24 h. ago China’s ‘Arctic Express’ shows its ambitions at the top of the world

Could a single shipping route shift both trade flows and geopolitical influence? China’s new “Arctic Express” to Europe leverages melting ice to bypass chokepoints and challenge Western dominance. In a significant step for Arctic commercial shipping, China’s Haijie Shipping Company will launch the first regular container service linking Asia and Northern Europe via the Northern Sea Route on September 20. The Istanbul Bridge, with a 4,890 20-foot equivalent unit (TEU) capacity and a low ice...

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24 h. ago How China’s ‘Arctic Express’ poses challenge to Western dominance

Could a single shipping route shift both trade flows and geopolitical influence? China’s new “Arctic Express” to Europe leverages melting ice to bypass chokepoints and challenge Western dominance. In a significant step for Arctic commercial shipping, China’s Haijie Shipping Company will launch the first regular container service linking Asia and Northern Europe via the Northern Sea Route on September 20. The Istanbul Bridge, with a 4,890 20-foot equivalent unit (TEU) capacity and a low ice...

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31 h. ago Chinese, Algerian presidents hail successful launch of communications satellite

President Xi Jinping and his Algerian counterpart Abdelaziz Bouteflika exchanged congratulatory messages on the successful launch of Alcomsat-1 in the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China's southwestern province of Sichuan early Monday.

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45 h. ago China’s Xi Jinping wants more Luban Workshops worldwide – but what are they?

At this year’s meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), President Xi Jinping said China will launch 10 additional Luban Workshops in the organisation’s member countries over the next five years, providing training slots for 10,000 individuals. Named after the ancient architect and inventor Lu Ban, the project is somewhat low profile compared to others in Beijing’s infrastructure-heavy Belt and Road Initiative. But the vocational education programme has quietly expanded across...

Economics

64 h. ago Tesla reduces price of new Model 3 in China weeks after launch, amid sales slump

Tesla reduces price of new Model 3 in China weeks after launch, amid sales slump  Electrek

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3 d. ago China launches tiny Mexican satellites in rare North American rocket contract

Mexico has become the second country in North America to send satellites into orbit using a Chinese rocket – more than half a decade after Canada blazed the trail. Two satellites from ThumbSat, a start-up based in Tijuana, just across the border from San Diego, were among a batch of seven launched into sun-synchronous orbit earlier this month by Beijing-based CAS Space on board its solid-fuel Kinetica-1 rocket. ThumbSat hailed the launch of its femtosatellites – each weighing less than 100 grams...

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5 d. ago Youlife Group, Beijing Galbot Launch JV to Expand Vocational Training in China

Youlife Group, Beijing Galbot Launch JV to Expand Vocational Training in China  MarketScreener

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6 d. ago What does a mock US rocket launcher in mainland China say about a Taiwan conflict?

Mock-ups of Himars rocket launchers – which Taiwan has ordered from the US – have been spotted in a car park in mainland China, suggesting a PLA simulation of a cross-strait conflict. A video circulating on mainland Chinese social media this week showed three trucks resembling the US-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (Himars). The replica trucks appeared to be lighter than genuine Himars units and, according to the video, lacked rocket launchers. The footage showed the vehicles...

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8 d. ago China launches world’s most powerful detector for ‘ghost particles’

China launched the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (Juno), the world’s largest detector for elusive “ghost particles” called neutrinos, in Guangdong province on Tuesday. The massive facility has started collecting data for its mission to track the mysterious particles with no electrical charge, very little mass and moving at near-light speed. The Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences said Juno had successfully completed filling its 20,000-ton (18,000kg)...

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9 d. ago All Signs Point To China Launching New ‘Fujian’ Aircraft Carrier Soon

All Signs Point To China Launching New ‘Fujian’ Aircraft Carrier Soon  National Security Journal

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1 week ago Canada dropping many retaliatory tariffs in olive branch to Trump

Canada will remove its retaliatory tariffs on a long list of US products that comply with the existing North American trade deal, seeking to lower tensions with the White House. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the decision on Friday after a meeting with his cabinet. The government is changing its tariff policy to align more closely with US measures. That means a broad range of US-made consumer products will no longer face a 25 per cent tariff when imported into Canada, as of September 1, as...

