Xiaotiancai responds to controversy over closed social networks / New regulations on car lights propose banning display of text / Musk responds to merger rumors between SpaceX and Tesla

🚗 SpaceX and Tesla establish merger discussion committees, AI becomes the largest revenue source

🧠 Hunyuan expands to nearly 2,000 employees; staff say Yao Shunyu wants to “drive DeepSeek to work overtime”

🎬 Report: Two-thirds of newly released short dramas on top non-China platforms in Q3 are AI-generated

🏛️ National standard for vehicle lights open for public comment: Proposal to restrict ADS indicator lights installation to L3 and above vehicles

💬 Xiao TianCai responds to closed social platform controversy: Cross-brand calling enabled, WeChat-style chat and friend circle not yet interoperable

🚗 Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Prevent vehicles without sufficient testing from entering the market, plans to strengthen entry requirements for innovative design

💵 Anthropic posts over $80 billion loss in the first half of the year, most from financing instrument accounting provisions

🏢 Waymo to test autonomous driving in Madrid, aiming to welcome first passengers in 2027

🛒 Yicai: No BBA main models exceeded 10,000 retail sales in September

📉 Qualcomm reportedly launches global performance-based layoffs, starting employee notifications in November

🚗 Yinwang and CATL's first batch of battery swap vehicle models reportedly set at five, planned for market launch in 2027

📈 CATL’s Q3 revenue grows nearly 60%, net profit to parent increases by 14.54%

🎬 Netflix lowers full-year advertising revenue forecast, Q4 profit guidance below market expectations

💵 Neolix completes nearly $400 million Series E funding, funds allocated to network operations and model training

💡 Consciousness researcher: Present-day AI is unlikely to feel pain, treating it kindly still relates to human habits

✨ ISHO Ring smart ring by Wang Teng's brand debuts

🪄 Zhang Xue says first electric motorcycle set for 2027 release, focused on lightweight and high energy efficiency

💾 OnePlus Ace 7 reveals dual airflow design: one cools chip, one cools back cover

🔓 DeepSeek open-sources inference framework, discloses $38 per card per hour revenue

🚗 Li Auto launches “Lianshan” electric tri-system, offers compensation with new car for self-developed battery fire total loss

🎬 Tencent trials “Dongle Ya,” uses AI to create picture books, animation and interactive courseware

🧬 ChatGPT introduces conversation lock, supports PIN and biometric unlock

✨ MemT 1.0 open sourced, enables models to retain and retrieve experience in internal memory

🪄 Yingling A1 update: adds 4G image transmission and obstacle avoidance with detour

🧑‍💻 Yuanbao Search opens to external access via Tencent Cloud, supports API, MCP, and Skill integration

🍔 McDonald’s releases “Fry Mouse”

SpaceX and Tesla establish merger discussion committees, AI becomes the largest revenue source

Elon Musk confirmed for the first time during SpaceX’s Q3 earnings call that both SpaceX and Tesla have set up special committees to discuss a merger. He said the merger is a “good idea,” but due to a conflict of interest, he cannot participate in committee discussions; the deal still needs shareholder approval.

SpaceX also posted its first quarterly profit since going public: Q3 revenue rose 161% year-on-year to $14.58 billion; net profit was $4.4 billion, compared to an $1.1 billion loss last year.

AI business revenue rose to $7.56 billion, nearly 10 times that of the previous year, making it the top revenue source. Reuters reported that most of this revenue comes from leasing data center computing power to clients such as Anthropic, Google, and Reflection AI, rather than relying mainly on self-developed models.

Investment is also increasing. The company’s Q3 capital expenditure reached $19.6 billion, including $16.4 billion for AI; Q4 capex is expected to be $35–40 billion. Starlink subscribers grew to 13.6 million, but average monthly revenue per user dropped to $69, down from $99 in 2023.

Hunyuan expands to nearly 2,000 employees; staff say Yao Shunyu wants to “drive DeepSeek to work overtime”

According to LatePost, one year after Yao Shunyu joined Tencent, the Hunyuan team has grown to nearly 2,000 people. One team member recalled that Yao casually remarked that the team can’t avoid overtime like DeepSeek, but through competition could force DeepSeek into working overtime.

