39 h. ago South Africa Eyes Confrontation With Trump Over Growing Ties to China, Russia, Iran

South Africa Eyes Confrontation With Trump Over Growing Ties to China, Russia, Iran  Foundation for Defense of Democracies

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53 h. ago China’s slowing growth, bilateral tensions top American business concerns in 2026

Concerns about China’s slowing economic growth and “strained” Beijing-Washington relations rank as the top two concerns among members of the American Chamber of Commerce in China this year, according to a chamber survey released on Friday. The growth concern was raised by around two-thirds of the 368 respondents, making it the leading issue, the annual China Business Climate Survey found. Fifty-two per cent of respondents reported being profitable or very profitable last year, 6 percentage...

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3 d. ago China launches investigation into Mark Zuckerberg's Meta amid latest deal with world

China launches investigation into Mark Zuckerberg's Meta amid latest deal with world-class researchers: 'Power in a US led acquisition'  Yahoo Finance

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4 d. ago China warns of covert mapping by foreign forces to steal sensitive geodata

China’s top counter-espionage agency has warned that overseas entities are attempting to steal the country’s geographic data through covert mapping operations that threaten national security. Foreign “anti-China hostile forces” have been deploying “various clandestine methods” to gather, steal and exploit China’s foundational mapping and geographic information, the Ministry of State Security said in a social media article on Tuesday. It said the data, crucial for infrastructure planning,...

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5 d. ago DeepSeek Founder Liang’s Funds Surge 57% as China Quants Boom

DeepSeek Founder Liang’s Funds Surge 57% as China Quants Boom  Bloomberg.com

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6 d. ago Hong Kong stocks edge higher on tech and pharmaceutical gains

Hong Kong stocks edged higher on Monday, lifted by gains in technology and biopharmaceutical shares that helped push the benchmark index up. The Hang Seng Index rose 0.3 per cent to 26,308.4 as of 9.45am, the Hang Seng Tech Index rose 0.7 per cent. On the mainland, the CSI 300 Index was little changed and the Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.2 per cent. Chinese delivery giant Meituan led the tech share gains by rallying 4.2 per cent to HK$102.60. Kuaishou Technology, the short-video platform...

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6 d. ago Hong Kong stocks edge higher on tech gains and stabilising China inflation data

Hong Kong stocks edged higher on Monday, lifted by gains in technology shares and stabilising China inflation data. The Hang Seng Index rose 0.9 per cent to 26,456.22 at the noon break, while the Hang Seng Tech Index climbed 2.1 per cent. On the mainland, the CSI 300 Index advanced 0.4 per cent and the Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.7 per cent. Chinese delivery giant Meituan led the tech share gains by rallying 7.3 per cent to HK$105.70. Kuaishou Technology, a short-video platform operator,...

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7 d. ago I Came to CES to Check Out Energy and Solar Power Innovations and Found That China Is Running Laps Around Us

I Came to CES to Check Out Energy and Solar Power Innovations and Found That China Is Running Laps Around Us  PCMag

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8 d. ago CCP Raids Churches, Arrests Hundreds of Christians in ‘China’s Jerusalem’

CCP Raids Churches, Arrests Hundreds of Christians in ‘China’s Jerusalem’  Foundation for Defense of Democracies

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9 d. ago Prince Group founder linked to online scams extradited to China, says CCTV

Prince Group founder linked to online scams extradited to China, says CCTV  WHTC

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9 d. ago China extradited Prince Group founder Chen Zhi, state media reports

China extradited Prince Group founder Chen Zhi, state media reports  Reuters

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1 week ago China accuses extradited billionaire Chen Zhi of running a crime network from Cambodia

Cambodia has extradited to the mainland a billionaire Chinese tycoon whom Beijing accuses of operating a transnational crime network, including opening a casino and engaging in fraud. At the request of Chinese authorities, Cambodia arrested three Chinese nationals – including Chen Zhi, the founder of Prince Holding Group – and transferred them to China on Tuesday, Cambodia China Times reported on Wednesday night. The Cambodian Ministry of Interior said in a statement that law enforcement from...

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1 week ago What Powers the Deep Foundations of China's Automotive Rise? Industrial Capacity, Engineering Talent, and Cultural

What Powers the Deep Foundations of China's Automotive Rise? Industrial Capacity, Engineering Talent, and Cultural  Gasgoo

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1 week ago Alibaba’s Amap muscles up on ‘world models’ in push beyond text

Amap, the mapping and navigation arm of Alibaba Group Holding, is stepping up research into “world models” – systems designed to simulate real-world environments – as the tech giant pushes deeper into embedding artificial intelligence across its services. The unit planned to launch a new product based on its FantasyWorld model, which was developed by the Alibaba Amap Computer Vision Lab and released in September, according to Shanghai Securities News. Alibaba did not immediately respond to a...

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1 week ago China’s top chip foundries move to consolidate as Beijing pushes semiconductor self

China’s top chip foundries move to consolidate as Beijing pushes semiconductor self-sufficiency — SMIC and Hua Hong Semiconductor deals pave the path to unified power  Tom's Hardware

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2 w. ago China’s DRAM giant CXMT plans US$4.2 billion IPO on Shanghai’s Star Market

CXMT Corporation, parent of Chinese memory chip giant ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), aims to raise 29.5 billion yuan (US$4.2 billion) from an initial public offering in Shanghai to fund technology upgrades, as Beijing presses ahead with its drive for tech self-reliance amid geopolitical tensions. The Shanghai Stock Exchange received CXMT’s application for a listing on the Nasdaq-style Star Market, a filing on the bourse’s website showed on Tuesday night. This marks a critical step towards...

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2 w. ago Mark Zuckerberg's Meta is dropping over $2 billion for an AI startup—a rare example of a U.S. tech giant buying a platform founded in China

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta is dropping over $2 billion for an AI startup—a rare example of a U.S. tech giant buying a platform founded in China  Fortune

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2 w. ago Huawei hails Ascend AI ecosystem in New Year message as Atlas 900 supernode rolls out

Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies and daughter of its founder, hailed the company’s breakthroughs in 2025 in a New Year message that vowed to take advantage of “strategic opportunities” amid a “surge of intelligence in all aspects of life and work”. The US-sanctioned telecommunications gear maker, which plays a central role in China’s push for tech self-sufficiency, “built a solid foundation for computing” in 2025 with the expansion of its Kunpeng and Ascend chip...

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2 w. ago China's latest giant panda base opens to public, blending tech with conservation

China's latest giant panda base opens to public, blending tech with conservation  ecns.cn

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2 w. ago ByteDance’s Volcano Engine lands exclusive AI cloud slot at Spring Festival Gala

Volcano Engine, the cloud computing unit of Chinese tech giant ByteDance, said on Monday it has secured an “exclusive AI cloud partnership” with the Spring Festival Gala – a marquee slot that underlines the company’s ambition to turn its artificial intelligence cloud business into a national-scale platform. Volcano Engine said the deal – built on “cutting-edge multimodal large models and cloud computing technologies” – would see it “play a pivotal role in broadcasting, online interactions and...

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