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1 week ago ‘Voice for our seas’: Filipino rappers take a stand on maritime rights

A rap contest tapping into patriotic fervour and youth culture has drawn hundreds of entries from Filipinos at home and abroad, with organisers saying the outpouring reflects growing creative resistance to Beijing’s assertiveness in the South China Sea. The competition, launched last week by the civilian-led coalition Atin Ito (This is Ours) and hip-hop collective Morobeats, coincided with the Philippines’ national language month and invited participants to deliver one-minute raps defending the...

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2 w. ago Is the PHL16 multiple rocket launcher China’s answer to the US Himars system?

As tensions intensify across the Taiwan Strait, Beijing has ramped up its firepower capacity to prepare for a possible war in the region. One of the weapon systems key to these efforts is the PHL-16, a truck-mounted self-propelled multiple rocket launcher (MRL) that incorporates modular design and long-range precision-strike capabilities. The system is often described as the mainland Chinese version of Lockheed Martin’s High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (Himars) that Taiwan has bought and...

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2 w. ago The Chinese multiple rocket launcher poised to match the US’ Himars system

As tensions intensify across the Taiwan Strait, Beijing has ramped up its firepower capacity to prepare for a possible war in the region. One of the weapon systems key to these efforts is the PHL-16, a truck-mounted self-propelled multiple rocket launcher (MRL) that incorporates modular design and long-range precision-strike capabilities. The system is often described as the mainland Chinese version of Lockheed Martin’s High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (Himars) that Taiwan has bought and...

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2 w. ago China launches WTO dispute with Canada on steel and aluminum surtaxes

China launches WTO dispute with Canada on steel and aluminum surtaxes  Reuters

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2 w. ago Apple contractor Foxconn ramps up hiring at China factory ahead of iPhone 17

Apple’s main contract manufacturer, Foxconn Technology Group, has ramped up recruitment efforts ahead of the September launch of the iPhone 17, offering higher pay and bonuses for assembly line workers at its plants in Zhengzhou and Shenzhen. The world’s largest iPhone factory in Zhengzhou, in central Hunan province, has started increasing pay scales to lure temporary workers. A Tuesday post on WeChat by one of Foxconn’s recruiting agencies said workers who stayed at the factory for three months...

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2 w. ago Pakistan, China to launch second phase of CPEC during Sharif's visit to Beijing

Pakistan, China to launch second phase of CPEC during Sharif's visit to Beijing  Business Today

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2 w. ago Swire Properties set to start selling its largest residential project in 20 years

Swire Properties, one of Hong Kong’s largest developers, is set to start selling homes in its 850-unit, three-tower project on Hong Kong Island, its largest residential development in 20 years. The company, one of the city’s largest commercial landlords, said it would unveil the price list for the flats, which range from one to three bedrooms with areas from 400 sq ft to 1,400 sq ft, in the coming days. The project is developed jointly by Swire Properties and China Motor Bus Company. The launch...

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2 w. ago China’s CAS Space launches first Latin American payloads on Kinetica

China’s CAS Space launches first Latin American payloads on Kinetica-1 rocket  SpaceNews

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2 w. ago Tesla’s revamped Model Y aimed at regaining mainland market share from rivals

Tesla China has priced its six-seat Model Y variant about 30 per cent higher than its basic edition and has started accepting orders from customers who prefer spacious, long-range electric vehicles (EVs) for family use. The US carmaker announced on Tuesday that the upgraded version of the Model Y would sport a price tag of 339,000 yuan (US$47,182), compared with 263,500 yuan for the entry-level edition currently. The three-row SUV with a driving range of 751km is 25,500 yuan, or 8 per cent, more...

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