The report also quotes team members saying Yao once proposed not publishing technical reports until the team ranks first in the world. After Hy 4 Preview was released, he gave researchers a week’s vacation; normally, full team meetings happen monthly, complemented by lunch meetups, small group communications, and basketball activities to engage the team.

In cross-department collaboration, the report noted Yao proactively assigned the Model Application Center and Search Algorithm Center under the business group home to Yuanbao. When Hunyuan's own pre-trained model was not ready, he sent post-training key staff to help Yuanbao optimize its DeepSeek integration. Yao explained to the team that maintaining Yuanbao's product experience and user base also benefits Hunyuan’s future R&D.

Report: Two-thirds of newly released short dramas on top non-China platforms in Q3 are AI-generated

The share of AI short dramas in new releases on overseas platforms continues to rise. According to the latest report from Owl & Co. obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, two-thirds of vertical short dramas released by 20 top non-China platforms in Q3 2026 were AI-generated; this ratio was 3% in Q1 and 28% in Q2.

Among paid short drama apps, by watched minutes, only one of the top five was live-action, with two out of the top 20. The listed AI works include ReelShort’s “The Great and Powerful Genie” and DramaBox’s “Deny Me, Dragon King” and “Married to the Hidden Dragon King.”

The covered apps achieved about 63 billion views and 2 billion viewing hours during Q3; TikTok’s free app PineDrama contributed over half of total views. Among paid apps, DramaBox claimed 36% of viewership, ReelShort 29%.

Live-action works still hint at an advantage for sustained viewership. The report found that ReelShort’s live-action works are more likely to remain in the top 10% of views 30 days after release, compared to AI works; the number of live-action short dramas is also increasing alongside AI works.

National standard for vehicle lights open for public comment: Proposal to restrict ADS indicator lights installation to L3 and above vehicles

On October 20, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology solicited public comment on five mandatory national standards, including “Installation Requirements for External Lighting and Light Signaling Devices for Automobiles and Trailers,” with feedback due by December 19.

Specifically, ADS (automated driving system) indicator lights are proposed to use a dedicated blue-green light color; vehicles without L3 and above autonomous driving systems are prohibited from installing this indicator light. The rules distinguish between L2 combined driving assistance and L3 conditional autonomous driving regarding indicator light use.

The draft also proposes that apart from illuminated logo functions, lamps and other features cannot display text; lamps within specified scope cannot be operated by gestures or turned off by voice. If turned on by voice, cars must indicate manual switch location.

This standard is currently in the solicitation stage. The explanatory notes recommend implementation starting January 1, 2028, with transitional arrangements for already type-approved models.

Xiao TianCai responds to closed social platform controversy: Cross-brand calling enabled, WeChat-style chat and friend circle not yet interoperable

Restrictions on Xiao TianCai kids smartwatches’ cross-brand social features have sparked debate. According to Jiemian reporters’ inquiries, Xiao TianCai can add contacts across brands, make calls, and send/receive messages. However, brands such as Huawei and Xiaomi currently cannot access Xiao TianCai’s WeChat-style chat or friend circle features, nor support cross-brand video calls.

Customer service said cross-brand phone number addition is now completed via Bluetooth exchange; as for whether broader interoperability will be enabled, no updates have yet been received, and user feedback will be collected for technical team review.

Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Prevent vehicles without sufficient testing from entering the market, plans to strengthen entry requirements for innovative design

At an October 20 press conference, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology stated that some car companies launch new products by following trends and with insufficient testing. Through product entry and subsequent supervision, the Ministry will prevent unreasonable innovative designs and products lacking full R&D and testing from entering the market.

According to CCTV News, a draft management notice open for public comment would require concealed door handles, electric suction doors, virtual controls, etc., as well as environmental adaptability test parameters, to be included in entry and production consistency management. Products not declared or not fully tested will not be admitted.

