Day: June 16, 2025

The Fujian, China’s most advanced aircraft carrier, is expected to be commissioned soon based on new images circulating on social media. Advertisement On Monday state media dropped another hint that the ship would soon be entering service by referring to an “era” when the Chinese navy would have three carriers. New satellite images of the ship circulating on social media showed 36 newly painted spaces on the flight deck for warplanes, a higher capacity than the country’s two existing carriers. Song Zhongping, a military commentator and former PLA instructor, said…

The city of Xian in western China – renowned as the country’s ancient capital and home of the Terracotta Army – has long been a prime destination for tourists from home and abroad. But Chang Youli, a stylist of traditional Chinese clothing (hanfu) based in the city, has noticed many people are joining her trade to cater to a particular type of traveller. Advertisement “Thanks to government promotions, the tourism industry here has grown, and more people are coming to experience hanfu,” said Chang, who now runs her own make-up…

Advertisement Citing his own experiences, Zhang said his postgraduate degree did not contribute much when he set up and began running his own company, according to his Saturday interview with Rupert Hoogewerf, chairman and chief researcher at Hurun Research Institute, which was posted on ByteDance’s Douyin platform. Hoogewerf’s Hurun is best known for the Hurun Rich List, an annual ranking of the world’s wealthiest individuals and most successful entrepreneurs. Zhang, 60, suggested that college graduates can “think about starting some business”, as they gained know-how from working at a company.…

The United States remains a dominant power in finance, while China has a pre-eminent position in the global industrial supply chain. Advertisement Rare earths are vital components in a vast array of modern technologies, from consumer electronics such as smartphones to the batteries of hybrid and electric vehicles, as well as medical equipment like magnetic resonance imaging machines and military applications including fighter jets and precision-guided missiles. With that significant leverage, China last week wrapped up two days of high-level trade talks with the US in London, where the two…

Earlier this month, a dramatic feud erupted between US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk over a tax and spending bill, which culminated in the two hurling threats at each other. Advertisement Musk, who was Trump’s biggest political donor and his self-proclaimed “first buddy”, said the American leader “would have lost the elections” without him, and alleged without evidence that Trump was named in the sealed files of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Trump retaliated, saying he was “very disappointed” by Musk’s comments and threatening to terminate the…

Chinese tech giants Huawei Technologies and ByteDance are planning major investments in Brazil’s cloud infrastructure and artificial intelligence sectors, moves likely to deepen US concerns over Beijing’s expanding digital reach in Latin America. Advertisement The Brazilian newspaper Folha de S. Paulo reported on Monday that Huawei is set to announce a deal with Dataprev – a state-run technology company that manages the country’s social data systems – to use its data centres. Huawei is also in talks with Edge UOL, a cloud services arm of Grupo UOL PagSeguro, which also…