Zeyi Yang 杨泽毅

China welcomes 183 Brazil coffee sellers in wake of US tariffs China has approved 183 new Brazilian coffee companies to export products to the Chinese market, according to a social media post of the Chinese embassy in Brazil on Saturday.

China welcomes 183 Brazil coffee sellers in wake of US tariffs reut.rs/4mp1Ise

Inside the Summit Where China Pitched Its AI Agenda to the World Behind closed doors, Chinese researchers are laying the groundwork for a new global AI agenda—without input from the US.

In this week's Made in China newsletter: at China's flagship AI summit WAIC, the vibe was totally different from Trump’s America-first, regulation-light vision for AI. Beijing is pitching itself as the world leader of AI safety regulation.

WIRED's @willknight.bsky.social reports from Shanghai:

A transgender woman from the Philippines is suing the JP govt for revoking her application for asylum. The govts position is there is no ”persecution” of transgender people in the Philippines, because ”there are Pride parades” and ”murderers of transgender people have been arrested in the past”

Spotify Is Forcing Users to Undergo Face Scanning to Access Explicit Content Submit to biometric face scanning or risk your account being deleted, Spotify says, following the enactment of the UK's Online Safety Act.

getting my phrenology checked by my laptop camera before I can listen to WAP, a future I always wanted www.404media.co/spotify-uk-a...

Big Tech Asked for Looser Clean Water Act Permitting. Trump Wants to Give It to Them New AI regulations suggested by the White House mirror changes to environmental permitting suggested by Meta and a lobbying group representing firms like Google and Amazon Web Services.

SCOOP from me: Trump's AI action plan released last week makes a specific set of recommendations around loosening Clean Water Act permits for data centers — recommendations mirrored in letters sent to the administration by Big Tech lobbyists earlier this year:

Meta’s AI Recruiting Campaign Finds a New Target Meta approached more than a dozen staffers at Mira Murati’s AI startup to discuss joining its new superintelligence lab. One received an offer for more than $1 billion.

This AI talent war is not ending anytime soon huh. "One of those offers was more than $1 billion over a multi-year span."

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Meta’s AI Recruiting Campaign Finds a New Target Meta approached more than a dozen staffers at Mira Murati’s AI startup to discuss joining its new superintelligence lab. One received an offer for more than $1 billion.

Meta approached more than a dozen staffers at Mira Murati’s AI startup to discuss joining its new superintelligence lab. One received an offer for more than $1 billion. www.wired.com/story/mark-z...

LLMs are basically terrifying users by force-feeding them niche fanfic texts without context. There's a reason why fandoms congregate on small forums to talk out their inside jokes because they don't want innocent people to stumble into their space and freak out without knowing the context!!!

CK Hutchison Eyes ‘Major’ Chinese Investor for Panama Ports Deal By Holmes Chan Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison said Monday it was considering inviting a Chinese

Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison said Monday it was considering inviting a Chinese "major strategic investor" to join a US-led consortium negotiating the sale of its global ports business outside China, including operations at the Panama Canal.

'Hell on Earth': Venezuelans deported to El Salvador mega-prison tell of brutal abuse Deported under a little-known wartime law, more than 130 Venezuelans were sent from the U.S. to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Now released, several tell NPR they endured beatings, sexual a...

Carlos Daniel Terán says he thought he was going to die at the CECOT.

Andry Hernandez describes the place as “hell on Earth.”

Venezuelans deported to El Salvador mega-prison tell of brutal abuse www.npr.org/2025/07/27/n... w/ Manuel Rueda

Oh shit now I’m blushing!! Thanks Sam!!! Kudos to you for all the good work CDT is doing too

Screenshot of the newsletter Made in China, showing the faces of the authors Zeyi Yang and Louise Matsakis, and some preview content of the first edition: "This week in Made in China, we take you inside ReelShort, one of the most successful global entertainment companies to come out of China. Plus, the Duolingo owl gets married.   How Chinese Short Dramas Conquered the World Hi, this is Zeyi Yang, WIRED’s senior China reporter. Welcome to the inaugural edition of Made in China!"

Welcome to the 1st edition of WIRED's Made in China newsletter: How Chinese Short Dramas Conquered the World, aka "The Secret Life of My Not-Billionaire BF Who's Addicted to Vertical Soap Operas."

To get more like this from @lmatsakis.bsky.social and me, sign up here: www.wired.com/newsletter/e...

ok, now for what i'm personally excited about: the Made In China newsletter with @zeyiyang.bsky.social and @lmatsakis.bsky.social. finally! nuanced and non-fearmongery looks into tech across the globe. (i am currently trying to coerce a labubu newsletter): www.wired.com/newsletter?s...

