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Major Taiwanese news network Liberty Times Network (LTN) recently reported that, thanks to R&D participation from potential customers, Intel’s 14A (1.4nm) process has already surpassed the performance and yield of its 18A process.

Intel CFO David Zinsner revealed an optimistic outlook for the 14A process, which is primarily targeted at external customers. With each milestone of the 14A chip, Intel’s potential customers have received samples, indicating strong industry interest in the chip. This allows customers to participate in the entire development process and collect their feedback to ensure that the final products will be converted into actual OEM orders.

Zinsner pointed out that the performance and yield of 14A are comparable to those of 18A, and the formal “risk trial production” schedule has been brought forward by nearly a year. This is a significant advancement for Intel’s chip manufacturing efforts, as the 14A product will determine whether the American chip manufacturing giant can lead the chip market. Intel’s 14A process is Intel’s direct competitor to TSMC’s next-generation processes (referred to as A14).

Source: LTN, October 25, 2025
https://ec.ltn.com.tw/article/breakingnews/5222958

During the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Fourth Plenum of the 20th Central Committee, the hacker collective Anonymous64 announced on October 22 that it had breached several Chinese government agencies, military-industrial entities, and leading university websites. The group’s name references June 4, the date of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.

Defaced homepages displayed messages such as:

“Fourth Plenum ‘Fifteenth Five-Year Plan’ Scam: Elite Luxury While People Become Human Resources Trapped in Hell,”
and
“Only Without the Communist Party Can There Be a New China.”

China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) has repeatedly accused Anonymous64 of having ties to Taiwan’s cyber forces—allegations that Taiwanese officials have firmly denied. Last September, Taiwan’s national security authorities accused Beijing of fabricating such claims as part of “cognitive operations” designed to incite anti-Taiwan sentiment and heighten cross-strait tensions.

In a statement posted to X, Anonymous64 said it had conducted four waves of cyberattacks, successfully infiltrating the Hebei Province Baoding Judicial Bureau, the Public Security Information Network, and three news outlets involved in China’s external propaganda campaigns. The hackers also claimed to have compromised Shenyang Ziwei Testing Instruments Company, a firm closely linked to China’s aerospace and defense industries, along with three additional suppliers in the power, renewable energy, and semiconductor sectors.

The group further reported breaching online forums at nine universities, including Fudan University, Central South University, and the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications.

Defaced sites carried slogans such as:

“No Communist Party, Only Then New China — No Lies, Want Truth; No Slavery, Want Freedom,”
and
“Blueprint Becomes Trap: Five-Year Plan Becomes Wealth Scheme for Elites.”

Anonymous64 also claimed to have obtained private communications among senior CCP officials, though it did not release any specific materials. The group’s statement concluded with the declaration “We’re back,” marking its first known operation since coordinated attacks on Chinese government and military websites on June 4 and 5 earlier this year.

Source: Central News Agency (Taiwan), October 23, 2025
https://www.cna.com.tw/news/acn/202510230154.aspx

China has unveiled its first standardized data platform and dataset standards for humanoid robots, marking a major milestone in the unified development of “embodied intelligence.” Announced at the 2025 Pujiang Innovation Forum, the initiative sets out common rules for data collection, labeling, and storage—creating a universal “data language” for the industry and breaking long-standing data silos.

The National Robot Testing and Evaluation Center has also issued China’s first CR (China Robot Product Certification) for humanoid robot datasets, formally recognizing standardized data as a cornerstone for industrial applications. The newly launched “Pujiang X (DOME)” platform integrates the entire data lifecycle—from acquisition to validation—enhancing collaboration, interoperability, and access for developers.

Experts believe the new standards will boost efficiency, lower redundant R&D costs, and accelerate large-scale deployment across manufacturing, household services, and healthcare sectors.

By strengthening data security and reducing dependence on foreign datasets, China seeks to gain a strategic edge and transition from a global participant to a rule-maker in the field of humanoid robotics.

Source: People’s Daily, October 16, 2025
http://finance.people.com.cn/n1/2025/1016/c1004-40583363.html

A growing problem in China’s medical research sector is the widespread practice of ghostwriting and ghost-publishing for academic journals. Searching “medical journal ghostwriting” on social media reveals numerous services advertising “one-stop publication in core journals” and “experienced writers,” with prices ranging from around 10,000 yuan (US$1,400) for ordinary journals to 40,000–50,000 yuan for core journals. These services typically handle writing but do not guarantee publication unless additional fees are paid, creating a full-fledged industry chain.

This phenomenon has contributed to a high rate of paper retractions among Chinese medical institutions. A recent Nature study analyzing global retractions from 2014 to 2024 found that Jining First People’s Hospital had the world’s highest retraction rate, exceeding 5 percent. Seven of the top ten institutions for retractions were in China, including major hospitals such as Cangzhou Central Hospital and Huaihe Hospital of Henan University. Analysis from a UK academic integrity firm showed that approximately 70 percent of institutions with retraction rates above 1 percent were Chinese, most of them hospitals or medical schools.

The academic misconduct has led to bizarre and implausible findings. Some obstetrics papers reported “male patients with uterine fibroids” or “male high-risk pregnant women,” while one study from the Affiliated People’s Hospital of Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine listed 64 male samples among 100 gynecological cases. These cases underscore the serious integrity issues facing China’s medical research community and the risks posed by the ghostwriting industry.

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Source: CCTV, September 29, 2025
https://news.cctv.com/2025/09/29/ARTI11mg9N3trdIl2vI2US2v250929.shtml