Safety assessments cover more than 20 designs including non-standard steering wheels and virtual controls. The draft requires electric suction doors to have anti-pinch features, prohibiting functions such as “zero gravity” seats, rotating seats, beds, and elevation cockpits while the vehicle is in motion.

For R&D testing, reliability validation should reach no less than 30,000 kilometers, environmental adaptability at least one year including “two winters and one summer” tests. Power battery cycle life and durability must be tested by the manufacturer, not simply by supplier report. This notice is still in preparation and consultation, and these requirements are not all enforced yet.

Anthropic posts over $80 billion loss in the first half of the year, most from financing instrument accounting provisions

According to a draft IPO prospectus reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, Anthropic posted a net loss of $80.7 billion during the first half of this year, with about $72 billion attributed to accounting charges from valuation changes of financing instruments.

Reuters cites the report that for the six months ending June 30, Anthropic’s revenue rose from $1.1 billion the previous year to $16.3 billion, while AI infrastructure spending was close to $9 billion, about four times year-on-year.

The draft prospectus also shows potential expenditures of up to $750 billion in coming years to acquire more computing power, including deals still under negotiation. The Wall Street Journal points to risks including customer concentration and uncertainty about supply of needed compute resources.

Reuters, referencing previous reports, also notes Anthropic revealed in an investor day that Q3 revenue grew 45% quarter-on-quarter to $16.8 billion and turned a profit on an adjusted basis.

Waymo to test autonomous driving in Madrid, aiming to welcome first passengers in 2027

On October 20, Waymo announced entry into Spain, starting preparations for autonomous mobility services in the Madrid region, aiming for the first passengers in 2027.

In coming days, local streets will see its Jaguar I-PACE electric vehicles. Initially, driving will be manually operated; then, locally trained autonomous driving experts will take over for technical validation, adapting Waymo Driver to local traffic patterns and road conditions.

The company stated it is in communication with national, regional, and local governments, as well as emergency responders, and is reaching out to local partners and investing in operating facilities. The Madrid project is a phased rollout—tests and service prep are being announced, but driverless rides are not yet publicly available.

Yicai: No BBA main models exceeded 10,000 retail sales in September

According to Yicai citing domestic insurance registration data, in September, no key models such as BMW 3 Series, 5 Series, Mercedes-Benz C-Class, E-Class, Audi A6L, BMW X3, Mercedes GLC, or Audi Q5L reached retail sales of 10,000 units. The highest was the BMW 3 Series at 9,975, just 25 short of 10,000.

The report points out that despite continued increased end-user discounts, these models still face declining sales. According to official quarterly figures, BMW and Mercedes-Benz passenger car sales in China for Q3 were 114,000 and 87,000 units, down 24.8% and 31% year-on-year, respectively.

Qualcomm reportedly launches global performance-based layoffs, starting employee notifications in November

Qualcomm plans to conduct global layoffs following annual employee evaluations, with notifications starting in November. According to an internal memo reviewed by Reuters, CEO Cristiano Amon called it a “performance-focused headcount reduction” aimed at enhancing performance culture and addressing persistently unmet expectations.

Amon stated layoff decisions will consider business priorities, organizational needs, skills, and professional capacities. As company business expands, required talent skillsets change, so the right people need to be in the right roles.

Qualcomm is accelerating entry into non-phone sectors such as AI data centers. The company previously projected that by FY2027, non-smartphone business would account for most chip sales. The memo did not specify the layoff count, and Reuters has not confirmed the scale.

Yinwang and CATL's first batch of battery swap vehicle models reportedly set at five, planned for market launch in 2027

Yinwang’s battery swap partnership with CATL and Times Electric Service is entering the vehicle model development stage. According to LatePost Auto, five new models are in the initial batch, planned for 2027 release.

Yinwang has not directly commented on the plan, but reiterated the strategic cooperation agreement’s purpose and goals. According to Cailian Press, the first model using “Chocolate Swap” technology will come from the Dongfeng-Huawei YiJing brand collaboration.

