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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
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- Trump's White House
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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- US politics
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
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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
- Opinion
- AI
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
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- AI
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
- Opinion
- Renewables
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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- Aviation
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
- Opinion
- Trade wars
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
- Opinion
- Trump's America
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
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