2 h. ago Trump recasts US allies as tools to counter China in security playbook: analysts

US President Donald Trump’s new national security strategy frames America’s allies not just as partners, but as instruments to preserve US primacy and counter China’s rise, analysts say. The strategy urges wealthy allies to increase defence spending, align more closely with Washington on measures such as export controls, and take greater responsibility for their regions, a shift that recasts long-standing alliances as tools in great-power competition. The 33-page document declares that the era...

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3 h. ago Welcome to a world where wars don’t end and sanctions don’t work

For much of the modern era, power was easy to recognise. It belonged to the states that could win wars decisively, enforce sanctions effectively and impose political outcomes far beyond their borders. That definition no longer works. The world is moving towards what scholars have described as a form of “distributed multipolarity”, a landscape in which no single actor – not the United States, not China, not Russia – can fully shape events in the way great powers once expected. Tools once seen as...

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5 h. ago Shanghai, Ningbo Set Container Records as China Ports Defy Trade Headwinds

Shanghai, Ningbo Set Container Records as China Ports Defy Trade Headwinds  Sourcing Journal

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9 h. ago Dutch minister admits he was blindsided by China in Nexperia chip crisis

Export controls may have been the economic weapon of choice in 2025, but the Dutch minister at the centre of the Nexperia crisis has admitted he was blindsided by Beijing when it blocked the company’s chips from leaving China. His concession raises fresh questions over how much planning went into the decision to reach for a Cold War-era law to intervene in the Chinese-owned, Dutch-headquartered chipmaker in September, a move that triggered a supply chain shock in the global automotive...

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11 h. ago Trump national security blueprint declares ‘era of mass migration is over,' targets China’s rise

Trump national security blueprint declares ‘era of mass migration is over,' targets China’s rise  Fox News

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15 h. ago Moore Threads shares jump fivefold in Shanghai trading debut in rush for 'China's Nvidia'

Moore Threads shares jump fivefold in Shanghai trading debut in rush for 'China's Nvidia'  Yahoo Finance

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15 h. ago End of an era: Canon closes China printer plant as Japanese brand loses to local rivals

End of an era: Canon closes China printer plant as Japanese brand loses to local rivals  Yahoo Finance

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16 h. ago Moore Threads aspires to become ‘leading global player’ in AI chips after IPO

Moore Threads, a five-year-old graphics processing unit (GPU) developer created by Nvidia’s former China chief, aspires to become one of the leading global players in artificial intelligence chip development, its founder and CEO Zhang Jianzhong said. Zhang, Nvidia’s China general manager from 2006 to 2020, was quoted as saying by the official Shanghai Securities Journal that the start-up would introduce a new-generation chip each year to provide key hardware for China’s AI development. “Our goal...

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16 h. ago Why Gulf region’s dreams of aviation domination are built on sand

We should call it the “Neom factor”: the force that transforms reasonable aggressive ambition into hallucinogenic fantasyland. It glared out at me last week in a Financial Times headline: “Three ‘Heathrows’ of growth: the unstoppable rise of Middle East airports”. In short, Dubai, Istanbul, Riyadh, Doha and Abu Dhabi in aggregate have airport expansion plans to lift passenger capacity almost threefold to around 750 million a year over the coming decades. In the words of Paul Griffiths, chief...

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22 h. ago Moore Threads shares dazzle with fivefold jump in Shanghai debut

Moore Threads Technology surged by more than fivefold in Shanghai, as enthusiastic investors vied to get shares of the Beijing-based semiconductor supplier used in artificial intelligence, helping to mark the second-biggest trading debut in China’s stock market this year. Moore’s shares began trading at 650 yuan amid a declining market, a 468 per cent jump from their initial public offering (IPO) price of 114.28 yuan. China’s benchmark CSI300 Index slipped 0.1 per cent. The surge in Moore...

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23 h. ago Party leaders, scholars meet in Shanghai on Global South responsibility, action

Party leaders, scholars meet in Shanghai on Global South responsibility, action  news.cgtn.com

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24 h. ago World's largest automated container terminal starts operation in Shanghai

As part of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, the system can operate completely unmanned.

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25 h. ago End of an era: Japan’s Canon shuts China printer plant as local rivals rise

Japanese imaging technology giant Canon has shut down one of its major printer production facilities in mainland China, underscoring the growing clout of domestic brands in the country’s printing market. A visit on Thursday by the Post to Canon Zhongshan Business Machines, in Zhongshan city in the southern Guangdong province, revealed little activity. The car park was nearly empty, while a dozen employees strolled outside the office building. A worker said production had halted late last month,...

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29 h. ago Ancient wood uncovers a lost era of rains that fueled early China

Ancient wood uncovers a lost era of rains that fueled early China  Earth.com

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38 h. ago China’s top AI chip firms set for bumper IPOs as Nvidia kept out of market

China’s Nvidia challengers Moore Threads and MetaX are set for their hotly anticipated market debuts, driven by investor excitement over domestic demand for home-grown graphics processing units (GPUs) amid Beijing’s tech self-sufficiency drive. Beijing-based GPU maker Moore Threads, which was 4,000 times oversubscribed after launching its 8 billion yuan (US$1.13 billion) initial public offering (IPO) last week, will be listed on Shanghai’s Nasdaq-style Star Market on Friday, according to a...

Economics

44 h. ago China and LAC at Odds: Blue Diplomacy in the Era of IUU Fishing

China and LAC at Odds: Blue Diplomacy in the Era of IUU Fishing  The China-Global South Project

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63 h. ago French football legend Zidane plays shuttlecock with China aunties, delights fans

French football legend Zinedine Zidane has delighted Chinese internet users by joining local residents in Shanghai to play shuttlecock in the street. Videos of Zidane, 53, a newcomer to the sport, played the game skilfully with some middle-aged Shanghai residents, most of whom were middle-aged women who are commonly referred to as “aunties” in mainland China. Clips of the former star have gone viral on mainland social media, according to a report by Jimu News. Zidane, who has been named The Best...

Sport

63 h. ago Hidden Beijing: immersive luxury living at the world’s best new hotel

Hidden Beijing: immersive luxury living at the world’s best new hotel  The World's 50 Best Restaurants

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66 h. ago Tesla’s China plant sees shipment surge ahead of subsidy expiry

Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory reported a significant rebound in shipments last month as Chinese consumers took advantage of soon-expiring government incentives to snap up cars. The US carmaker’s Shanghai plant, its largest production facility globally, delivered a total of 86,700 Model 3 and Model Y electric vehicles (EVs) in November, a 41 per cent jump from October and a 10 per cent rise from a year earlier, according to data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA). The deliveries...

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69 h. ago Beijing Hydrogen Energy Innovation Center Releases H49 Heavy

Beijing Hydrogen Energy Innovation Center Releases H49 Heavy-Duty Truck Achievement, Multiple Indicators Reach National Targets Five Years Ahead of Schedule | SMM  Shanghai Metals Market

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