Tag Archives: Chinas

Why Rare Earths Are China’s Trump Card in Trade War With US – Bloomberg.com

Why Rare Earths Are China’s Trump Card in Trade War With US  Bloomberg.com CNBC Daily Open: He who controls the rare earth metals, controls tech’s future  CNBC China Flexing Battery Supply-Chain Clout With Fresh Export Curbs  Bloomberg.com China’s New Rare Earth and Magnet Restrictions Threaten U.S. Defense Supply Chains  CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies China curbs rare earth exports, raising stakes …

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China’s Robotic Dogs Are Now Training to Explore the Moon’s Hidden Lava Tubes (and find sites for future bases)

China’s Robotic Dogs Are Now Training to Explore the Moon’s Hidden Lava Tubes (and find sites for future bases)

IN A NUTSHELL 🌕 Chinese researchers develop robotic dogs to explore lunar lava tubes for potential moon bases. 🤖 These robots are equipped with autonomous navigation and obstacle avoidance technologies. 🌋 Testing in a cave similar to lunar terrain helps advance robotic technology for space exploration. 🚀 The initiative highlights the potential of AI and robotics in future space missions. …

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Soybean farmer who backed Trump feels strain of China’s boycott amid trade war

Soybean farmer who backed Trump feels strain of China’s boycott amid trade war

Greenville, Illinois — It’s prime harvest season in southern Illinois, but for soybean farmers like Scott Gaffner, what’s usually a time of reward has turned into worry. “The great majority of [soybeans] coming from this area would be going to China,” Gaffner said, but “not this year.” China is the largest consumer of soybeans. The country purchased $12.6 billion worth …

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China’s Tianwen 2 asteroid-sampling spacecraft snaps a selfie with Earth

China’s Tianwen 2 asteroid-sampling spacecraft snaps a selfie with Earth

Smile! A spacecraft just caught you — and everyone else on our planet — on camera while snapping a selfie. China’s Tianwen 2 spacecraft took a picture of itself, as well as the Earth, while en route to a mysterious asteroid. The image, released Wednesday (Oct. 1), also shows the Chinese flag on the side of the China National Space …

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China’s ride-hailing companies want to quell smell of lived-in cars : NPR

China’s ride-hailing companies want to quell smell of lived-in cars : NPR

A DiDi ride-hailing driver travels through the financial district in Shanghai on April 9. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images BEIJING — You’re on the move in China’s capital. You’ve just booked a ride through a ride-hailing app and, in no time, it seems, a sleek new electric vehicle pulls up to …

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China’s Markets Shed ‘Uninvestable’ Tag as Global Funds Return – Bloomberg.com

China’s Markets Shed ‘Uninvestable’ Tag as Global Funds Return  Bloomberg.com China’s stock market has been on a roll — is it a boom or a bubble?  CNBC Chinese Savers Have $23 Trillion and Few Options Beyond Stocks  Yahoo Finance Investor confidence up in Q3  China Daily – Global Edition AI Optimism To Retail Investors Push: Three Factors Fuelling Chinas Stock Market Rally  NDTV Profit Source …

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What Salt Typhoon Shows About the Cyber Power of China’s Spy Agency – The New York Times

What Salt Typhoon Shows About the Cyber Power of China’s Spy Agency  The New York Times Telecom exec: Salt Typhoon inspiring other hackers to use unconventional techniques  CyberScoop Millions of Americans Targeted in Major Cyberattack  MSN Inside China’s Hidden Cyber Machine: How the MSS and ‘Salt Typhoon’ Put Spies in Your Phone Network — and What Comes Next  ts2.tech Patent Filings Reveal the Extent …

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China’s second-in-command warns against aggressive global politics in UN speech

China’s second-in-command warns against aggressive global politics in UN speech

NEW YORK (AP) — China’s second-in-command sounded his nation’s oft-repeated alarm against aggressive and unilateral action in global politics, addressing world leaders Friday in a speech brimming with references that echoed long-standing concerns about the United States and the Trump administration in particular — and cast Beijing as a defender of the world order in an era of encroaching chaos. …

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