13 h. ago China Purchased No U.S. Soybeans An Unprecented Sixth Straight Month

China Purchased No U.S. Soybeans An Unprecented Sixth Straight Month  Forbes

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13 h. ago China Purchased No U.S. Soybeans An Unprecedented Fifth Straight Month

China Purchased No U.S. Soybeans An Unprecedented Fifth Straight Month  Forbes

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29 h. ago China conducts static fire test of new reusable Long March 12B rocket

China conducts static fire test of new reusable Long March 12B rocket  SpaceNews

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4 d. ago US moves for AI dominance to outpace China with new ‘overwhelming’ military strategy

America’s top defence official declared that the US must achieve unquestioned AI “dominance” to prevent adversaries from gaining a technological edge, as he unveiled a strategy that includes integrating Elon Musk’s chatbot Grok. Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth’s announcement did not mention China by name, but it came a month after a report to the US Congress in which the Pentagon warned of Beijing’s accelerating use of AI to reach its military modernisation goals. On Monday, Hegseth said the...

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4 d. ago ‘Resolution revolution’ pioneer Alexey Amunts leaves Max Planck to join China’s SMART

Alexey Amunts, whose pioneering work on mitochondrial ribosomes helped catalyse the cryo-electron microscopy “resolution revolution”, has left the Max Planck Institute in Germany to join China’s Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation (SMART) this month. Amunts confirmed he had joined SMART as a senior investigator and would “contribute to its international relations agenda”. He is internationally recognised for his breakthroughs in visualising life’s molecular machinery at...

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5 d. ago Japan launches world’s first deep sea trial to secure own rare earth supply

A Japanese mining ship departed on Monday for a remote coral atoll to probe mud rich in rare earths, part of Tokyo’s drive to curb its reliance on China for critical minerals as Beijing tightens supply. The month-long mission of the test vessel Chikyu near Minamitori island some 1,900km (1,200 miles) southeast of Tokyo, will mark the world’s first attempt to continuously lift rare earth seabed sludge from 6km deep onto a ship. Japan, like its Western allies, has been reducing its dependence on...

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2 w. ago ‘Best travel buddy’: China kitten famous for riding with truck driver owner, holding handrail

A travelling cat in China has been humorously likened to a bus conductor after videos of him riding with ease with a truck driver went viral. The driver from northern China’s Hebei province, nicknamed Xiangzi, describes his eight-month-old tuxedo cat Jiaozi, which means “dumpling”, as his “best travel buddy”. In December, video clips of Jiaozi comfortably sitting alongside the truck’s front window with its paws on a handrail went viral on mainland social media. The two most popular videos on...

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2 w. ago China's LandSpace targets $1 billion IPO in reusable rocket tech push

China's LandSpace targets $1 billion IPO in reusable rocket tech push  Yahoo Finance

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2 w. ago China’s factory activity expected to shrink for ninth month: Reuters poll

China’s factory activity expected to shrink for ninth month: Reuters poll  The Mighty 790 KFGO

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2 w. ago Corn Slumps Most in a Month With Focus on China Grain Reserves

Corn Slumps Most in a Month With Focus on China Grain Reserves  Bloomberg.com

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2 w. ago China’s SpaceX Rival LandSpace Prepares IPO After Historic Reusable Rocket Test

China’s SpaceX Rival LandSpace Prepares IPO After Historic Reusable Rocket Test  Technology Org

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2 w. ago China’s LNG Imports Set to Climb a Second Month, Kpler Data Show

China’s LNG Imports Set to Climb a Second Month, Kpler Data Show  Bloomberg.com

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2 w. ago China Eases IPO Rules for Reusable Rocket Firms to Rival SpaceX

China Eases IPO Rules for Reusable Rocket Firms to Rival SpaceX  WebProNews

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3 w. ago China’s industrial profits drop for the second consecutive month in November

China’s industrial profits drop for the second consecutive month in November  Seeking Alpha

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3 w. ago South Korean president set to visit China next month, with North Korea high on agenda

Lee Jae-myung is set to become the first sitting South Korean president to travel to China since 2019 with a visit scheduled for early January. Analysts said Lee was expected to engage Beijing on security issues, including North Korea’s nuclear ambitions and the enforcement of international sanctions, while seeking to build on his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in October. Neither side has confirmed the visit, but preparations are under way, highlighted by a recent strategic...

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3 w. ago China’s reusable rocket failure, PLA’s growth leaves US ‘vulnerable’: SCMP’s 7 highlights

We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Pentagon says Chinese aircraft carriers, 6th-gen fighters make US ‘vulnerable’ A Pentagon report contends that China’s development of its aircraft carriers, sixth-generation fighters and nuclear arsenal illustrates Beijing’s...

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3 w. ago China’s reusable rocket failure, PLA growth leaves US ‘vulnerable’: 7 highlights

China’s reusable rocket failure, PLA growth leaves US ‘vulnerable’: 7 highlights  South China Morning Post

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3 w. ago China debuts Long March 12A reusable rocket in Jiuquan test flight

China debuts Long March 12A reusable rocket in Jiuquan test flight  Space Daily

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3 w. ago Has China’s stock market gone from ‘uninvestable’ to ‘irresistible’?

As 2025 draws to a close, Wall Street’s love affair with Chinese equities is in full swing. While the relationship between global investors and China has been a rocky one, market sentiment is now about varying degrees of bullishness. In a panel discussion moderated by JPMorgan at the annual meeting of the Emerging Markets Trading Association earlier this month, some of the speakers said China’s stock market had undergone a shift from “uninvestable” to “irresistible”, especially in the...

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3 w. ago Second Reusable Rocket Failure in One Month Leaves China Chasing U.S. Lead

Second Reusable Rocket Failure in One Month Leaves China Chasing U.S. Lead  news.satnews.com

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