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)
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. …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Tesla Model S Plaid battles China’s 1500 hp monster Nurburgring monster, with surprising results
The Tesla Model S Plaid has been around for some time. Today, it is no longer the world’s quickest four-door electric sedan, nor is it the most powerful. As per a recent video from motoring YouTube channel Carwow, however, it seems like the Model S Plaid is still more than a match for some of its newer and more powerful …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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. …
Read More »The TikTok deal won’t cut off China’s algorithm, but it could allow a lot of people to get a big payout
The first thing to understand about the TikTok deal is that it’s not actually a deal—at least not in any official capacity yet. Trump’s executive order Thursday simply delays the Chinese social media app from being banned in the U.S. (as required by a law passed in the spring of 2024) for another 120 days, while the various parties seek …
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