14 h. ago China’s AI and EV boom drives record power demand, widening energy gap with US

China’s total electricity consumption hit a record high of 10.4 trillion kilowatt-hours (kWh) in 2025, more than double that of the US, the National Energy Administration (NEA) said on Saturday. The 5 per cent jump from the previous year marked the first time in China’s history that annual electricity consumption had surpassed 10 trillion kWh – the highest in the world and more than the combined total of the European Union, Russia, India and Japan, state broadcaster CCTV said, citing NEA...

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3 d. ago Silver, Gold, Copper & Tin Hit Records, China's $1.2T Trade Surplus | The Opening Trade 1/14/2026

Silver, Gold, Copper & Tin Hit Records, China's $1.2T Trade Surplus | The Opening Trade 1/14/2026  Bloomberg.com

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3 d. ago Sovereign investors cut mainland China exposure as political sensitivities rise

Sovereign investors slashed their exposure to mainland China in 2025 amid rising political sensitivities, but experts said selective opportunities and closer bilateral ties could support the outlook. The world’s second-largest economy received US$4.3 billion in investments from sovereign wealth funds, public pension funds and central banks, down 58 per cent from US$10.3 billion in 2024, according to Global SWF, which tracks 792 such state-owned investors. “Sovereign investment activity has...

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3 d. ago Growth in sovereign investors’ exposure to China slows as political sensitivities rise

Growth in sovereign investors’ exposure to mainland China in 2025 slowed amid rising political sensitivities, but experts said selective opportunities and closer bilateral ties could support the outlook. The world’s second-largest economy received US$4.3 billion in investments from sovereign wealth funds, public pension funds and central banks, down 58 per cent from US$10.3 billion in 2024, according to Global SWF, which tracks 792 such state-owned investors. “Sovereign investment activity has...

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8 d. ago Uncovering the History of How China Fell in Love With Photography

Uncovering the History of How China Fell in Love With Photography  PetaPixel

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1 week ago How China’s history links military strength to fighting corruption

For China’s leadership, the most urgent lesson of modern military power comes not from a foreign manual but from its own history books. Its catastrophic defeat by Japan in 1895, born of internal corruption, forms the invisible backdrop to every Chinese showcase of modern hardware. The recent live-fire drill around Taiwan code-named Justice Mission 2025 – a forceful display of Beijing’s resolve to achieve reunification and deter any challenge to its core interests – was no exception. To Beijing,...

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1 week ago Opinion | How China’s history links military strength to fighting corruption

Opinion | How China’s history links military strength to fighting corruption  South China Morning Post

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2 w. ago As history makes clear, a powerful China is not expansionist

Beneath the “China threat” thesis, often heard in Western policy circles, is the assumption that China will become expansionist as it grows more powerful. But history gives us little reason to treat that as inevitable. At moments of peak strength, China has not consistently converted power into the kind of overseas colonialism, expansionism or conquest that marked the ascent of Western great powers. There are three often-cited reasons to suggest China’s rise might lead to expansionism. First,...

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2 w. ago Opinion | As history makes clear, a powerful China is not expansionist

Opinion | As history makes clear, a powerful China is not expansionist  South China Morning Post

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2 w. ago Why China is holding military drills around Taiwan — and the history behind it

Why China is holding military drills around Taiwan — and the history behind it  Plainview Herald

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3 w. ago China needs ‘original’ knowledge system on border history to counter West, scholar says

China should establish an “original” knowledge system regarding the history of its border regions to mitigate security risks from “hostile forces in the West”, according to a senior scholar at a prominent state-run think tank. Fan Enshi of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) also warned about the threat of “de-Sinicisation” in US-led historical perspectives, calling for a shift from “fragmented research” towards systematic domestic theories that could better project Chinese influence...

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3 w. ago China racks up the highest electricity bill in world's history — $560bn to power the "most

China racks up the highest electricity bill in world's history — $560bn to power the "most-advanced" AI ever built  ecoportal.net

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3 w. ago Fringe view of China’s history sparks official rebuke after going viral online

A wave of online discussion blaming China’s last imperial dynasty for national historical sufferings has prompted official criticism after touching on sensitive questions, and ignited debate over historical narrative, nationalism and social governance. What began as a fringe literary interpretation of an 18th-century classical novel has evolved in recent weeks to become a viral internet topic, known as the “1644 historical perspective”. The main claim – which has exposed sharp divisions online –...

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3 w. ago Largest bilateral gold trade in history? China buys nearly $1 billion in bullion from Russia in November alone

Largest bilateral gold trade in history? China buys nearly $1 billion in bullion from Russia in November alone  KITCO

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3 w. ago China’s PLA Daily accuses Japan of showing ‘no respect for history’

China’s PLA Daily accuses Japan of showing ‘no respect for history’  South China Morning Post

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3 w. ago China sets record for gold imports from Russia in November – media

China sets record for gold imports from Russia in November – media  Ukrinform

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4 w. ago The Tiananmen Square general China wants to erase from history

The Tiananmen Square general China wants to erase from history  The Telegraph

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