26 h. ago China family left let down after spending US$140,000 on lavish panda

The experience of a Chinese family who spent an extravagant 960,000 yuan (US$140,000) on a luxury “Panda Express” train tour has shocked many people online. The lavish purchase has sparked a lively discussion because of claims that the experience promised in promotional materials fell far short of the reality. On August 25, a Chinese netizen posted a video revealing that their family, from Jilin province in northeastern China, embarked on a 17-day “Panda Express Tour” in July. The 26-member...

Economics

26 h. ago China family feel let down after spending US$140,000 on lavish panda

The experience of a Chinese family who spent an extravagant 960,000 yuan (US$140,000) on a luxury “Panda Express” train tour has shocked many people online. The lavish purchase has sparked a lively discussion because of claims that the experience promised in promotional materials fell far short of the reality. On August 25, a Chinese netizen posted a video revealing that their family, from Jilin province in northeastern China, embarked on a 17-day “Panda Express Tour” in July. The 26-member...

Economics

39 h. ago What Xi Jinping hosting Modi and Putin reveals about China’s plans for a new world order

What Xi Jinping hosting Modi and Putin reveals about China’s plans for a new world order  The Conversation

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41 h. ago PHOTOS: China’s military parade reveals new hypersonic missiles, drone submarines and ICBMs

PHOTOS: China’s military parade reveals new hypersonic missiles, drone submarines and ICBMs  PBS

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42 h. ago China’s military parade reveals new hypersonic missiles, drone submarines and ICBMs

China’s military parade reveals new hypersonic missiles, drone submarines and ICBMs  AP News

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49 h. ago Global reach: China reveals giant nuclear missile with 12,427

Global reach: China reveals giant nuclear missile with 12,427-mile strike range  Interesting Engineering

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49 h. ago Military reveals and bold messaging: five key takeaways from China’s big parade

Military reveals and bold messaging: five key takeaways from China’s big parade  The Guardian

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3 d. ago China is about to reveal the weapon it’s been hiding from the world

China is about to reveal the weapon it’s been hiding from the world  The Telegraph

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6 d. ago Surge in foreign demand makes dermatology South Korea’s top medical tourism draw

Foreign patients are visiting South Korea’s dermatology clinics in unprecedented numbers, making skin treatments the leading driver of medical tourism and underscoring the global reach of the country’s beauty and wellness industry. According to the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), 705,044 foreign nationals received dermatology treatments in 2024, a 117-fold surge compared with 2009 when just over 6,000 patients sought such care. Dermatology now accounts for 56.6 per cent of...

Politics

7 d. ago Guns of September: What a Parade May Reveal About China’s Military Modernization

Guns of September: What a Parade May Reveal About China’s Military Modernization  The Jamestown Foundation

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7 d. ago Why world should focus on what China needs, not what it wants

China’s most recent national security white paper opens with a striking hierarchy, putting people’s security first, political security second and economic security third. That ordering is deliberate. For years, Western observers have asked what China wants. Does Beijing aim to dominate Asia, displace the United States or rewrite the international order? Entire books and essays have been devoted to the question. However, the more revealing question is different: what does China need? Wants are...

Politics

8 d. ago China offers South Asia a choice between swords and ploughshares

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi didn’t just tour South Asia earlier this month; he redrew the region’s strategic map. In three stops – India, Afghanistan and Pakistan – Beijing offered a tactical reset, a warning and a lifeline. The choreography was deliberate; the message was unmistakable: China is shaping the region’s future, one handshake at a time. The stops were not random. They were sequenced with intent, each one revealing something about China’s ambitions, South Asia’s anxieties and the...

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9 d. ago Has Ukraine war sparked a moment of reckoning for China’s foreign policy?

The protracted war in Ukraine has emerged as a global watershed, redrawing alignments and shifting geopolitical alliances across continents. For China, it is also a moment of reckoning – a revealing lens that highlights the tensions within Beijing’s foreign policy, where strategic pragmatism often clashes with its declared principles. As Ukraine marked its Independence Day on Sunday, President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to his counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, in a highly unusual...

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9 d. ago Satellite images reveal China’s advanced weapons ahead of Beijing military parade

Satellite images reveal China’s advanced weapons ahead of Beijing military parade  Caliber.Az

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1 week ago New Satellite Images Reveal More Artificial Islands in South China Sea

New Satellite Images Reveal More Artificial Islands in South China Sea  Newsweek

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1 week ago Hong Kong seeks inclusion in trademark treaty to boost IP economy, global reach

Hong Kong has asked Beijing to include the city in an international trademark treaty as it makes a greater push into the intellectual property (IP) economy and expands into overseas markets amid geopolitical uncertainties, the commerce minister has told the Post. In a wide-ranging interview on Friday, Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Algernon Yau Ying-wah said challenges in the global economy caused by US-China trade tensions and the war in Ukraine meant that both the Hong Kong...

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2 w. ago Study reveals how corn has evolved to sense and respond to environment

Corn communicates with its neighbours by releasing a gas that prompts nearby plants to alter their soil, a new study has found. And when corn is densely planted, that can boost defences against pests and predation. But emission of the volatile gas – called linalool – can also reduce maize growth. The international team of scientists who discovered this mechanism says it offers clues on how the release of linalool could be optimised to combat pests and increase yield. The researchers from...

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2 w. ago China reveals past EV subsidies, from Tesla to state giants, showing funds shift

China has released a breakdown of the subsidy settlements for new-energy vehicle (NEV) companies from 2016 to 2020, along with the allocation plan for 2021 to 2022, and the data helps illustrate how the industry landscape shifted during those years. According to data released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) earlier this month, over the seven years from 2016 to 2022, subsidies gradually moved from traditional state-owned enterprises to leading carmakers and emerging...

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2 w. ago Trump is put forward for Nobel Peace Prize, so he must be a top mediator. Right?

US President Donald Trump’s methods for mediating international conflicts may backfire and lead to more confrontation, experts in China have warned. Trump’s mediation tactics revealed a power politics approach and constituted ill-advised interference in the long term, Zhang Luwei, a research associate at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, said in an article published on the institute’s social media account last week. She said Trump was known for taking a high profile...

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2 w. ago Trump was put up for Nobel Peace Prize, so he must be a top mediator. Right?

US President Donald Trump’s methods for mediating international conflicts may backfire and lead to more confrontation, experts in China have warned. Trump’s mediation tactics revealed a power politics approach and constituted ill-advised interference in the long term, Zhang Luwei, a research associate at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, said in an article published on the institute’s social media account last week. She said Trump was known for taking a high profile...

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