China news roundup / Nachrichten 2026-08-09/10

How Xi Jinping broke the China dream

"Deng’s economic reforms were never meant to move China towards democracy and were simply intended to consolidate the position of the Chinese Communist Party. Deng did not want to turn China into a capitalist society. Rather, introducing a market economy was a means to preserve the communist party-state."

--- Yep.

"Western support for China’s economic reforms, including embracing its membership in the World Trade Organization, was premised on the assumption that economic development would lead to democratisation."

--- Stupid. (Well: hindsight.)

"The CCP’s next party congress will take place in late 2027 and is widely expected to confirm Xi for a fourth five-year term as head of the party. Extending Xi until 2032 would consolidate his position as China’s longest-serving and most powerful leader since Mao Zedong. However, there is significant opposition to Xi’s rule, and China’s next generation of leaders are already waiting impatiently in the sidelines."

--- I doubt that this significant opposition means much. Even if a different commie faction comes to power, it's doubtful that much will change.

No evidence of data breach after Chinese-made component found in Navy drones, MoD says

"During what the MoD called a "routine cyber vulnerability assessment" of the drones, the cameras were found to have sent a squark – also known as a heartbeat communication – to a Chinese IP address. A squark can signal when the system is switched on, is functioning properly, but it can also carry location information. "A thorough investigation found no evidence of MoD data or systems being accessed, compromised or transmitted externally,""

--- Nothing to see here. Move on, move on! Morons.

"The supplier of the Royal Navy's 20 new K3 sea drones, Kraken, said it was given assurances about security. But a third party supplier of the drone camera still had Chinese-made components."

--- Trust is king. We trust our suppliers. We don't need to check.

"Kraken has said it is confident no sensitive information has been shared."

--- Just as confident as they were about their supplier's security.

Spy cameras on Navy drones secretly sent data to China

"Special forces boats set for use in planned Gulf missions were fitted with Chinese-made components"

--- Totally impossible, of course, that China could via pings get the information where these drones are and then would give this information to Iran.

"SThe Royal Marines have been using the £12m fleet since March and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) was forced to remove all internet connectivity from the cameras after discovering the breach."

--- Why did these drones have internet connectivity in the first place? Doesn't the UK have proper military satellites?

US communications agency is the unlikely spearhead of Trump's China policy

"Under Trump ally Brendan Carr, the FCC has made a series of moves over the past nine months to crack down on what the U.S. sees as risks to American supply chains. The agency has barred imports of new models of Chinese drones, routers, inverters and robots and begun the process of blocking all Chinese labs from testing electronic ‌devices such as smartphones, cameras and computers for use in the U.S. It is now drafting a ban on U.S. imports of new models of Chinese data center components, seeking to protect American infrastructure that undergirds the AI boom"

--- As we have just seen again, such measures are very necessary.

"He is also a vocal China hawk. During a 2022 to Taiwan as an FCC commissioner, he accused China's ruling Communist Party of "brutal authoritarianism.""

--- And that makes you a China hawk?

China rebukes US over Huawei dispute as Argentina’s Milei balances ties with Washington and Beijing

"China’s embassy in Buenos Aires accused the United States of hypocrisy on Thursday after an electricity cooperative in Argentina’s Neuquen province said the U.S. Embassy threatened to revoke its executives’ visas over an agreement with Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei. “These actions fully reflect the arrogance and prejudice of the United States. They constitute a serious lack of respect for the sovereignty of other countries and a serious infringement of the principles of the free market,”"

"China’s statement came days after CALF, the largest electricity distributor in southern Argentina, alleged that its executives had been threatened with the revocation of their U.S. visas for negotiating with Chinese technology giant Huawei. The cooperative said in a statement that an executive received messages through WhatsApp warning that U.S. visa restrictions could apply to those involved in expanding Huawei’s operations in Argentina."

--- Huawei is a tool of the CCP. It steals and copies western technology and, worst of all, it spies.

A lost civilization is baffling experts and rewriting China’s origin story

"whereas the Terracotta Army, outside modern-day Xi’an, reaffirmed China’s self-conception as a powerful civilization centered around the central plains where it has long traced its origins, the discovery of Sanxingdui—an equally advanced culture nearly 500 miles to the southwest, in hard-to-reach Sichuan—challenged that narrative entirely. “It puts a different face on Chinese civilization,” Ran said. “If we didn’t have Sanxingdui, the picture we would have of China would be very different.”"

--- Nonsense. We have other influences from abroad, which shaped part of the Han Chinese civilization. There are for example Indo-European influences, which probably brought eg. chariots to China. San Xing Dui, on the other hand, doesn't seem to have had any particular influence on Han Chinese culture.

One of China’s workhorse rockets just exploded in flight

The lonely Chinese men being conned by fake brides

China evacuates one million from homes as massive storm arrives

--- China Uncensored: "Japan Must Fight or Die"

--- China Uncensored: "Taiwan Has 20 Days MAX"

--- Firstpost: "China's Racist AI Videos Target Indians, Foreigners As Criminals And Troublemakers"

Signale nach China: Britische Marine kappt Überwasserdrohnen das Internet

"Die britische Marine hat Kameras von Überwasserdrohnen den Internetzugang abgedreht, nachdem entdeckt worden war, dass die sich kontinuierlich bei einer IP-Adresse in China gemeldet haben."

--- Warum braucht eine militärische Drohne Internetzugang? Das ist übrigens auch mal wieder eine Erinnerung daran, dass man nichts aus China kaufen sollte, das mit dem Internet verbunden wird.

"Sowohl die Marine als auch die Kraken Technology Group sind demnach überzeugt, dass keine sensiblen Informationen in die Volksrepublik geschickt worden seien. Die Drohnen sollen demnach in der Straße von Hormus eingesetzt werden, wenn es eine Einigung über die Sicherung der wichtigen Wasserstraße gibt."

--- Durch diese Pings kann China vermutlich feststellen, wo genau sich diese Drohnen jeweils befinden. Und wenn das dann an den Iran weitergegeben wird, ist das alles andere als günstig.

20 Prozent schlechter: Studie aus China zeigt, was auf deutsche Schulen zukommen kann

"Wer Hausaufgaben an generative Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) auslagert, schneidet in Prüfungen schlechter ab. Das ist das zentrale Ergebnis einer chinesischen Studie mit über 26.000 Schülerinnen und Schülern aus den Klassenstufen sieben bis zwölf. Kinder und Jugendliche, die KI für benotete Abgaben nutzten, schnitten 18 Prozent besser ab. Die Arbeitszeit verkürzte sich um 30 Prozent. In monatlichen Prüfungen fielen die Leistungen deutlich ab – die Ergebnisse sanken um 20 Prozent, bei zentralen Abschlussprüfungen sogar um bis zu 24 Prozent. Eine „massive Verschlechterung“, schreibt ein Nutzer auf Linkedin. Der Grund dafür ist laut Studienautorinnen und ‑autoren ein „Lernverlust“: Wer Lösungen generieren lässt, statt Aufgaben selbstständig zu erarbeiten, bearbeitet die Inhalte nicht lange genug und bleibt passiv."

--- Welch eine Überraschung!