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Beyond the numbers: why China’s carrier force won’t copy the US model
Defence experts say PLA carrier fleet is expected to complement land-based forces and extend reach into the western Pacific and beyond.
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US lifts TikTok ban on government devices after ByteDance restructuring
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US faults China over vague overseas lending, warns of emerging-market debt risks
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Facebook parent Meta to unwind US$2 billion Manus AI deal after Beijing block
Chinese-founded AI platform says affected users’ data will be deleted as it returns to independent operations.
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Meta acquired Chinese-founded AI platform Manus for a reported US$2 billion in December. Photo: Getty Images
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US export controls achieving no strategic gain, hurting American firms: survey
US’ export-control licensing regime costs billions in lost exports, with items ‘already available in China’ from variety of other suppliers.
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Daughter of ‘Chinese Schindler’ protests use of his legacy to sell homes
Manli Ho condemns real estate site for invoking her father’s rescue of Jews to promote US$40,000 houses in his Chinese hometown.
12 Aug 2026 - 1:15AM
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China’s hypersonic weapons can be guided by the stars if GPS fails: report
Guangdong researchers build prototype star sensor after developing a way to accurately predict how starlight bends at extreme speeds.
11 Aug 2026 - 11:34PM
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Before the age of electronic instruments, sailors steered by the North Star. Image: Shutterstock
Diplomacy
China pitches AI models to Europe. Is it enough to avoid 2-horse race with US?
The two big tech powers are well ahead of the competition. The question now is whether a third big player can emerge.
11 Aug 2026 - 9:00PM
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China says US tried to buy its super magnet that has ‘40% higher’ performance
America’s Brookhaven lab once ‘monopolised’ the specialist technology, but China says it is now ’winning’ in that field.
11 Aug 2026 - 8:29PM
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Chinese paratrooper killed in Qinghai exercise as PLA acknowledges casualties
Death of 23-year-old was one of two parachute-related incidents in consecutive months recently made public by the PLA.
11 Aug 2026 - 7:54PM
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Politics
Over 8,200 detained as China launches year-long crackdown on organised crime
The campaign targets ‘covert’ crimes that have spread online, from ‘soft violence’ to sexual extortion.
11 Aug 2026 - 6:00PM
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Chinese police have dismantled more than 1,000 gangs and detained thousands of suspects as part of the country’s latest crime-busting campaign. Photo: Handout
Diplomacy
China detains Japanese executives in dual-use technology export probe: report
Several Japanese detained upon entering China, according to newspaper, as Beijing alleges foreign firms violated export restrictions.
11 Aug 2026 - 6:46PM
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Former Guangdong governor Zhu Senlin, enforcer of southern reform, dies at 95
Zhu is remembered as a pragmatic, steady administrator who steered Guangdong through critical decades of reform and opening-up.
11 Aug 2026 - 4:35PM
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Diplomacy
US House panel slammed for asking if scholars lost jobs to Chinese hires
Congressional panel seeks complaints from US academics, but critics call its focus on Chinese applicants a ‘disgrace’.
11 Aug 2026 - 4:18PM
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Tougher than armour, hard as diamond: China’s unbreakable crystal breakthrough
Scientists use carbon nanotubes to build an internal support structure that overcomes the brittle glasslike nature of diamonds.
11 Aug 2026 - 12:00PM
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A team of researchers in China has found a way to make the world’s hardest substance tougher without sacrificing any of its hardness. Photo: Shutterstock
Diplomacy
Why did US defence official Colby avoid mentioning China in Manila speech?
Some analysts attribute the restraint to a desire to avoid antagonising Beijing ahead of next month’s expected Xi-Trump summit.
11 Aug 2026 - 10:31AM
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Why submarine attacks may prove the Achilles’ heel for China’s new carrier fleet
The PLA Navy is still lagging behind the US in undersea warfare, according to a report highlighting some of its ongoing vulnerabilities.
11 Aug 2026 - 10:00AM
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Beijing and Manila trade blame on second day of Scarborough Shoal clashes
Chinese coastguard use water cannon during maritime stand-off, the third with the Philippines in the South China Sea since Monday.
24 Jul 2026 - 8:43PM
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The Philippines has accused China of “a series of water cannon attacks and dangerous manoeuvres” while the Chinese coastguard says its actions were "lawful". Photo: X/@jaytaryela
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Wang and Rubio at Asean discuss Xi’s planned US visit, South China Sea clash
America’s top diplomat describes dispute between Beijing and Manila over Second Thomas Shoal as very negative and benefiting no one.
22 Jul 2026 - 10:48PM
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Beijing, Manila should avoid South China Sea ‘miscalculation’: top diplomats
Foreign ministers meet on margins of Asean event in Manila, days after fresh sea clash and outrage over video mocking 2016 arbitral ruling.
22 Jul 2026 - 7:58PM
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China lodges protest with Philippines after latest Second Thomas Shoal clash
Beijing summons the Philippine ambassador to complain about what it describes as a ‘malicious’ attack on its coastguards.
21 Jul 2026 - 6:05PM
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OPINION
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A strong China is the best hope for the ‘long peace’ to endure
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US does its robotics industry no favours by fencing it off from China
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The world that made Confucius – and the China he made
7 Aug 2026 - 8:30PM
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China’s baby boom depends on gender equality, not cash handouts
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How likely is Beijing to walk the talk on boosting consumption?
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