15 h. ago The Global AI Rules Race: China’s Strategic Response to US Tech Dominance

The Global AI Rules Race: China’s Strategic Response to US Tech Dominance  Geopolitical Monitor

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57 h. ago China’s economic summit and military parade may signal a geopolitical shift

China’s economic summit and military parade may signal a geopolitical shift  PBS

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67 h. ago China’s ‘Arctic Express’ shows its ambitions at the top of the world

Could a single shipping route shift both trade flows and geopolitical influence? China’s new “Arctic Express” to Europe leverages melting ice to bypass chokepoints and challenge Western dominance. In a significant step for Arctic commercial shipping, China’s Haijie Shipping Company will launch the first regular container service linking Asia and Northern Europe via the Northern Sea Route on September 20. The Istanbul Bridge, with a 4,890 20-foot equivalent unit (TEU) capacity and a low ice...

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67 h. ago How China’s ‘Arctic Express’ poses challenge to Western dominance

Could a single shipping route shift both trade flows and geopolitical influence? China’s new “Arctic Express” to Europe leverages melting ice to bypass chokepoints and challenge Western dominance. In a significant step for Arctic commercial shipping, China’s Haijie Shipping Company will launch the first regular container service linking Asia and Northern Europe via the Northern Sea Route on September 20. The Istanbul Bridge, with a 4,890 20-foot equivalent unit (TEU) capacity and a low ice...

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3 d. ago China’s Xi Redraws Geopolitical Map With Embrace of Putin, Modi

China’s Xi Redraws Geopolitical Map With Embrace of Putin, Modi  Yahoo Finance

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8 d. ago Russian and Chinese submarines join forces in Pacific patrol first

Russian and Chinese submarines have conducted their first joint patrol in the Pacific, the latest in a series of efforts to expand military cooperation between the two countries. The Russian Navy’s Pacific Fleet said on Wednesday that the patrol began in early August after five days of joint naval exercises in the Sea of Japan – also known as the East Sea – from August 1. “The diesel-electric submarine Volkhov of the Pacific Fleet and a submarine of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy took...

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1 week 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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1 week ago US trade deal leaves EU as the sidekick in Trump’s China policy

Europe has surrendered to Washington’s China containment strategy, trading sovereignty for subordination in a consequential geopolitical realignment. The August US-EU “Framework on an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade” was not negotiation but a capitulation that redefined Europe’s international role. Brussels accepted US President Donald Trump’s terms wholesale, recasting the European Union as an auxiliary enforcer of America’s China policy. This transformation centres on clause...

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1 week ago Geopolitical Trade Dynamics and Sector Implications from China

Geopolitical Trade Dynamics and Sector Implications from China-U.S. Negotiator Shifts  AInvest

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1 week ago Opinion | Beijing expands its influence in Eurasia as Trump triggers geopolitical shifts

Opinion | Beijing expands its influence in Eurasia as Trump triggers geopolitical shifts  South China Morning Post

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1 week ago How does China's system really work? Renowned scholar Zhang Weiwei explains the 'China model'

How does China's system really work? Renowned scholar Zhang Weiwei explains the 'China model'  Geopolitical Economy Report

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1 week ago China’s Fujian carrier may join service next month, CCTV video suggests

China’s third and most advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, could be officially commissioned as early as wartime anniversaries next month, a video by state broadcaster CCTV suggests. The video released on Saturday sought to draw a parallel between the Japanese naval incursions 88 years ago and the Fujian’s readiness to enter service, linking it with the memory of the Japanese invasion. China will be marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japanese aggression with a military parade on...

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1 week ago Mixed signals from US lead Japan to broaden defence ties to counter China

Japan’s latest naval drills signalled its desire to broaden military ties as uncertainties grow over US defence support, while also sending a message to China, analysts said. Earlier this month, F-35B Lightning II fighters from the British Royal Navy’s 809 Naval Air Squadron conducted landings and launches on the Japanese destroyer-carrier JS Kaga as part of a multinational exercise in the Philippine Sea. The British Royal Navy and Royal Air Force, as well as the US Marine Corps, were present on...

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2 w. ago How will China assert its diplomatic clout at SCO summit amid global challenges?

China is gearing up for an intense week of diplomacy as it finalises preparations for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Tianjin this month, followed by a grand military parade in Beijing to commemorate the end of World War II. All eyes will be on how China asserts its diplomatic clout and positions itself as a world power to be reckoned with at a time when global geopolitical tensions are on the rise. On Friday, China’s foreign ministry officially announced a list of more than 20...

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2 w. ago ‘Textbook misinformation’: China rejects New Zealand security accusations

China has rejected claims that it is a growing espionage threat to New Zealand, calling the suggestions in Wellington’s latest intelligence report “groundless” and “riddled with ideological bias”. In the annual report released on Thursday, New Zealand said it was facing its toughest national security challenges, with increasing threats of foreign interference and espionage. It said Beijing was the “most active” player in this interference, an escalation from last year when it labelled China a...

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2 w. ago From Strength to Strength: CSSC Merger Hones China Shipbuilding Edge

From Strength to Strength: CSSC Merger Hones China Shipbuilding Edge  Geopolitical Monitor

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2 w. ago Trump’s tariffs backfire: India moves closer to China, strengthening BRICS unity

Trump’s tariffs backfire: India moves closer to China, strengthening BRICS unity  Geopolitical Economy Report

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3 w. ago Japan’s naval move to New Zealand challenges China’s ‘geopolitical opportunism’

Japan’s recent dispatch of warships to New Zealand – its first in nearly 90 years – signals Tokyo’s intention to take on a greater security role in the region and counter what analysts call increasing Chinese “geopolitical opportunism.” Carrying more than 500 crew, the two Maritime Self-Defence Force destroyers docked in Wellington last Friday as part of an Indo-Pacific deployment that included war games with Australia, New Zealand and other partners. The symbolic visit reflects Japan’s intent...

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3 w. ago Nvidia and AMD's 15% Revenue Pledge to the U.S. for China Chip Sales: Geopolitical Risk and Supply Chain Implications

Nvidia and AMD's 15% Revenue Pledge to the U.S. for China Chip Sales: Geopolitical Risk and Supply Chain Implications  AInvest

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4 w. ago For university that bridges China and West, geopolitics is ‘biggest challenge’

Geopolitics is stifling academic freedom and scientific research, but a university head in eastern China believes there is a way to ease the situation on campuses – by letting more foreign students in. Xi Youmin, president of Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, said easing visa restrictions for foreign students and visitors could help improve understanding of China. “The world is in a state of division defined by wars, geopolitics and the US tariff war,” Xi...

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