IN A NUTSHELL 🚀 Chinese researchers have developed a revolutionary rocket propulsion technology using helium to enhance thrust and reduce fuel leaks. 🛰️ The new engine can change speed mid-flight, making rockets nearly invisible to current detection systems. 🔍 Inspired by a NASA technical issue, the integration of helium improves engine efficiency and reliability. 💡…
The US defence industrial base remains dependent on Chinese suppliers despite efforts to decouple – and that raises concerns over war readiness, according to a report by data analytics firm Govini. Chinese firms still made up 9.3 per cent of the primary contractors, or Tier 1 suppliers, involved in major US defence programmes across nine…
Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong chose China for his first state visit outside Southeast Asia since he won the general election in May. That was a clear message as it came at a time of intense rivalry between China and the United States. All his predecessors since Lee Kuan Yew treasured the stable bilateral relations…
Hongkongers will have to make changes to their transport plans during the visit of a naval fleet led by the Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong from Thursday as certain ferry services will be temporarily suspended, with authorities also implementing restrictions in some flying zones. The Transport Department on Monday evening announced the adjustments, with nine outlying…
Published in 1592, “Journey to the West” is the most famous novel in Chinese literature. Better known as “The Monkey King” outside of China, it is also one of the country’s most successful cultural exports. It tells the story of a pilgrimage undertaken by a monk and his three disciples—a monkey, a pig and a…
Getting out of China was probably the right move for firms against the specter of a 145 percent tariff rate, but the added costs will mean lower full-year profits. Most shoe firms pulled their guidance for the year when they posted first quarter earnings results. That was primarily due to uncertainty over tariffs and some…
China is ramping up its science and technology outreach to the Global South while its collaboration with the US on the same front is receding, analysts said on Tuesday at an event hosted by the Institute for China-America Studies, a Washington think tank. “China is very heavily engaging with those countries,” said Caroline Wagner of…
Two men issued with two-way exit permits have been arrested for allegedly stealing 32 bags of copper wire and tools worth HK$30,000 (US$3,820) from a construction site in Hong Kong’s Kwun Tong. Police said on Tuesday that a security guard at a construction site located at 11-15 On Yu Road in Sau Mau Ping discovered…
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A resident of Happy Valley, Oregon, was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Friday, June 27, 2025, for allegedly acting as an agent of the People’s Republic of China and the Ministry of State Security (MSS). Yuance Chen is a PRC citizen who arrived in the U.S. on or…
China’s top leaders just hit the brakes on one of the country’s most chaotic market dynamics: runaway price competition. At a high-level economic meeting led by President Xi Jinping, policymakers pledged to crack down on disorderly low pricing and begin phasing out outdated industrial capacity. This comes as deflationary pressure continues to haunt the economy…