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China Ranks First in Scientific Capability, Surpassing U.S. for Second Consecutive Year
Business Korea
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June 18, 2025
China has claimed the top spot in global scientific research capabilities for the second year in a row, according to the latest Nature Index, which evaluates international research output. China has ranked first again this year in the Nature...
China's top political advisor stresses research on integrated development of sci-tech, industrial innovation
Xinhua News Agency
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BEIJING, June 18 (Xinhua) -- China's top political advisor Wang Huning on Wednesday stressed the need to deepen research on the integrated development of scientific and technological innovation with industrial innovation, highlighting its crucial...
China breaks record with maglev train hitting 650 km/h in 7 seconds
CGTN
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In a significant breakthrough for China's magnetic levitation (maglev) technology, researchers at the Donghu Laboratory in central China's Hubei Province have successfully accelerated a 1.1-tonne test vehicle to 650 km/h within just 1,000 meters,...
China releases new grassland vegetation map of "roof of the world"
Xinhua News Agency
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BEIJING, June 18 (Xinhua) -- China has released its most detailed map yet of grassland vegetation on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, using a scale of 1:500,000. The map, developed by a team led by Wang Yanfen, a professor at the University of Chinese...
Scientists uncover genetic innovation underlying evolution of ants
CGTN
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Scientists from the Global Ant Genomics Alliance on Monday published groundbreaking research in the international academic journal Cell, revealing the genetic foundations underlying major adaptive changes in ant evolution and their co-evolving...
Scientists studying Earth's largest iron ore deposits uncover a 1.3-billion-year-old secret
Earth.com
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Steel is the skeleton of modern life, yet the iron that makes it has a backstory far older than the first nail. For decades, geologists thought the world’s richest and largest iron ore deposits formed not long after breathable oxygen spread...
China-based AliExpress breached EU digital rules over illegal products
Politico Europe
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June 18, 2025
That law requires Very Large Online Platforms — of which AliExpress is one — to assess what risks it carries for the spread of illegal content or goods and how it would mitigate them. AliExpress failed to properly consider these risks and its...
China to set up segment on STAR Market to host pre-profit growth companies
Yahoo Finance
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China's securities regulator announced plans on Wednesday to set up a new segment on Shanghai's tech-heavy STAR market to host pre-profit growth companies. Companies with major technology breakthroughs, bright commercial...
China “Intrudes” In Russia’s Backyard As Moscow Remains Occupied With Ukraine War; A New Great Game In Central Asia?
The Eurasian Times
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June 18, 2025
Two months after hosting the First Central Asia-European Union (CA-EU) Summit in Samarkand, the five Central Asian states—Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan — are hosting the second China-Central Asia Summit,...
China talks up digital yuan in push for multi-polar currency system
Regional Media News - Iowa
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June 18, 2025
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -The head of China’s central bank pledged to expand the international use of the digital yuan and called for the development of a multi-polar global currency system, where several currencies dominate the world economy....
China’s consumer-goods spending improves as deflation eases, Bain says
South China Morning Post
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June 18, 2025
China’s fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector is seeing some signs of a tentative recovery in spending, tempering declines in selling prices in an economy under years of deflation, according to a report by Bain & Company. Value grew 2.7 per...
China's AliExpress risks fine for breaching EU illegal product rules
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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Chinese online giant AliExpress must do more to protect consumers from illegal product sales, the European Commission said Wednesday in an interim finding that could open the way to heavy fines. While noting some progress, "the Commission...
China-Central Asia Relations Enter New Phase Amid Xi’s Visit
The Astana Times
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June 18, 2025
ASTANA — Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Kazakhstan and his participation in the Central Asia-China summit mark a new phase of strategic engagement, encompassing a broader Central Asian region. Experts highlight both unprecedented...
Chinese Travel Thousands of Miles to Flee Iran Overland
Asharq Al-Awsat
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June 18, 2025
The first Chinese evacuees from Iran have started sharing on social media their desperate efforts to reach the country's borders and the safety of Turkmenistan, Armenia and Azerbaijan, as the Israel-Iran air war entered a sixth day. Several...
Chinese flee Iran overland by bus to safety of neighbouring countries
SRN News
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June 18, 2025
Audio By Carbonatix By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) -The first Chinese evacuees from Iran have started sharing on social media their desperate efforts to reach the Islamic Republic’s borders and the safety of Turkmenistan, Armenia and Azerbaijan, as...
China's Central Bank Living Life In The Trumpian Fast Lane
MENAFN
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June 18, 2025
Latest stories Donald Trump's craven war on Myanmar Pete Hegseth's surprisingly unsurprising message at Shangri-La Regime change would be unlikely to bring democracy to Iran Yet headwinds abound. China's industrial output fell 5.8% year on year in...
Chinese Billionaire Richard Liu Defends Food Deliveries As Losses Mount
Forbes
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Richard Liu, founder of JD.com, on the day the company went public on the Nasdaq exchange, May 22, 2014. Andrew Burton/Getty Images Richard Liu, billionaire founder of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com, defended his decision to expand into the...
China Braces For Summer COVID Surge Amid NB.1.8.1 Spread
MENAFN
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June 18, 2025
(MENAFN- The Arabian Post) Health authorities and clinicians across China are warning of a significant surge in COVID‐19 infections this July, driven by the NB.1.8.1 variant-a descendant of the JN.1 lineage that now dominates the country's...
China Expands Nuclear Arsenal by 20 Percent, SIPRI Warns of Rapid Growth
[your]NEWS
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June 18, 2025
Report finds China’s warhead stockpile reached 600 in 2025 amid rising global security concerns By yourNEWS Media Newsroom China is expanding its nuclear arsenal at the fastest rate among all nuclear-armed states, according to a new report from...
China, Central Asia Sign Treaty, Outline New Paths for Cooperation
The Astana Times
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June 18, 2025
ASTANA – The second Central Asia-China summit concluded on June 17 with the signing of the Treaty on Eternal Good-Neighborliness, Friendship, and Cooperation, marking a significant step in strengthening mutual trust and strategic cooperation...