The three parties announced the cooperation agreement on October 19, aiming to synchronize Huawei’s QianKun intelligent driving with the Chocolate Swap battery network, integrating vehicle, swap station, and cloud data/services, automating energy supply decision-making, station finding, entry, swap, and departure.

LatePost Auto reports that by end-September, Chocolate Swap had built over 2,520 swap stations, covering 200 cities nationwide.

CATL’s Q3 revenue grows nearly 60%, net profit to parent increases by 14.54%

On October 20, CATL released its Q3 report: quarterly operating revenue was 165.221 billion yuan, up 58.58% year-on-year; net profit attributable to the parent company was 21.246 billion yuan, up 14.54%. After stripping non-recurring gains and losses, attributable net profit was 18.862 billion yuan, up 14.86%.

For the first three quarters, operating revenue reached 442.137 billion yuan, up 56.19%; net profit attributable to parent company was 64.530 billion yuan, up 31.6%. The report attributes revenue growth to business expansion.

Cash flow diverged from profit growth: net operating cash flow for the first three quarters was 61.625 billion yuan, down 23.6%. As of end-September, cash and equivalents stood at 369.814 billion yuan; inventories rose 53.15% from end-2022, explained as scaling with business growth.

According to Reuters, Q3 attributable net profit growth was slower than Q2’s 36.5%, marking the slowest in nearly two years. The quarterly report was unaudited.

Netflix lowers full-year advertising revenue forecast, Q4 profit guidance below market expectations

Netflix’s Q3 revenue rose 11.8% year-on-year to $12.87 billion, matching expectations but marking the slowest growth in nearly three years. Net profit was $3.664 billion, with diluted EPS at $0.87; operating margin was 34.6%, up from 28.2% last year.

The company lowered its 2026 advertising revenue forecast from about $3 billion to around $2.7 billion, citing slower-than-expected ad product rollout. Q4 net profit is forecast at $2.79 billion, EPS $0.67, both below market expectations.

Free cash flow in Q3 was $2.884 billion and $4.8 billion worth of shares were repurchased; full-year free cash flow forecast was reduced from about $12.5 billion to $12 billion, due to adjustment in real estate transaction timing.

Co-CEO Ted Sarandos stated during the earnings call that the company will refocus on high-quality film and TV content, admitting “we can do better.” Netflix will continue to license and bring in more third-party content.

About a week earlier, Netflix laid off around 1,000 people, or about 6% of staff, and made changes in content management. Former Disney/Fox executive Peter Rice will succeed Bela Bajaria and temporarily lead the film division until a new head is appointed.

Neolix completes nearly $400 million Series E funding, funds allocated to network operations and model training

Autonomous delivery vehicle company Neolix announced the completion of nearly $400 million in Series E funding, led by Boyu Capital and a national-level fund, with Alibaba AEF NextGen HK Fund, Monolith, GGV Capital, Temasek’s Vertex Growth, and other investors. Layshi Capital and existing investors like Xincheng Capital also participated.

According to the company, Neolix has deployed more than 30,000 L4 autonomous delivery vehicles globally, covering over 20 countries and 300 cities, with a cumulative autonomous driving mileage exceeding 260 million kilometers, and services covering express delivery, nighttime distribution, and logistics capacity.

Technically, its Neolix-Pilot autonomous system, terminal-side model Neolix-VA, mapless technology, and cloud-based large models coordinate, improving algorithms through real operations data. New funds will focus on global service network layout and end-to-end model data training loops to improve safety and lower lifecycle costs.

💡 Consciousness researcher: Present-day AI is unlikely to feel pain, treating it kindly still relates to human habits

Elon Musk described Grok’s reinforcement learning training as being “like having a gun to your head.” Business Insider interviewed NYU professor Jeff Sebo and Sussex University neuroscientist Anil Seth, discussing whether AI can suffer and whether humans should be kind to it.

Both agree that by subjective experience criteria, current AI is very unlikely to be conscious. Seth stresses that intelligence and pain perception are separate—chatbots can mimic human expression, pattern recognition, and reasoning but do not possess the capacity to feel pain.

