21 h. ago Trump leaves reporter speechless after hinting to very controversial act against China

Trump leaves reporter speechless after hinting to very controversial act against China  UNILAD

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29 h. ago China’s soft power, Cathay flight leaves dozens stranded: 5 weekend reads

We have put together stories from our coverage last weekend to help you stay informed about news across Asia and beyond. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. China warns countries not to sign US trade deals at its expense 2. Why China may be keeping a close eye as Trump gets drawn into the Middle East 3. Dozens left stranded by Hong Kong’s Cathay after flight from New York cancelled 4. Palace intrigue conquers global screens: has China cast its new...

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68 h. ago Trailblazing mathematician Yitang Zhang leaves US for job at Chinese university

Chinese-American mathematician Yitang Zhang has left the United States to join Sun Yat-sen University in southern China as a full-time professor. The 70-year-old number theorist has been appointed to the university’s newly established Institute of Advanced Study Hong Kong and will live and work in the Greater Bay Area, the university announced at a ceremony on Friday afternoon. While the university did not give further details about his appointment, it noted that Zhang had relocated to China...

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4 d. ago Carmakers GM, Tesla and Ford lead list of US companies in China exposure: report

General Motors, one of America’s top carmakers, leads US companies in its exposure to China, perched in a delicate position as bilateral trade tensions persist amid US President Donald Trump’s steep 55 per cent tariffs on Chinese imports, according to a research report published this week. But GM is hardly alone. Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company Tesla, rival carmaker Ford, engine manufacturer Cummins, aerospace and tech firm Honeywell, beverage giant Coca-Cola, and chipmaker Qualcomm also...

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5 d. ago Maths star Joshua Zahl leaves Canada for China after solving century

China has secured a major academic coup with the recruitment of mathematics luminary Joshua Zahl, recently celebrated for solving the more than 100-year-old three-dimensional Kakeya conjecture. Zahl is leaving Canada’s University of British Columbia (UBC) to take up a full-time position as a chair professor at Nankai University’s Chern Institute of Mathematics (CIM), according to the Chinese educational institution’s website. Zahl and his collaborator Wang Hong from New York University posted...

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5 d. ago Elon Musk’s Tesla to Build Largest Energy Storage Plant in China, Leaving U.S. Behind

Elon Musk’s Tesla to Build Largest Energy Storage Plant in China, Leaving U.S. Behind  The Daily Galaxy

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6 d. ago Heavy rain leaves southwest China under water; more storms on horizon

Heavy rain leaves southwest China under water; more storms on horizon  Reuters

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7 d. ago China and Russia score big in Kazakhstan, leaving Europe on the sidelines

China and Russia score big in Kazakhstan, leaving Europe on the sidelines  Euractiv

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7 d. ago How Tesla’s Robotaxi service compares with Baidu’s Apollo Go in China

With the roll-out of Tesla’s new Robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, here is how Elon Musk’s offering compares to the Apollo Go driverless taxi service by Chinese tech giant Baidu: When: Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced the launch of the autonomous vehicle service on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday, calling it the “culmination of a decade of hard work”. Baidu first tested its Apollo Go autonomous vehicle in September 2019, with official commercial service beginning in 2022. Where: Tesla’s Robotaxi...

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7 d. ago Jailed China dad who stole to treat son’s cancer is behind bars when boy dies

A father in China who was jailed for stealing to cover the cost of his son’s cancer treatment was still behind bars when the boy died. In place of a normal farewell, to fulfil the boy’s wishes, his ashes were scattered in a lake near the prison where he is being held. Yu Haibo, 29, grew up in a farming family in China’s northeastern Jilin province. After leaving school in his teens, he worked as a chef and welder and married his girlfriend, Zhang Mingyu before turning 20. In 2014, their son...

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8 d. ago Massive leap for space technology: Chinese researchers smash data limits leaving Elon Musk's Starlink in the dust

Massive leap for space technology: Chinese researchers smash data limits leaving Elon Musk's Starlink in the dust  Business Today

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8 d. ago US strikes Iran nuclear sites, Labubu faces competition: 5 weekend reads

We have put together stories from our coverage last weekend to help you stay informed about news across Asia and beyond. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Trump claims US ‘obliterated’ Iran nuclear sites, threatens more attacks 2. How much of a future does Elon Musk really have in US politics? 3. Move over Labubu – Fugglers look to take crown from Hong Kong-designed plush toy 4. How Huawei’s silicon strategy defies US sanctions, advances China’s...

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9 d. ago How much of a future does Elon Musk really have in US politics?

Convinced that his vision for the future of artificial intelligence was superior to that of OpenAI head Sam Altman and former Google chief executive Larry Page, Elon Musk cut ties with Page and parted ways with OpenAI, which he helped found in 2015. That same decisive belief in himself has famously spilled into politics. After spending nearly US$300 million in Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign and working unofficially in the White House for months, Musk clashed publicly with the US president over a...

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1 week ago Crisis calculations: Trump’s America leaves Southeast Asia in a spin

Five months into Donald Trump’s presidency, Southeast Asia finds itself adrift. The foundations of its relationship with the US have been shaken by punitive tariffs and a sudden withdrawal of aid that hurt some of the region’s most vulnerable – even as Washington maintains its military presence with an eye fixed squarely on China. This volatility has deepened a sense of American “unreliability” across Southeast Asia, according to experts who spoke to This Week in Asia. Yet a complete rupture...

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1 week ago Could China help broker a ceasefire between Iran and Israel?

China is expected to play an “active” role in trying to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, but analysts warned there may be limits to what it could achieve. The two countries traded strikes for a fifth straight day on Tuesday, as China warned its citizens to leave both countries as “soon as possible” because of the “severe” security situation. President Xi Jinping, speaking during a visit to Kazakhstan for a summit with Central Asian countries, called on all parties to work to...

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1 week ago China may offer to play ‘constructive’ role in mediating Iran

China is expected to play an “active” role in trying to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, but analysts warned there may be limits to what it could achieve. The two countries traded strikes for a fifth straight day on Tuesday, as China warned its citizens to leave both countries as “soon as possible” because of the “severe” security situation. President Xi Jinping, speaking during a visit to Kazakhstan for a summit with Central Asian countries, called on all parties to work to...

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1 week ago China’s Speed in AI Leaves Japan in the Dust: Can the Tortoise Overtake the Hare?

China’s Speed in AI Leaves Japan in the Dust: Can the Tortoise Overtake the Hare?  nippon.com

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2 w. ago China tells citizens in Israel to leave ‘as soon as possible’

China tells citizens in Israel to leave ‘as soon as possible’  Jamaica Observer

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2 w. ago Xi Jinping Leaves Beijing for Astana to Attend the Second China

Xi Jinping Leaves Beijing for Astana to Attend the Second China-Central Asia Summit  fmprc.gov.cn

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2 w. ago US Aircraft Carrier Nimitz Leaves South China Sea, Heads West Amid Rising Middle East Tensions

US Aircraft Carrier Nimitz Leaves South China Sea, Heads West Amid Rising Middle East Tensions  kurdistan24.net

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