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US issues travel warning to China: ‘Enhanced precautions’ urged amid disease spread; Beijing revives COVID-era measures

US issues travel warning to China: ‘Enhanced precautions’ urged amid disease spread; Beijing revives COVID-era measures

Representative image (AI) US health officials have raised a travel alert for China’s Guangdong province after a surge in cases of chikungunya, a mosquito-borne illness known to cause prolonged joint pain.According to the New York Post, the center for disease control and prevention (CDC) has issued a Level 2 travel warning, advising visitors to “practice enhanced precautions” when visiting the …

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Moscow and Beijing would have cheered EU-US trade war, von der Leyen says – POLITICO

Moscow and Beijing would have cheered EU-US trade war, von der Leyen says – POLITICO

The pact caps most U.S. tariffs on EU goods at 15 percent, including on cars and pharmaceuticals, and carves out exemptions for generics and aircraft parts. Critics, including former World Trade Organization boss Pascal Lamy, have warned the accord risks undermining Europe’s credibility as a defender of rules-based trade. But von der Leyen insisted the EU had secured a unique …

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Trump relaxed restrictions on a key AI chip for China. Beijing isn’t saying thank you.

Trump relaxed restrictions on a key AI chip for China. Beijing isn’t saying thank you.

Facebook Tweet Email Link In a surprising reversal of the United States’ years-long technology restrictions on China, President Donald Trump last month allowed Nvidia to resume sales of a key AI chip designed specifically for the Chinese market. Yet rather than celebrating, Beijing’s response has been noticeably lukewarm, despite having long urged Washington to ease the stringent export controls. In …

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World Humanoid Robot Games kick off in Beijing

World Humanoid Robot Games kick off in Beijing

Humanoid robots danced hip-hop, performed martial arts and played keyboard, guitar and drums at the opening ceremony of the first World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Thursday evening. The competition begins Friday with more than 500 humanoid robots in 280 teams from 16 countries, including the U.S., Germany and Japan, competing in sports including soccer, running and boxing. The …

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Beijing Pivots to Rein In Excess Capacity Amid Squeezed Industrial Profit – The Wall Street Journal

Beijing Pivots to Rein In Excess Capacity Amid Squeezed Industrial Profit  The Wall Street Journal China’s Problem With Competition: There’s Too Much of It  The New York Times Markets bet Beijing is getting serious about China’s overcapacity  Reuters China releases draft law amendment to help curb price wars  Yahoo Finance Chinese investors snap up stocks on hopes for an end to price wars and …

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Beijing Is Using Soft Power to Gain Global Dominance

Beijing Is Using Soft Power to Gain Global Dominance

In early 2025, the Chinese company DeepSeek released its R1 artificial intelligence model, sending shock waves throughout policy circles in the United States. Despite U.S. export controls on advanced semiconductors, the company had managed to develop a customizable open technology that could compete with some of the most advanced proprietary American AI models, and many feared that U.S. leadership in …

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As Trump Courts a More Assertive Beijing, China Hawks Are Losing Out – The New York Times

As Trump Courts a More Assertive Beijing, China Hawks Are Losing Out  The New York Times Opinion | Giving China Chips Derails Trump Decoupling  The Wall Street Journal House China Panel Faults Trump’s Move to Ease Nvidia AI Chip Sales  Bloomberg.com Nvidia’s China restart faces production obstacles, The Information reports  Reuters Nvidia CEO Huang Just Met With China’s Commerce Minister. Why the Stock Is …

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Nvidia C.E.O. Treads Carefully in Beijing – The New York Times

Nvidia C.E.O. Treads Carefully in Beijing  The New York Times Nvidia’s China Troubles Aren’t Over  The Wall Street Journal Nvidia CEO downplays role in lifting US ban on chip sales to China  AP News Trump just handed China a major advantage on AI  vox.com AMD’s revenue likely to see upside in 2025 as MI308X chip set to resume sales in China: Evercore  Seeking Alpha Source …

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Nvidia to resume sales of AI chip to China as CEO visits Beijing – Reuters

Nvidia to resume sales of AI chip to China as CEO visits Beijing  Reuters Nvidia says it will resume H20 AI chip sales to China ‘soon,’ following U.S. government assurances  CNBC Nvidia to resume chips sales to China  Axios Nvidia’s Jensen Huang Is Right About the Real AI Race With China  Bloomberg Nvidia CEO to attend China supply chain expo, China’s CCTV says  Yahoo Finance …

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Nvidia CEO to hold media briefing in Beijing on July 16 – Reuters

Nvidia CEO to hold media briefing in Beijing on July 16  Reuters Nvidia’s Huang Says China’s Military Unlikely to Use US AI Chips  Bloomberg U.S. senators warn Nvidia CEO Huang about his upcoming China trip  CNBC Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang meets Trump at White House as chipmaker hits $4 trillion milestone  Times of India Nvidia CEO China trip alarms senators  The Hill Source link

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