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Tech Bytes: Solar’s waste problem could be silver’s next big...
Proactive Australia
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August 29, 2025
Solar power is the poster child of the clean energy transition. In Australia alone, more than 4 million homes and businesses now have photovoltaic (PV) panels on their rooftops, while utility-scale solar farms are racing ahead to help deliver the...
Tech regulations will be recurring tension point between Brussels and Trump
The Irish Times
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The ink was barely dry on the deal stopping a trade war between the European Union and the United States when Donald Trump came back for more. During negotiations, the Trump administration made clear its disdain for how the EU regulates digital...
Chinese AI Chip Firm Cambricon Dives 9% After Warning of Risks
BNN Bloomberg
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AI chip designer Cambricon Technologies Corp. plunged almost 9% after warning investors about a doubling in its share price over just a month, a record gain that helped fuel a $1 trillion Chinese market rally. Cambricon triggered the selloff with...
China Nudges Yuan to Strengthen as Economic Optimism Grows
Yahoo Finance
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The People's Bank of China headquarters in Beijing. (Bloomberg) -- China’s central bank is nudging the yuan higher, stoking speculation of a subtle shift in strategy toward favoring a stronger exchange rate after strong exports brightened the...
Chinese victims of online sexual abuse face uphill battle in finding justice
The Independent (U.S.)
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August 29, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
China reports first successful pig lung transplant into human body
The Nation
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August 29, 2025
LONDON - For the first time on record, a lung from a genetically modified pig has been successfully transplanted into a human body, Chinese scientists announced in a study published in Nature. “Lungs are complex organs to transplant, but the...
China Accelerates ‘Nvidia Independence’: AI Chip Production to Triple Next Year
Business Korea
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August 29, 2025
China’s semiconductor industry is accelerating the expansion of AI chip production. This move is seen as an effort to achieve semiconductor self-reliance in both technology and production, breaking away from dependence on Nvidia, which currently...
China Monthly Stock Turnover Set for Record as Bull Run Extends
Yahoo Finance
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An electronic ticker in the Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai. (Bloomberg) -- China’s stock market is heading for a record turnover this month, underscoring the intensity of a bull run that’s bringing in more investors by the day. Most Read...
China and SCO partners drive green transition through clean energy projects, sustainable development cooperation
Global Times
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An aerial view of the Upper Marsyangdi A hydropower project founded and operated by a Chinese company in Lamjung, Nepal, on August 8, 2025 Photo: VCGEditor's Note: Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central...
Report Maps China–Thailand ‘Digital Silk Road’ as Tech and Culture Ties Deepen
Trotons Tech Magazine
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August 29, 2025
Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments BANGKOK, Aug. 28 — Thai and Chinese research groups on Wednesday released a study titled Digital Silk Road in Thailand at a Bangkok forum marking the 50th anniversary of China–Thailand diplomatic relations,...
Wahaha heiress takes shareholder fight to China’s top court
KrASIA
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August 29, 2025
On August 27, Zong Fuli submitted a formal complaint to China’s Supreme People’s Court and Supreme People’s Procuratorate, requesting expedited handling of a shareholder dispute involving the employee shareholding committee’s 24.6% stake in...
Beijing pledges support for exporters
China Daily
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This aerial drone photo taken on July 10, 2025 shows a view of Longtan Container Terminal of Nanjing Port in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province. [Photo/Xinhua] The Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday it would continue to help foreign trade...
Luo Weiwei: former Nasa scientist who became China’s semiconductor trump card
South China Morning Post
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August 29, 2025
At a time when the United States is decoupling from China on cutting-edge chip technology, Nvidia has unveiled its list of suppliers for the advanced 800 VDC power architecture powering next-generation AI data centres. Among American and European...
‘Mirror life’: This synthetic form could end humanity, scientists warn
Hindustan Times
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August 29, 2025
Technology to create ‘mirror life’ does not exist yet, and it may be quite some time before humankind cracks it, but the potential destruction it could bring is so enormous, that scientists are already calling for a ban before it is too late. For...
Wartime bonds bring China and US closer
China Daily Global
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Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng delivers a speech "Write new stories of people-to-people friendship and jointly create a brighter future of peace" at a cultural event "Experience China — A Symphony of Stories on China-US...
Taiwan estimates China spent 40% more on Pacific drills last year to hit $21 bln
The Economic Times
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August 29, 2025
China spent $21 billion on military exercises in the Taiwan Strait, the East and South China Sea and the Western Pacific last year, nearly 40% higher than 2023, according to Taiwan government estimates based on its tracking of aircraft and ships...
Taiwan estimates China spent 40% more on Pacific drills last year to hit US$21 billion
Channel News Asia
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August 29, 2025
"China's ongoing military expansion and grey-zone provocations are severely undermining peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region," Taiwan's defence ministry said in a statement to Reuters, which did not address the report's spending and...
Reviving ancient legends -- How mythology powers new wave of Chinese film, gaming innovation
People's Daily Online
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By Zhang Yunlong (Xinhua) 09:51, August 29, 2025 BEIJING, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese mythology is experiencing a creative renaissance, with recent successes in gaming and film shining a spotlight on the timeless appeal of its classic stories. A...
Covering the US-China economic showdown: What journalists need to know
International Journalists' Network
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Tariffs have always been about more than just economics. They are tools of power and leverage, expressions of national priorities and xenophobic fears. But the 2025 U.S.-China trade standoff marks a profound shift. The on-again, off-again tariff...
Xi, Putin and Modi together at the SCO summit in China would be deeply symbolic
The National News
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The world’s largest regional grouping will meet on Sunday in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin. The Shanghai Co-operation Organisation may not be quite a household name, but its 10 member states encompass 42 per cent of the global...