Day: April 24, 2023

After OpenAI released ChatGPT to the world last November, the race was on in China to create something a Chinese version of it. Several Chinese companies began working on their own models, but it was Baidu’s ERNIE bot that beat all the others to the finish line (or at least kind of). In this episode of China Uncensored, we look at why China was so slow to develop its own AI chatbot, what responses a socialist ChatGPT gives on sensitive topics, and China’s proposed regulations for generative AI.

Australian Strategic Policy Institute Director Bec Shrimpton says China is giving everybody reason to be “very concerned” about a threat of war. “There’s no transparency, there’s no reassurance in their military build up and it’s huge, it is by far the biggest in the world,” Ms Shrimpton told Sky News Australia. “The warning time has been reducing for quite a while … we don’t have time, we’ve got to move now.”

China Update is about China economic and political news and analysis #chinaupdate 00:00 Introduction 00:11 EU-China: Lu Shaye Comments 05:12 Chinese Economy: Labour, Foreign Capital & Pensions

Two men were arresting for their role in a secret underground Chinese police station in Manhattan, New York. Lu Jianwang and Chen Jinping were part of a network of overseas Chinese police stations that were brought to light by the human rights group Safeguard Defenders last year. In this episode of China Uncensored, we look at some of the activities they confessed to, who else was charged but not arrested, and what this means for US-China relations.

New #virus fears are sparking in #China after 275 new COVID-19 subvariants emerged within a week. Residents are posting their virus test results online, pointing to a trend in reinfections. Now, concerns over possible mutations are front and center. Are they enough to drive a second wave? 00:00 Intro 00:47 China Detects 275 New COVID-19 Subvariants 02:08 Parade Marks Historic April 25 Falun Gong Appeal 05:32 Bill to Ban China from Buying U.S. Land, Property 07:47 Baltics Condemn Chinese Envoy’s Stance Sugg

Dedollarization. Why is this word going around everywhere? Turns out, most likely, it’s a propaganda campaign from China.