Breakthrough structure developed by Chinese scientists could threaten America’s dominance of engine technology.
Singapore meeting had a ‘positive effect’ on promoting understanding, says Chinese defence ministry spokesman.
France leads those states eager to protect their industries from any unfair competition by Beijing while Germany and other free-traders say the market can handle it.
This is ‘the largest quantum simulation or computation performed to date in a trapped-ion system’, comments one reviewer on study published in Nature.
China State Construction Engineering Corporation, a key exponent of Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative, is cited for water pollution and non-compliance with labour laws.
Trade between China and Russia surged to a record US$240 billion in 2023, an increase of more than 64 per cent since 2021, before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Overseas spy agencies and organisations with ‘complicated backgrounds’ have been gathering intelligence, stealing tech and illegally acquiring rare earth-related items in recent years, Ministry of State Security says.
Dong, the first naval officer to be named defence minister, is expected to meet US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin at this weekend’s regional forum.
Unifications always won with ‘carrot and stick, and the carrot must be sweet’, policy adviser Zheng Yongnian tells seminar on cross-strait exchanges and warns of ‘dangerous cognitive war’ by US.
Tianqi constellation to comprise 38 small satellites for data connectivity via smart devices, with expansion expected to include military applications, says developer and operator Guodian Gaoke.
Middle East has ‘broad prospects for development’ and war cannot continue indefinitely, the Chinese leader said, as Beijing courts region long dominated by the US.
Chinese researchers complete excursion across Atlantic and Indian oceans, where they collected environmental data, rock samples and marine life. But US analysts are concerned China’s ocean exploration will give it an edge in mining and intelligence.
China’s official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) fell to 49.5 in May, data released on Friday showed.
Mainland China announced on Friday a suspension of some preferential tariff arrangements under its Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement with Taiwan.
Three-year plan puts artificial intelligence at the centre of Beijing’s ambitions to achieve hi-tech self-reliance and catch up with the US.
The C919, China’s home-grown commercial jet, has completed a year of passenger flights. Will it receive airworthiness certification from the Western countries currently sanctioning trade and tech in other fields?
Shen Zhihua warns about the economic decoupling that sent US-Soviet relations spiralling into confrontation.
Many US universities, including Harvard, are strengthening ties with mainland China, but anxiety about Beijing’s influence has made Taiwan partnerships more attractive.
In the run-up to William Lai’s inauguration on Monday, reluctance in the military to remove statues of the late leader raises questions about its loyalty.