OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws – Computerworld: ‘large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits.’

Taiwan’s MediaTek in talks with TSMC to make chips in Arizona – Nikkei Asia

China’s BYD makes gains in Spain with low EV prices and fast expansion – Reuters: ‘With cutthroat competition in their domestic market, Chinese brands are increasingly targeting Europe.’

Europe emerges from the shadows at Taiwan’s largest defence show – Reuters: ‘The German Trade Office Taipei took part in the exhibition for the first time,[…] Airbus, also debuting at the show’

Venture capitalists in clean tech are starting to say out loud what they’ve suspected for a while: China’s dominance has left key sectors in the West uninvestable – Bloomberg

China willing to strengthen manufacturing cooperation with all parties, senior political advisor Wang Yong says – Xinhua: ‘made the remarks when addressing the opening ceremony of the 2025 World Manufacturing Convention’

Book of Xi Jinpng’s discourses on civil affairs work published – Xinhua

Serbia shows off Chinese missiles in military parade – SCMP

Taiwanese foreign ministry thanks Dutch parliament for Taiwan motion – Taipei Times

Taiwanese foreign ministry slams China for blocking art show in Kazakhstan – Taipei Times

Differences over ties with China highlight of KMT chair hopeful debate – Focus Taiwan: ‘The KMT’s China policy will be critical to whether it can regain power in the 2028 presidential race.’

South Korea digs in its heels as US pressures it for a blank check – Hankyoreh: ‘many in and adjacent to the South Korean administration are staking out a hard-line position that Korea would be better off accepting a 25% tariff on its exports to the US than bowing to unreasonable demands.’

Trump says Xi Jinping has agreed to approve TikTok deal, but details unclear – The Guardian: ‘China described the call as “pragmatic, positive, and constructive”.’

The aide, the associate, the ‘Chinese agent’—the collapse of a long-awaited UK spy trial – The Guardian: ‘alleged a simple chain of communication from Cash to Beijing’s politburo. An individual judged to be “a Chinese intelligence agent” was said to have commissioned at least 34 reports from Berry’

Former China Tower chief Tong Jilu under corruption investigation by Communist Party watchdog – SCMP: ‘once a key industry player in China’s 5G development’ ‘may be linked to that of Ding Wei, former chairman of the private equity investment arm of China International Capital Corp’

Nooit één kritisch woord over gehits van o.a. de beweging waar je mee samenwerkt. Nooit zelfkritiek. Nee, vermanende woorden over de noodzaak van 'verbinden' bewaar je uitgerekend voor... de leider van een partij waarvan het bureau net met politiek geweld is aangevallen. Geen spatje solidariteit ook

Chinese international student advocating Tibet dialogue Zhang Yadi goes missing during trip home – Tibetan Review: ‘She is an editor for the digital platform “Chinese Youth Stand for Tibet” (CYST) that emerged after the “white paper protests” in China at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2022.’

China’s shipments of rare-earth magnets to the US dropped in August, even as overall exports continued to rebound following a recent easing of Beijing’s restrictions – Bloomberg

US House lawmakers make rare China visit to stabilise ties – Reuters: ‘The bipartisan delegation will meet with Chinese Premier Li Qiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, according to a media pool report organised by the U.S. embassy in China.’

Chinese Covid whistleblower Zhang Zhan sentenced to 4 more years in jail, group says – Reuters

Trump to impose US$100,000 fee per year for H-1B visas [waiveable at White House’s discretion], in blow to tech – Reuters: ‘Trump also signed an executive order on Friday to create a “gold card” for individuals who can afford to pay $1 million for U.S. permanent residency.’

The US is quietly pausing some arms sales to Europe – The Atlantic: ‘Current and former administration officials told me the Pentagon has identified some weapons as being in short supply, and is moving to block new requests for those systems coming in from Europe.’

Could the EU dust off its trade bazooka to take on China? Europe weighs its options – SCMP: ‘This discussion represents widespread and deep-seated frustration towards what is seen as Chinese intransigence.’

Chinese authorities crack down on use of live-streaming and AI to sell religion – FT: ‘almost every type of online commercial behaviour is banned’

Senior CCP official Li Xi vows to deepen win-win cooperation with Greece – Xinhua: ‘Kaklamanis said that both Greece and China are ancient civilizations with great potential for practical cooperation.’

