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China’s plan to challenge global leadership
Geopolitical Intelligence Services
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July 10, 2025
Beijing has rebounded post-pandemic, leveraging diplomacy, technology and exports to reshape its global role. June 19: Two humanoid robots on display at the China Mobile stand at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre in Shanghai. © Getty...
Chinese TV uses AI to translate broadcasts into sign language. It’s not going well
The Register
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China’s efforts to employ AI as a means of improving access to media for its deaf population aren’t going well, according to a professor at Beijing Normal University’s Faculty of Education. Writing at an outlet called Sixth Tone, professor Zheng...
Joe Rogan Accurately Predicted $12B UFC’s Future as Boxing Promoter Faced Live TV Humiliation
Essentially Sports
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July 10, 2025
Before MMA exploded into a billion-dollar global industry, before the UFC was valued at over $12 billion, and long before the TKO merger with WWE, Joe Rogan saw it coming. It was 2007, and the UFC was still fighting for respect. That year, stars...
New Superman movie faces protest for themes of immigrant identity
NBC News
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July 9, 2025
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China's Lin advances on three fronts at WTT United States Smash
Xinhua News Agency
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WASHINGTON, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese paddler Lin Shidong overcame the demands of playing three matches in one day to advance in the men's singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles at the World Table Tennis (WTT) United States Smash on Wednesday....
China edges Dominican Republic in five-set thriller in women's VNL
Xinhua News Agency
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ARLINGTON, United States, July 9 (Xinhua) -- China came from behind to edge the Dominican Republic in a five-set thriller on Wednesday in a women's Volleyball Nations League (VNL) match. Wu Mengjie scored 25 points and Gong Xiangyu added 18 as...
David Hockney At 88: A Life In Technicolor – Artlyst Profile
Artlyst
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Happy 88th Birthday David Hockney! Few artists have traversed the terrain of contemporary art with the same vitality, irreverence, and formal restlessness as David Hockney. Born in Bradford in 1937, he has spent over six decades dismantling and...
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Golden urn or Chinese political tool? The future of the Dalai Lama institution
Firstpost
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July 10, 2025
A lot has recently been written since the Dalai Lama’s statement of July 2; as promised in November 2011, a press release of the Tibetan leader reaffirms that the Institution of the Dalai Lamas will continue. The Tibetan leader also reiterated,...
Greater China Home to New Boutique
Retail & Leisure International
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July 10, 2025
Misto Holdings is reinforcing its commitment to the Greater China market with the launch of the first local store for French casualwear label Marithe Francois Girbaud. The new flagship, located in Shanghai’s lively Xintiandi district, was designed...
China is building data centres to house over 115,000 high-end Nvidia AI GPUs despite Trump's ban on selling the tech
PC Gamer
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July 10, 2025
The AI race between China and the United States of America continues, as reports surface pointing at huge data centres being planned in Yiwu, China. While Trump attempts to clamp down on the nation's access to this tech by shackling Nvidia and...
Can China compete in the AI talent war?
The Business Times Singapore
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July 10, 2025
THE latest eye-watering artificial intelligence (AI) outlays are not going towards high-end chips or data centre build-outs, but individuals. The competition for AI talent prompted Meta to reportedly offer sign-on bonuses of US$100 million to lure...
China-U.S. youth choirs sing for peace on WWII's 80th anniversary
CGTN
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American choir group One Voice and students from Fuzhou sing at the opening ceremony of the Bond with Kuliang: 2025 China-U.S. Youth Choir Festival in Fuzhou, July 10, 2025. /Photo provided to CGTN American choir group One Voice and students from...
Germany accuses China of targeting military aircraft with laser in Red Sea confrontation
Natural News
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September 7, 2025
Germany accuses China of targeting military aircraft with laser in Red Sea confrontation Chinese forces targeted a German reconnaissance aircraft with a laser in the Red Sea, forcing it to abort its EU mission. Germany condemned the act as...
ASEAN Diplomats Meet with China, Regional Counterparts
MENAFN
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July 10, 2025
(MENAFN) Southeast Asian foreign ministers convened a summit with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday to assess the progress of ASEAN-China cooperation and deliberate on its future trajectory, according to an official statement. The ASEAN...
Report: Boston Mayor Welcomes Chinese Communist Party Into City Hall
[your]NEWS
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July 10, 2025
Mayor Michelle Wu praised and partnered with a group that hosted Chinese Communist Party members at Boston City Hall. By yourNEWS Media Newsroom Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s administration has endorsed and cooperated with a nonprofit organization...
World News | US Slams China's Strategy to Cripple Taiwan's Communications, Pushes Back with New Legislation
Latestly
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July 10, 2025
Taipei [Taiwan], July 10 (ANI): A bipartisan bill aimed at protecting Taiwan's undersea communication cables from Chinese "grey zone tactics" was introduced in the US Senate yesterday, Taipei Times reported. The Taiwan Undersea Cable Resilience...
Tesla's rivals in China are launching a wave of new Model Y killers to take on the best-selling SUV
Business Insider
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China may not care about Elon Musk's politics, but that doesn't mean things are going well for Tesla there. Despite Tesla's sales in China rising in June amid upbeat sales of the refreshed version of its Model Y SUV, the electric vehicle giant is...
University of Tennessee among universities urged to cut ties with Chinese-backed scholarship program
WPLN - Tennessee
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July 10, 2025
Courtesy University of TennesseeThe University of Tennessee is among institutions being urged to change course on a Chinese scholarship program. House Republicans are urging seven U.S. universities to cut ties with a Chinese scholarship program...
Exploring the Complementary Role of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Enhancing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Outcomes: Mechanisms, Benefits, and Future Research Directions
Dove Medical Press
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July 10, 2025
1Department of Cardiology, Beijing Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Beijing, 100039, People’s Republic of China; 2Senior Department of Cardiology, The Sixth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, People’s...
Xuan'en County promotes nighttime tourism around Gongshui River in C China
Xinhua News Agency
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A folk artist performs on the Gongshui River in Xuan'en County, Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, central China's Hubei Province, July 9, 2025. In recent years, Xuan'en County of central China's Hubei Province has promoted nighttime...