President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is set make a high-stakes visit to the Group of Seven summit, seeking to win support from middle powers such as Brazil and India while building on the backing of the US…
Monthly Archives For May 2023
China Plans to Create Regional AI ‘Highlands’ to Narrow the Technology Gap
During the 7th World Intelligence Conference, Wang Zhigang, the Chinese Minister of Science and Technology, announced China’s plans to construct these highlands and technological platforms dedicated …
China’s soybean imports from Brazil fall further in April
China’s soybean imports from Brazil fell 16% in April compared with the same month a year ago, data showed on Saturday, keeping supplies from the South American nation well behind last year’s level …
What Evidence Shows About China and Uyghur Forced Labor
New research reveals that labor transfers for agriculture work like cotton picking continue to be “strongly emphasized” in Xinjiang’s official plans.
Business tough in China as national security trumps all
SHANGHAI: Doing business in China has become harder and potentially more perilous as the government prioritises an ever-widening definition of national security over all else, despite insisting the …
G7 aims to rein in risks from China, awaits Zelenskiy
Leaders from the Group of Seven (G7) nations will outline steps to help rein in risks from China while preserving economic ties, the White House said on Saturday, highlighting the difficult balancing …
China Overtakes Japan As World’s Biggest Exporter Of Automobiles
A surge in electric vehicle demand and sales in Russia helped China become the world’s largest vehicle exporter in Q1 2023 …
Apple got rich in China. Other Asian markets offer the next ‘golden opportunity’
Apple launched an online store in Vietnam this week, in another nod to the growing importance of emerging markets for the iPhone maker.
Submarine Hunt Incident A Peak Into Cat-And-Mouse Games In South China Sea
A stretch of the northern South China Sea is increasingly of great strategic interest, especially when it comes to submarine activity.
China’s Mysterious Space Plane Returns to Earth
Specialists speculate that a Chinese spacecraft that spent nine months in Earth’s orbit might be similar to a U.S. space plane, and it could have research or military uses …
China’s ChatGPT rival bans users who ask AI about Xi Jinping and Winnie the Pooh
Ernie Bot refused to answer sensitive questions about President Xi or COVID — and even banned users who asked about the Communist leader’s views on Winnie the Pooh.
Jerry Brown on why the U.S. must reset relations with China
Former California Governor Jerry Brown joins CNN’s Christiane Amanpour to discuss the U.S. response to China. Is the explosion of AI a positive or a negative? Here’s what some experts think …
Putin wants China to think he can defeat Ukraine. But his expensive military gambit is yet to yield results
Moscow’s massive missile barrage on Kyiv this week was the fastest, most complex attack on the Ukrainian capital so far. The Kremlin claimed it had hit one of the United States’ prestigious Patriot …
