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By AFP  October 4, 2025 | 02:51 am PT Chinese authorities will cancel flights and close businesses on Saturday as Typhoon Matmo hurtles towards the country’s southern Hainan and Guangdong provinces during the busy National Day travel period. According to China’s National Meteorological Centre (NMC), Matmo is expected to make landfall on Sunday morning, the…
Speculative fiction, which encompasses sci-fi and other futuristic literature, is emerging as a strong vehicle for China to project soft power in a competition with the US over the imagined future. The genre may help China and the Global South challenge Western views of colonialism, capitalism and future tech, according to Chinese scholars of literature…
Early last week in the Chinese tech hub of Hangzhou, a slick, larger-than-life video screen beamed out four words that would drive tech giant Alibaba’s stock to historic levels and signal a shift in China’s approach to artificial intelligence: “Roadmap to Artificial Superintelligence.” During his 23-minute keynote address at the flagship Alibaba Cloud conference, Alibaba…
Amanda Anisimova, the recent US Open runner-up, delivered a stunning performance on Saturday, defeating defending champion Coco Gauff in just 58 minutes to secure a spot in her first-ever China Open final. The third seed thrashed second-seeded fellow American Gauff 6-1, 6-2 in Beijing, News.Az reports, citing foreign media. Anisimova plays either fifth seed Jessica Pegula,…
Coco Gauff’s title defense at the China Open ended with a 6-1, 6-2 semifinal loss to third-seeded Amanda Anisimova on Saturday. Anisimova, runner-up at both the U.S. Open and Wimbledon this year, needed just 58 minutes to beat her American compatriot and advance to the final. She’ll face either fifth-seeded Jessica Pegula or Linda Noskova,…
TOKYO, Oct 4 — Kyoko Hasegawa and Natsuko Fukue China hawk Sanae Takaichi won the leadership of Japan’s ruling party today, putting her on course to become the country’s first woman prime minister. The 64-year-old, whose hero is Margaret Thatcher, is charged with reviving the ailing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) as a new anti-immigration grouping…
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One of Venice’s most iconic symbols – the majestic winged Lion of St Mark – has its origins not in Europe but in ancient China, according to a new study by Italian researchers. However, some scholars in China are disputing the researchers’ theory that the celebrated bronze figure in Venice’s St Mark’s Square may have…
Conservative Sanae Takaichi hailed a “new era” Saturday after winning the leadership of Japan’s ruling party, putting her on course to become the country’s first woman prime minister. The 64-year-old, whose hero is Margaret Thatcher, said that a “mountain of work” lay ahead to restore the fortunes of her ailing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). The…
Matson vessel With 12 days to go before the US Trade Representative imposes hefty port fees on Chinese-owned, operated and built ships, China has revised its international maritime rules, enabling it to strike back against countries discriminating against its fleet. Chinese Premier Li Qiang has signed a new State Council decree,…