76 m. ago Drug cartels are the ‘junior partners’ of China, Peter Schweizer argues

Drug cartels are the ‘junior partners’ of China, Peter Schweizer argues  Fox News

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28 h. ago Will America’s extended trade truce with China be a boon for farmers in the US Midwest?

There is a major divide in the American heartland. US farm states are facing a drop in exports of key commodities as Beijing turns to alternative suppliers, primarily in Brazil, as a result of Donald Trump’s trade war. Some farmers, however, want to give the US president the benefit of the doubt that his go-slow approach to Beijing will eventually bear fruit in the form of more orders from China as well as other trading partners. Others fear that no combination of new markets will replace the...

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3 d. ago Xi’s diplomatic blitz casts new light on China’s foreign policy

In less than a week, Chinese President Xi Jinping has held bilateral talks with leaders from more than 20 countries during two high-profile events – the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in the northern port city of Tianjin and the Victory Day commemoration in Beijing. The themes of the talks have shed more light on China’s engagement with partners as Beijing casts itself as a champion of a multipolar global order and forges closer economic cooperation. Multilateralism: a keyword...

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4 d. ago Google avoids forced Chrome sale but must share search data with competitors

A judge ruled largely in favour of Alphabet’s Google on Tuesday, rejecting US prosecutors’ bid to make the company sell off its popular Chrome browser and Android operating system but compelling the tech giant to share data with competitors to open up competition in online search. Alphabet shares were up nearly 6.7 per cent in extended trading on Tuesday as investors cheered the judge’s ruling. While sharing data with competitors will strengthen Google’s rivals to its market-dominating...

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5 d. ago Chinese delivery giant Meituan releases AI model to take on Alibaba, DeepSeek

On-demand local services giant Meituan has become the latest Chinese Big Tech company to release an open-source large language model (LLM) to market, more than two years after it acquired mainland AI start-up Light Year for US$281 million. Beijing-based Meituan, the long-standing leader of China’s food delivery market, on Monday released and open-sourced its own LLM, called LongCat-Flash-Chat, via artificial intelligence developer platforms Hugging Face and GitHub, as well as the model’s...

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6 d. ago Xi says China, partners will take Shanghai forum to a new level

Xi says China, partners will take Shanghai forum to a new level  Reuters

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6 d. ago Xi says China, partners will take SCO security forum to a new level

Xi says China, partners will take SCO security forum to a new level  Reuters

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7 d. ago India, China reaffirm ‘development’ partnership amid steep Trump tariffs

India, China reaffirm ‘development’ partnership amid steep Trump tariffs  The Hill

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8 d. ago As Trump welcomes Chinese students, schools cut ties under Republican pressure

While US President Donald Trump this week said he would allow 600,000 Chinese students into the United States, members of Congress in his Republican Party are increasingly moving to dismantle many of the long-standing partnerships that would make their arrival possible. On the day Trump said the US would welcome more Chinese students, Temple University in Philadelphia announced it was ending its partnership with the China Scholarship Council, the main Chinese government body funding study abroad...

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9 d. ago Eli Lilly Partners With China Tech Giant for Obesity Drug Sales

Eli Lilly Partners With China Tech Giant for Obesity Drug Sales  Bloomberg.com

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9 d. ago Forever 21 looks to resurrect China, North America business with new partners

Forever 21 looks to resurrect China, North America business with new partners  Reuters

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1 week ago Exclusive: China tech giant JD.Com unit, two other firms plan $1 billion Singapore REIT, sources say

Exclusive: China tech giant JD.Com unit, two other firms plan $1 billion Singapore REIT, sources say  Reuters

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1 week ago Hong Kong fund, Beijing academy team up to hunt for AI global talent

Hong Kong’s government-owned wealth fund has partnered with one of China’s leading artificial intelligence agencies to attract global talent to the city, as it strengthens its commitment to transform into a technology hub. As part of the inaugural AI Global Talents Connect initiative, the Hong Kong Investment Corporation (HKIC) would collaborate with the Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence (BAAI) to establish an “international hub for AI talent”, the two organisations said on Tuesday. The...

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1 week ago Hong Kong fund, Beijing academy team up to hunt for global AI talent

Hong Kong’s government-owned wealth fund has partnered with one of China’s leading artificial intelligence agencies to attract global talent to the city, as it strengthens its commitment to transform into a technology hub. As part of the inaugural AI Global Talents Connect initiative, the Hong Kong Investment Corporation (HKIC) would collaborate with the Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence (BAAI) to establish an “international hub for AI talent”, the two organisations said on Tuesday. The...

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1 week ago Huawei restructures cloud unit to sharpen focus on AI amid tech war

Huawei Technologies has begun a major restructuring of its cloud computing unit as the Chinese tech giant sharpens its focus on artificial intelligence amid the Sino-US tech war, according to sources and Chinese media reports. The subsidiary – responsible for AI model development, cloud services and data centre solutions – kicked off the restructuring on Friday, merging several key departments to prioritise AI-related business, according to two employees involved, who requested anonymity because...

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1 week ago China ranks among top 3 trading partners for 157 countries, regions: official

China ranks among top 3 trading partners for 157 countries, regions: official  Big News Network.com

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2 w. ago Hong Kong warns schools over unauthorised courses aimed at non

Hong Kong authorities have issued letters to local schools to warn them against working with third-party agencies to offer classes for students outside the city without prior approval, as part of a crackdown on so-called shell institutions. Jeff Sze Chun-fai, the acting secretary for education, said on Sunday that the government was “seriously concerned” about reports that some schools in the city had partnered with agencies based in mainland China to offer classes that would allow students to...

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2 w. ago What Nvidia's China Confusion Means For Tech Giant And AI Nvidia Stock Yo

What Nvidia's China Confusion Means For Tech Giant And AI Nvidia Stock Yo-Yos On Worries About China, AI Bubble  Investor's Business Daily

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2 w. ago Shipping Nvidia's H20 chips to China was "great" for Beijing and Washington and not a security threat, the tech giant's chief Jensen Huang says

Shipping Nvidia's H20 chips to China was "great" for Beijing and Washington and not a security threat, the tech giant's chief Jensen Huang says  IslanderNews.com

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2 w. ago Amid India tensions, China’s Wang Yi hails Pakistan as ‘most reliable partner’

Foreign Minister Wang Yi has pledged China’s continued support for Pakistan and urged an acceleration of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the flagship Belt and Road Initiative infrastructure project. In whirlwind meetings with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and other senior officials in Islamabad on Thursday, Wang also vowed to enhance security collaboration to counter the country’s long-standing terrorism threats, often targeting Chinese nationals. “China has always been...

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