China’s integrated circuit exports surged 136 per cent year on year to US$45 billion in September, outpacing the 108 per cent growth recorded during the first nine months of the year as
China is accelerating the development of ultra-deep oil and gas reserves as it seeks to expand domestic energy supplies amid global uncertainty, with advances in exploration and extraction technology enabling access to
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China is no longer treating robotics as merely an extension of artificial intelligence. Its universities, manufacturers, investors and startups are building an integrated ecosystem in which physics, mechanics, materials, AI and manufacturing
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China’s state television has released rare footage of People’s Liberation Army (PLA) counter-drone units conducting live-fire drills featuring laser weapons, high-power microwave systems and integrated missile-gun platforms, presenting the three technologies as
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China’s Ministry of State Security has warned of what it described as genetic resource theft and other cross-border biosecurity risks, citing cases in which overseas organisations allegedly entered ecologically sensitive areas under
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China should build a comprehensive national system to protect its growing overseas interests, including closer coordination between diplomatic, commercial, security and military authorities, according to an analysis published on a Chinese national
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On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding has returned to the center of high-level diplomatic conversation. Endorsements from Iran, the United States
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China has taken another step towards reusable rockets, with two successful booster recovery tests bringing its state-owned and commercial launch sectors closer to a capability long dominated by SpaceX. The developments could
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JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva’s planned meetings with BJP leaders in India come amid the JVP’s longstanding relationship with China’s Communist Party, creating an unusual political juxtaposition between Beijing’s one-party model and
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A growing number of young Chinese are openly describing conflicts with their parents in terms of manipulation, control and psychological harm, challenging expectations of obedience that have long been associated with the
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Britain’s MI5 has issued an unprecedented public warning accusing a Chinese research organisation of funding academic projects in the UK to strengthen China’s espionage capabilities, including research into artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and
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China is converting vacant primary schools and kindergartens into elderly care facilities as falling birth rates and a shrinking youth population leave classrooms empty while demand for services for older people increases.
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China has warned the European Union that it would respond with a “determined reaction” if Brussels imposes new trade restrictions aimed at protecting European industries. The warning follows reports that Germany and
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The US-China summit aims to stabilise relations through cooperation on trade, investment, AI safety and people-to-people exchanges, while recognising that strategic competition will continue. New bilateral mechanisms could provide greater certainty for
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The latest Modi-Xi engagement has revived the rhetoric of improved India-China relations, but the border remains the central contradiction. From the Ladakh crisis and Galwan clashes to subsequent disengagement arrangements and alleged
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China is offering 15-year research grants to a select group of exceptionally talented young scientists as it seeks to strengthen basic research and accelerate technological development. The initiative, announced by Dou Xiankang,
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