China trends: week of 2026-10-19

WPS officially announces “Early Access” support for iPhone Duo, featuring a new companion AI layout

Background: WPS Office is an office productivity software suite developed by Kingsoft.

Reportedly, Huawei Pura X Max wide foldable phone sales have exceeded one million units, with the standard edition successfully overtaking the collector’s edition

Huawei

A Chinese technology company that makes telecommunications equipment, devices and computing products. Reference ↗

Reportedly, Xiaomi 18 Fold book-style foldable phone sales have surpassed 100,000 units, featuring the Xuanjie O3 chip and triple rear Leica cameras, starting at 10,999 yuan

Xiaomi

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

DOOGEE Note60 W series phones unveiled with a 6.38-inch 90Hz wide display design resembling the Huawei Pura X View

Huawei

A Chinese technology company that makes telecommunications equipment, devices and computing products. Reference ↗

A JD.com employee questioned whether Toutiao had artificially boosted articles smearing JD.com’s e-commerce business; Douyin sued, while JD.com said it supported the employee’s countersuit. What happened?

Douyin

A short-video platform serving mainland China, operated by ByteDance. Reference ↗

What is the difference between the Mercedes-Benz E-Class and S-Class?

Background: The Mercedes-Benz E-Class and S-Class are executive and luxury sedan model lines, respectively.

Tesla’s flying car is being questioned as a gimmick: what practical purpose would such a vehicle serve, and what marketing logic could underlie it?

Background: Tesla is an electric vehicle and clean energy company.

Why doesn’t the Palace Museum make high-fidelity replicas of some national treasures? Why can’t it produce 1:1 copies of some of its exquisite artifacts?

Background: The Palace Museum in Beijing houses a major collection of Chinese imperial artifacts and artworks.

It is rumored that a fingerprint test of DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 identified GPT-6 Astra. What is going on?

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 ↗

IGN gave the campaign of Call of Duty 23 a score of 8. How should the quality and performance of its campaign mode be assessed?

Background: Call of Duty is a military-themed first-person shooter video game franchise.

Er Dongsheng Reveals That a Male Actor Once Complained of Sexual Harassment by a Male Director

Background: Er Dongsheng is a Hong Kong filmmaker and actor.

Angelababy responds to being told she looks old

Background: Angelababy is the stage name of Chinese actress and model Yang Ying.

AI Product Buzz Soars at the Canton Fair

Background: The Canton Fair is China's major international trade fair.

I Set Up a Last-Place Elimination System for Gemini 4 and DeepSeek: Will AI Work Harder? (Day 3)

Background: Gemini is Google’s AI model family, while DeepSeek is a Chinese AI model developer.

DeepSeek

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

A God-Tier GitHub Skill: Turning Technical Concepts into Real Machines or Any Kind of Educational Explainer Video

Background: GitHub is a platform for hosting and collaborating on software code.

HarmonyOS 7: A Detailed Guide to Creating and Orchestrating App Skills

Background: HarmonyOS is Huawei's operating system.

HarmonyOS

Huawei's operating-system family for connected devices. Features and app support vary by version and device. Reference ↗

Eight Private SPM Packages Powering Six Apps: Branches as Versions, Diamond Dependencies, and a Failure Nobody Reported

Background: SPM is Swift Package Manager, Apple's dependency management tool for Swift projects.

I Analyzed Three Years of npm Data: AI Did Not Make Dependencies Bigger, It Made Packages More Numerous

Background: npm is a package manager and software registry widely used for JavaScript development.

The Complete Guide to Vibe Coding a Commercial Android Project from Scratch (11)

Background: Vibe coding is a programming approach that uses natural language prompts and AI assistance to generate code.

The ITTF Responds to a Complaint Letter from China

Background: The ITTF is the international governing body for table tennis.