#China is relaxing its decades-old hukou residency system, which has long excluded migrant workers from accessing public services where they actually live and work. The move could finally bring some 350 million migrants into the fold of urban services and social insurance:…
— ORF (@orfonline) June 25, 2026
China is making gains with its Artificial Intelligence (AI) software:
Chinese AI closes in on U.S. cybersecurity models, raising stakes in tech rivalry
June 28, 2026
Chinese artificial intelligence developers are rapidly narrowing the gap with their U.S. counterparts, particularly in cybersecurity, a shift that could reshape the global AI market and complicate Washington’s efforts to maintain its technological lead, …
Researchers say Zhipu AI’s recently released GLM-5.2 model can rival some of the most advanced American systems in identifying software vulnerabilities. While the Chinese model still trails leading products from Anthropic (ANTHRO) and OpenAI (OPENAI) in broader capabilities, its performance in bug hunting has drawn attention from both security experts and policymakers. …
Unlike many leading U.S. models, GLM-5.2 is released as an open-weight system, allowing users to download, modify and operate it independently. That flexibility appeals to enterprises seeking lower-cost AI options, but it also raises concerns among cybersecurity professionals because malicious actors can use the technology without oversight. https://seekingalpha.com/news/4607891-chinese-ai-closes-in-on-u-s-cybersecurity-models-raising-stakes-in-tech-rivalry
The Wall Street Journal posted the following:
China Has Matched Anthropic in Cybersecurity, Resetting AI Race
June 27, 2026
Chinese artificial-intelligence systems have matched the performance of Anthropic’s powerful model Mythos in some cybersecurity scenarios, a development poised to reset the global tech race and pressure the White House in its overhaul of U.S. AI policy.
Security researchers said that a new AI model, released this month by China’s Zhipu AI, also known as Z.ai, can match the latest U.S. models when it comes to finding security bugs, although it still lags behind Anthropic’s and OpenAI’s products in other tasks.
Overall, the capability gap between top U.S. models and those built by Chinese companies has narrowed significantly, and use of Chinese AI systems has surged as businesses seek to rein in runaway costs. A host of companies, including Microsoft, are weighing how they can offer Chinese models on their platforms, a development that is set to alter the balance of power among tech companies.
“China is making sure that the gap becomes smaller and smaller over time,” said Lior Div, chief executive officer of the cybersecurity company 7AI. …
One of Anthropic’s latest general-use models has been shut down for more than two weeks after the Trump administration said no foreign entity or individual could use it because of security risks. The company closed all access to comply with the rule. The administration on Friday restored some access to a related Anthropic model called Mythos 5, which had previously been restricted.
Many have called the administration’s attack on a leading U.S. AI company counterproductive and criticized its decision to allow exports of AI chips to China in light of the nation’s recent advances. …
AI users said that U.S. efforts to rein in the worrisome capabilities of recent cybersecurity-focused models have added to concerns that access to needed systems could eventually be cut off.
“It is incentivizing companies across the globe to use cheaper but very capable Chinese open-weight models, while at the same time undermining the U.S. AI industry,” said Niels Provos, a researcher who led security teams at Google and Stripe. “I don’t understand it.” https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/chinese-ai-anthropic-mythos-cybersecurity-574b02c2
Let me add that others have also said that China’s AI takes less resources and hence is less expensive to use and maintain, so that is another advantage that China seems to have over the USA.
In other China-related news, a reader tipped me off to the following:
China’s State Council announced a major change to their notorious household registration system, known as hukou (“hoo-koh”), allowing migrant workers to access social insurance in the cities where they work for the first time.
China’s hukou system is widely regarded as a kind of internal passport and a gatekeeper of social welfare. Formally established in the 1950s to regulate population mobility, the system designates Chinese citizens as either “agricultural” (rural) or “non-agricultural” (urban) and registers them in a specific city or location. One’s access to public services is tied to their hukou location—usually their place of birth—rather than where they normally reside.
Historically, this system has stratified the rural-urban divide, where even today, urban residents earn approximately 2.3 times more than rural residents. While citizens who hold an urban hukou have guaranteed access to higher quality public schools, healthcare, housing funds and pensions, rural residents tend to receive significantly lower government aid packages.
The hukou system has also harmed the approximately 350 million migrant workers in China that keep its major cities running. The vast majority of internal migrants come to cities from rural areas for jobs. However, without an urban hukou, they are disproportionately pushed into low-paying and dangerous jobs, earn less than urban-born workers, pay out-of-pocket or are forced to rely on private options for healthcare, have more limited access to urban real estate markets and are unable to access retirement safety nets. Hukou status is hereditary and very difficult to change. https://redfoldernews.org/2026/05/26/china-overhauls-hukou-system-helping-integrate-migrant-workers/
I have written about the hukou system for many years and am pleased the China is taking steps to benefit some of those who have been negatively affected by it.
I see this as a positive step by the government of China.
Some items of possibly related interest would include the following:
China, Its Biblical Past and Future, Part 1: Genesis and Chinese Characters Where did the Chinese people come from? Japeth, Javan, Magog? Is there evidence that the Chinese peoples must have known about various accounts in the Book of Genesis up until their dispersion after the Tower of Babel? What do Chinese writings and characters help show? What about the Garden of Eden, Noah’s Flood, and the Tower of Babel? Here is a link to a version of this article in Spanish: ¿Prueban los caracteres chinos la exactitud de la Biblia? A related sermon is also available: China’s biblical past and prophetic actions.
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