President Donald Trump on Thursday suggested that he is working to reestablish a U.S. presence at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, four years after America’s chaotic withdrawal from the country left …
Monthly Archives For September 2025
Pope Leo talks Trump, sex abuse scandals, LGBTQ welcome and China in his first interview
Welcoming the LGBTQ+ community. Leo embraced Pope Francis’ message for LGBTQ+ Catholics that “todos, todos, todos” are welcome in the Catholic Chur …
Hong Kong: Global Financial Center or Beijing Sidekick?
By Mark L. Clifford Hong Kong is back. At least that’s what the boosters would have us think. The London Financial Times on September 9th published “Hong …
Zijin Gold Launches $3.2 Billion Hong Kong IPO, City’s Largest in 2025
(Reuters) – Zijin Gold International, a wholly owned unit of China’s Zijin Mining, is aiming to raise HK$24.98 billion ($3.21 billion) in a Hong Kong IPO, in what will be the largest in the city…
Trump and Xi are set to discuss the TikTok deal and future of US-China relations
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to talk with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in a push to finalize a deal to allow the popular social media app TikTok to keep operating in the U.S. The…
China’s Brain Implant Startups Take On Musk’s Neuralink in New Tech Race
Despite a late foray into the brain technology industry, Chinese startups have made rapid strides in recent years to challenge US companies.
Zijin Gold seeks HK$25 billion in world’s biggest IPO since May
The gold producer is coming to market at a time prices of the precious metal extend their rise, it broke another record this week Read more at The Business Times.
Jack Ma-backed Yunfeng names ex-Ant Group executive as top Web3 architect
Yunfeng Financial Group, a fintech company backed by Alibaba Group Holding founder Jack Ma, has hired a former senior executive at Ant Group, which signalled a sharpened commitment to Web3 businesses.
China tells its tech companies they can’t buy AI chips from Nvidia
After strongly discouraging tech companies from buying Nivdia’s AI chips in August, the country is now banning the practice outright.
Tesla wins in China even against Asian brands
Tesla gains ground in China’s crowded EV sector, navigating local chaos and competition while Asian brands face mounting pressure.
Nvidia CEO Huang caught between US, China’s ‘larger agendas’
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on Wednesday that Washington and Beijing “have larger agendas to work out” as the tech giant navigates the tricky politics of the U.S.-China trade war and tries to satisfy …
China’s Deepseek Says Its Hit AI Model Cost Just $294,000 To Train
Chinese AI developer DeepSeek said it spent $294,000 on training its R1 model, much lower than figures reported for US rivals, in a paper that is likely to reignite debate over Beijing’s place in the…
Alibaba secures China Unicom as AI chip client
Alibaba Group has developed a new artificial intelligence chip designed to handle a wider range of inference tasks, according to recent reports.
