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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

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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
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
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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
Donald Trump has pumped the brakes on starting a new trade war.

Trump’s ‘day one’ promise has been broken

Donald Trump had threatened to launch an economic war on the world on the first day of his new presidency. He has backed down - for now.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.

Under Trump, the US and China may be greater friends than ever

Much has been made of the impending trade war between the United States and China, but the mercurial Trump might surprise us all.

  • Baogang He
China’s population shrank for a third consecutive year in 2024, even as the country saw a modest increase in births

Even a baby boom can’t stop China’s population shrinking

China’s population decline has become a major source of anxiety for policymakers as the country grapples with the economic consequences of a rapidly ageing society.

  • Lisa Visentin

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/inside-china-1n87