4 d. ago Capital Exodus Accelerates as Production Lines Ditch Beijing for Southeast Asia

Capital Exodus Accelerates as Production Lines Ditch Beijing for Southeast Asia  Vision Times

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6 d. ago China’s EV battery giants wade into shipbuilding to bolster Beijing’s dominance

China’s leading battery makers for electric cars – Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) and Gotion High-tech – are adding momentum to the country’s efforts to build new-energy vessels, with their latest products supplied to large ocean carriers amid an accelerated decarbonisation drive. Chinese-made pure electric-powered container vessels were also set to extend Beijing’s lead over global rivals in shipbuilding, according to industry officials and analysts. CATL, the world’s largest electric...

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1 week ago China told Japan about air drills but not in enough detail to avoid danger, minister says

Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi acknowledged that China had notified Japan in advance about drills involving the aircraft carrier Liaoning that led to a stand-off between warplanes from the two countries over the weekend. However, Koizumi told a press conference on Wednesday that the notification lacked detail about the scale and location of the exercise in the Pacific southeast of Okinawa’s main island and Beijing had not provided “notices to air missions”, a warning to ships and...

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2 w. ago 2025/99 "RedNote’s Success and Beijing’s Soft Power in Southeast Asia" by Wang Zheng

2025/99 "RedNote’s Success and Beijing’s Soft Power in Southeast Asia" by Wang Zheng  ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute

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2 w. ago Singapore becomes Plan B for Chinese travellers giving Japan a wide berth

Amid the diplomatic fallout between Tokyo and Beijing, Hunanese accountant Echo He feels relieved she has chosen Southeast Asia for her year-end trip with her husband and colleagues, instead of the popular choice, Japan. The latest spat between both nations arose on November 7 when Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi suggested her country could deploy its military forces in the event of a conflict in the Taiwan Strait. This infuriated Beijing, which sees Taiwan as part of China to be reunited...

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4 w. ago Baidu founder Robin Li: AI the driver of China’s ‘new productive forces’

Chinese search engine and artificial intelligence pioneer Baidu is casting AI as the engine of China’s push for “new productive forces”, touting the emerging technology as a linchpin of Beijing’s economic growth drive. “AI, as a key driver of the new wave of technological and industrial transformation, is vital for accelerating the emergence of new quality productive forces and achieving high-quality economic and social development,” said Robin Li Yanhong, founder and chief executive at...

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