Will US or China win the next war? That’s the wrong question to ask
Who will win the next war? That is the question posed on the cover of the latest Foreign Affairs magazine which…
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Chile’s Kast courts China day after US hits exports with forced labour tariff
Chilean President Jose Antonio Kast received China’s ambassador to Santiago, Niu Qingbao, at the La Moneda Palace on…
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China hits back at US forced labour blacklist as ‘classic act of coercion’
Beijing has condemned a White House decision to add 43 Chinese companies to an import blacklist targeting alleged…
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Sri Lanka’s ex-police chief sentenced to death over 2019 Easter bombings
A Sri Lanka court sentenced former police chief Pujith Jayasundara to death on Friday for failing to prevent the 2019…
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How global AI boom is intensifying US-China undersea stand-off
The US-China tech rivalry has escalated into a deeper battle over undersea fibre-optic cables powering the global AI…
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How sell-off at flashy AI-focused US hedge fund is a wake-up call for Chinese investors
Chinese tech investors are hearing warning bells after volatility in US tech stocks forced a fast-rising Wall Street…
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Top EU diplomat Kallas expected to visit Beijing in autumn amid deepest strains in years
The European Union’s foreign affairs chief, Kaja Kallas, is expected to travel to China in the autumn for her first…
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Cambodian jobseekers fear debt trap over Thailand’s border reinforcement
Vin Lors used to earn about US$20 a day working on construction sites in Bangkok, nearly twice what he now makes in…
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Beijing to impose exit bans for export control, tech transfer breaches
Under new regulations, the Chinese government will soon be able to ban citizens from leaving the country if they…
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China is making a great leap forward in food production – this time for real
In June 1958, as China’s Great Leap Forward campaign gained traction, state media began reporting astronomical…
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China signals buildout of nuclear missile silos for ‘strategic trump cards’
China has given a rare acknowledgement that it has built more nuclear missile silos in recent years, with state…
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Pakistan, Bangladesh face economic squeeze as US-Iran crisis widens
Pakistan and Bangladesh are entering the latest phase of the US-Iran conflict with thinner cushions than many Asian…
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OpenAI blinks in face-off with Chinese rivals, drops pricing for some models up to 80%
In a bid to defend its market share against rapidly advancing, lower-cost Chinese rivals, US artificial intelligence…
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But at what cost? The Economist draws backlash over ‘eco-authoritarian’ China label
British publication The Economist has come under fire across social media for calling China an “eco-authoritarian”…
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Malaysia’s baby bust accelerates shift towards greying society
Malaysia’s shift towards an older society is accelerating, as children make up a shrinking share of the population and…
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Video AI: MiniMax challenges ByteDance with low price, open weights for new H3 model
Chinese AI firm MiniMax has launched H3, its newest multimodal video generation model, pledging to break closed-source…
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Why Elon Musk would find it hard to decouple Tesla from China
Elon Musk has dismissed a media report claiming electric vehicle (EV) company Tesla is considering selling its China…
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Why Japanese stealth fighters over Australia signal a strategic pivot against China
Japanese F-35A stealth fighters are flying training missions over Australia for the first time in Exercise Pitch Black…
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Chinese PTSD survivor finds healing through volunteering 15 years after devastating train crash
A young survivor of a catastrophic train collision 15 years ago has grown up to become a volunteer who gives hope to…
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‘A living neighbour’: Singapore residents fight to save Maju forest as clearance looms
Singaporean Jo Teoh has spent over three decades waking up to birdsong, the rustle of leaves as macaques jump through…
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EU-China trade war: Beijing turns the screws as Brussels tests limits of restraint
Last Thursday, the European Union added 14 Chinese companies to its latest round of sanctions, accusing them of…
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China factories cool, CXMT surges, PLA marks anniversary
China’s factory activity unexpectedly slipped into contraction for the first time in five months, and construction…
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Singapore takes possession of Lee Kuan Yew’s 38 Oxley Road home for conservation
Singapore announced on Friday it took possession of 38 Oxley Road, the former home of its founding prime minister Lee…
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HSBC to sell US$25b of Australian home loans to Blackstone at a loss of less than US$100m
HSBC Holdings has agreed to sell its US$25 billion Australian home loan portfolio to a unit of Blackstone, which is…
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China’s export success is a by-product of self-reliance
Not a day passes without someone in Europe or the United States complaining about China’s “overproduction” and “China…
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Quake in Japan’s ‘Silicon Valley’ disrupts car, chip supply chains
A powerful earthquake that struck southern Japan this week has exposed the vulnerability of the country’s manufacturing…
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Malaysian pilot arrested in Indonesia with 70,000 Ecstasy pills after drug-fuelled flight
A Malaysian pilot who tested positive for meth, MDMA, and cocaine after flying a passenger plane to Indonesia risked…
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July Politburo meeting read-out
This report was translated from Chinese into English using Alibaba’s Qwen3.7-Plus, then checked and tweaked for…
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Xi Jinping urges Chinese armed forces to ‘strengthen military application’ of AI
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to enhance its use of AI as part of a…
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Singapore ministers awarded US$113,000 each in legal costs in Bloomberg libel suit
Singapore’s Senior Minister K. Shanmugam and Minister for Trade and Industry (Energy and Industry) Tan See Leng have…
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South Korea almost shoots down US Marine drone after communication failure
An apparent communication breakdown between US and South Korean militaries led South Korean troops to train their…
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China’s Xiaomi takes aim at Tesla, staking 23% lower price on premium SUV
Xiaomi, one of Tesla’s biggest challengers in mainland China over the past year, has priced its newest cars at a 23 per…
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Paralysis inspires Chinese man to build mind-controlled wheelchair that wins top prize
A man from southeastern China transformed his experience with paralysis into a source of inspiration, creating a…
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What China’s hypersonic anti-ship missile fired from a smaller destroyer signals
A Type 052D destroyer fired a YJ-20 hypersonic anti-ship missile into the air, Chinese media footage released this week…
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Singapore police investigate Massive Attack over Palestinian support at gig
The police and the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) have opened investigations after British trip-hop band…
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Singapore retailer Love, Bonito warns customers of scam risks after data breach
Singapore fashion retailer Love, Bonito said that some customers’ personal data may have been exposed after a security…
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