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Temu and Shein Raised Prices, Removed Products as Trump’s China Tariffs Went Into Effect

Temu and Shein, the two biggest Chinese-owned ecommerce platforms that operate in the United States, have started raising prices and temporarily unlisting some products on their websites in response to new tariffs...

US Shoppers Face Fees of Up to $50 or More to Get Packages From China

One day after US president Donald Trump’s new tariffs on Chinese imports kicked into effect, shipping companies have already started charging higher import duties and processing fees, bewildering American consumers. Over the...

USPS Halts All Packages From China, Sending the Ecommerce Industry Into Chaos

The United States Postal Services has abruptly stopped accepting all packages from Hong Kong and China until further notice, according to an international service disruption notice posted on the USPS website. The...

Here’s How DeepSeek Censorship Actually Works—and How to Get Around It

Less than two weeks after DeepSeek launched its open-source AI model, the Chinese startup is still dominating the public conversation about the future of artificial intelligence. While the firm seems to have...

How Chinese AI Startup DeepSeek Made a Model that Rivals OpenAI

On January 20, DeepSeek, a relatively unknown AI research lab from China, released an open source model that’s quickly become the talk of the town in Silicon Valley. According to a paper...

RedNote Scrambles to Hire English-Speaking Content Moderators

The Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu—better known internationally as RedNote—is scrambling to boost its ability to moderate English-language content after hundreds of thousands of American users suddenly joined the platform in anticipation...

With a TikTok Ban Looming, Users Flee to Chinese App ‘Red Note’

As TikTok anxiously awaits a Supreme Court decision that could determine whether it will be banned in the United States, users are preemptively fleeing the app and migrating to another Chinese social...

Temu’s Takeover Is Now Complete

Love it or hate it, you have to admit Temu had a banger year. Launched in late 2022, the Chinese-owned ecommerce site, known for selling a vast array of astonishingly affordable goods,...

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