4 h. ago China Keeps Powering Ahead, with Investors in Its Slipstream

China Keeps Powering Ahead, with Investors in Its Slipstream  citynewsservice.cn

Economics

4 h. ago As the Rest of the World Retreats, China Doubles its Wind Power Targets

As the Rest of the World Retreats, China Doubles its Wind Power Targets  The Maritime Executive

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11 h. ago Global powers’ US$62 billion rare earth hunt stokes fear in Kenya

Division and suspicion have gripped five villages near Kenya’s coast as global powers from the United States to China eye a forest that is rich in rare earths – minerals vital to hi-tech and low-carbon industries. The US government under President Donald Trump has made securing critical minerals central to its diplomacy in Africa, including through a peace deal in the resource-rich Democratic Republic of Congo this year. Mrima Hill, a forest of around 157 hectares (390 acres) near Kenya’s Indian...

Economics

51 h. ago China can learn US lessons to unleash military power of civilian tech, researcher says

China can learn from the United States when it comes to applying civilian innovations to the military, a Chinese geopolitical expert has said. In an article last week, Gu Jianyi, a researcher at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, said China could consider developing a new industrial ecosystem inspired by successful US firms such as SpaceX, Palantir and Anduril. Such an ecosystem would be defined by Silicon Valley-style innovation, software-centric design, agile development and civil-military...

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52 h. ago Visa Power: How China is Buying its Way into America’s Heart

Visa Power: How China is Buying its Way into America’s Heart  Newsweek

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59 h. ago China’s Communist Party meets the press after fourth plenum wraps up

This live blog has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. After China’s ruling Communist Party concluded the fourth plenum of its powerful Central Committee on Thursday, a press conference is being held on Friday morning to review the events of the conclave and the committee’s conclusions. Among those attending the briefing are the head of the country’s top economic planner, the minister of commerce, the...

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59 h. ago China foresees ‘big leap’ in tech to carry economy through next 5 years

This live blog has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. After China’s ruling Communist Party concluded the fourth plenum of its powerful Central Committee on Thursday, a press conference is being held on Friday morning to review the events of the conclave and the committee’s conclusions. Among those attending the briefing are the head of the country’s top economic planner, the minister of commerce, the...

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59 h. ago Beijing says foreign firms view China investment as ‘necessity’, not ‘option’

This live blog has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. After China’s ruling Communist Party concluded the fourth plenum of its powerful Central Committee on Thursday, a press conference was held on Friday morning to review the events of the conclave and the committee’s conclusions. Among those who attended the briefing were the head of the country’s top economic planner, the minister of commerce, the minister...

Economics

59 h. ago How strategic planning is powering China’s green energy transition

Recently, some major Western media outlets have focused on China’s embrace of clean energy technologies. Between the lines of the rhetoric on China becoming an “electrostate”, there is palpable anxiety about US President Donald Trump’s “drill, baby, drill” approach and the partisan political landscape. The New York Times highlighted one of China’s longest ultra-high-voltage power lines, stretching from the far northwest remote desert to the populous southeast, noting that these power lines are...

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59 h. ago Opinion | How strategic planning is powering China’s green energy transition

Opinion | How strategic planning is powering China’s green energy transition  South China Morning Post

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61 h. ago Inside modern China: youth pride, tech ambition and shifting economic power

Inside modern China: youth pride, tech ambition and shifting economic power  NZ Herald

Economics

3 d. ago Are China’s lithium battery export curbs slowing upgrades to US Abrams tanks?

Weeks after China unveiled its lightweight but powerful Type 100 main battle tank featuring diesel-electric propulsion, the US Army’s pursuit of a similar design for a hybrid-electric next-generation version of the Abrams tank faces a new strategic hurdle. Beijing has imposed export controls on the advanced lithium batteries critical for powering such next-generation military systems, creating a significant and immediate supply challenge for the US development timeline. The Type 100 tank was...

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3 d. ago Xi Jinping’s Purges Shrink Ranks of China’s Communist Elite—and Boost His Power

Xi Jinping’s Purges Shrink Ranks of China’s Communist Elite—and Boost His Power  The Wall Street Journal

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3 d. ago 'Grow With China' event showcases Shanghai's rise as an economic powerhouse

'Grow With China' event showcases Shanghai's rise as an economic powerhouse  Morningstar

Economics

4 d. ago Will fuel switching ever happened in China’s thermal power sector? The rule of carbon market design | Newswise

Will fuel switching ever happened in China’s thermal power sector? The rule of carbon market design | Newswise  Newswise

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4 d. ago China’s $1 Billion of Daily US Exports Show Xi Bargaining Power

China’s $1 Billion of Daily US Exports Show Xi Bargaining Power  Bloomberg

Economics

5 d. ago Trump retreat from soft power hurts US, Kansas — but helps China | Opinion

Trump retreat from soft power hurts US, Kansas — but helps China | Opinion  Wichita Eagle

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6 d. ago 3M at China Wind Power 2025: innovations empowering the future of green energy

3M at China Wind Power 2025: innovations empowering the future of green energy  PR Newswire

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6 d. ago Former Soviet Expert: Global Powers, Including China Want War in Ukraine over

Former Soviet Expert: Global Powers, Including China Want War in Ukraine over  FOX 2 Detroit

Events

6 d. ago Will today’s great powers heed the example of Richard Nixon and Zhou Enlai?

When Germany emerged as Europe’s industrial powerhouse in the 19th century, the established powers spent years attempting to contain it, culminating in a war no serious statesman desired, yet none proved skilful enough to prevent. Today, as we navigate the transition from American unipolarity, a similar question looms: will this shift follow that tragic pattern, or can it be managed through institutional adaptation as Zhou Enlai and Richard Nixon did in the early 1970s? The multipolar order is...

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