65 h. ago Drones are on the rise over South China Sea with shift to data

Drones are on the rise over South China Sea with shift to data-driven strategies  Yahoo

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3 d. ago ‘Strategic’: why are drones taking off among South China Sea claimant states?

Across the strategic waterway of the South China Sea, claimant countries are increasingly relying on long-endurance aerial drones to carry out continuous patrols – overcoming the geographic and logistical limitations of traditional aircraft and ships. The US Marine Corps last month deployed MQ-9A Reaper drones to the Philippines, at Manila’s request, to “support Philippine regional maritime security through shared maritime domain awareness”, according the US Marine Corps Forces, Pacific. The...

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3 d. ago Automobility 1.0: The Shift from Ownership to Usage – A China Perspective

Automobility 1.0: The Shift from Ownership to Usage – A China Perspective  aftermarketNews

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5 d. ago Why do Chinese no longer feel the need to boycott Japanese products?

During past flare-ups in diplomatic tensions between China and Japan, Chinese consumers spontaneously boycotted Japanese goods. But the latest row, sparked by controversial remarks on Taiwan by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, has met with a markedly different response, with almost no one in China calling for a boycott of Japanese products. Part of the reason for the turnaround is a seismic shift in China’s consumer market, with the Japanese home appliances, digital gadgets and cars once...

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8 d. ago China, EU shift Nexperia strategy: let the companies work it out

Both China and the European Union have signalled that a dispute over semiconductor maker Nexperia should be resolved at the corporate level, according to China’s Ministry of Commerce, as affected countries continue to seek a solution to supply-chain disruptions. The push for a corporate resolution came after two separate video conferences that Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao had on Wednesday – with German Economy Minister Katherina Reiche and European Commissioner for Trade Maros...

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1 week ago China’s Solar Additions Rebound as Policy Shift Uncertainty Fades

China’s Solar Additions Rebound as Policy Shift Uncertainty Fades  Yahoo Finance Singapore

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1 week ago Straumann reaffirms growth targets as it braces for China dental market shift

Straumann reaffirms growth targets as it braces for China dental market shift  Reuters

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1 week ago China Makes Huge Nuclear Leap in World First for Clean Energy

China Makes Huge Nuclear Leap in World First for Clean Energy  Newsweek

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1 week ago Nuclear tech milestone: China’s supercritical generator connects to grid

China has brought online the world’s first commercial supercritical carbon dioxide power generator – a revolutionary clean energy technology pioneered by the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC). This power generator, which uses carbon dioxide instead of steam to transfer heat, has been connected to the grid from a steel production plant in China’s southwestern province of Guizhou to produce electricity from waste heat, according to a social media post by CNNC’s Nuclear Power Institute of...

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1 week ago ‘On the same side’: India, China align on climate at Cop30 as ties thaw

A tentative thaw in India–China ties is rekindling hopes that the two Asian giants could move from strategic rivalry to clean-energy cooperation at a moment when the Global South is searching for leverage in climate negotiations. This cautious warming, after four years of strained relations, has unfolded alongside renewed trade in green-energy components and their increasingly aligned push at Cop30 in Brazil for more climate finance and fairer rules, a convergence that analysts say could subtly...

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2 w. ago E&E News: China’s trucks make electric shift. It could alter global LNG, diesel demand.

E&E News: China’s trucks make electric shift. It could alter global LNG, diesel demand.  POLITICO Pro

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2 w. ago China overtakes US in medical research in science power shift: top publisher

The days when Silicon Valley and leading American universities led the way in shaping the future of science may be ending, as China overtakes the United States not only in research output but in some cutting-edge fields, according to one of the world’s leading academic publishers. “When I looked into data from Digital Science’s Dimensions database, I can see a widening gap between China and the United States in research output. “By 2024, Chinese researchers had published 1.1 million articles,...

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2 w. ago 800 million: how a new target indicates a shift in China’s economic strategy

Xiao Mei, a kindergarten teaching assistant living in the suburbs of Hangzhou in eastern China, has barely seen her income rise for three years and is not optimistic about her chances of getting a pay rise any time soon. Still, she counts herself as relatively fortunate. “At least I haven’t had my pay cut or lost my job,” she said, adding that several of her friends had suffered such setbacks recently. Earning around 6,000 yuan (US$845) a month – well below the local average of 13,500 yuan for...

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2 w. ago Opinion | An obscure new department heralds a shift in China’s debt cycle

Opinion | An obscure new department heralds a shift in China’s debt cycle  South China Morning Post

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3 w. ago Who Now Holds Power in Beijing? Inside the Internal Power Shift Reshaping China

Who Now Holds Power in Beijing? Inside the Internal Power Shift Reshaping China  Vision Times

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3 w. ago US needs ‘better understanding of China’ to shift the dial, former diplomat says

The tone was “constructive” at the US-China leaders’ summit but the two powers remain at odds on key issues – and that will not change unless Washington changes its approach, a former American diplomat said. David Firestein, inaugural president and CEO of the George H.W. Bush Foundation for US-China Relations, said American policy must be grounded on a better understanding of China. And he said Washington needed “smarter policies that work better for the American people”. In a speech at the...

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3 w. ago China is developing the world’s most ambitious network to transport its clean energy

China is developing the world’s most ambitious network to transport its clean energy  EL PAÍS English

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3 w. ago China's Clean Energy Dominance Is Reshaping the Global South

China's Clean Energy Dominance Is Reshaping the Global South  Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com

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3 w. ago China will be tempted to shift, geopolitically, from defence to offence

China will be tempted to shift, geopolitically, from defence to offence  The Economist

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3 w. ago At Cop30, California Governor Newsom seizes spotlight and takes aim at Trump

With US President Donald Trump skipping the UN’s climate summit in the Amazon, California Governor Gavin Newsom grabbed the spotlight on Tuesday and unleashed a barrage of attacks on the fossil fuel agenda of his political nemesis. The well-coiffed Democrat - seen as a potential 2028 presidential candidate - blasted Trump for twice leaving the Paris climate accord and for “doubling down on stupid” through his support of Big Oil. Newsom said a future Democratic administration would rejoin the...

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