19 h. ago China Winter Sports Consumption: Winter sports enthusiasts flock to the slopes as new ski season kicks off in Beijing

China Winter Sports Consumption: Winter sports enthusiasts flock to the slopes as new ski season kicks off in Beijing  news.cgtn.com

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38 h. ago Trump tariffs live updates: US may exit USMCA next year; Trump meets Nvidia's Huang to talk AI chip curbs

Trump tariffs live updates: US may exit USMCA next year; Trump meets Nvidia's Huang to talk AI chip curbs  Yahoo Finance

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41 h. ago Trump tariffs live updates: Trump meets Nvidia's CEO to talk AI chip curbs; Bessent confirms China on track to keep trade deal

Trump tariffs live updates: Trump meets Nvidia's CEO to talk AI chip curbs; Bessent confirms China on track to keep trade deal  Yahoo Finance

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5 d. ago China’s fusion push is bolstered by constant scientific advances, enthusiastic innovators

China’s fusion push is bolstered by constant scientific advances, enthusiastic innovators  Global Times

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1 week ago 'Call me anytime': Japan PM Takaichi, Trump talk as Beijing’s fury over Taiwan remark deepens

'Call me anytime': Japan PM Takaichi, Trump talk as Beijing’s fury over Taiwan remark deepens  Moneycontrol

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2 w. ago Zelensky wants to talk to Trump after receiving new US plan to end Ukraine war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has officially received a peace plan drawn up in the United States to end the war with Russia, his office said on Thursday. “As a result of today’s meeting, we have agreed to work on the points of the plan in such a way that it leads to a dignified end to the war,” Zelensky’s office wrote on Telegram after a meeting with a delegation of senior US military officials. It emphasised that Ukraine has been striving for a peaceful solution since the beginning of...

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2 w. ago Zelensky says ready to work with Trump on US plan to end Ukraine war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said after talks with a top US Army official on Thursday he was ready for “honest” work with Washington on a plan to end the war in Ukraine, while European allies pushed back against punishing concessions to Russia. According to the US-backed plan, seen by Reuters, Kyiv would be required to give up the entire Donbas region and significantly downsize its military, conditions long seen by Ukraine’s allies as tantamount to capitulation. The plan says Ukraine...

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2 w. ago ‘Hostile to the end’: North Korea’s shock at US subs approval sinks talk hopes

North Korea is expected to remain largely impervious to Western diplomatic overtures for the foreseeable future as it rails against its rivals’ “hostile” policies. On Tuesday, North Korean state media denounced last month’s summit between US President Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung as proof of the “confrontational will” of its adversaries to “remain hostile to the end”. The North was taken aback by the outcomes of the Trump–Lee summit, according to Professor Cho Han-bum...

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2 w. ago Trump floats possible talks with Maduro as US strike group arrives in Caribbean

US President Donald Trump said Sunday that the US “may be having some discussions” with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, a potential diplomatic avenue as the US further builds up its military presence near the South American country with the arrival of its most advanced aircraft carrier. Trump did not offer details about the possible discussions with Maduro, but he said “Venezuela would like to talk”. The development comes as the Trump administration has carried out a series of military...

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3 w. ago ‘Not enthusiastic’: why China finds Trump’s ‘G2’ talk too costly in geopolitics

When US President Donald Trump was about to begin his closely watched summit with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping last month, he wrote a social media post that revived a decades-old concept about the dynamics between the two countries and their role in global affairs. “The G2 will be convening shortly,” he wrote – in all caps – ahead of the talks. The term “G2”, or Group of Two, emerged in the 2000s as a proposal for Washington and Beijing to work together to address global challenges. Over...

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3 w. ago Collectors go all in at festival, marking Hong Kong’s rise as card trading hub

Hong Kong’s annual collectable card festival will return later this month with its biggest showing yet, as industry watchers say the local market is “beginning to take off” with the city poised to become a trading hub. The fourth Grade10 Festival will take place at the Hopewell Hotel in Wan Chai on November 22 and 23, featuring more than 120 global exhibitors and an anticipated 20,000 visitors, including enthusiasts from mainland China. This edition marks the first event since MemeStrategy, the...

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