REUTERS/ANN WANG/FILE PHOTO Taiwan President Lai Ching-te attends the coast guard annual drill in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on June 8. Lai today ordered defense and security units to step up their monitoring and intelligence efforts in response to China’s military activities, which he said have not abated even as tensions rise in the Middle East. TAIPEI…
China’s control over critical minerals, also called Rare earth metals/minerals, is reportedly a powerful bargaining chip in trade talks, as seen in recent US-China discussions. By easing export restrictions, China can secure concessions, such as tariff relief or relaxed visa policies, as hinted in negotiations where Trump claimed progress on access to Chinese magnets and…
China has set out to lead the construction of the world’s most comprehensive space weather monitoring and warning network, an ambitious ground-based system comprising the largest chain of observatories on Earth, passing through more than 10 countries and regions. The International Meridian Circle Programme (IMCP) is aimed at building a matrix of surveillance stations to…
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With the July 9 deadline for finalizing trade deals approaching, the Trump administration is advancing its global tariff strategy. This report outlines the latest developments in tariff implementations and ongoing negotiations with key trading partners. Details of U.S.-China Trade Deal High-level negotiations in London, concluded on June 10, 2025, have produced a framework agreement with…
Underpinning the digital economy is a deep foundation of open-source software, freely available for anyone to use. The majority of the world’s websites are run using Apache and Nginx, two open-source programs. Most computer servers are powered by Linux, another such program, which is also the basis of Google’s Android operating system. Kubernetes, a program…
A Chinese PhD student found guilty of drugging and raping 10 women has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 24 years. Warning: This article contains details of sexual offences Zhenhao Zou, 28, was convicted of multiple sexual assaults on women in the UK and China in March, where he used drugs to…
AI Chip Photo: VCG In a Bloomberg interview published on Thursday, a White House tech official repeated the rhetoric of maintaining pressure on China over technology, while claimed that China is becoming increasingly adept at circumventing US export controls and is now likely less than two years behind the US in semiconductor design capabilities. The…
Lightspeed Studios has today formally launched Final Fantasy XIV Mobile in China. The studio celebrates the release by publishing a blog post and launch trailer on BiliBili for the mobile game officially known in Chinese as Final Fantasy XIV: Crystal World. Advertisement. Keep scrolling for more From what we could learn from 4Gamer‘s Japanese coverage, the mobile…
LONDON (Reuters) -A Chinese student convicted of drugging and raping 10 women in Britain and China was jailed on Thursday for 24 years in a London court. Zhenhao Zou, 28, who lived in south London, used online platforms and dating apps to meet women, inviting them to his home under the pretext of … Source…