<p><strong>Featured links</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hPxiBFuVXeBrhP43HJ5v5svHVt8qSx7-ZTAvxRFc5kc/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">My “Artificial Challenged Intelligence” Moment</a></li><li><a href="https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-112-part-ii-the-human-cost" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Chinese delivery drivers</a></li><li><a href="https://mattsheehan.substack.com/p/china-is-getting-worried-about-ai" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">China is getting worried about AI &amp; jobs</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/119d8c3a-e10f-4bf7-a198-90507293054b?syn-25a6b1a6=1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">How China is breaking apart a people and its culture</a></li><li><a href="https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/Ehk4qOBCY23Fh5q_nhkkkw" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">How did Hangzhou become more hardware-oriented</a></li><li><a href="https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/UZHipkFqJSnqJquEewNGXA" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Today’s college students are living their university years like their final year of high school</a></li></ul> <p><strong>Thank you for reading and engaging</strong></p> <p>These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and related topics. Jeff is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University.</p> <p><span>Check out the archive of all past issues&nbsp;</span><a href="https://chinai.substack.com/archive" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">here</a><span>&nbsp;&amp; please&nbsp;</span><a href="https://chinai.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">subscribe here</a><span>&nbsp;to support ChinAI under a&nbsp;</span><em>Guardian</em><span>/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay for a subscription will support access for all).</span></p> <p><span>Any suggestions or feedback? Let me know at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> or on Twitter at&nbsp;</span><a href="https://twitter.com/jjding99" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">@jjding99</a></p> <p>---</p> <p><b>First published:</b><br/> June 8th, 2026 </p> <p><b>Source:</b><br/> <a href="https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-362-chinese-encounters-with?utm_source=TYPE_III_AUDIO&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_content=Source+URL+in+episode+description&utm_campaign=ai_narration" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-362-chinese-encounters-with</a> </p> <p>---</p> <p>Narrated by <a href="https://type3.audio/?utm_source=TYPE_III_AUDIO&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_content=Narrated+by+TYPE+III+AUDIO&utm_term=jeffrey_ding&utm_campaign=ai_narration" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TYPE III AUDIO</a>.</p> <p>---</p><div style="max-width: 100%";><p><strong>Images from the article:</strong></p><a href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yyFq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7f3719eb-1857-42ba-97d7-3786ac481ced_1080x571.png" target="_blank"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yyFq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7f3719eb-1857-42ba-97d7-3786ac481ced_1080x571.png" alt="A user asks Yuanbao to share information about a famous Chinese crosstalk comedy group. Source: Renwu." style="max-width: 100%;" /></a><hr style="margin-top: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;" /><a href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_G-k!,w_140,h_140,c_fill,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep,g_auto/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd7c30019-145b-48bf-a34e-b02fc690c30b_803x396.png" target="_blank"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_G-k!,w_140,h_140,c_fill,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep,g_auto/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd7c30019-145b-48bf-a34e-b02fc690c30b_803x396.png" alt="Survey question with response options highlighted, "Don't Know (Neither)" selected." style="max-width: 100%;" /></a><p><em>Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try <a href="https://pocketcasts.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Pocket Casts</a>, or another podcast app.</em></p></div>