5 h. ago Welcome to a world where wars don’t end and sanctions don’t work

For much of the modern era, power was easy to recognise. It belonged to the states that could win wars decisively, enforce sanctions effectively and impose political outcomes far beyond their borders. That definition no longer works. The world is moving towards what scholars have described as a form of “distributed multipolarity”, a landscape in which no single actor – not the United States, not China, not Russia – can fully shape events in the way great powers once expected. Tools once seen as...

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3 d. ago Beijing woos foreign firms as China seeks bigger role in global shipbuilding supply chain

Beijing is extending an olive branch to overseas companies as it seeks to build a more integrated global supply chain for the shipbuilding industry, in its latest push to project goodwill and support free trade. Gao Dongsheng, chief economist at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), said on Tuesday that China was committed to further opening up its shipbuilding sector. Mainland shipyards, which currently have a capacity to build about 65 million deadweight tonnes of large...

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3 d. ago Why the real AI race is within China and not across the Pacific

For much of the global debate, the race for artificial intelligence (AI) supremacy has been framed as a binary contest between the United States and China. As Washington envisions it, victory hinges on frontier models and compute scale, a battle dominated by a handful of American labs. China is cast as the challenger, constrained by export controls and dependent on catching up. That narrative is increasingly outdated. China is not pursuing a single AI strategy. It is running three large-scale...

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3 d. ago Germany’s China playbook: if you can’t beat them, partner up

German companies are accelerating efforts to partner with Chinese rivals, conceding in fresh survey results that the local competitors appear poised to seize the lead in global innovation. While business sentiment among surveyed German firms in China has seen a slight uptick, optimism has been tempered by fierce price competition and a nationalist “Buy China” push, according to findings from the German Chamber of Commerce’s 2025/26 Business Confidence Survey. About 56 per cent of surveyed firms...

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6 d. ago ‘Zootopia 2’ Hopping To $525M+ Global Opening; Overtakes ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Record For Biggest Hollywood Single

‘Zootopia 2’ Hopping To $525M+ Global Opening; Overtakes ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Record For Biggest Hollywood Single-Day In China – International Box Office  deadline.com

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7 d. ago Airbus issues major A320 recall, threatening global flight disruption

Europe’s Airbus said on Friday it was ordering immediate repairs to 6,000 of its widely used A320 family of jets in a sweeping recall affecting more than half the global fleet, threatening upheaval during the busiest travel weekend of the year in the United States and disruption worldwide. The setback appears to be among the largest recalls affecting Airbus in its 55-year history and comes weeks after the A320 overtook the Boeing 737 as the most delivered model. At the time Airbus issued its...

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9 d. ago Zootopia 2 is defying trends for Hollywood in China, nabbing the biggest opening day and highest single

Zootopia 2 is defying trends for Hollywood in China, nabbing the biggest opening day and highest single-day box office for a U.S. animated film ever Read more below.  facebook.com

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2 w. ago Lenovo downplays surge in memory chip prices, pushes AI agent for devices

Lenovo Group, the world’s largest personal computer maker, is betting that its own artificial intelligence agent will help grow its AI-powered consumer electronics business, even as the industry faces a global memory chip supply crunch. Chairman and CEO Yang Yuanqing on Thursday said the company would globally launch in January its “personal AI super agent”, which would leverage AI models to anticipate a user’s intentions via “portable devices and personal trusted computing hubs”. Beijing-based...

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2 w. ago China’s clinical trial capacity matches US, attracts more global pharma firms

China’s growing pipeline of novel drug candidates is expected to draw increased attention from global pharmaceutical companies and investors scouting for licensing opportunities, as the country’s clinical trial capacity has expanded to match those in the US. That assessment was made by Shanghai-based Helen Chen, Greater China managing partner at L.E.K. Consulting, one of the most respected analysts in the mainland’s life sciences industry. “There is increased interest from multinational...

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2 w. ago China ‘cements global AI leadership’ as Hong Kong builds niche as innovation hub

China has cemented its position as a global leader in artificial intelligence, while Hong Kong is carving out a niche as a specialised innovation hub, underpinned by the country’s strong governance and regulatory competitiveness, according to a global index. Technology breakthroughs such as the low-cost, highly efficient AI models introduced by start-up DeepSeek, combined with national support, propelled China to the forefront of the global AI race, alongside the US, the European Union and...

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2 w. ago Singles’ Day Sees Modest Uptick as China’s Consumer Weakness Persists

Singles’ Day Sees Modest Uptick as China’s Consumer Weakness Persists  Global Cosmetics News

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2 w. ago Hong Kong’s allure for rich families rises amid mainland China’s EV, AI growth

Many wealthy families in Asia, the Middle East and Europe are exploring Hong Kong as a platform to tap growing investment opportunities in electric vehicles (EVs), artificial intelligence, biotech and even property in mainland China, according to a Swiss family office investment firm. “Hong Kong is the gateway to China, which makes it very efficient doing business here,” said Marcus Sasse, co-founder and managing partner of Club Estate, in an exclusive interview. He added that the firm had...

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2 w. ago Hong Kong’s history makers raise standards at Games with gold, silver, bronze

Hong Kong has got used to its athletes making history at major sporting events in the past, but even by those lofty standards, Saturday at the National Games was something to behold. Siobhan Haughey won her second gold medal in the space of 48 hours, becoming the first Hongkonger to win two at a single China Games and taking the city’s tally to five. If that was not enough, Aaron Ho Sze-long’s silver in the men’s sabre on Saturday was the first medal of any colour the city’s fencers have won in...

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2 w. ago Xinhua News | Beijing CBD rises to 6th in global business district ranking

Xinhua News | Beijing CBD rises to 6th in global business district ranking  Xinhua

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2 w. ago China’s business schools are innovating to keep talent links strong

Defying global geopolitical currents, China’s business schools are actively resisting the mounting risks of decoupling from the West, according to a leading accreditation body. Its top executive said that instead of retreating into isolation amid rising US-China tensions, Chinese institutions remained deeply committed to internationalisation as they prioritised global talent and diverse cultural backgrounds to boost their competitive edge. “No [Chinese business] school that I visited expressed...

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2 w. ago China duo caught carving ‘success’, ‘good luck’ at ancient sites to change fate

Two men caught inscribing positive words and their names on rocks at 35 historical sites on China’s Mount Tai in a single day claim they did so to “change their fate”. The case gained national attention on November 7, when China’s Supreme People’s Court released details of it to mark the first anniversary of the revised Law of the People’s Republic of China on Cultural Relics Protection. The move was also aimed at raising public awareness about cultural heritage preservation. Two men are from...

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2 w. ago Beijing CBD rises to 6th in global business district ranking

Beijing CBD rises to 6th in global business district ranking  Global Times

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2 w. ago Fan defeats Wang to reach table tennis men's singles final at China's National Games

Fan defeats Wang to reach table tennis men's singles final at China's National Games  Xinhua

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3 w. ago Chinese hackers weaponize Anthropic's AI in first autonomous cyberattack targeting global organizations

Chinese hackers weaponize Anthropic's AI in first autonomous cyberattack targeting global organizations  Fox Business

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3 w. ago Alibaba’s wholesale platform empowers merchants with AI tool to source products

Alibaba Group Holding’s global business-to-business (B2B) marketplace, the wholesale platform serving more than 200,000 merchants, on Friday unveiled a new artificial intelligence tool designed to make cross-border trade more efficient. Alibaba.com, which operates under the group’s international commerce arm, has created “AI Mode” for its online search engine to help global users reliably find the products they need, according to Zhang Kuo, the platform’s president. Alibaba owns the South China...

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