November 1, 2026

Why was Euclid so overbearing, setting out five things called axioms and forbidding people to ask why?

Background: Euclid was an ancient Greek mathematician whose geometry shaped mathematical education for centuries.

Light Chaser Animation’s new film, Lin Chong: Snowstorm at the Mountain Temple, has been officially announced. What are you looking forward to in animated adaptations of Water Margin?

Background: Water Margin is a classic Chinese novel about a band of outlaws.

Gold purchases in Shuibei are negotiable

Background: Shuibei is a major jewelry trading hub in Shenzhen, China.

Pang Dong Lai’s new attraction

Background: Pangdonglai is a Chinese retail chain.

S.H.E. reunites to celebrate Selina’s 45th birthday

Background: S.H.E is a Taiwanese pop trio.

Backend AI Engineering in 2026: What Spring AI, MCP, and Embedded Agents Each Solve

Spring AI

A Spring project that helps Java applications connect to AI models, tools and data stores. Reference ↗

Xiaomi EV Deliveries Exceed 50,000 in October 2026

Xiaomi

A Chinese company whose products include smartphones, connected home devices and electric vehicles. Reference ↗

85-Inch Model: 10,499 to 4,934 Yuan; 98-Inch Model: 13,999 to 8,399 Yuan — Xiaomi TV S Pro Mini LED 2026 Gets Another Price Cut

Background: Xiaomi TV is Xiaomi’s television product line, while Mini LED refers to displays using very small light-emitting diodes for backlighting.

Xiaomi

A Chinese company whose products include smartphones, connected home devices and electric vehicles. Reference ↗

Report: A Certain Manufacturer’s “Zixi Kuozhi” Flat-Screen Phone to Arrive in 2027, Expected to Be Part of Xiaomi’s Redmi Lineup

Background: Redmi is Xiaomi’s consumer electronics brand, known especially for value-oriented smartphones.

Xiaomi

A Chinese company whose products include smartphones, connected home devices and electric vehicles. Reference ↗

Elon Musk Posts a “Smiley” Comment on News of the Binance Hack; Changpeng Zhao Says Now Is Not the Time to Joke

Background: Binance is a global cryptocurrency exchange.

DeepSeek proposes a Super-agent design: a two-layer Router–Worker architecture exploring more autonomous agent systems

Background: DeepSeek is a Chinese AI company known for large language models. Model announcements and community claims require separate verification.

DeepSeek

A Chinese AI company that develops large language models and offers a chat service and developer API. Reference ↗

Could Yang Guo have regarded Guo Fu as a younger sister?

Background: Yang Guo and Guo Fu are characters in Jin Yong’s wuxia novel The Return of the Condor Heroes.

What do you think of BYD's net profit attributable to shareholders of 22.345 billion yuan in the first three quarters of 2026?

Background: BYD is a Chinese manufacturer of battery electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, as well as batteries.

BYD

A Chinese manufacturer of battery electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, batteries and other technologies. Reference ↗

Why is Xiaomi so keen to put its executives and engineers in the spotlight?

Background: Xiaomi is a Chinese technology company known for smartphones, consumer electronics, and smart-home products.

Xiaomi

A Chinese company whose products include smartphones, connected home devices and electric vehicles. Reference ↗

How should we assess a Shandong man born in the 1980s who went viral for building a giant Qitian Dasheng from dead branches? Why did this private creation resonate so widely?

Background: The Monkey King, also known as the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, is a central character in the Chinese novel Journey to the West.

What do you think of the super-agent concept published by Deepseek Harness?

Background: DeepSeek is a Chinese AI company known for large language models. Model announcements and community claims require separate verification.

DeepSeek

A Chinese AI company that develops large language models and offers a chat service and developer API. Reference ↗

What's going on with Changsha's economic ranking?

Background: Changsha is the capital of Hunan Province in central China.

Liu Xiaolingtong, 67, shows off his skills with the Monkey King's staff

Background: The Golden-Banded Staff is the magical weapon wielded by the Monkey King in Journey to the West.

120,000 yuan to recruit a master's graduate from a Project 985 university, 30 million for a junior college graduate

Background: Project 985 was a Chinese government initiative to develop world-class universities.

Was the Ming Dynasty's “Rulers Die for the State” Really a Joke?

Background: The Ming dynasty was China’s imperial dynasty from 1368 to 1644.