The United States “very much” understands Taiwan’s defence needs and the severe military threat it faces from China, a senior Taiwanese diplomat said on Sunday, following a summit between US President Donald
On Angola’s South Atlantic coast, a new US$900 million Chinese-backed port project is reinforcing Beijing’s long-standing dominance in African infrastructure at a time when the United States is seeking to strengthen its
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Malaysia’s Chinese-backed Forest City development is facing renewed scrutiny after police uncovered an alleged scam operation employing hundreds of foreign nationals and authorities ordered the closure of a US-founded technology community. According
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Colombian prosecutors are investigating allegations that executives linked to a Chinese state-owned contractor demanded cash payments from a local subcontractor in exchange for approving invoices on Bogotá’s metro project, South America’s largest
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As the People’s Liberation Army approaches its centenary in 2027, retired senior colonel Zhou Bo says China’s long-term objective is to build a military capable of standing “neck and neck” with the
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The artificial intelligence boom has been defined by extraordinary technological breakthroughs, record-breaking corporate valuations and an unprecedented race to build the computing infrastructure needed to power the next generation of digital innovation.
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The confrontation unfolded within minutes. In the early hours of the morning, three patrol vessels operated by the Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources departed the small island outpost of Pag-asa,
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China is on course for a historic milestone in its energy transition, with solar power expected to surpass coal as the country’s largest source of installed electricity generation capacity before the end
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DeepSeek is planning a major expansion of its artificial intelligence computing infrastructure with the development of a gigawatt-scale data centre in Inner Mongolia, according to people familiar with the matter, marking one
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As the People’s Liberation Army approaches its centenary, Beijing’s renewed emphasis on ideological discipline, institutional reform and sweeping anti-corruption campaigns reflects a decades-long commitment to ensuring the armed forces remain firmly under
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The latest issue of the CTC Sentinel published by the Combating Terrorism Center traces how the Islamic State has transformed China from a peripheral concern into one of its principal ideological and
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While Western collector car cultures have spent over a century maturing into multi-billion-dollar industries, China’s story is just getting started. As the world’s largest auto market shifts from raw volume growth to
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China began establishing Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in foreign countries as part of its Belt and Road Initiative. When China launched these zones across Asia, Western media warned host countries that the
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China’s reported efforts to influence an international seminar on Tibetan studies in Nepal have attracted growing attention after researchers from the Tibet Policy Institute (TPI), a think tank of the Central Tibetan
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The United States has unveiled a new initiative aimed at expanding the adoption of American artificial intelligence technologies across Southeast Asia, signalling a broader effort to strengthen its digital presence in a
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Europe’s industrial strategy is entering a decisive phase as China’s rapidly expanding manufacturing capacity places mounting pressure on some of the continent’s most important industries. As explored in an in-depth analysis by
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