4 d. ago J.P. Morgan Notebook: China Rises While US Biomedical Research Under Pressure

J.P. Morgan Notebook: China Rises While US Biomedical Research Under Pressure  Citeline News & Insights

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5 d. ago Wang Yi cites ‘severe risks’ after Somalia dropped from Africa itinerary at last minute

Authorities in Mogadishu had cleared the roads for a historic visit, yet on Friday Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi travelled to Tanzania instead of his planned visit to Somalia. It would have been the first high-level Chinese mission to Mogadishu in four decades. The last-minute decision not to include the capital on Wang’s itinerary came as Somalia seeks shows of diplomatic support after Israel recognised the breakaway region of Somaliland last month. A source at the presidential palace told...

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5 d. ago China’s Wang Yi cites ‘severe risks’ after Somalia dropped from Africa itinerary

China’s Wang Yi cites ‘severe risks’ after Somalia dropped from Africa itinerary  South China Morning Post

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8 d. ago China cites Biden’s message to Xi that Japan could build nuclear weapons ‘overnight’

China released an official report on Thursday stating that Japan “may already have produced weapons-grade plutonium in secret” and “has the technological and economic capabilities to achieve nuclear armament in a short period of time”. The report assessing Japan’s nuclear threat cited former US president Joe Biden’s direct message to Chinese President Xi Jinping that Japan had the capacity to have nuclear weapons “virtually overnight”. Biden first disclosed the information in an interview with...

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8 d. ago China cites Biden’s message to Xi that Japan could build nukes ‘overnight’

China cites Biden’s message to Xi that Japan could build nukes ‘overnight’  South China Morning Post

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2 w. ago SpaceX will move more than 4,400 satellites to a lower orbit after China cited safety risk

SpaceX has announced it will reconfigure its Starlink internet satellite constellation by lowering the orbit of more than 4,400 satellites throughout 2026, shortly after Beijing said the project posed “safety and security challenges”. The move aims to relocate the satellites to orbital regions less crowded by space debris and other planned satellite constellations, reducing the risk of collisions and allowing satellites to deorbit faster. It comes after an unnamed representative from Beijing...

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2 w. ago SpaceX will move 4,400 satellites to a lower orbit after China cited safety risk

SpaceX will move 4,400 satellites to a lower orbit after China cited safety risk  South China Morning Post

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2 w. ago As history makes clear, a powerful China is not expansionist

Beneath the “China threat” thesis, often heard in Western policy circles, is the assumption that China will become expansionist as it grows more powerful. But history gives us little reason to treat that as inevitable. At moments of peak strength, China has not consistently converted power into the kind of overseas colonialism, expansionism or conquest that marked the ascent of Western great powers. There are three often-cited reasons to suggest China’s rise might lead to expansionism. First,...

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2 w. ago Japan as a nuclear power, China’s first female C919 captain: 5 weekend reads you missed

We have put together stories from our coverage last weekend to help you stay informed about news across Asia and beyond. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Chinese nuclear experts believe Japan could build nukes in less than 3 years The late US statesman Henry Kissinger’s dire warning about Tokyo aiming to become a nuclear power by 2028 is being re-examined by Beijing. 2. A year after near total blackout, China builds world’s largest smart...

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3 w. ago Chinese nuclear experts believe Japan could build nuclear weapons in less than 3 years

One of Henry Kissinger’s final and most sobering predictions before his death was that Japan would eventually pursue nuclear weapons. In a 2023 interview with The Economist, Kissinger warned that Japan was “heading towards becoming a nuclear power in five years”. Chinese nuclear experts estimate that Japan has the political motivation but also the technical capacity to develop nuclear weapons in less than three years, echoing Kissinger’s warning that Japan harbours ambitions to revive its...

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3 w. ago NASA’s new administrator cites China’s space oven as an ‘upgrade,’ points to need to reassess agency’s past rigidity

NASA’s new administrator cites China’s space oven as an ‘upgrade,’ points to need to reassess agency’s past rigidity  Global Times

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