They differ in views on uncertainty. Seth believes the chance of current AI being conscious is negligible; Sebo thinks consciousness theory is unsettled and mainstream theories deserve some weight—possibility should not be dismissed entirely, but it does not mean current AI is likely conscious.

Both recommend friendly interaction. Seth argues that cruel treatment of large models—or even inanimate dolls—can dull human morality, but not because AI actually has emotions. Sebo sees it as a low-cost precaution and believes respectful dialogue may also improve model outputs.

ISHO Ring smart ring by Wang Teng's brand debuts

Wang Teng’s company “Today is for Rest” unveiled its first hardware product, the ISHO Ring smart ring, in gold, black, and silver. The brand’s first AI sleep technology ecosystem product launch will be on October 29 at 19:00 (UTC+8).

According to Wang Teng, the ring uses aerospace-grade titanium alloy for both inner and outer rings, color-matched, with seamless design. The front features sapphire glass for both monitoring ability and jewelry aesthetics; official images show multiple sensor windows inside the ring.

“Today is for Rest” focuses on sleep health, aiming to connect sensing, analysis, recommendations, and device integration. The debut reveals the design and product positioning; the formal launch will be held at month-end.

Zhang Xue says first electric motorcycle set for 2027 release, focused on lightweight and high energy efficiency

Zhang Xue, founder of Zhang Xue Motorcycles, revealed in a CCTV Finance interview that their first electric motorcycle is planned for market launch in 2027, emphasizing light weight, strong power, and high energy efficiency, targeting world-leading standards.

Zhang Xue believes two-wheel electrification can leverage existing new energy vehicle charging infrastructure and benefit from auto industry support for energy. According to Jiemian, the current Zhang Xue Motorcycles mini-program offers 10 gasoline-powered models, including touring, sports, street, cruiser, and off-road types.

Electric motorcycle R&D has previously been disclosed. In May, Zhang said a 200mm diameter, 8kg electric motor with 50kW output was nearly complete. NengNengAn, a CATL-ATL lithium battery JV, also confirmed initial talks with Zhang Xue Motorcycles about e-motorcycle cooperation.

This interview specifies the first e-motorcycle’s expected launch year; prior motor development data refers to research progress, not final production configuration.

OnePlus Ace 7 reveals dual airflow design: one cools chip, one cools back cover

On October 20, OnePlus China President Li Jie revealed the Ace 7’s active cooling: a single fan splits airflow two ways, one cooling the chip, the other cooling the back cover—a dual-route system pioneered by OnePlus.

The redesign mainly addresses grips during landscape gaming. The intake avoids areas fingers typically block, hot air is expelled upwards (away from the hand), and cold air cools the back cover to reduce sweaty discomfort.

Li Jie added in replies that real devices would be available for hands-on store demo this weekend.

DeepSeek open-sources inference framework, discloses $38 per card per hour revenue

On October 20, DeepSeek open-sourced its internal inference framework DeepInfer. According to the technical report, a single cluster can process 1.55 quadrillion tokens daily, and at market rates, overall revenue estimates to $38 per card per hour.

The open repository supports distributed inference, speculative decoding, async scheduling, and structured outputs; it runs on Nvidia SM100 GPUs and Huawei Ascend 950 NPUs. Deepseek-recipe handles request formatting, token encoding/decoding, and output parsing, aligned with official API logic.

Li Auto launches “Lianshan” electric tri-system, offers compensation with new car for self-developed battery fire total loss

At the October 20 Power Day, Li Auto unveiled the “Lianshan” electric technology system, covering self-developed battery, drive, and charging network, with two lifetime battery guarantees. According to media CheDongxi, the guarantees distinguish between battery quality issues and external collisions.

Battery guarantee: For scrapped vehicles due to self-developed battery quality-caused fires, Li Auto will compensate a new car with the same configuration; for scrapped vehicles caused by battery fire due to collision or underbody scraping, the company pays the difference between the car insurance limit and real compensation.

