18 h. ago Europe ‘fighting the China dragon’ as export pressures build, says Goldman

Europe ‘fighting the China dragon’ as export pressures build, says Goldman  Investing.com

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61 h. ago Britain stalls on allowing China to build 'super embassy' in London

Britain stalls on allowing China to build 'super embassy' in London  Yahoo News Canada

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61 h. ago China can build things fast, but only freedom creates genius

China can build things fast, but only freedom creates genius  The Hill

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4 d. ago Beijing aims to harness state, private sectors to build ‘world

China’s state-asset watchdog has urged the country’s state-owned enterprises to act as an anchor for strategic industries, while also calling for a predictable, level playing field for private firms – a combination it said was essential for building world-class businesses. Zhang Yuzhuo, chairman of China’s State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), outlined Beijing’s latest push to strengthen both the state and private sectors in an article published in Community Party...

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5 d. ago Why Xinjiang casts a long shadow over China and Syria’s efforts to rebuild ties

China pledged to “actively consider” helping Syria with post-war reconstruction when its new foreign minister visited Beijing earlier this month. But analysts said the two sides needed to first overcome the major hurdle of militant groups linked to China’s Xinjiang region integrated into the Syrian armed forces. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his counterpart Asaad al-Shaibani on November 17 that the two sides should gradually resume exchanges, adding that Beijing would consider helping...

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6 d. ago Beijing to bring AI computing to space with new data center plan

Beijing to bring AI computing to space with new data center plan  news.cgtn.com

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7 d. ago Beijing Institute to Build China’s First Space Computing Center 800 km Above Earth

Beijing Institute to Build China’s First Space Computing Center 800 km Above Earth  Yicai Global

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8 d. ago Stampede for Moore Threads’ IPO as China flexes its GPU ambitions

Chinese onshore investor frenzy for artificial intelligence chips has intensified, with the initial public offering (IPO) of Beijing-based graphics processing unit (GPU) maker Moore Threads drawing more than 4,000 times subscription from retail investors this week. The red-hot demand for Moore Threads highlights China’s determination to build home-grown alternatives to Nvidia’s chips, and is expected to accelerate listing plans for other domestic GPU developers, from MetaX to Biren...

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8 d. ago China has 3 reusable rockets lined up for launch as they vie to make history

The race to launch China’s first reusable rocket is heating up, with three contenders now lined up at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the country’s northwest for flights that could make history. On the pads stand the state-owned Long March 12A, LandSpace’s Zhuque-3, and Space Pioneer’s Tianlong-3 – all three of which are expected to be used to build China’s massive internet satellite constellations and to compete internationally on low-cost, rapid-turnaround missions. Both the Long March...

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9 d. ago China ready to build more mature strategic partnership with Australia

China ready to build more mature strategic partnership with Australia  ecns.cn

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1 week ago Volkswagen can now build EVs in China, claiming it can cut costs by up to 50%

Volkswagen can now build EVs in China, claiming it can cut costs by up to 50%  Electrek

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1 week ago Resilient engagement playbook: How Europe can navigate relations with a more confrontational Beijing

Resilient engagement playbook: How Europe can navigate relations with a more confrontational Beijing  Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS)

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1 week ago How China turned a cement factory into a haven for mathematicians

Even as the bombs fall in Ukraine, precisely following trajectories defined by equations, Ukrainian and Russian mathematicians, among others, gather in sunlit rooms beside tranquil Yanqi Lake in an industrial estate north of China’s capital. Here, at the Beijing Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Applications (Bimsa), they debate string theory over coffee, co-author papers on quantum fields and lose themselves in problems that stretch across centuries while some of their countries engage in...

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1 week ago How China Uses Parliamentary Buildings to Build Influence in Africa

How China Uses Parliamentary Buildings to Build Influence in Africa  The China-Global South Project

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2 w. ago Drop in Chinese tourists could cost Japan US$9.59 billion: economist

The Japanese economy could lose about 1.49 trillion yen (US$9.59 billion) over the next year if travellers from mainland China continue to avoid Japan over a row that has derailed the growth in arrivals seen earlier this year, an economist at the Tokyo-based Nomura Research Institute has projected. Takahide Kiuchi, the institute’s executive economist, made the calculation after Beijing told Chinese citizens last week to refrain from travelling to Japan following comments about Taiwan by new...

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2 w. ago Vulcan Elements announces plans to build world's largest magnet factory outside of China in Benson

Vulcan Elements announces plans to build world's largest magnet factory outside of China in Benson  WUNC

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2 w. ago Colombia pushes for talks – to include China – over US military action in region

Colombian President Gustavo Petro called for a high-level security meeting with the United States, China and regional partners, arguing that recent US military deployments and strikes on suspected drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific are escalating tensions in the region. Joining other regional voices condemning the operations, he stressed that Latin America and the Caribbean should be treated with respect and repeated his proposal for talks in Pearl Harbour, noting that he...

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3 w. ago Xi: China, Spain to build more strategically resilient, dynamic bilateral ties

Xi: China, Spain to build more strategically resilient, dynamic bilateral ties  chinadailyasia.com

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3 w. ago China, Spain to build more strategically resilient, dynamic, internationally influential bilateral ties: Xi

China, Spain to build more strategically resilient, dynamic, internationally influential bilateral ties: Xi  China Daily

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3 w. ago China’s Moonshot claims to build models with fewer AI chips than US rivals

Chinese artificial intelligence firm Moonshot AI continues to develop AI models with fewer high-end graphics processing units (GPUs) than what its US rivals use, according to the Beijing-based start-up’s executives. In a three-hour-long “ask me anything” session on Reddit on Monday evening, a Moonshot AI representative with the handle “ppwwyyxx” – the same moniker used by co-founder Wu Yuxin on X – said the company was “outnumbered” by rival US firms in terms of “high-end GPUs” used for AI model...

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