3 h. ago China’s Victory Day parade heralds new vision but old wounds linger

Eighty years on, the Global South’s pursuit of a just world order remains overshadowed by the unresolved legacies of the second world war. At China’s Victory Day parade last week, President Xi Jinping warned that the world stands at a crossroads – between peace and war. He urged nations to learn from history to prevent a repeat of the catastrophe that engulfed the world eight decades ago. In the lead-up to the commemoration, concerns intensified over Japan’s perceived lack of genuine remorse for...

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3 h. ago Opinion | China’s Victory Day parade heralds new vision but old wounds linger

Opinion | China’s Victory Day parade heralds new vision but old wounds linger  South China Morning Post

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3 h. ago Why Asia still hasn’t emerged from the shadows of World War II

Eighty years on, the Global South’s pursuit of a just world order remains overshadowed by the unresolved legacies of the second world war. At China’s Victory Day parade last week, President Xi Jinping warned that the world stands at a crossroads – between peace and war. He urged nations to learn from history to prevent a repeat of the catastrophe that engulfed the world eight decades ago. In the lead-up to the commemoration, concerns intensified over Japan’s perceived lack of genuine remorse for...

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12 h. ago China just beat the US in soft power with the humanoid robot games

On a humid Beijing track last month, the sprint to the future began. The athletes were not human; they were robots. The inaugural World Humanoid Robot Games brought 280 teams from 16 countries to compete in 26 events, from sprints to gymnastics to football. China’s Unitree dominated the track, X-Humanoid excelled in industrial tasks, while Neotix and Booster Robotics won in gymnastics and football. Triumphs were matched by mishaps: colliding, collapsing robots echoed earlier failures, when...

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12 h. ago Opinion | China just beat the US in soft power with the humanoid robot games

Opinion | China just beat the US in soft power with the humanoid robot games  South China Morning Post

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12 h. ago Opinion: America alone can’t match China. With allies, it just might.

Opinion: America alone can’t match China. With allies, it just might.  The Salt Lake Tribune

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16 h. ago Why China, not Russia, will gain most from Power of Siberia 2 pipeline

After years of negotiations, Russia has finally secured a binding agreement with China for the construction of the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline, a conduit running through Mongolia from the Arctic gas fields of Yamal. Although some Western media see the deal as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “diplomatic victory”, in reality it is Beijing that will be the major beneficiary of the project. Following the Western sanctions on Moscow, imposed as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022,...

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16 h. ago Opinion | Why China, not Russia, will gain most from Power of Siberia 2 pipeline

Opinion | Why China, not Russia, will gain most from Power of Siberia 2 pipeline  South China Morning Post

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19 h. ago How North Korea’s missile breakthrough could make it world’s ‘fourth ICBM power’

A new era in North Korea’s missile programme may be dawning, as analysts warn of an imminent test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying multiple warheads to the US mainland. Fresh from his appearance at China’s Victory Day parade in Beijing last week, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un personally oversaw the trial of a lighter, more robust solid-fuel ICBM engine, state media reported on Tuesday, touting the achievement as a “strategic” breakthrough. Reportedly built...

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34 h. ago China’s new Type 100 tank a shift towards ‘intelligent and uncrewed’ warfare

The Chinese military’s new Type 100 tank – unveiled at last week’s Victory Day parade in Beijing – marks a fundamental shift towards “intelligent, information-driven and unmanned” warfare, according to state media. The lightweight tank is a departure from traditional armoured vehicle design that emphasises the race between thicker armour and stronger penetration. Instead, the People’s Liberation Army has reportedly prioritised the integration of intelligent systems in response to developments in...

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35 h. ago Opinion | We can’t let China lead in future of automobile industry

Opinion | We can’t let China lead in future of automobile industry  Alabama Political Reporter

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45 h. ago What the US should take away from China’s Victory Day parade

Feel strongly about these letters, or any other aspects of the news? Share your views by emailing us your Letter to the Editor at letters@scmp.com or filling in this Google form. Submissions should not exceed 400 words, and must include your full name and address, plus a phone number for verification Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, once suggested that childhood experiences cast long shadows over adult life. Nations, too, carry memories of their “childhoods”. For Beijing, two such...

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45 h. ago Letters | What the US should take away from China’s Victory Day parade

Letters | What the US should take away from China’s Victory Day parade  South China Morning Post

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47 h. ago Remembering the Chinese war pain deemed unworthy in the West

On September 3, I watched the live broadcast of China’s military parade commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory in World War II. The perfectly aligned formations, the roaring fighter jets, the cutting-edge unmanned combat systems – the spectacle spoke for itself. Scanning international media, I found commentary interpreting the parade as a show of force by China and Russia against the United States, or warning about the Taiwan Strait and wider region. On Weibo, Chinese sentiment was...

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60 h. ago No amount of China scapegoating will reverse America’s decline

Disturbing reports have surfaced of Chinese students travelling to the United States being subjected to discriminatory and politically motivated treatment. Young students have been pulled aside for hours of questioning, even denied entry under the pretext of national security. While the US has implemented stricter border controls and immigration policies, Chinese students have nothing to do with illegal immigration. They are genuine assets to both countries – not national security risks. As the...

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60 h. ago Opinion | No amount of China scapegoating will reverse America’s decline

Opinion | No amount of China scapegoating will reverse America’s decline  South China Morning Post

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63 h. ago We learned the wrong lesson from the China Shock — and Indiana is paying for it | Opinion

We learned the wrong lesson from the China Shock — and Indiana is paying for it | Opinion  IndyStar

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3 d. ago In a summit full of symbolism, China lays out vision for multipolar order

The two-day Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit that concluded in Tianjin on September 1 was a significant diplomatic triumph for President Xi Jinping and Beijing. The forum sought to burnish China’s geopolitical profile as a reliable interlocutor and an alternative voice for stability in global governance. SCO summits tend to be low-key and do not garner much notice. This time, though, China used the opportunity to signal it had arrived at the global high table at a time when US...

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3 d. ago Opinion | In a summit full of symbolism, China lays out vision for multipolar order

Opinion | In a summit full of symbolism, China lays out vision for multipolar order  South China Morning Post

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4 d. ago Shanghai spirit for new world order needs to be matched by the West

This time, it was not America’s Franklin D. Roosevelt, Britain’s Winston Churchill and the Soviet Union’s Joseph Stalin meeting in the Crimean city of Yalta to carve up a defeated Germany and reshape the post-war European order. Instead, it was China’s Xi Jinping, Russia’s Vladimir Putin and India’s Narendra Modi at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in the Chinese city of Tianjin to consider the implications of a new and non-US-dominated global order. It was a historic occasion...

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