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The global gaze is intensely focused on the upcoming United States presidential election. There is intrigue from all corners of the world. Revelations from insiders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) suggest that there is a prevailing belief within its ranks that Donald Trump will secure the presidency in the November 2024 election. In anticipation […]
Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi on Tuesday announced a sports car version of its SU7 electric sedan would begin preorders for the equivalent of more than $110,000. Luna Lin | Afp | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s Xiaomi said Tuesday that it had delivered more than 20,000 SU7 EVs in October as it ramps up production […]
Night view of the Lujiazui financial district in downtown Shanghai. Yongyuan Dai | E+ | Getty Images ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming for the first time has emerged as China’s richest person, according to a list compiled by Hurun Research Institute, leaving behind Nongfu Spring Chairperson Zhong Shanshan who has topped the rankings for three years. […]
China’s only woman spaceflight engineer will be among a fresh crew of three astronauts sent to its Tiangong space station this week, Beijing announced Tuesday. Astronaut Wang Haoze gestures during a press conference a day before the Shenzhou-19 mission at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi desert in northwest China on October 29, […]
The previous blog looked at some studies of the relationship between China’s aid and its influence that posit a mediating role for domestic political institutions. Early empirical research suggests that this kind of analytic lens is relevant to the Pacific. This is a region that comprises countries with largely open — albeit in some cases […]
China has set a new world benchmark with the development of a powerful 42-tesla resistive magnet. The country has broken the previous 41.4-tesla record maintained by the United States since 2017. The breakthrough was achieved on September 22 by the High Magnetic Field Laboratory at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, affiliated with the Chinese […]
Xi Jinping appears to have a new military secretary, going by state footage of the Chinese president’s recent inspection visits to People’s Liberation Army units. Lieutenant General Fang Yongxiang, 58, was part of the group accompanying Xi during his visit to an unspecified brigade of the elite PLA Rocket Force last week. Footage released by […]
China’s World Internet Conference (WIC), an annual event that promotes the Chinese model and concept of internet governance, will focus on artificial intelligence (AI) this year, as Beijing seeks a greater role in the global governance of AI. The event, also known as the Wuzhen Summit, will run from November 19-22 under the theme of […]
If China doesn’t have any growth ‘that really will impact our exporters, especially our commodity exporters, in terms of their being able to sell stuff into China’ – Ndivhuho Netshitenzhe from Stanlib. Source link
The primary impetus for much of the contemporary focus on the relationship between Australia’s aid and its wider geopolitical goals has been the perceived increase in the use of various forms of development finance by China as a key part of Beijing’s own influence efforts, particularly those directed toward Australia’s Pacific Island Country neighbours. Indeed, […]