66 h. ago Russia's wartime lifeline from China comes with a price: an 'embarrassing reversal' for Moscow

Russia's wartime lifeline from China comes with a price: an 'embarrassing reversal' for Moscow  Yahoo Finance

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67 h. ago China CCTV removes short film that ‘romanticises’ food delivery work after public backlash

China’s state broadcaster CCTV has come under fire over a short film that romanticises food delivery jobs. The film told viewers that such jobs offer “the freedom to enjoy the scenery along the way” and “brings delivery workers closer to their dreams”. Netizens slammed the video for glorifying hardship and suffering, describing it as being tone-deaf to the real struggles faced by delivery workers. On November 28, CCTV and Meituan, the operator of China’s major on-demand delivery platform,...

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3 d. ago America Needs to Come Around to the Idea There’s No ‘Winning’ Against China

America Needs to Come Around to the Idea There’s No ‘Winning’ Against China  Bloomberg.com

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4 d. ago Kimi developer Moonshot shows China’s growing AI depth: US government report

Leading Chinese artificial intelligence start-up Moonshot AI has been singled out as evidence of the “growing depth” of China’s AI industry, according to a new US government report. An increasing number of Chinese companies were now developing world-leading “open-weight” AI models, not just DeepSeek, the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) at the Department of Commerce said on Friday. The CAISI report was the second US government evaluation of a leading Chinese model developer, after...

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4 d. ago China’s currency comeback: yuan seen as strong as 6.8 in 2026, breaking key dollar level

China’s currency appears poised to break through the psychological 7.0-per-dollar barrier next year, fuelled by US Federal Reserve rate cuts and thawing trade tensions, with some bulls betting that the yuan could strengthen to 6.8. Analysts and onlookers are increasingly optimistic, with some citing the potential for a relatively weaker US dollar and pointing to signs that Beijing’s policy support is stabilising the world’s second-largest economy. Guan Tao, a former senior official with China’s...

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4 d. ago China’s currency comeback: yuan seen breaking key dollar level in 2026

China’s currency comeback: yuan seen breaking key dollar level in 2026  South China Morning Post

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7 d. ago The best open weight AI models are coming from China, says Corridor's Alex Stamos

The best open weight AI models are coming from China, says Corridor's Alex Stamos  CNBC

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7 d. ago EU fears China’s role in Russia’s war on Ukraine is deepening

European Union members have observed an uptick in China’s support for Russia, multiple sources said, as Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine prepares to drag into its fourth year. Officials are parsing evidence of an increase in battlefield weapons being shipped from China to Russia, to add to the well-documented flow of goods with dual civilian and military uses between the two states. “We note that 80 per cent of critical dual-use goods come to Russia either through or from China. They claim to be...

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7 d. ago Advocate of the Global South, global provider of green tech: China has come to dominate the climate discourse

Advocate of the Global South, global provider of green tech: China has come to dominate the climate discourse  Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS)

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9 d. ago US commission wants more Mandarin language courses as Congress looks to curb Beijing sway

A bipartisan commission focused on the rule of law and human rights in China is recommending that the US Congress scale up immersion programmes for Mandarin and other languages spoken on the mainland in American high schools and universities. The recommendation, made as part of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China’s (CECC) annual report, comes as Washington has scaled back funding for cultural exchange programmes since the start of US President Donald Trump’s second administration. It...

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9 d. ago AI race comes down to power and data centres – and China has the edge, says unicorn hunter

China is likely to overtake the United States in artificial intelligence within a decade because of its faster buildout of the power and data-centre infrastructure that AI relies on, according to a veteran Chinese investor. “It’s much easier [for China] to catch up on algorithms and AI models than [for the US] to build up the data centres and power plants [that run AI],” said Allen Zhu Xiaohu, managing director at GSR Ventures, on a recent podcast. “AI competition is really a competition in data...

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1 week ago Trump gives green light for Nvidia to sell H200 AI chips in China

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the US will allow Nvidia to ship its H200 artificial intelligence chips to approved customers in China, marking the latest lobbying win for the American chip company. The decision follows weeks of deliberations by the Trump administration about whether to grant permission to ship the H200 to China. It comes days after Nvidia Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang met with Trump in Washington to discuss US export controls. “I have informed President Xi,...

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1 week ago China’s Politburo says ‘more proactive’ fiscal policy to come in 2026

China has pledged to continue to exert a “more proactive” fiscal policy and “moderately loose” monetary policy next year as it seeks to promote “effective qualitative improvement and reasonable quantitative growth” in its economy. After a meeting of the 24-member Politburo on Monday, the major decision-making body of the ruling Communist Party said the country would “seek progress while maintaining stability and pursue higher quality and greater efficiency in next year’s economic work.” “[We...

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2 w. ago Ukraine, trade, pandas: What China's Xi and France's Macron discussed in Beijing

Ukraine, trade, pandas: What China's Xi and France's Macron discussed in Beijing  CNBCMacron Seeks Xi’s Support on Ukraine, Calls for China Investment  Bloomberg.comEmmanuel Macron warns of ‘disintegration’ risk to world order in Xi Jinping meeting  Financial Times

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2 w. ago Families ‘hope truth will come out’ when hunt for missing flight MH370 resumes

Malaysia’s announcement that the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 will resume was welcome news for Jiang Hui, whose mother was a passenger on the plane. “I hope the truth will come out soon, the wait has been such a torment for the families,” he wrote in a social media post sharing the news. Malaysia’s transport ministry made the announcement on Wednesday, more than a decade after the Boeing 777 carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in...

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2 w. ago Chinese families ‘hope truth will come out’ when search for flight MH370 resumes

Malaysia’s announcement that the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 will resume was welcome news for Jiang Hui, whose mother was a passenger on the plane. “I hope the truth will come out soon, the wait has been such a torment for the families,” he wrote in a social media post sharing the news. Malaysia’s transport ministry made the announcement on Wednesday, more than a decade after the Boeing 777 carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in...

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2 w. ago New oilfield development project comes online offshore China

New oilfield development project comes online offshore China  Offshore Energy

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2 w. ago THE SCOOP: Holiday Ladies Night Out comes to The Oaks, China Max opens in Clute

THE SCOOP: Holiday Ladies Night Out comes to The Oaks, China Max opens in Clute  The Facts

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3 w. ago Why China’s film industry is banking on Zootopia 2 being a smash hit

China’s film market urgently needs a hit to draw audiences back to cinemas after a lacklustre few months. And an unexpected candidate looks set to fill that role: the Disney animated comedy Zootopia 2. Hollywood movies have underperformed in China over the past few years, but Zootopia 2 appears on track to break the curse. Its advance ticket sales have already surpassed 249 million yuan (US$35 million) – a record for a foreign animated film in China, according to box office tracker Dengta...

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3 w. ago ‘Made in China?’: House panel demands Amazon come clean on product origins

‘Made in China?’: House panel demands Amazon come clean on product origins  Fox Business

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