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Military delegates march ahead of the opening session of the National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

‘Changes unseen in a century’: China braces for shifting global order

As a trade war with the United States begins, China wants to fire up its economy and plans to increase defence spending.

  • Lisa Visentin

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China and the US have been locked in an ongoing trade spat.

Red alert: Xi’s plan to protect China from the worst of Trump

China’s leaders meet this week in Beijing. Top of mind will be the threat posed by the US president.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Jack Ma

Jack is back: Why China has brought its billionaires out of the shadows

After four years of a brutal crackdown that has cost them billions, Jack Ma and the rest of China’s best and brightest have been welcomed back into the fold by Xi Jinping. The message is clear.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Xi Jinping won’t allow himself to be pushed around by Trump

China’s ‘Mr Big’ is playing a dangerous game with Trump

Dealing with an unpredictable, domineering Trump is not for everyone. Is Xi Jinping up for the fight?

  • Shuli Ren

Greenlanders should join Trump’s America. They’d be richer and safer

The Greenlanders could be among the richest people on the globe if they allowed “The Great Developer” to take control of the island.

  • Christopher Pyne
This satellite picture shows a laser ignited fusion research centre located in Mianyang, China. Image courtesy Planet Labs.

China’s ‘artificial sun’ has sent shockwaves through the West

The emergence of a grainy series of satellite images taken over a city in central China has fuelled fears about the future of energy.

  • James Titcomb
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The rise of DeepSeek has sent Nvidia and other tech stocks tumbling.

China’s DeepSeek miracle is not everything it seems

China’s Communist Party could hardly have wished for a more obliterating propaganda stunt to cut Trump’s strident new America down to size. But cracks are starting to appear in its story.

  • Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The app distinguishes itself from other chatbots such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT by articulating its reasoning before delivering a response.

DeepSeek’s success shows America’s failure to thwart China’s AI ambitions

The US has steadily tightened restrictions on sales of advanced chips to China. The emergence of DeepSeek’s AI model shows that they haven’t bitten – yet.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
US President Donald Trump.

When it comes to energy, Donald Trump is China’s useful idiot

Trump’s plans to “drill, baby, drill” at the expense of clean energy is a blessing for China. For at least the next four years, the US is withdrawing from the greatest economic battle of our time.

  • Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
China is pushing forward with its plans to take on Boeing and Airbus.

China’s audacious plot to rule the skies

China is pushing forward with its plans to dominate the world of aviation. Its latest move has sceptics shaking their heads.

  • Ben Marlow

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