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China is aware that part of a joint statement from last week’s summit between South Korea and the United States is targeted at Beijing, though it made no mention of the country, the top Chinese…
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Jack Ma steps down from business school targeted by Beijing
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Yuan Longping: how a career in science created a national hero in China
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Crypto miners halt China business after Beijing steps up crackdown
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COVID-19 origins: Scalise, Comer demand House Dems launch ‘full and complete’ probe into China’s role
EXCLUSIVE: House Republican Whip Steve Scalise and the top Republican on the House Oversight Committee James Comer are demanding House Democrats launch a “full and complete” investigation of China’s …
Russia Is Building an Army of Robot Weapons, and China’s AI Tech Is Helping
“In the context of increasing tensions with the United States, China and Russia have clearly made an agreement to expand their technological cooperation, with artificial intelligence playing a key …
Does China’s Concerns on Crypto Represent An Opportunity?
About $20 billion of long positions were liquidated last week,” Sam Bankman-Fried, the chief executive of the crypto derivatives exchange FTX, said in an email. “In terms of price movements: the …
China warns metal industry of ‘zero tolerance’ for speculation as commodity prices soar
The powerful National Development and Reform Commission has told China’s metal industry it is cracking down on illegal activity, such as hoarding and speculation.