressure has forced Panama to quit China’s Belt and Road Initiative – it could set the pattern for further superpower clashes

Following Donald Trump’s repeated claims that the US needs to “take back” the Panama canal from Chinese control, the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, visited Panama to demand the country reduce China’s influence. On the surface, it seems Rubio has succeeded.

The Conversation

DeepSeek AI app should be banned from US government devices, lawmakers say

US lawmakers want the DeepSeek app banned from government devices, saying it poses a threat to US national security.

TechRadar

A new bill would ban DeepSeek from government devices because hidden code reveals the AI app could send data to a Chinese telecom: 'This should be a no-brainer'

DeepSeek had a sudden rise to popularity after it launched a powerful AI model that it said had been trained extremely cheaply.

Fortune

Freshman GOP Congressman Introduces Bill To Combat Chinese Influence

Freshman GOP Congressman Abe Hamadeh introduces bill to ban China Daily in Congress to combat foreign propaganda influence.

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Was this the week DeepSeek started the slow unwinding of the AI bet?

The cheap Chinese chatbot has stunned tech giants – and opened up the possibility that other countries, not just China, could now afford to enter the AI race

The Guardian - UK

UK’s position on China ‘inconsistent and erratic’ – alleged spy linked to Andrew

Yang Tengbo said allegations against him are ‘entirely unfounded’.

Evening Standard

How DeepSeek users are forcing the AI to reveal the truth about Chinese executions

IN FOCUS: Don’t ask the viral Chinese app about Tiananmen Square, Xi Jinping... or Winnie the Pooh, writes Anthony Cuthbertson

The Independent UK

Palmer Luckey Accuses DeepSeek Of Lying About AI Model Costs: 'The $5M Number Is Bogus'

Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus, questions DeepSeek's AI claims, criticising US media for 'mindlessly' reporting on the progress of the Chinese startup.

International Business Times UK

How a Chinese AI Company Found a Way Around America's Export Controls

DeepSeek made a more efficient product that the rules wouldn't hinder.

Reason

I just outsmarted DeepSeek’s censorship — here are 3 ways to get answers to the questions it doesn’t like

DeepSeek has a Chinese censorship problem, and I've found 3 clever ways you can work around this.

Tom’s Guide

DeepSeek's success has painted a huge TikTok-shaped target on its back

DeepSeek's success may be short-lived and follow in the footsteps of other Chinese brands like Huawei and TikTok.

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Chinese Low-cost AI Assistant DeepSeek Hits Crypto AI Tokens Hard

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has launched its AI assistant, and it's not only affecting U.S. stock markets but also crypto-AI tokens that were expected to make a significant rally this year.

Windows Central

DeepSeek outperforms OpenAI's reasoning model at just 3% of the cost after President Trump's $500 billion Stargate AI initiative. “All I know is we keep pushing forward to make open-source AGI a reality for everyone🚀”

DeepSeek’s R1 AI model competes with OpenAI’s o1 reasoning model across math, coding, and science on an even playing field at 3% of the cost.

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DeepSeek: The best ChatGPT alternative or a hotbed of dubious claims?

ChatGPT may face its stiffest competition yet with DeepSeek, but the AI model that seems to do so much right raises a strange amount of questions.

The Guardian - AU

Chinese activist Teacher Li’s memecoin launch divides dissident community

‘Teacher Li’ is among the most prolific sources of unfiltered information from behind China’s Great Firewall. But an attempt to monetise it has proven controversial

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TikTok's imminent ban is pushing people to Red Note, another Chinese app, and the irony is just too rich

TikTok users are fleeing the platform ahead of an expected ban in the US – and many are heading to the China-owned Red Note.

PC Gamer

Tencent has been designated a Chinese military company by the US Department of Defense, which the conglomerate calls a 'misunderstanding'

But several US-based videogame companies, including Microsoft, would be considered US military companies if the same metric was applied to them.

The Conversation

China’s economy took centre stage in Xi’s new year address, spinning slow growth as a ‘remarkable’ achievement

Chinese president Xi Jinping delivered his annual televised new year address on December 31, and commentators have been quick to share their interpretation. Some have emphasised Xi’s passing reference to Chinese reunification as a threat against Taiwan. Others have focused on Xi’s comments about China’s economy, framing them as a…

The Guardian - UK

‘I was very lucky’: activist and blogger Lu Yuyu on escaping China

Released from prison in 2020 after being jailed for ‘picking quarrels and provoking trouble’, he became increasingly desperate to leave – before seizing his opportunity

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Republican Ags Urge Supreme Court To Sever Tiktok Ties With CCP

Republican attorneys general and President-elect Trump seek Supreme Court intervention on TikTok's ties to the CCP, balancing free speech rights with natio...

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Chinese Communist Party's Influence In U.S. State Governments

Learn how China exploits state and local relationships in the U.S. to evade federal oversight and exert influence through economic means.

The Guardian - UK

Chinese embassy criticises ‘anti-China clamours’ after Yang Tengbo spy claim

Embassy claims some UK politicians have ‘twisted mentality towards China’ and are trying to smear it

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