4 d. ago China believes under leadership of President Japarov, Kyrgyzstan will certainly achieve enduring stability and security: FM

China believes under leadership of President Japarov, Kyrgyzstan will certainly achieve enduring stability and security: FM  Global Times

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5 d. ago Beijing Business Today: The People's Bank of China defines stablecoins for the first time; industry analysts believe this will not affect Hong Kong's stablecoin strategy.

Beijing Business Today: The People's Bank of China defines stablecoins for the first time; industry analysts believe this will not affect Hong Kong's stablecoin strategy.  Odaily

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6 d. ago ‘It is fake’: why US industry leader refused to believe China’s robot march clip

On November 14, Chinese robotics firm UBtech released footage showing hundreds of Walker S2 humanoid robots standing in precise formation inside a warehouse. The machines turned their heads in unison, waved their arms and marched into shipping containers – a scene so visually arresting it evoked sci-fi blockbusters like I, Robot. Brett Adcock, founder and CEO of leading US robotics company Figure, responded with disbelief. He immediately took to social media to suggest the footage was...

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6 d. ago Ancient Chinese DNA shows gender bias in human sacrifice ritual 4,000 years ago

Female sacrifice in China dates back thousands of years earlier than previously believed, a study of ancient DNA has revealed. Evidence from elite burials at a large Stone Age settlement in northwestern China also suggests the existence of an early hierarchical society, with gender preference relating to the type of sacrificial ritual, according to the Chinese archaeologists and anthropologists behind the study. Shimao, located in the Yellow River valley in Shaanxi province, is one of the...

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2 w. ago Why China Still Can’t Tolerate Christians and Other Believers

Why China Still Can’t Tolerate Christians and Other Believers  The Wall Street Journal

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2 w. ago Essay | Why China Still Can’t Tolerate Christians and Other Believers

Essay | Why China Still Can’t Tolerate Christians and Other Believers  The Wall Street Journal

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2 w. ago Singapore PM hopes China, Japan ‘find ways to resolve’ Taiwan Strait row

Singapore’s Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has voiced hope that China and Japan can de-escalate tensions, following a row sparked by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments on the Taiwan Strait. At the Bloomberg New Economy Forum on Wednesday, Wong said Singapore and fellow Southeast Asian states supported Tokyo stepping into a bigger role in the region, including on the security front, for greater stability. Takaichi earlier this month said Japan could deploy its military in the event...

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2 w. ago US lawmakers vote overwhelmingly to force release of Epstein files

The US House voted overwhelmingly in favour of a bill on Tuesday to force the Justice Department to publicly release its files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a remarkable display of approval for an effort that had struggled for months to overcome opposition from President Donald Trump and Republican leadership. When a small bipartisan group of House lawmakers introduced a petition in July to manoeuvre around House Speaker Mike Johnson’s control of which bills reach the House...

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2 w. ago UN approves US plan authorising an international stabilisation force in Gaza

The UN Security Council on Monday approved a US plan for Gaza that authorises an international stabilisation force to provide security in the devastated territory and envisions a possible future path to an independent Palestinian state. Russia, which had circulated a rival resolution, abstained along with China on the 13-0 vote. The US and other countries had hoped Moscow would not use its veto power on the United Nations’ most powerful body to block the resolution's adoption. The vote was a...

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3 w. ago Vietnam’s property sector a prime example of Asia’s tariff resilience

In an interview with Fox News in April, Peter Navarro, US President Donald Trump’s senior counsellor for trade and manufacturing, described Vietnam as “essentially a colony of communist China”. For someone who believes trade negotiations with Beijing are pointless, such extremist views are unsurprising. Yet the fact that Navarro, the chief architect of Trump’s trade wars, has it in for Vietnam attests to both the vulnerability and the strength of the country’s manufacturing sector. Among the...

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3 w. ago Why Vietnam’s property sector has weathered Trump’s tariff typhoon well

In an interview with Fox News in April, Peter Navarro, US President Donald Trump’s senior counsellor for trade and manufacturing, described Vietnam as “essentially a colony of communist China”. For someone who believes trade negotiations with Beijing are pointless, such extremist views are unsurprising. Yet the fact that Navarro, the chief architect of Trump’s trade wars, has it in for Vietnam attests to both the vulnerability and the strength of the country’s manufacturing sector. Among the...

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4 w. ago Singles' Day is a $150B holiday in China; marketing prof believes it will catch on in the US

Singles' Day is a $150B holiday in China; marketing prof believes it will catch on in the US  University of Colorado Boulder

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