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Photo shows the delegation of 2026 Global South Financiers Forum visiting the National Graphene Innovation Center in Ningbo, east China's Zhejiang Province.

Global South financiers visit E. China’s Ningbo to explore industrial and cultural innovation

7 hours ago04 mins

BEIJING, April 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — A delegation of government officials, financial executives and business leaders attending the 2026 Global South Financiers Forum recently visited Ningbo, east China’s Zhejiang Province, touring the city’s advanced technology facilities and intangible cultural heritage sites. Photo shows the delegation of 2026 Global South Financiers Forum visiting the National Graphene…

Hong Kong committed to helping mainland China’s health standards ‘go global’

9 hours ago02 mins

Hong Kong is committed to helping mainland China’s medical and health standards “go global”, with the local health minister hailing the city’s first time hosting a national medical conference as an event of “great significance”. Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau also said Hong Kong was striving to meet the mainland’s certification requirements for a local…

Spring break coincides with Qingming holiday, fueling tourism boom across China

10 hours ago08 mins

Cities across China are experiencing a significant tourism boom as the three-day Qingming Festival holiday coincides with the first-ever student spring breaks in multiple cities, creating an extended travel period for many families. Qingming Festival, or Tomb-Sweeping Day, falls on April 5 this year. It is a traditional Chinese festival for honoring the deceased and…

'Naïve' to think China will depend on U.S. chips, its 'Delete America' program will extend to chips

Chinese chip firms post record high revenue on AI boom, U.S. curbs

13 hours ago08 mins

China is focusing on large language models in the artificial intelligence space. Blackdovfx | Istock | Getty Images Chinese semiconductor firms have reported record revenue last year driven by AI demand, a shortage of memory chips and U.S. export restrictions that have pushed Beijing to bolster its homegrown tech industry. Analysts and the companies themselves…

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How China’s ‘teapot’ refineries are cushioning it from Iran war oil crisis | US-Israel war on Iran News

13 hours ago019 mins

Iran’s paralysis of the Strait of Hormuz has continued to upend global oil and gas markets as the United States-Israeli war on the country enters its second month. After US President Donald Trump pledged to continue aggressive strikes on Iran for another two to three weeks in a speech on Wednesday night, oil prices surged…

US Accuses China of Harassing Panama-Flagged Ships

14 hours ago04 mins

The Port of Balboa at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal. (Walter Hurtado/Bloomberg) April 2, 2026 3:32 PM, EDT Key Takeaways: The U.S. accused China of harassing and detaining Panama-flagged ships after Panama’s Supreme Court voided CK Hutchison port contracts near the Panama Canal. Officials said the allegations heighten U.S.-China tensions before President Donald…

FBI notified Congress last week of China-linked hack deemed ‘major incident’

1 day ago06 mins

Fbi officials recently reached out to members of Congress to alert them to a cyber hack classified as a “major incident.” Fox News is told that China is the culprit and that the breach could pose a threat to national security. The hack involved FBI systems in the Virgin Islands, not FBI headquarters. The FBI…

Toyota Just Issued a Stark Warning About What China Is Doing to the Car Industry

Cs news1 day ago09 mins

Photo Courtesy: Autorepublika. Former Toyota CEO Koji Sato used one of his last major appearances in the role to send a message that sounded less like routine corporate caution and more like an alarm bell. Speaking to about 700 executives from 484 supplier companies at Toyota’s annual supplier gathering on March 25, Sato warned that…

China’s chip challenge to Nvidia

1 day ago012 mins

Plus: SK Hynix’s US IPO Image: China’s chip challenge to Nvidia Welcome to Computing’s weekly roundup of tech news in Asia. This time we look at Nvidia’s plummeting market share in China, SK Hynix’s plans for an IPO in the USA, and Australia mulling punitive action against social media companies. Chinese semiconductor firms are rapidly…

A satellite image of Antelope Reef taken in February.

China Is Building Another Massive Base in the South China Sea

Cs news1 day ago09 mins

After a hiatus of nearly a decade, China is jump-starting its island-building campaign in the South China Sea—and turning a once-obscure reef into what could be its largest military base in the disputed waters. A satellite image of Antelope Reef taken in February. The construction at Antelope Reef could give Beijing another runway, more missile…