The Number
- DeepSeek lists deepseek-flash cache-hit input at $0.003/M tokens off-peak, half the $0.006 peak rate, per DeepSeek's pricing docs as of 2026-11-07.
- DeepSeek's cheapest routable prompt rate sits at $0.006/M tokens on OpenRouter, the lowest among listed China-lab models, per OpenRouter as of 2026-11-07.
- Qwen3.8-max runs 12 yuan/M input tokens on Alibaba's DashScope, with batch calls billed at half that, per Alibaba's model pricing page as of 2026-11-07.
Top of the Fold
- Otherwise a quiet morning up top; the overnight wires carried no verified China-primary marquee story.
Untranslated
- 量子位 flags a new kind of attack routed through AGENTS.md config files, framing it as an emerging agent-tooling malware vector, circulating and unconfirmed, per 量子位.
- 量子位 reports Silicon Valley Chinese engineers shipping a next-generation agent harness built to break the single-session ceiling, a claim still unverified at the primary, per 量子位.
- Otherwise quiet across the Chinese community overnight.
The Kicker
- A Nanjing noodle shop is giving away 3,000 free bowls a day and reportedly draining customers from a 15-year-old rival next door, per 红餐网 via 虎嗅.