State Dept. cuts China experts as administration says countering Beijing top priority The State Department has shuttered the team involved in South China Sea security, getting rid of top experts on the subject at a time when the administration says security in the region is a priority.

The State Department has shuttered the team involved in South China Sea security, getting rid of top experts on the subject at a time when the administration says security in the region is a priority.

Grindr Won’t Let Users Say 'No Zionists' An error message appears saying "The following are not allowed: no zionist, no zionists" when users try to add the phrase to their bios, but any number of other phrases about political and religious p...

weird! www.404media.co/grindr-no-zi...

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Stumbling and Overheating, Most Humanoid Robots Fail to Finish Half-Marathon in Beijing Only six of the 21 robots in the race crossed the finish line, highlighting just how far humanoids are from keeping up with their real human counterparts.

And if the first newsletter isn't enough to tell you, we love having fun here! We can all laugh at our robot overlords before they actually become powerful enough to be our robot overlords. www.wired.com/story/beijin...

Trump’s FBI Pick Kash Patel Took Up to $5M in Stock From Chinese Ecommerce Giant Shein Donald Trump’s pick for FBI director told senators he has no plans to divest his shares, which his financial disclosure form says were received in exchange for consulting services.

We bring you the big news early, from our source networks and our close reading of original documents, in English and Chinese.

www.wired.com/story/kash-p...

Donald Trump Is Already Ruining Christmas Santa’s helpers are freaking out that steep tariffs on Chinese imports will prevent toys, trees, and decorations from arriving in the US on time for the December holiday.

We WILL keep you updated about the big news, one step ahead of others, but we WILL ALSO bring a human touch to the technologies and businesses we write about, because they actually impact billions of people. See some examples of our reporting, from this year alone: www.wired.com/story/christ...

We will have more stories like this, coming every Thursday straight to your inbox. Louise and I are both experienced China journalists who are tired of the name-calling and fear-mongering in this reporting genre. We want to build something different:

Americans Are Obsessed With Watching Short Video Dramas From China How did steamy, short soap operas that originated in China become the hottest thing in Hollywood, seemingly overnight?

I've been keeping an eye on Chinese short dramas for years, especially since they came to the US circa 2023. Yet I'm still surprised how its popularity keeps growing and growing with no end in sight. So I checked in with ReelShort, the pioneer app & leader of the pack www.wired.com/story/china-...

Screenshot of the newsletter Made in China, showing the faces of the authors Zeyi Yang and Louise Matsakis, and some preview content of the first edition: "This week in Made in China, we take you inside ReelShort, one of the most successful global entertainment companies to come out of China. Plus, the Duolingo owl gets married.   How Chinese Short Dramas Conquered the World Hi, this is Zeyi Yang, WIRED’s senior China reporter. Welcome to the inaugural edition of Made in China!"

Welcome to the 1st edition of WIRED's Made in China newsletter: How Chinese Short Dramas Conquered the World, aka "The Secret Life of My Not-Billionaire BF Who's Addicted to Vertical Soap Operas."

To get more like this from @lmatsakis.bsky.social and me, sign up here: www.wired.com/newsletter/e...

One of the highlights of my career has been reporting on China & working closely with @zeyiyang.bsky.social. So I’m really excited to share that we’re launching a new newsletter together for @wired.com. It's called "Made in China."

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Smashing "subscribe" so hard on the new MADE IN CHINA newsletter by @lmatsakis.bsky.social and @zeyiyang.bsky.social that I nearly threw up www.wired.com/newsletter/e...

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This role is based in our London office.

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100%. i'd even venture out to say Reddit is like 小红书 in English to me

Google, Microsoft say Chinese hackers are exploiting SharePoint zero-day | TechCrunch The tech giants have evidence that Chinese hackers are exploiting the new bug, but warned "multiple actors" are also hacking into affected SharePoint systems.

Google, Microsoft say Chinese hackers are exploiting SharePoint zero-day

!!! Pokémon amusement park here I come. Booking my ticket today

Leaked Memo: Anthropic CEO Says the Company Will Pursue Gulf State Investments After All “Unfortunately, I think ‘No bad person should ever benefit from our success’ is a pretty difficult principle to run a business on,” wrote Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei in a note to staff obtained by WIRE...

SCOOP: Leaked memo from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei outlines the startup's plans to seek investment from the United Arab Emirates + Qatar.

“Unfortunately, I think ‘no bad person should ever benefit from our success’ is a pretty difficult principle to run a business on.” www.wired.com/story/anthro...