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Military

In Focus | 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.

Meta acquired Chinese-founded AI platform Manus for a reported US$2 billion in December. Photo: Getty Images
Meta acquired Chinese-founded AI platform Manus for a reported US$2 billion in December. Photo: Getty Images

Diplomacy

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.

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Science

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.

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Before the age of electronic instruments, sailors steered by the North Star. Image: Shutterstock
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.

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Science

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.

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Military

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.

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Chinese media say paratrooper Xia Shiyuan, from Huaiyuan county in eastern Anhui province, encountered an emergency shortly after leaving his mid-air aircraft during a scheduled exercise in Golmud, Qinghai province, on May 27. Photo: Weibo/合新闻

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.

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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
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.

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Politics

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.

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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’.

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The committee’s appeal comes amid a broader debate in Washington over how Chinese influence can be scrutinised without spilling into discrimination. Photo: AFP

Science

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.

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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
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.

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Military

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.

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Diplomacy

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.

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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
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

Diplomacy

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.

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Diplomacy

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.

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Diplomacy

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.

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The Philippines said one of its servicemen was injured after being hit on the head with a baton. Photo: X.com/SCS_PI
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LATEST China Science NEWS

China’s hypersonic weapons can be guided by the stars if GPS fails: report

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Before the age of electronic instruments, sailors steered by the North Star. Image: Shutterstock

China says US tried to buy its super magnet that has ‘40% higher’ performance

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The magnets were used to upgrade the Beijing Electron-Positron Collider. Photo: IHEP

Tougher than armour, hard as diamond: China’s unbreakable crystal breakthrough

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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

2,300-year-old wine found near Great Wall ruin reveals ancient brewing secrets

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A well-preserved bronze Warring States-era wine vessel containing 2,300-year-old wine was discovered at the Shanjiabao cemetery. Here it is pictured in the lab. Photo: Handout

Chinese researchers use microbubbles to shrink aggressive liver tumours: paper

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Research has indicated that the movement of microbubbles in the bloodstream can enhance conventional treatments of advanced liver cancer. Photo: Shutterstock
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OPINION
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Opinion | A strong China is the best hope for the ‘long peace’ to endure

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