Beyond Claude Code: the Chinese AI tools poised to benefit after back-door alert

As Beijing flags a security risk in Anthropic software, domestic tech firms are rapidly embracing local alternatives such as ByteDance’s Trae and Alibaba’s Qoder China’s National Vulnerability Database (NVDB), overseen by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, issued an alert this week claiming multiple versions of Anthropic’s flagship Claude Code tool contained a security “back door”. According to the agency, the software could send user locations and identities to remote servers without consent. The NVDB urged local organisations to uninstall the affected versions immediately or upgrade to patched releases. Cai Peng, a Beijing-based cybersecurity partner at Zhong Lun Law Firm, said he expected more Chinese companies to abandon foreign AI tools, driven by mounting security concerns and the country’s “strategic imperative” for tech self-reliance.

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