China’s record-low birthrate could weaken the workforce, economy and domestic confidence needed to fulfill Xi Jinping’s global ambitions.
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Analysis-China draws ‘red lines’ around its economic model ahead of EU, US trade talks
By Claire Fu, Kevin Yao and Liangping Gao SINGAPORE/BEIJING, Aug 3 (Reuters) – China is energetically defending its economic policy mix that favours advanced industries over consumption, adopting a …
US companies win billions in African data center deals in direct competition with China
From Lesotho to Gabon, American firms are winning AI data center and power contracts worth billions as the U.S.-China trade war intensifies in Africa.
China’s Digital Gaze: How Beijing Tracks Foreigners Down To Their Gas Bills
China already tracks its 1.4 billion citizens through an enormous web of cameras, phone signals and national identity records. Now, the chance discovery by a cybersecurity researcher has shown how far …
Beijing warns Manila of ‘powerful’ South China Sea toolbox ready for ‘head-on blow’
Strongly worded PLA Daily article is latest in a series of countermeasures as Scarborough Shoal row flares, including military drills Beijing had a “rich and powerful” toolkit to use against those who …
Washington Wants Iraq, But Tehran And Beijing Won’t Let Go
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ken Silverstein analyzes the Energy Transition, AI and Geopolitics This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This …
A young Tibetan flees his homeland – and reveals how China is eroding his culture
Xi has mounted what critics say are intensified efforts to suppress dissent and tighten control of China’s ethnic minorities.
Landslide death toll rises in China’s Gansu Province as heavy rains continue
BEIJING, Aug 2 (Reuters) – Flash floods in Gansu Province in China’s northwest last week killed 25 people and injured 23 more, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday, raising earlier death …
From meteorites to Monet: Shenzhen’s new museums draw Hongkongers beyond dining
Museum-goers say Shenzhen’s new cultural venues offer exhibitions and scale hard to find in Hong Kong Dinosaur fossils, rare meteorites and French Impressionist masterpieces are among Shenzhen’s …
Animal spillover? Lab leak? What the science says about the origins of COVID-19
The release of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s pandemic diaries has rekindled the debate over the origins of SARS-CoV-2. Here’s how scientists have weighed in.
Despite China’s 996 culture, DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng says his workers don’t do overtime or even have KPIs: ‘No one manages them’
While Silicon Valley races to adopt China’s brutal 996 culture, DeepSeek’s founder says his $60 billion AI company has no KPIs and no overtime.
China conducts naval, air patrols around disputed shoal in South China Sea
By Che Pan and Ryan Woo BEIJING, Aug 1 (Reuters) – China’s military conducted joint air and naval combat drills around the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, the People’s Liberation …
China’s Commerce Ministry denies US accusation of forced labour in Xinjiang
By Che Pan and Ryan Woo BEIJING, Aug 1 (Reuters) – China’s Ministry of Commerce said on Saturday that the addition of Chinese companies to a list of entities that the U.S. alleges use forced…
