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Forget Bitcoin’s Halving — The ‘Business Cycle’ Is The Real Market Killer: Analyst
Bitcoin jumped about 4% in the past 24 hours, trading near $110,000. Short-term players are watching a break above $112,200 for signs of renewed strength, while long-term holders still sit largely in profit. Reports have disclosed that easing...
China Turns Crypto into a Weapon of Statecraft: Digital Yuan at the Frontlines
China’s Crypto strategy is turning money into a weapon of statecraft. A recent study published by Study Times—the journal of China’s Central Party School—argued that digital assets now shape warfare and finance. The study described crypto and...
China reviews Pakistan projects amid payment delays, security risks: Report
BEIJING, Oct 21: China is reassessing its participation in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) due to delayed loan repayments and mounting security threats to Chinese nationals in Pakistan, a report has revealed. During Prime Minister...

China should not fall into Western traps — expert
SHANGHAI, October 21. /TASS/. China should respond prudently to Western provocations, Ding Yifan, Former Deputy Director at the Institute of World Development under the Development Research Center of China’s State Council, said. The expert listed...

Beijing wants new global order, Wu and Mattis warn
Beijing aims to annex Taiwan and reshape the international order, National Security Council Secretary-General Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) and Jamestown Foundation president Peter Mattis told an international forum in Taipei yesterday. The premise for...

China says purchases of Russian oil 'legitimate', rejects US 'bullying'
China said on Thursday that its purchases of Russian oil were "legitimate" and decried "unilateral bullying" by the United States, as President Donald Trump pushes countries to stop buying fuel from Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine. "China...

China’s Ming Yang promises monster two-headed, low cost 50 MW floating wind turbine
Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Ming Yang Smart Energy is reportedly planning to debut a 50-megawatt (MW), two-headed floating wind turbine that could upend the offshore wind industry because of its low costs. Ming Yang has regularly made...

China calls on Netherlands to resolve Nexperia issues properly
Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao on Tuesday urged the Netherlands to properly resolve issues surrounding semiconductor manufacturer Nexperia, protect the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese investors, and foster a fair, transparent...

Chinese AI start-up Shengshu unveils Vidu Q2 in challenge to OpenAI’s Sora
Chinese artificial intelligence start-up Shengshu AI on Tuesday rolled out Vidu Q2, a new video-generation model aimed at challenging OpenAI’s Sora, intensifying the global race to create realistic, controllable AI-generated videos. The model...

China accuses Australia of ‘bloc confrontation’ following Trump meeting on critical minerals and AUKUS
Beijing has warned Australia against engaging in “bloc confrontation” after Anthony Albanese struck a $13 billion critical minerals deal with Donald Trump and won Presidential endorsement for the AUKUS submarine partnership. Following his meeting...

China’s Mingyang Unveils Plans for Massive 50 MW Floating Wind Turbine
China’s Mingyang Smart Energy has unveiled plans to develop a massive 50 MW floating offshore wind turbine featuring a twin-head design similar to the company’s Ocean-X platform. The capacity of the world’s largest floating wind turbine would be...

China Is Making a Big Move In Our Own Backyard — But No One Is Talking About It
We talk a lot about China buying up U.S. farmland and what a problem that is for our own national security. In recent years, many of us — though not enough if you ask me — have been warning about how much influence Beijing has over some other...

China Plots Expansion of Shipping on “Polar Silk Road” aka Russia’s NSR
Chinese officials are continuing to promote the benefits of Russia’s Northern Sea Route, which they have taken to calling the “Polar Silk Road.” This comes as their containership Istanbul Bridge is completing its first round of port calls in...
China in the Gulf: stakeholder or hegemon?
Beijing’s transactional approach to the Middle East presents a new strategic reality which Asean nations must navigate BEIJING’S brokering of the Iran-Saudi detente in 2023 sparked a wave of speculation: Is China replacing the United States as the...
China, India, Brazil Take the Helm for the Next Climate Conference
China, India and Brazil are poised to lead the November Climate Change Conference of Parties (cop30) in Belem City, Brazil, the South China Morning Post reported Sunday. These nations, China in particular, are grabbing the helm in this summit as...

China imports no U.S. soybeans in September
China imported no soybeans from the U.S. China imported no soybeans from the U.S. in September, the first time since November 2018 that shipments fell to zero, while South American shipments surged from a year earlier, as buyers shunned American...
China’s $1 Billion of Daily US Exports Show Xi Bargaining Power
(Bloomberg) -- Six months into Donald Trump’s trade war, the resilience of Chinese exports is proving just how essential many of its products remain even after US levies of 55%. Every day, about a billion dollars worth of goods is crossing the...

China didn’t buy US soybeans in September at all- here’s where its record imports came from
Synopsis Soybeans: China's soybean imports from the US hit zero in September, a first since 2018, due to trade tensions and tariffs. Buyers are now heavily reliant on Brazil and Argentina, whose shipments have surged. This shift could lead to a...

Trade minister raises concerns over China's Hanwha sanctions in high-level talks
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Yonhap) -- Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo held talks with his Chinese counterpart Wednesday and conveyed concerns over Beijing's recent sanctions against five U.S.-based subsidiaries of South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean Co., Yeo's...

China ready to work with EU on economic and trade ties
A forklift operator moves a container on the China-Europe Railway Express service in Ganzhou, Jiangxi province, in August. ZHU HAIPENG/FOR CHINA DAILY China is ready to work with the European Union to promote the sound and stable development of...