9 h. ago Dutch minister admits he was blindsided by China in Nexperia chip crisis

Export controls may have been the economic weapon of choice in 2025, but the Dutch minister at the centre of the Nexperia crisis has admitted he was blindsided by Beijing when it blocked the company’s chips from leaving China. His concession raises fresh questions over how much planning went into the decision to reach for a Cold War-era law to intervene in the Chinese-owned, Dutch-headquartered chipmaker in September, a move that triggered a supply chain shock in the global automotive...

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10 h. ago Experts Warn of Tool China Is Using To Play ‘Long Game’ in New Cold War

Experts Warn of Tool China Is Using To Play ‘Long Game’ in New Cold War  AMAC - The Association of Mature American Citizens

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15 h. ago China and France agree to work together on nuclear issues as Macron visit ends

China and France vowed to expand cooperation on nuclear issues and global challenges as French President Emmanuel Macron wrapped up his three-day visit to China on Friday. They reaffirmed their commitment to “promoting the safe development of nuclear energy and strengthening collaboration across the nuclear energy industry chain”, state broadcaster CCTV reported. The two nuclear powers also expressed their support for non-proliferation and underscored the key role of the International Atomic...

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48 h. ago How China engineered the rapid rise of its drug innovation industry

China’s pharmaceutical industry is on the brink of enormous growth and transformation. In just a few years, it has moved on from being the world’s cheapest source of active pharmaceutical ingredients to becoming a major hub for pharmaceutical innovation – a place where new, more effective drugs are born. It is now the second-largest developer of drugs, trailing only the United States. In the global drug development pipeline, China’s growth rate is phenomenal, leaping from 3 per cent in 2013 to...

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48 h. ago Opinion | How China engineered the rapid rise of its drug innovation industry

Opinion | How China engineered the rapid rise of its drug innovation industry  South China Morning Post

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63 h. ago Can Seoul count on China’s commitment to Korean reunification?

China’s role in any future reunification of the Korean peninsula should not be assumed, a South Korean analyst has warned at a peace forum in Hong Kong after being asked if Bejing is a reliable partner to help advance the goal. Sung Ki-young, chief research fellow at the Institute for National Security Strategy, told the Korean Peninsula Peace Forum on Wednesday that both China and the United States were reluctant to rapidly or radically alter peace and stability on the peninsula, meaning major...

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63 h. ago Can Seoul count on Beijing’s commitment to Korean reunification?

China’s role in any future reunification of the Korean peninsula should not be assumed, a South Korean analyst has warned at a peace forum in Hong Kong after being asked if Bejing is a reliable partner to help advance the goal. Sung Ki-young, chief research fellow at the Institute for National Security Strategy, told the Korean Peninsula Peace Forum on Wednesday that both China and the United States were reluctant to rapidly or radically alter peace and stability on the peninsula, meaning major...

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3 d. ago Forget NIO stock! This company is rapidly becoming the ‘Tesla of China’

Forget NIO stock! This company is rapidly becoming the ‘Tesla of China’  Yahoo Finance UK

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5 d. ago Does tokenisation in China risk a repeat of the P2P lending crisis?

The rapid rise of tokenisation risks repeating China’s earlier boom-and-bust cycle in peer-to-peer lending unless clear industry standards are established to ensure discipline and innovation, according to a senior Chinese asset manager. Some multilevel marketing companies in mainland China have already started holding meetings discussing real-world asset (RWA) tokenisation projects over the past year, raising “genuine concerns” that the nascent industry might be heading towards a...

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6 d. ago China sets up new regulatory body to oversee rapid growing commercial space sector

China sets up new regulatory body to oversee rapid growing commercial space sector  Global Times

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7 d. ago China’s nuclear restraint rhetoric belied by rapidfire buildup

China’s nuclear restraint rhetoric belied by rapidfire buildup  Asia Times

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7 d. ago China’s top economic planning agency warns of rise of too many robots

Beijing has flagged risks of excessive duplication in China’s rapidly growing humanoid robot sector, vowing to strengthen guidance for an industry that officials have identified as an important engine of future growth. Driven by an influx of new capital, the number of humanoid robot companies in China has climbed to over 150 and is continuing to grow, National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) spokeswoman Li Chao told a news conference in Beijing on Thursday. “More than half of them are...

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1 week ago GLOBALink | Nobel laureate Stiglitz says China still has room for rapid growth

GLOBALink | Nobel laureate Stiglitz says China still has room for rapid growth  Xinhua

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2 w. ago China Accuses US of ‘Cold War Mentality’ in Greek Port Power Play

China Accuses US of ‘Cold War Mentality’ in Greek Port Power Play  GreekReporter.com

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2 w. ago Breaking | ‘Show of goodwill’: Netherlands suspends cold war

Breaking | ‘Show of goodwill’: Netherlands suspends cold war-era act tied to Nexperia crisis  South China Morning Post

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2 w. ago Dutch government suspends invoking Goods Availability Act on Nexperia

The Dutch government has suspended its invocation of the Goods Availability Act, a Cold War-era law it used to effectively seize the European operations of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia. In a statement on Wednesday, the Dutch economy minister said the government had held “constructive meetings with the Chinese authorities” in recent days and that he was “positive about the measures already taken by the Chinese authorities to ensure the supply of chips to Europe and the rest of the world”. “We...

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2 w. ago China rapidly expands nuclear test site as Trump revives Cold War tension

China rapidly expands nuclear test site as Trump revives Cold War tension  The Washington Post

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2 w. ago China expands desert nuclear test site as Trump revives nuclear tension

China expands desert nuclear test site as Trump revives nuclear tension  The Washington Post

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2 w. ago KFC, Pizza Hut operator Yum China pushes rapid expansion into lower

Yum China Holdings, operator of KFC and Pizza Hut restaurant chains across mainland China and Hong Kong, plans to ramp up expansion into more lower-tier cities based on its flexible store formats, expecting this push to generate higher returns for the company over the next five years. At the company’s Investor Day conference in Shenzhen on Monday, CEO Joey Wat said Yum China’s total number of outlets would increase to 30,000 by 2030, 76 per cent more than the firm’s estimated 17,000 outlets by...

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2 w. ago China tells G7 to abandon Cold War mentality and stop interfering in its internal affairs

China tells G7 to abandon Cold War mentality and stop interfering in its internal affairs  Peoples Dispatch

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