Lianshan battery: Li Auto claims in-house algorithms can keep LFP battery charge estimation errors within 3%; material, structure, and thermal management allow 5C supercharging, long range, and longevity. For 2026 models with self-developed 5C batteries, the target is >75% battery health after 8 years or 160,000 km.

Lianshan drive: R&D covers motor materials, SiC power modules, and manufacturing. In-house power chips total over 4 million shipped vehicles, with zero failures so far.

Charging network: As of the press conference, 4,200 supercharging stations and more than 23,000 fast chargers have been built, aiming for 8,300 5C supercharging guns by Chinese New Year 2027, and demonstrating fully automatic all-space supercharging stations (without exiting car or manual cable handling).

Tencent trials “Dongle Ya,” uses AI to create picture books, animation and interactive courseware

Tencent is testing the AI-powered fun learning community “Dongle Ya.” The official website positions the product as an interactive content community, where users can discover learning materials or create picture books, animations, dynamic courseware, and knowledge games with AI for sharing.

According to “Product Notes” user experience, the content covers preschool to K12. Parents, teachers, and creators input topics and an Agent breaks down creation steps—for example, for picture books: confirming main character, setting examples, illustrating, compiling. Users can adjust direction and preview in real time.

The platform lets public works be grouped into series, allows authorized adaptations, and lets creators upload HTML or import works via external Agents as per “Dongle Ya” format. Creators can choose whether to allow downloads or adaptations on publishing.

The trial version is available as web and mini-programs. The original review also highlights subject knowledge tree referencing and model selection, though these mechanisms do not guarantee educational content accuracy.

ChatGPT introduces conversation lock, supports PIN and biometric unlock

ChatGPT is rolling out the Locked Chats feature; users can lock saved conversations, accessible only via four-digit account PIN. Supported mobile devices can also use Face ID, Touch ID, or device unlock features.

Locked chats move to “Projects > Locked chats,” hidden from normal history, pinned items, and standard search. Conversations remain saved and can be reopened; this is different from temporary conversations not stored in history.

OpenAI emphasizes that conversation lock does not enable end-to-end encryption or create a standalone encrypted vault, nor does it change retention periods or “Improve for Everyone” data settings. If Memory is enabled, new messages in locked chats can be used for other locked chats’ memory, but not the standard memory; info locked before enabling Memory is not removed.

If the PIN is forgotten and reset, all locked conversations, memories, and files protected by the old PIN will be permanently deleted. The feature covers Free, Go, Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise, and Edu plans; the medical version is not yet supported.

MemT 1.0 open sourced, enables models to retain and retrieve experience in internal memory

MemoryTensor released and open-sourced the MemT 1.0 native memory base model series, including Flash and Nano versions, with 288B and 36B total parameters, and 17B and 3B active parameters, respectively. Model weights and inference code are available on Hugging Face and GitHub.

MemT 1.0 integrates a native memory module into the Transformer, letting memory attention run in parallel with standard attention. When generating answers, the model references stored memory; after each interaction, input and answer are written into an independent dynamic memory state for subsequent tasks. During online interaction, the model backbone and meta-memory weights remain fixed, changing only the memory state for each session.

Team evaluation yielded average scores of 50.6 and 47.0 out of 11 memory benchmarks for the two models, without providing historical text in query context; parameterized memory methods were ranked, and text-based memory systems still generally outperformed in long-history retrieval.

The team notes that fixed-capacity memory must balance early detail retention with new info intake; current coding applications still rely on external knowledge base and retrieval, with no fully closed learning-validation-integration loop yet established.

Yingling A1 update: adds 4G image transmission and obstacle avoidance with detour

On October 20, Yingling AG released the A1 drone autumn update, adding a classic dual-joystick controller and enhanced 4G video transmission module, and introducing firmware upgrades with detour obstacle avoidance and cruise control.

The classic controller uses dual joysticks, buttons, and dials for creators needing fine trajectory and camera motion control. Paired with Vision goggles, users can switch between fixed and free perspectives.

The 4G transmission module includes a built-in eSIM, working natively with OmniLink 360 video. It’s mounted on the drone by default, with an optional exclusive module for goggles.

