25 h. ago Counting China’s wins and losses among ‘swing nations’ in new era of power rivalry

It took the United States less than three hours to stun the world with its abduction of the sitting leader of a sovereign state, but the strategic ramifications of that dramatic operation are likely to reverberate for decades. In laying bare the limits of China’s economic-centric diplomacy towards third countries in its competition with the US, the Venezuela crisis has delivered a stark reminder that spheres of influence continue to shape global politics in this new era of great power...

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25 h. ago Counting China’s ‘swing nation’ wins and losses in new era of power rivalry

Counting China’s ‘swing nation’ wins and losses in new era of power rivalry  South China Morning Post

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32 h. ago China’s Muted Response to Venezuela: Sober Alarm, Not Nationalist Bombast

China’s Muted Response to Venezuela: Sober Alarm, Not Nationalist Bombast  The Diplomat – Asia-Pacific Current Affairs Magazine

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42 h. ago Chinese asset manager hits Rmb1tn ETF milestone as ‘national team’ supports stocks

Chinese asset manager hits Rmb1tn ETF milestone as ‘national team’ supports stocks  Financial Times

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45 h. ago China National Team ETFs Log Record Outflows Amid Cooling Signal

China National Team ETFs Log Record Outflows Amid Cooling Signal  Bloomberg.com

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48 h. ago Fact Check Team: Exploring the relationship between China and Venezuela

Fact Check Team: Exploring the relationship between China and Venezuela  The National Desk

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57 h. ago A US Navy Sailor Who Spied for China Just Got 16 Years in Prison

A US Navy Sailor Who Spied for China Just Got 16 Years in Prison  The National Interest

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61 h. ago China folk custom beats women to boost fertility, with dire consequences if fail to conceive

An uncivilised folk custom in ancient China known as Pai Xi, or “Beating for Joy”, involved striking women with sticks in an attempt to exorcise evil spirits and pray for conception. Pai Xi, also known as Da Sheng, meaning “Beating for Birth”, is believed to have originated in southern China, particularly in Jiangsu and Fujian provinces. It was a fertility ritual that gained popularity during the Song dynasty (960–1279). According to the Records of National Customs of China, in rural areas of...

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61 h. ago China folk custom beats women to boost fertility, with dire consequences for not conceiving

An uncivilised folk custom in ancient China known as Pai Xi, or “Beating for Joy”, involved striking women with sticks in an attempt to exorcise evil spirits and pray for conception. Pai Xi, also known as Da Sheng, meaning “Beating for Birth”, is believed to have originated in southern China, particularly in Jiangsu and Fujian provinces. It was a fertility ritual that gained popularity during the Song dynasty (960–1279). According to the Records of National Customs of China, in rural areas of...

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65 h. ago China names special envoy to strengthen ties with SCO nations

China names special envoy to strengthen ties with SCO nations  TRT World

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2 d. ago China bans dozen of US and Israeli cybersecurity firms over national security concerns: report

China bans dozen of US and Israeli cybersecurity firms over national security concerns: report  Fox Business

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2 d. ago China bans dozen US and Israeli cybersecurity firms over national security concerns: report

China bans dozen US and Israeli cybersecurity firms over national security concerns: report  Fox Business

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3 d. ago Does Trump’s Nvidia chip flip reveal anxieties on both sides of China

When US President Donald Trump gave his blessing to sales of Nvidia’s powerful H200 artificial intelligence chips to China, he sparked a national security backlash in both countries. Rather than seeing it as an olive branch, many Chinese commenters interpreted the move as a sophisticated Trojan horse-style trap that aimed to make Beijing dependent on American technologies in advanced semiconductors and other chokepoint sectors. Trump’s green light for the H200 – a template that he said would be...

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3 d. ago Cambodia says Chen Zhi’s extradition to China ‘not the end’ of scam centre crackdown

Cambodia’s arrest of alleged scam centre kingpin Chen Zhi and his extradition to China is “not the end” of the Southeast Asian nation’s battle to stamp out transborder crimes, its foreign minister said. Last week’s surprise arrest of Chinese-born Chen is a key step in an until now fragmented international campaign targeting sophisticated scam networks in Southeast Asia run by criminal gangs, swindling victims worldwide out of billions of dollars. The extradition of Chen, sanctioned by several...

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3 d. ago Viral app in China taps into national loneliness by asking: ‘Are You Dead?’

Viral app in China taps into national loneliness by asking: ‘Are You Dead?’  CNN

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3 d. ago China warns of covert mapping by foreign forces to steal sensitive geodata

China’s top counter-espionage agency has warned that overseas entities are attempting to steal the country’s geographic data through covert mapping operations that threaten national security. Foreign “anti-China hostile forces” have been deploying “various clandestine methods” to gather, steal and exploit China’s foundational mapping and geographic information, the Ministry of State Security said in a social media article on Tuesday. It said the data, crucial for infrastructure planning,...

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4 d. ago Shift Up CEO claims AI is essential for smaller nations competing with the manpower of China and the US

Shift Up CEO claims AI is essential for smaller nations competing with the manpower of China and the US  GamesIndustry.biz

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5 d. ago Fully Funded AIIB Global Internship Program 2026 in Beijing, China: Paid Internship Opportunity Open to all Nationalities

Fully Funded AIIB Global Internship Program 2026 in Beijing, China: Paid Internship Opportunity Open to all Nationalities  Global South Opportunities

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8 d. ago US Commerce Department drops plan to crack down on Chinese drones

The US Commerce Department said on Friday it has withdrawn a plan to impose restrictions on Chinese drones to address national security concerns after an earlier crackdown on passenger cars and trucks. Last month, the US Federal Communications Commission barred imports of new models of foreign-made drones and critical components including from China’s DJI and Autel on US national security grounds. The FCC this week said it was exempting some non-Chinese drones from the restrictions. The...

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9 d. ago Can Australia’s HIMARS Rocket Launchers Save the Pacific from China?

Can Australia’s HIMARS Rocket Launchers Save the Pacific from China?  The National Interest

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