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Chinese VR production stuns audiences at Venice Film Festival
VENICE, Italy, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- Audiences at the ongoing 82nd Venice International Film Festival experienced a Chinese classic uniquely as they donned virtual reality (VR) headsets to enter a story inspired by the Chinese classic opera The...

China’s take on Land Rover that's £50,000 cheaper and costs even less than a Fiat 500
China has released a model very similar to a Land Rover Defender, with their version being over £50,000 cheaper. Chinese brand Beijing Auto Works’ BAW 212 model is a five-door off-roader that looks the spitting image of a Land Rover Defender...

Hockey Asia Cup 2025 Final Live Streaming: When and where to watch India vs Korea live on TV, online?
Following a commanding 7-0 victory against China, where every forward found the net, India is set to battle South Korea for the trophy in the final match at Rajgir, Bihar, this Sunday. Courtesy: X/TheHockeyIndia After a week of intense...
UK to send record delegation to China fair
Britain’s 400-square-meter national pavilion at the fair, themed “Invest in Great,” will showcase key sectors including financial and professional services, advanced manufacturing, life sciences, clean energy and creative industries. The United...

Innovation and big losses amid China’s EV frenzy
SHENZHEN, China – China is conquering the world in electric vehicles. Its automakers produce far more than any other country and outpace them on innovation. China’s appetite for gasoline-powered cars is fading by the week. In each of the last five...

Harvard’s top mathematician Liu Jun leaves US for China
Liu Jun, one of the world’s leading statisticians and a long-time professor at Harvard, has returned to China full-time, accepting a prestigious chair at Tsinghua University last month. The move marks the homecoming of an academic whose career has...

Foo Foo and fall on the horizon with festival offering 12 days of arts
The brutal summer weather is easing (just a bit), and that can only mean one thing. Two things actually. One, fall is fast approaching, though not fast enough. (Autumn begins Sept. 22.) Two, Foo Foo Festival is right behind it. Pensacola's...
Across China: Coffee tourism brews rural revitalization in SW China's Yunnan
KUNMING, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- In early autumn, as the morning mist still lingers, workers in Shuangjiang County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, are busy pruning branches and weeding in the coffee fields of the Nest Coffee Estate. Meters away,...

Ban Gioc–Detian Waterfalls site: a symbol of Vietnam–China friendship
Beijing (VNA) - With its majestic beauty and unique location, the Ban Gioc (Vietnam) – Detian (China) Waterfalls site, the first cross-border tourism cooperation area jointly developed by the two countries, has become a popular destination...

World News | House China Committee Report Reveals Billions in US Taxpayer Funds Aided Chinese Military-linked Research
Washington DC [US], September 7 (ANI): The House Select Committee on China issued an investigative report stating that under the Biden administration, the Defence Department, along with long-time career officials, has permitted significant...

China Awarded 2,800 Military AI Contracts, Many to Private Sector: Report
China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) officers stand in front of a window before a welcome ceremony for U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley at the Bayi Building in Beijing on Aug. 16, 2016. Mark Schiefelbein/POOL/AFP via Getty Images The...

Kim returns with symbolic nod — and China’s silence on denuclearization
SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un returned from a five-day trip to Beijing with more than photos of himself standing shoulder to shoulder with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin — the leaders of two officially...

China's Xinjiang is more dynamic, attractive amid increasing openness
Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is seeing increasing vitality across the board as the region accelerates efforts to build core areas of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) through broader opening up. The 2025 (China) Eurasia...

Taiwan, PH strengthen people-to-people ties amid China tensions
TAIPEI – Filipino economist Jennifer Umlas is thrilled to soon be going on a holiday to Taiwan, home of her teenage TV obsession – Taiwanese idol drama Meteor Garden (2001). The 37-year-old will be heading to the island for the first time in...

Chinese firm sets $140,000 bonus pool for weight loss, employee earns $2,800 after shedding 20 kg
A Shenzhen-based technology company has captured widespread attention across Chinese social media after rewarding employees with significant cash prizes for losing weight. A Chinese tech firm offered cash rewards for staff who lost...

F1 Race Today: Italian Grand Prix 2025 start time, TV channel and FREE live stream
Here is how you can watch the 16th round of the 2025 F1 championship for FREE as the Italian Grand Prix takes place today (Sunday, September 7) at 3pm local time (CEST). Saturday at Monza provided electric on-track action as four-time champion Max...

Chinese TV Demanded To Remove Video Of Putin's Conversation With Xi Jinping On Immortality
16 The rulers discussed living to 150 years old and organ transplants in Beijing. China Central Television (CCTV) has forced Reuters to remove a video clip showing Vladimir Putin and Si Jinping on their way to a parade in Beijing discussing life...
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Is this the smoking gun footage that PROVES China’s role in Ukraine war? Bombshell drone vid reveals Chinese ‘factory’
FOOTAGE taken from a drone shot down by Ukrainian forces appears to show Chinese engineers testing the camera - exposing Xi Jinping's role in Putin's war. The unbelievable gaff appears to reveal China's role in building the deadly Russian drone...

U.S. AI startup Anthropic expands restrictions on Chinese entities
U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic has announced the expansion of restrictions on Chinese entities to include subsidiary companies and organizations based overseas, citing national security risks. Companies based in China, as well...