11 h. ago Opinion | Global Labubu craze reflects China’s creative and consumption ambitions

Opinion | Global Labubu craze reflects China’s creative and consumption ambitions  South China Morning Post

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16 h. ago China’s Arctic ambitions are overhyped Harvard says: Potential Scenarios

China’s Arctic ambitions are overhyped Harvard says: Potential Scenarios  Container News

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69 h. ago Beijing’s celestial ambitions: China’s space tech boom rattles US defences, reshapes kill chain threat

Beijing’s celestial ambitions: China’s space tech boom rattles US defences, reshapes kill chain threat  Business Today

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4 d. ago Decoding the future of China’s C919 jet in a shifting aviation landscape

The C919, China’s first indigenous narrowbody jet, embodies Beijing’s progress in pursuing technology self-sufficiency and holds the potential to reshape the global aviation market, but it faces a host of difficulties in challenging established giants Boeing and Airbus. In the latest China Future Tech webinar, Jason Li Hanming, a US-based aviation analyst, along with SCMP reporters Frank Chen, William Zheng and moderator Ralph Jennings, discussed questions surrounding the home-grown Chinese...

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4 d. ago China’s space military tech ‘threat’, EU and rare earths: SCMP daily highlights

Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. China moving ‘breathtakingly fast’ in space military tech: US general China is moving “breathtakingly fast” in space military technologies and posing strategic threats to the United States, America’s top space force official said on Tuesday. 2. US-China trade deal is near, expert says: ‘they are going to stabilise this’ The United States and China could...

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4 d. ago Made in China 2025 set the tempo of China’s industrial ambitions

Made in China 2025 set the tempo of China’s industrial ambitions  The World Economic Forum

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5 d. ago China moving ‘breathtakingly fast’ in space military tech: US general

China is moving “breathtakingly fast” in space military technologies and posing strategic threats to the United States, America’s top space force official said on Tuesday. USSF Commander General Stephen Whiting voiced concern about Beijing’s growing capabilities in three areas, echoing previous American warnings about a Chinese space-based “kill chain”. “That is very concerning,” Whiting told military website Breaking Defence. The general’s remarks came as space-based capabilities have played a...

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6 d. ago Iran Should 'Rethink' Nuclear Ambitions: China State Media Pundit

Iran Should 'Rethink' Nuclear Ambitions: China State Media Pundit  Newsweek

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6 d. ago US Space Command's Gen. Whiting talks Golden Dome, EW and China's space

US Space Command's Gen. Whiting talks Golden Dome, EW and China's space-based kill chain  Breaking Defense

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6 d. ago China’s Answer to World Bank Doubles Down on Global Ambitions

China’s Answer to World Bank Doubles Down on Global Ambitions  Bloomberg.com

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9 d. ago The net tightens: how China squeezes Filipino fishers at Scarborough Shoal

From the decks of battered fishing boats, the struggle over Scarborough Shoal has entered a new, precarious phase. As China steps up its patrols, Filipino fishers say they are being forced to abandon seas their families have plied for generations – raising fears that what’s unfolding at the reef could become the playbook for Beijing’s wider South China Sea ambitions. The Chinese coastguard’s intensified enforcement of a controversial anti-trespassing law is the latest move in China’s campaign to...

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1 week ago How Huawei’s silicon strategy defies US sanctions, advances China’s AI ambitions

About three months after Huawei Technologies was added to Washington’s trade blacklist in 2019, the company’s then-rotating chairman, Eric Xu Zhijun, unveiled what he proclaimed as the “world’s most powerful AI processor” – the Ascend 910 – designed for training artificial intelligence (AI) models. Huawei’s advanced AI chip initiative, however, suddenly faced a major obstacle a year later in August 2020, when the US Commerce Department tightened restrictions by barring the sale of semiconductor...

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2 w. ago Explainer | Can the island chain strategy contain China’s blue

Explainer | Can the island chain strategy contain China’s blue-water naval ambitions?  South China Morning Post

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2 w. ago What is the US’ island chain strategy and what does it mean for China?

China’s navy is pushing past the strategic island chains that for decades have marked defensive boundaries for the United States and its allies in the Western Pacific. The deployment of two Chinese aircraft carrier groups in the open waters of the Pacific Ocean since late May has underscored a critical advance in Beijing’s ambitions to become a blue-water navy by 2035. The Liaoning and Shandong have been on a routine training exercise to test their “far-sea defences and joint operational...

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2 w. ago As the PLA adopts civilian technology, Chinese bureaucracy could hinder progress

For decades, China’s talk of letting the private sector bid for defence orders had mostly been just that: talk. State-owned conglomerates had dominated the sector for decades, but in the middle of 2016, Beijing started to step up its military-civilian fusion strategy, publishing an official list of the sectors where private firms were being encouraged to contribute, such as swarming drone technologies. The plan is a central pillar of China’s ambition to develop a modernised military by 2035 and...

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3 w. ago Too Ambitious? China’s Guowang Constellation off to a Slow Start

Too Ambitious? China’s Guowang Constellation off to a Slow Start  Forecast International

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3 w. ago Why Trump’s nuclear export controls won’t stop China, may hurt US firms: analysts

China’s nuclear ambitions may face a slight setback from Washington’s reported export restrictions on power plant components, but Beijing will press ahead with its construction drive and intensify efforts to develop home-grown technologies as its domestic reactors mature, analysts said. The Trump administration has reportedly suspended licenses for the export of some nuclear power generation equipment to China. The US Department of Commerce issued the ruling in recent weeks, according to...

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3 w. ago China Future Tech webinar | How China’s aerospace rise is reshaping global skies

Date and time: Thursday, June 26, 2025 | 10.30-11.30am HKT Add to calendar: iOS | Android | Outlook The webinar will be live-streamed on this page on June 26, 2025, at 10.30am HKT. Bookmark this page or add it to your calendar to stay informed. You may also submit your questions to the panel and get them answered during the webinar. China’s aerospace ambitions are taking flight, with the homegrown C919 narrow-body jet expanding commercial operations and plans for the wide-body C929 aircraft...

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3 w. ago China as a global conflict mediator: from ambition to action

China has increasingly taken on the role of conflict mediator on the world stage – hosting negotiations, proposing peace plans and even deploying personnel to oversee ceasefires. Once reluctant to engage in United Nations peacekeeping activities, it now provides more troops than any other permanent member of the Security Council. These are dramatic shifts for a country that was once a staunch advocate of non-interference. As its economic and security interests now reach far beyond its borders,...

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3 w. ago Opinion | China as a global conflict mediator: from ambition to action

Opinion | China as a global conflict mediator: from ambition to action  South China Morning Post

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