Tucked inside a New Hampshire office park, a small refinery zaps mining waste with electricity to tease out critical minerals needed for key U.S. weapons systems, including missiles used in the Iran …
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China rolls out sweeping employment push for record number of college graduates
BEIJING — China has unveiled a tiered strategy to boost employment prospects for the nation’s 2025 college graduates, a number which is expected to reach a record 12.22 million this year. Key …
How China gets better bang for its buck than America in AI
HOW MUCH money should companies lavish on artificial intelligence? American tech giants think the answer is: a lot. Their capital spending on data centres may surpass $740bn this year, according to …
China Ship Spotted Lurking Over US-Taiwan Undersea Cable
The suspicious activity over the Pacific Light Cable Network follows a spate of China-linked cable cutting near Taiwan and elsewhere.
The Morning Risk Report: Trump Adds to China Forced Labor Blacklist
Plus: AI chatbot, deepfake labeling rules kick off in Europe, and FinCEN director leaves for Citigroup …
Exclusive-CXMT plans second chip plant in Beijing and is in talks on its funding, sources say
Aug 3 (Reuters) – CXMT, China’s largest chipmaker by market value, is considering building a second memory-chip plant in Beijing and is in financing talks with a tech manufacturing hub backed by the …
Beijing is gradually normalizing its control over the South China Sea with small, incremental acts
Lynn Kuok, Lee Kuan Yew Chair in Southeast Asian Studies at Brookings Institutions, discusses how China’s strategy in the South China Sea is shifting, and highlights the potential military and …
China’s birth crisis threatens Xi’s superpower dream
China’s record-low birthrate could weaken the workforce, economy and domestic confidence needed to fulfill Xi Jinping’s global ambitions.
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 …
