6 h. ago Starmer and Trump to sign quantum computing pact amid China spying fears

Starmer and Trump to sign quantum computing pact amid China spying fears  The Telegraph

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18 h. ago Epstein’s ghost may haunt Trump in UK as Starmer swamped by crisis

Prime Minister Keir Starmer was elected last July promising a “quieter” politics after years of chaos and scandal under the Conservatives. Losing two senior members of the UK government to scandal in less than a week sees the premier facing a charge he could never have imagined: that his Labour administration is no less noisy than the Tories. That is the perilous domestic subtext as US President Donald Trump flies to Britain for a historic second state visit on Tuesday. The timing of the...

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3 d. ago Zambia presses China for more compensation after toxic spill in Kitwe copper mine

Zambia presses China for more compensation after toxic spill in Kitwe copper mine  BBC

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5 d. ago Chinese warned about foreign spies posing as NGO staff to target military units

Beijing’s top anti-spy agency has warned the Chinese public about espionage being carried out in the country’s border areas under the guise of philanthropy. The Ministry of State Security announced on Tuesday that it had uncovered a case involving foreign spies operating near China’s military installations while posing as members of a charity organisation. In a case briefing posted on its social media platform, the ministry said villagers living near an unidentified restricted military zone...

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6 d. ago Maduro Says China’s Huawei Mate X6 Gift Is Unhackable by U.S. Spies

Maduro Says China’s Huawei Mate X6 Gift Is Unhackable by U.S. Spies  Cyber Press

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6 d. ago China Gold Binge: Precious Metal Reserves Spike For Tenth Straight Month, Mohamed El

China Gold Binge: Precious Metal Reserves Spike For Tenth Straight Month, Mohamed El-Erian Highlights 'Broader Risk Diversification Strategy'  Benzinga

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7 d. ago China's pig iron and spiegeleisen market to grow at a 2.2% CAGR through 2035, driven by increasing demand, to reach $430M.

China's pig iron and spiegeleisen market to grow at a 2.2% CAGR through 2035, driven by increasing demand, to reach $430M.  IndexBox

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8 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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1 week ago Pentagon pizza orders spike at time of Beijing military parade: Chinese outlet

Chinese state media has mocked an apparent spike in pizza orders near the Pentagon during Beijing’s Victory Day parade, suggesting that in the US close attention was paid to the event, which American President Donald Trump called “very, very impressive”. On Wednesday afternoon, Yuyuan Tantian, a social media account affiliated with China’s state broadcaster CCTV, released a video saying customer traffic data from Domino’s near the Pentagon was more than four times its usual level around 9pm, and...

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1 week ago Pizza, the Pentagon and connecting the pepperoni dots to China’s military parade

What insight does a flood of pizza orders to chains near the Pentagon give China about official American interest in its military parade? More than a slice, according to a Chinese social media account following the scent of melted cheese near the Department of Defence in Washington. Yuyuan Tantian, a social media account affiliated with Chinese state broadcaster CCTV noted an apparent spike in pizza orders near the Pentagon during Beijing’s Victory Day parade. It released a video saying customer...

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1 week ago China steps in to tame animal spirits as solar sector racks up billions in losses

China steps in to tame animal spirits as solar sector racks up billions in losses  Financial Times

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1 week ago As US adds more semiconductor hurdles, Chinese firms could seize an opportunity

China’s drive for economic self-reliance is raising the spirits and prospects of its semiconductor industry, as insiders expect more home-grown technologies after Washington revoked waivers for some foreign-owned chipmakers’ factories in China to use US technologies in their operations. The Chinese branches of South Korean chipmakers Samsung and SK Hynix, as well as Intel Semiconductor (Dalian), will lose their fast-track status for compliance as “validated end-users”, meaning they will need to...

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1 week ago Exclusive | SenseTime on fast track to profitability thanks to spin

Exclusive | SenseTime on fast track to profitability thanks to spin-offs, Beijing support  South China Morning Post

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2 w. ago ‘Feeling reborn’: China ‘folded boy’ goes home, stands upright after 4 operations

China’s so-called folded boy Jiang Yanchen, whose spine had been contorted backwards at an 180-degree angle for most of his life, has finally stood up straight. Jiang took his first upright steps during a live-stream on August 25. The 21-year-old underwent four extremely difficult operations over the past two years in which doctors broke and realigned the bones in his lumbar, cervical, hip and chest regions. Jiang, from a small town in eastern China’s Shandong province, grew up with his neck...

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2 w. ago China’s Chip ETFs See Premiums Spike in Sign of Market Euphoria

China’s Chip ETFs See Premiums Spike in Sign of Market Euphoria  Bloomberg.com

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last month Beijing accuses Canberra of lying about spy threats while claiming to have foiled Australian spies in China

Beijing accuses Canberra of lying about spy threats while claiming to have foiled Australian spies in China  MSN

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last month China claims it has foiled Australian spies on its shores in stinging rebuke

China claims it has foiled Australian spies on its shores in stinging rebuke  Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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last month China claims it foiled Australian spies on its shores in stinging rebuke

China claims it foiled Australian spies on its shores in stinging rebuke  Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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