China Wants to Expand AI, but Not at the Cost of Jobs

中国希望大力发展人工智能，但不能以牺牲就业为代价

Chinese courts have publicly backed workers in AI-replacement dismissal cases for a third time; in the Hangzhou case, an employee’s monthly salary was cut from 25,000 yuan to 15,000 yuan before dismissal, and the court found the employer failed to provide a reasonable placement and had illegally terminated the worker.

Why it matters: HKR-H/K/R all pass: the NYT story links China’s AI push with labor-court precedents and gives concrete Hangzhou case numbers. It is not a model or product launch, so 78–84 fits better than the same-day must-write band.