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Nation’s ‘most criticised scientist’ Ouyang Minggao says lithium-ion advances could power sector to new heights, despite current overcapacity.
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Jimmy Lai says he did not originate message asking for blacklist of Hongkongers
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China’s second-richest man demands apology from ByteDance founder
Zhong Shanshan, founder of bottled-drinks giant Nongfu Spring, blames ByteDance’s social media apps for perpetuating online assaults.
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Sentences ranging from four years and two months to 10 years for conspiracy to commit subversion were proportionate with severity of crime, experts say.
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Reform China’s ‘competitive’ state-ruled industries: senior economic official
Han Wenxiu also stressed the need for breaking down market access barriers and the development of the private sector to advance Chinese-style modernisation.
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Chinese wildlife authorities search for Siberian tiger after it bites villager
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Xi Jinping and Brazilian president Lula sign 37 trade and development deals
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Trump ‘efficiency’ tsar Elon Musk outlines plans for mass US cuts
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lean on Supreme Court rulings as they take aim at hundreds of billions of dollars in government spending.
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As US and India line up in a second Trump administration, China could be targeted
Trump nominees for high-level positions suggest Washington will lean more toward New Delhi and further from Beijing, analysts say.
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Passion and tech resurrected China’s lost cave art, and unearthed past wrongs
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Brazilian envoy says Chinese new energy investments welcome
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US deports a third group of Chinese nationals on repatriation flight
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Japanese demand end to ‘comfort women’ funds after politician’s conviction
Yoon Mee-hyang was jailed and fined for embezzling funds meant for Korean ‘comfort women’ in a case that dragged on for several years.
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