5 h. ago Indonesian tourist arrested at Hong Kong’s The Peak after tumbler hits woman

An Indonesian tourist who was sightseeing at The Peak in Hong Kong has been arrested after a tumbler fell out of his backpack and hit another visitor walking below. Police said they received a report at 12.16pm on Wednesday that a mainland Chinese woman had been hit by an unknown object at The Peak Tower and reported injuries to her head. “A man standing on the floor above was sightseeing. He had put his backpack on a fence, but his tumbler fell out from a side pocket, falling to the floor below...

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21 h. ago Chinese Nationals Charged With Spying on US Navy Base—Report

Chinese Nationals Charged With Spying on US Navy Base—Report  Newsweek

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24 h. ago Pentagon reliant on Chinese suppliers and ‘not prepared’ for war, report warns

The US defence industrial base remains dependent on Chinese suppliers despite efforts to decouple – and that raises concerns over war readiness, according to a report by data analytics firm Govini. Chinese firms still made up 9.3 per cent of the primary contractors, or Tier 1 suppliers, involved in major US defence programmes across nine critical sectors in 2024, Govini said in its annual National Security Scorecard. “The United States is not prepared for the war that we may have to enter if...

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5 d. ago Carmakers GM, Tesla and Ford lead list of US companies in China exposure: report

General Motors, one of America’s top carmakers, leads US companies in its exposure to China, perched in a delicate position as bilateral trade tensions persist amid US President Donald Trump’s steep 55 per cent tariffs on Chinese imports, according to a research report published this week. But GM is hardly alone. Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company Tesla, rival carmaker Ford, engine manufacturer Cummins, aerospace and tech firm Honeywell, beverage giant Coca-Cola, and chipmaker Qualcomm also...

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9 d. ago Chinese AI firm DeepSeek reportedly using shell companies to try and evade U.S. chip restrictions — allegedly procured unknown number of H100 AI GPUs after ban, but Nvidia denies the claim

Chinese AI firm DeepSeek reportedly using shell companies to try and evade U.S. chip restrictions — allegedly procured unknown number of H100 AI GPUs after ban, but Nvidia denies the claim  Tom's Hardware

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9 d. ago Star Wars goes real: Chinese satellite reportedly zaps Starlink from 36,000 KM with 2

Star Wars goes real: Chinese satellite reportedly zaps Starlink from 36,000 KM with 2-Watt laser beam  The Economic Times

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1 week ago Chinese EV maker Hozon enters bankruptcy proceedings, state media reports

Chinese EV maker Hozon enters bankruptcy proceedings, state media reports  Reuters

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1 week ago Gordon Chang sounds alarm on suspicious Chinese cargo flights reported near Iranian airspace

Gordon Chang sounds alarm on suspicious Chinese cargo flights reported near Iranian airspace  Fox Business

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1 week ago Is Beijing spying on Moscow? Chinese hackers target Russian agencies for war secrets: Report

Is Beijing spying on Moscow? Chinese hackers target Russian agencies for war secrets: Report  Times of India

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1 week ago China subsidies give Alibaba, JD.com sales lift during 618 shopping festival

Chinese e-commerce giants Alibaba Group Holding and JD.com reported record user participation and growing sales during the 618 shopping festival, as government subsidies and new artificial intelligence (AI) tools fuelled a surge in consumer activity. More than 453 brands each surpassed 100 million yuan (US$14 million) in gross merchandise value (GMV) on Alibaba’s Taobao and Tmall platforms during the weeks-long event, the company said on Thursday. The roster included global names such as Apple,...

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1 week ago Meituan keeps tight grip on 70% of food delivery market in China, report says

Meituan, the Chinese on-demand delivery giant, is maintaining a steady hold on its 70 per cent market share in domestic food delivery, despite intensifying competition from JD.com and Alibaba Group Holding’s Ele.me, as daily orders reached 90 million in recent days, according to a report by Chinese tech media outlet Leiphone.com, citing internal data. Meituan did not comment on the report. If confirmed, it would show the challenges Meituan’s rivals face in changing consumer habits, after a price...

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1 week ago Malaysia ‘stands firm’ on US chip curbs after alleged breach by Chinese company

Trade authorities in Malaysia have launched an investigation into claims that Chinese engineers bypassed US chip curbs by renting data centres packed with high-end Nvidia chips to train their artificial intelligence (AI) model in the country. The allegation, made in a report by The Wall Street Journal last Thursday, poses a potential stumbling block to Malaysia’s tariff negotiations with the US, which has curbed China’s access to high-end chips, including through third nations. Malaysia’s trade...

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1 week ago Malaysia trade ministry probing reports of Chinese firm's use of Nvidia AI chips

Malaysia trade ministry probing reports of Chinese firm's use of Nvidia AI chips  Reuters

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1 week ago Chinese Central Bank head pledges to expand international CBDC use — Report

Chinese Central Bank head pledges to expand international CBDC use — Report  Cointelegraph

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1 week ago Chinese Central Bank pledges global expansion of digital yuan — Report

Chinese Central Bank pledges global expansion of digital yuan — Report  Cointelegraph

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2 w. ago Viasat identified as victim in Chinese Salt Typhoon cyberespionage, Bloomberg News reports

Viasat identified as victim in Chinese Salt Typhoon cyberespionage, Bloomberg News reports  Reuters

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2 w. ago Ant International issues first sustainability report after spin

Ant International, which was spun off from fintech giant Ant Group last year, published its first independent sustainability report on Monday, underscoring its operational autonomy from its Chinese parent. Speculation has been rife over a potential listing by Ant International, which is registered in Singapore. In the report, the company emphasised its “new corporate identity”, describing its mission as “to make it easy to do business anywhere, bringing small and beautiful changes to the...

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2 w. ago UK ‘woefully’ unprepared for Chinese and Russian undersea cable sabotage, says report

UK ‘woefully’ unprepared for Chinese and Russian undersea cable sabotage, says report  The Guardian

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2 w. ago US venture capital firm to unload stakes in 40 Chinese tech start

Shares of a few dozen China-based start-ups may be up for grabs as their investor, US venture-capital firm Eight Roads, plans to exit its Chinese technology holdings. The move, reported by Bloomberg on Tuesday, comes as geopolitical tensions and a sluggish Chinese economy prompt some global investors to retreat. Domestic and government-backed funds and financing products would increasingly drive start-up funding in the world’s second-largest economy, analysts said. Fidelity Ventures-backed Eight...

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3 w. ago Did China’s first emperor launch westwards mission to find ‘elixir of life’?

History records the Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang as sending the alchemist Xu Fu eastwards towards Japan on a quest for the elixir of immortality. However, the ancient texts make no mention of any similar expedition heading west. But according to a state media report, findings by Chinese archaeologists suggest that a western expedition for the “elixir of life” may indeed have been launched during the reign of Qin Shi Huang. Qin Shi Huang, or the “first emperor of China”, was so named because he...

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