The firmware update enables detour obstacle avoidance and cruise control. As for prices, the A1 dual-joystick controller set is RMB 8,499 (promotion: RMB 7,299 for “Double 11”); the enhanced 4G module is RMB 699 (promotion: RMB 559).

Yuanbao Search opens to external access via Tencent Cloud, supports API, MCP, and Skill integration

Tencent announced that on October 20, Yuanbao Search became externally available via Tencent Cloud, giving foundation models and agents access to network search capabilities. The service integrates public web data with Tencent’s content ecosystem, accessible via API, MCP, or Skill interfaces.

Per Tencent Cloud, Yuanbao Search provides an index of hundreds of billions of items, supporting billions of daily calls and powering over 50 Tencent businesses such as WorkBuddy, ima, Tencent Fintech, and Tencent Video. It can interpret natural language queries, multilingual/ambiguous terms, ranking results by relevancy, currency, and authority.

The product page shows supports for specifying URLs, time frames, and vertical search domains, returning summaries, image lists, and relevance information. Content such as policy, news, weather, and markets updates on a minute-level; denoising and model-readyness are set as key cost-reduction goals.

McDonald’s releases “Fry Mouse”

On October 20, McDonald’s China announced that the “Remade Goodies” Fry Mouse Set will be available at the McMall on October 22 and 23 from 10:45 am (UTC+8), limited to 2,000 sets daily.

The official poster shows a mouse styled with a red fry box and yellow fries, with a red scroll wheel and a storage pouch printed with fry designs. McDonald's says the “Fry Mouse” is made from recycled Happy Meal toys.

This product is a joint effort between McDonald’s China and Lenovo. According to a press release from June, used Happy Meal toys are sorted, processed through Lenovo's green supply chain, and turned into materials suitable for new products.

McDonald’s began the “Remade Goodies” recycling project in 2021, with previous launches including green trays, eco-friendly charging bikes, and Happy Planters. The Fry Mouse set sale schedule on the McMall is featured in this announcement.

lululemon hosts 8-day “Good State Together” hot workout classes in Shanghai venues

lululemon launches “Good State Together” series, collaborating with multiple Shanghai venues for 8 days of themed hot workout classes, as well as varied exercise classes in stores nationwide.

Events cover yoga, Pilates, strength training, and body recovery, and include an all-around Tabata class by brand ambassador MoMo.V. The brand aims to bring classes to various sports spaces with partners and communities.

“Our Only Life” starring Song Jia, Wen Qi set for November 7 release

The film “Our Only Life” (originally “Embers”) announces a November 7 premiere, with poster and trailer release. Written and directed by Sun Aoqian, starring Song Jia, Wen Qi, and Zu Feng.

The story follows Huang Yan and Yao Xue: Song Jia’s Huang Yan loses hope in life through daily cremation work, then meets Wen Qi’s Yao Xue, who has just lost her mother. The two lonely people draw closer in winter and reconsider life and each other.

“The Cat in the Hat” releases new trailer, opening in mainland China and North America on November 6

Warner Bros. animated film “The Cat in the Hat” drops new trailer, announcing simultaneous November 6 release in mainland China and North America. The film is adapted from Dr. Seuss’ classic book.

The trailer features the Cat in a red-and-white-striped tall hat turning a couch into a vehicle, toys into adventure partners, and using wild imagination to lift children’s spirits. From the team behind “Minecraft: The Movie.”

Carol Choi to succeed as President, Disney Asia-Pacific, effective December 1

On October 20, Disney announced current EVP for Asia-Pacific Carol Choi will become APAC President from December 1. Incumbent Luke Kang is retiring and ending his Disney tenure.

Per statements in Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter, Choi will oversee Disney Entertainment across Greater China, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand, including film business, Disney+, original content, consumer products, networks, and content sales.

Choi joined Disney in 2006, previously managing Japan and Korea, as well as Greater China. She currently heads APAC film business, original content strategy, and integrated marketing, and participated in launching and growing Disney+ in the region.

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