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China saw a massive uptick in generative artificial intelligence adoption in the first half of the year to 515 million users, with most of the users preferring domestic models, according to a state-run research organisation. The number of users more than doubled in the first six months of the year from the end of December…
China’s economy grew at its slowest pace in a year in the latest quarter amid a trade war with the US and long-running woes in its property market. Fragile domestic demand has left China’s economy heavily reliant on manufacturing and trade, at a time of mounting tensions with the Donald Trump administration. GDP rose by…
China is accelerating work on a multi-layered ocean surveillance system known as the Transparent Ocean strategy, designed to track submarines from the seabed to space and challenge US and allied undersea operations, according to Defense One on October 15. As reported by Defense One, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is building an integrated sensor network stretching from the seabed to orbit. This architecture—referred to as the Transparent Ocean—links satellites, buoys, autonomous underwater…
DUBAI: Yango Group, a global technology company headquartered in the UAE, and China Mobile International (CMI), a wholly owned subsidiary of China Mobile, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on advanced technology solutions that help businesses grow and expand globally. The agreement, signed during GITEX GLOBAL 2025 in Dubai, outlines a shared…
China’s long-running anti-corruption campaign leads today’s look at personnel moves from around Asia’s real estate industry with the former head of top investor China Life having been booted from the Communist Party for alleged crimes and rule violations. Also making the list, Hong Kong-listed Grand Ming loses its chief financial officer and Dalian Wanda’s hotel…
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Australia has accused a Chinese military aircraft of releasing flares “in close proximity” to its patrol jet over the South China Sea. The Australian government has raised its concern with Beijing over the “unsafe and unprofessional” manoeuvre, the defence department said in a statement on Monday. There was no damage to Australia’s P-8A aircraft and…
Washington is bracing for a pivotal meeting on October 20, as Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese sits down with US President Donald Trump to talk about a topic quietly reshaping global power. Rare earth minerals, often overshadowed by oil, gold or other headline-grabbing commodities, are the backbone of modern technology, from electric vehicles and wind…
Australia has lodged a diplomatic protest with Beijing after a Chinese fighter jet released flares close to an Australian surveillance plane in the South China Sea, in yet another potentially dangerous encounter between the two militaries. Defence Minister Richard Marles said the Australian P-8 surveillance plane was conducting a routine patrol over the South China…
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping delivered a speech Monday on the opening day of a major meeting of the ruling Communist Party to approve a draft plan laying out its goals for the country over the next five years. A short dispatch from the official Xinhua News Agency said Xi “expounded on the…