Day: October 24, 2025

China and the United States should refrain from weaponising more aspects of their relationship, a Chinese scholar has urged, as the world’s two largest economies prepare to hold a fresh round of negotiations to cool down a recent flare-up in tensions. Advertisement “It’s very important that the two sides need to have some kind of self-restraint,” said Da Wei, director of Tsinghua University’s Centre for International Security and Strategy, at the Bund Summit in Shanghai on Thursday. “Stop trying to find new weapons against the other side.” Most notably, Beijing…

China has developed a flexible, durable aircraft coating that absorbs radar waves, potentially closing a critical technological gap and redefining the future of aerial stealth. Advertisement A study published on October 14 in Advanced Materials details a scalable, flexible and ultra-thin (0.1 mm) metasurface capable of withstanding temperatures up to 1,000 degrees Celsius (1,832 degrees Fahrenheit). The material features tunable impedance, making it suitable for aerospace electromagnetic wave absorption. It shows balance between performance, durability and manufacturability, and could have potential applications in fighter aircraft, according to the paper. The…

Nexperia’s Chinese subsidiary has publicly rejected a decision by the Dutch headquarters to remove John Chang as vice-president of global sales and marketing, declaring the dismissal legally ineffective in China and escalating a conflict that has garnered international attention. Advertisement Nexperia China, the chipmaker’s primary entity in the country, said the dismissal “shall not have legal effect within the jurisdiction of China”, claiming it violated local company and labour laws, according to a statement published in both Chinese and English on the unit’s WeChat account on Thursday. Chang, a veteran…