Day: July 9, 2025

Chinese exporters like Huang Yongxing are desperate for some straight answers so they can start making and shipping goods from their factories in either China or Southeast Asia. Advertisement And the answers – or at least updates – that Huang does get, he shares on his social media account via weekly updates that have gained traction among owners of small and medium-sized businesses as disruptive and volatile tariff policies out of Washington continue to redraw the profitability lines for manufacturers. They now face a prolonged dilemma over investments, as some…

Award-winning data scientist She Yiyuan has left the United States to take up a full-time position at Westlake University in eastern China’s Zhejiang province. Advertisement She, who taught at Florida State University for almost two decades, will conduct research at his new institution as a chair professor at the school of science and the Institute for Theoretical Sciences, according to a July 1 social media post by the Chinese university. She has won the Career Award, the most prestigious award from the US National Science Foundation to support early career…

Genocides committed or sponsored by the West have often been a highly profitable business. Whether it was against the native American population in the United States throughout much of the 19th century, the colonisation of the Congo by King Leopold II of Belgium, or the Nazi Holocaust, many individuals and companies have profited greatly from humanity’s worst crimes – through direct participation or by providing services and support. Advertisement A new report by Francesca Albanese, the courageous UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories…

A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) general called for greater cooperation in training and technology with China in talks with his Chinese counterpart in Islamabad on Tuesday. Advertisement Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu, chief of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) met Lieutenant General Wang Gang, chief of staff of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force, to discuss operational synergy between the two branches, according to a statement from the Pakistan Armed Forces. Wang received a detailed briefing on the PAF’s modernised force structure and strategic initiatives, and expressed “deep…

Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) stocks are expected to defy a slowdown across industries, as the mainland relies on the technology to boost business efficiency and revive economic growth, according to investors and analysts. Advertisement Companies including Meituan and Xiaomi were set to benefit from a wave of AI integration that would transform business models, according to Morgan Stanley, as investors look for new winners after DeepSeek’s breakthrough in generative AI technology. China Asset Management, one of the mainland’s biggest mutual-fund firms, said last month that the country’s AI adoption –…

This is the second story in a three-part series exploring the domestic economic challenges China faces as it navigates an unprecedented trade war with the United States. In this piece, we examine the no-holds-barred battles within the country’s emerging industries that have sent prices off a cliff and prompted official comment. Advertisement Overnight, it seemed China’s power bank industry had run out of juice. It started with a series of high-profile incidents this year, where certain versions of the portable charging stations burst into flames on flights. In late June,…

Advertisement The German foreign ministry said on Tuesday the aircraft was taking part in the European Union’s Aspides mission to protect marine traffic in the waterway, while the People’s Liberation Army naval vessel laser-targeted it “without reason or prior contact”. The Chinese ambassador to Berlin was summoned for the incident the ministry described as “endangering German personnel and disrupting the operation” and “entirely unacceptable”. In response, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Wednesday that the accusation “does not match the facts that China has gathered”. “It is important to increase…

China’s Chang’e-6 lunar mission has yielded groundbreaking findings about the moon’s hidden history, revealing evidence that a colossal asteroid strike more than 4 billion years ago could have fundamentally altered the deep interior of its far side. The research was published as four open-access papers on Wednesday in Nature, one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious scientific journals with headquarters in London. While these papers are available to all readers regardless of subscriber… South China Morning Post