4 h. ago Gov. Locke, Ambassador Chang Bloch talk fallout of worsening U.S.

Gov. Locke, Ambassador Chang Bloch talk fallout of worsening U.S.-China relationship  Northwest Asian Weekly

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50 h. ago China Talk, Tesla Earnings And Other Can't Miss Items This Week

China Talk, Tesla Earnings And Other Can't Miss Items This Week  Barchart.com

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3 d. ago US Treasury chief to talk with Chinese vice premier on trade issues

US Treasury chief to talk with Chinese vice premier on trade issues  Anadolu Ajansı

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4 d. ago US threats to decouple from China only expose its own vulnerability

Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. After Beijing announced sweeping export controls last week on rare earths and other critical minerals, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent went ballistic. “Maybe there is some Leninist business model where hurting your customers is a good idea, but they are the largest supplier to the world,” he said. Someone from Beijing might have retorted that Washington has been running on some fascist business model whereby it is upending the entire global trade...

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4 d. ago China ‘showed integrated combat capabilities in locking on US fifth

A Chinese J-16 fighter that locked onto two foreign warplanes – believed to be American F-22s – before escorting them out of the country’s air defence identification zone highlighted the People’s Liberation Army’s “integrated combat capabilities”, military analysts have said. The incident came to light in a report aired by state broadcaster CCTV earlier this month. It said that the fighter had expelled two foreign aircraft last year and they have not been seen in the area since then. Yue Gang, a...

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4 d. ago US strikes on boats in Caribbean fuel speculation over missing fishermen

Venezuela’s ambassador to the United Nations has accused the US of killing innocent people in the Caribbean, citing local reports that two of the men in the latest boat bombing were Trinidadian fishermen. “People from different countries - Colombia, Trinidad, etc - are suffering the effects of these massacres,” ambassador Samuel Moncada told reporters at the UN on Thursday, while holding up the cover story of local Trinidadian newspaper Guardian on the deaths. The comments reflected Venezuela’s...

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4 d. ago Microsoft wants users talking to Windows 11 with new AI features

Microsoft is trying to get people to talk to their computers, betting that voice and artificial intelligence software is powerful enough to make such interactions as effective as a keyboard or mouse. The world’s largest software maker on Thursday introduced a set of updates to its Windows operating system, including the ability to summon Microsoft’s Copilot assistant by saying, “Hey, Copilot.” In addition to a mouse and keyboard, voice “will now become the third input mechanism”, Yusuf Mehdi,...

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4 d. ago New ROK ambassador to Beijing expected to help boost relations

New ROK ambassador to Beijing expected to help boost relations  China Daily

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5 d. ago Chilean Communist Jara Meets China Ambassador, Vows Strong Ties

Chilean Communist Jara Meets China Ambassador, Vows Strong Ties  Bloomberg.com

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5 d. ago China says US restrictive measures undermine trade talk atmosphere

China says US restrictive measures undermine trade talk atmosphere  Reuters

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5 d. ago Corn, Soybeans Rally on China Tariff Delay Talk: Wheat Can’t Follow

Corn, Soybeans Rally on China Tariff Delay Talk: Wheat Can’t Follow  AgWeb

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5 d. ago Soybeans Rally on China Tariff Delay Talk: Corn Up a Third Day

Soybeans Rally on China Tariff Delay Talk: Corn Up a Third Day  AgWeb

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5 d. ago Ministry of State Security gauges attitudes toward China ties after ambassador’s Rodong Sinmun piece

Ministry of State Security gauges attitudes toward China ties after ambassador’s Rodong Sinmun piece  DailyNK

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5 d. ago No 10 moves to end China spy row – but threat of further fallout lingers

No 10 moves to end China spy row – but threat of further fallout lingers  The Guardian

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6 d. ago ‘I’m heartbroken my son did this,’ Malaysia school stabbing suspect’s dad says

The father of the 14-year-old student who stabbed a girl to death at a school in Bandar Utama, Malaysia’s Selangor state, said he was heartbroken over the incident. “I am heartbroken my son did this. “I know that no matter what I say, it’s useless. No matter what I do, I can’t get their daughter back. I don’t know how to face them,” said the emotionally distraught man, according to China Press. The father said that his son was introverted and didn’t talk much. He couldn’t believe his son would...

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7 d. ago Keep to the right direction, steer clear of obstacles and disruptions, and jointly advance the steady and sustained development of China

Keep to the right direction, steer clear of obstacles and disruptions, and jointly advance the steady and sustained development of China-U.S. relations—Remarks by H.E. Ambassador Xie Feng at the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations Annual Gala Di  中华人民共和国驻美利坚合众国大使馆

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7 d. ago US warned Dutch Nexperia CEO must go to avoid entity list fallout: court

US officials told their Dutch counterparts that the Chinese CEO of Nexperia “will have to be replaced” for the company to be exempt from Washington’s entity list, newly disclosed court documents show. The disclosure comes after the Dutch government effectively seized control of the semiconductor firm, a subsidiary of the Chinese company Wingtech, forcing a change in management under an obscure law known as the Goods Availability Act. In doing so, the Dutch authorities removed founding CEO Zhang...

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7 d. ago Will Cambodia’s scam epidemic cause South Koreans to shun country?

The death of a South Korean student in Cambodia, leading to Seoul summoning the Cambodian ambassador, is set to dent tourism and Phnom Penh’s reputation in the eyes of the Korean public, but ties between both sides may not be drastically affected, according to analysts. Last Friday, Foreign Minister Cho Hyun summoned the Cambodian ambassador in Seoul to protest the death of the student, linked to an employment scam in Cambodia. Cho also called for stronger measures to tackle the rising number of...

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7 d. ago Seoul is building its first public nuclear bunker as North Korea’s threats grow

A plan to construct South Korea’s first civic nuclear bunker in the country’s capital has raised eyebrows, as critics question both its practicality and potential to inflame public anxiety amid growing threats from the nuclear-armed North. Seoul Metropolitan Government’s plan reflects both the growing unease over Pyongyang’s advancing nuclear arsenal and broader global instability, analysts say. City officials have confirmed that the underground fallout shelter will be built beneath a new public...

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8 d. ago Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq stage comeback as Trump tempers tariff talk toward China

Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq stage comeback as Trump tempers tariff talk toward China  Yahoo Finance

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