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China's AI governance plan presents a more effective alternative for Global South
Global Times
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Photo: VCG Editor's Note: The Global South is on the rise, advocating for world justice, economic prosperity and solidarity, while aiming to build better global governance. The significance of the Global South and its growing importance on the...
China's robotics wave showcases intelligent manufacturing
Global Times
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A staff showcases the remote control function of a robot at the 2025 World Robot Conference on August 8, 2025. Photo: Tao Mingyang/GTThis month, numerous robotics-related conferences and competitions are taking place in China. Following the 2025...
China a key driver of IP creation, shaping global standards and markets
Global Times
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Illustration: Liu Rui/GT In 2025, China's intellectual property (IP) sector is undergoing a significant phase of transformation. David Chao, Global Market Strategist for Asia Pacific at Invesco, notes that as the Chinese market charges into the...
China-Pakistan ties to grow despite regional shifts
Global Times
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Illustration: Xia Qing/GT Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi kicked off a visit to Pakistan on Wednesday, during which the Sixth Round of the China-Pakistan Foreign Ministers' Strategic...
China Focus: Host city Tianjin gears up for SCO summit
Xinhua News Agency
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TIANJIN, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Tianjin Municipality, a major port city in north China, is putting the finishing touches on its preparations to host the largest-ever Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit on Aug. 31 and Sept. 1, with leaders...
Chinese tourist city Sanya shuts down as Typhoon Kajiki intensifies
The Indian Express
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August 24, 2025
The southern Chinese city of Sanya, renowned for seafront resorts and sandy beaches, closed tourist attractions, shuttered businesses and suspended public transport on Sunday as it braced for an intensifying Typhoon Kajiki.The tropical cyclone was...
Foreign trade back on track: Exports doubled in Shrawan
República
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KATHMANDU, Aug 24: Nepal’s foreign trade has picked up pace again. Data from the first month of the current Fiscal Year (FY) shows that exports nearly doubled compared to the same period last year. According to the Department of Customs, exports...
Extra US tariff on India, Shanghai summit, Lee in Washington
Nikkei Asia
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Welcome to Your Week in Asia. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken a defiant stance in the face of an additional 25% tariff threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump, but Indian businesses will begin to feel the true impact of the levy...
This U.S. politician made super suspicious Intel trade before government’s 10% stake
Finbold
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August 24, 2025
United States Representative Tim Moore made a timely stock purchase in Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) just weeks before the government announced it would take a 10% stake in the chipmaker. According to filings, Moore bought between $15,001 and $50,000 worth...
How China fools the West
The Spectator
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August 24, 2025
The mimic octopus is a remarkable creature. It is the world’s master at shapeshifting. It is able to transform its appearance into that of more than 15 different aquatic animals, depending on the needs of the moment. It can ward off predators by...
Nepal sends ‘diplomatic notes’ to India and China over Lipulekh trade deal
República
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KATHMANDU, Aug 24: Nepal has sent separate diplomatic notes to India and China, expressing concerns over their trade agreement that uses Nepali territory in Lipulekh without Nepal’s consent. The notes were sent on August 21. The government wrote...
GCB Bank appoints new Head of SOEs and Afro-Asia Banking Unit
GhanaWeb
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August 23, 2025
GCB Bank PLC (GCB) has appointed Aurelia Baaba Ofori Odame as Executive Head of Afro-Asia Trade and State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs). The strategic appointment comes at a pivotal time as the Bank accelerates efforts to deepen cross-regional trade,...
How China went from clean energy copycat to global innovator
The Straits Times
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August 24, 2025
In 2000, Chinese applicants filed 18 clean energy patents that analysts said were internationally competitive. In 2022, Chinese applicants filed more than 5,000. Over two decades, China has leapt ahead of other countries, churning out innovative...
Yao Jiuwei: From watching Beijing Parade as student to marching as Marine
Capital FM Kenya
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August 24, 2025
BEIJING, China, Aug 24 — Yao Jiuwei, a marine of the People’s Liberation Army Navy, recalled that the first time he considered joining the military was on Sept 3, 2015. “I was running on a treadmill at my university — Harbin Sport University in...
Uzbekistan, Chinese firms discuss industrial park and wind energy project in Fergana
Daryo
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August 24, 2025
Chinese companies have proposed creating an industrial park of new materials and building a wind power plant in Uzbekistan’s Fergana region, the regional khokimiyat (city administration) reported. Source: Khokimiyat of Fergana region During talks...
Shipping adviser visits BSC's ships under construction in China
The Business Standard
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August 24, 2025
Shipping and Labour and Employment Adviser Brigadier General (retd) Dr M Sakhawat Hossain has visited the Jingjiang Nanyang Shipbuilding Co Ltd shipyard in China to observe the progress of the ships being constructed there as part of the fleet...
Algeria’s Sonarem, China’s MCC discuss phosphorus reduction in Gara Djebilet iron ore
Zawya
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Algeria’s state-owned mining company Sonarem Group held talks with a delegation from Chinese engineering and construction company MCC [Metallurgical Corporation of China] on ways to reduce phosphorus levels in iron ore from the Gara Djebilet mine...
Japan – China International Development Corporation acquires strategic 20% stake in NVT
Web NewsWire
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August 24, 2025
China International Development Corporation acquires strategic 20% stake in NVT – NVT market leader in RWA tokenization with Top-Tier Institutional Clients & First RWA platform facilitating Secondary Trading HONG KONG, Aug 22, 2025 – (ACN...
What’s holding back cage-free egg production in China?
WATT Poultry - Illinois
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August 24, 2025
Laying-hens-in-cages Moving birds into vertical cages helped Chinese egg producers overcome many of the bird disease issues they had previously encountered. triloks | iStock.com The market for cage-free eggs in China is somewhat of a paradox....
U.S., China thwarting India’s shot at $7 trillion solar prize
The Philadelphia Tribune - Pennsylvania
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August 24, 2025
It’s 145F deep inside Borosil Renewables Ltd.’s vast manufacturing site in Bharuch, western India, where 1,000 tons of molten glass a day is pressed through glowing furnaces into flawless, paper-thin sheets that will eventually form solar panels....