Chinese initiatives provide important guidance for global cooperation, says Bosnia and Herzegovina parliamentary rotating leader Marinko Čavara – Xinhua: ‘on the sidelines of a reception’

Chinese FM expounds China’s views on current Palestinian-Israeli conflict – Xinhua: ‘a comprehensive ceasefire in Gaza with the greatest sense of urgency to alleviate the current humanitarian disaster. Countries that have a special influence on Israel should take their responsibilities earnestly’

Chinese films winning over young audiences, Russia’s culture minister says – Xinhua: ‘Lyubimova also highlighted the value of joint film production between the two countries.’

China’s police chief Wang Xiaohong meets with Vanuatu’s minister of internal affairs – Xinhua: ‘Wang said that China is willing to work with Vanuatu to implement the Global Security Initiative and the Global Governance Initiative’

Chinese mission promotes discussions on restructuring of global trade at WTO Public Forum 2025 – Xinhua: ‘the seminar discussed the impact of the U.S. unilateral tariff measures on the multilateral trading system and trade among WTO members.’

Chinese FM Wang Yi holds talks with Moroccan counterpart – Xinhua

China firmly opposes forcible push for snapback of Iran sanctions, UN envoy says – Xinhua: ‘made the remarks after the Security Council failed to adopt a resolution that would continue to provide sanctions relief for Iran under the 2015 Iran nuclear deal’

China and Russia pledge to strengthen legislative cooperation – Xinhua: ‘Peng Qinghua, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China […] met with Russia’s State Duma Chairman […], head of the Republic of Tatarstan, and Chairman of the State Council of Tatarstan’

Trump intelligence advisers met with Taiwanese representative, sources say – Reuters: ‘an unusually sensitive meeting for the previously obscure group, the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board’

DPP elects caucus leaders – Taipei Times: ‘Ker Chien-ming (柯建銘) is to remain as whip.’

Nine Taiwanese a month vanish or held in China – Taipei Times: ‘Between Jan. 1 last year and Aug. 31 this year, 188 Taiwanese travelers went missing, were detained and interrogated, or had their personal freedom restricted, with some questioned in airports or hotel lobbies, the council said.’

Despite tariff questions, Taiwanese central bank raises GDP growth estimate – Focus Taiwan

Foreign minister Lin Chia-lung 林佳龍 (DPP) ends Europe trip in Vienna, thanks Austrians for support – Focus Taiwan: ‘Lin began his trip on Sept. 10, visiting Prague in the Czech Republic and the Vatican and Rome in Italy before arriving in Vienna.’

President Lai lauds new Abe Shinzo research centre at NCCU’s College of International Affairs as platform for Taipei-Tokyo cooperation – Focus Taiwan: ‘Joining Sunday's ceremony in Taipei was Abe's wife Akie Abe’

Our latest case of #transnationalrepression: a young Chinese woman studying in France has disappeared some seven weeks ago while on a trip to visit her family in Hunan province. She is an editor for the digital platform “Chinese Youth Stand for Tibet” (CYST) www.tibetanreview.net/chinese-intl...

'Een schok', zo omschrijft terrorisme-expert @beatricedegraaf.bsky.social het besluit van de Tweede Kamer om Antifa als terroristische organisatie aan te merken. 'Het is een knuppel om tegenstanders monddood te maken.' www.historischnieuwsblad.nl/antifa/

A lot of work in the last couple of years on the 1945 world order has convinced me that a lot of people think the flawed and half-broken system of 2025 is an easy status quo and not something we crawled over broken glass to get

Gewoon eventjes per motie breken met 50jr Nederlands contraterrorismebeleid, een paar brokkenpiloten doen het gewoon: www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/kam...

Breaking: Von der Leyen says the EU will target "petrochemical companies in third countries, including China", who are buying Russian oil . "We are now going after these who fuel Russia's war in purchasing oil in breach of sanctions"

Interesting, and I agree the trend line is probably more or less accurate, but (ChatGPT aside) a lot of the most iconic howling was from embassy statements, "diplomats" on Twitter, etc … press conference transcripts are quite a narrow window. www.economist.com/china/2025/0...

Chinese premier Li Qiang to attend general debate of 80th session of UN General Assembly – Xinhua

China Focus: Xinjiang experiencing best period of development in history: white paper – Xinhua

China’s State Council releases white paper on advancement of women’s development – Xinhua

Europe’s electric-vehicle industry is lining up to buy critical components at Estonia's new rare-earths magnet pant – Bloomberg: ‘In Narva, an Estonian industrial town that sits across the river from Russia, Canadian company Neo Performance Materials has built a $75 million magnets plant’

Interesting new figures from an EU Chamber in China survey: - Mofcom approved just 19 out of 141 European applications from rare earth licenses (13.5%) - 121 still pending, the same number deemed "urgent" - 7 instances of production stoppages in August, 46 expected in September