Model of the F-22 Raptor upgrade, examined by The War Zone during a military exhibition, February 2026. (Source: The War Zone/Jamie Hunter)

    Raptor 2.0 Shows How the US Plans to Keep the F-22 Dominant Against Chinese J-20 and Russian Su-57 — UNITED24 Media

    The United States has unveiled a concept model of a long-anticipated modernization of the F-22 fighter jet, dubbed Raptor 2.0, introducing upgrades aimed at extending range and improving detection capabilities while minimizing impacts on stealth performance, according to Defense Express on February 26. Images and details of the upgraded aircraft were revealed during the Air & Space Forces Association’s annual warfare symposium, where reporters from…

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    Tasty China opens on Powers Ferry Road

      Tasty China on Powers Ferry Road fails health inspection

      A well-known Chinese restaurant in East Cobb continues to struggle with health inspections and closed temporarily this week. On a visit Tuesday to the Powers Ferry Road eatery, Cobb and Douglas Public Health inspectors gave it a grade of 58, or unsatisfactory. That’s the second consecutive such “U” score for Tasty China, which got a…

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      China lobbies Europe to restore science ties after US Greenland threats

        China lobbies Europe to restore science ties after US Greenland threats

        Chinese science diplomats are making the case in Brussels and elsewhere that Europe should swing back to Beijing after US President Donald Trump’s threat last month to forcibly seize the Danish territory of Greenland.Although Trump climbed down, for now, at a charged Davos summit in Switzerland at the end of January, the previously unthinkable idea…

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        PLA in peril: Xi Jinping’s purge cripples China’s military, sparks fears of combat vulnerability

          PLA in peril: Xi Jinping’s purge cripples China’s military, sparks fears of combat vulnerability

          China’s ongoing military corruption purges have created serious deficiencies in the command structure of its armed forces and are likely to have affected the readiness of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), according to a leading defence research centre. The purges, led by the Chinese president Xi Jinping, which have spanned the supreme central military commission,…

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            Stellantis Weighs Using China EV Tech for Affordable Cars

            A Leapmotor electric vehicle at the Turin Motor Show in September. (Giuliano Berti/Bloomberg) February 26, 2026 9:33 AM, EST | Updated: February 26, 2026 11:39 AM, EST Stellantis NV is considering tapping electric vehicle technology from its Chinese partner Leapmotor to help lower costs across its mass-market European brands such as Fiat, Opel and Peugeot,…

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            Sustaining diplomacy amongst competition in U.S.-China relations

              Sustaining diplomacy amongst competition in U.S.-China relations

              Nicholas Burns, former U.S. Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, emphasized the impact that the two countries have on the global order and how that influence could be directed towards addressing climate change. Credit: MIT Energy Initiative “[The United States and China] are the two largest emitters of carbon in the world,” said Nicholas…

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                Stellantis weighs using China EV tech for affordable cars

                Feb. 26, 2026, 9:47 a.m. ET Stellantis NV is considering tapping electric-vehicle technology from its Chinese partner Leapmotor to help lower costs across its mass-market European brands such as Fiat, Opel and Peugeot, according to people familiar with the plans. The manufacturer is weighing an expansion of the scope of its joint venture with Leapmotor…

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                La Guardia space facility

                  China space facilities may boost military capabilities, Congress warns

                  NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: China is expanding a network of space facilities across Latin America that could strengthen Beijing’s military surveillance and warfighting capabilities in the Western Hemisphere, according to a new report.  An analysis from the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, obtained by Fox…

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                  Column chart showing SMIC’s capital spending in $bn from 2021 to 2026

                    China’s latest chip push and AI fever in India

                    Hi, everyone! Happy New Year of the Fire Horse! This is Lauly, your #techAsia host this week. It’s been a while. I’ve just come back to work from a nine-day Lunar New Year holiday. I stayed in Taipei with my family and tried very hard to think of something new for my toddler to do…

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                    Implications of Chinese Influence Operations for South Korea and the US-ROK Alliance • Stimson Center

                      Implications of Chinese Influence Operations for South Korea and the US-ROK Alliance • Stimson Center

                      Editor’s Note: This paper is part of a research project, “Countering AI Disinformation and Implications for the US-ROK Alliance,” conducted by the Stimson Center’s Korea Program and generously sponsored by the Korea Foundation. For additional papers in this series, click here. Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga is a senior policy researcher at RAND and a professor of policy…

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