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BUSINESS6d agoChina boss gifts top employees new BMWs to protect them from harsh weather commutesA restaurant boss in China has received widespread online admiration for gifting brand-new BMWs to her top-performing employees because she hated seeing them brave harsh weather on electric bikes during their commutes. Ma Yanli, owner of a beef hotpot chain headquartered in Jiaozuo, in central Henan province, took some of her workers to collect their new BMWs on September 24. The cars, each priced at 300,000 yuan (US$45,000), had been bought by Ma two weeks earlier with full payment, Henan TV...South China Morning Post
POLITICS6d agoThe ‘G2’ illusion? After Xi-Trump summit, China wants equality while the US seeks dealsWashington and Beijing may have signed an agreement built around “reciprocity”. But a more consequential question remains unresolved: does it mean equal status for Beijing? Countries without a seat at the table are watching that ambiguity closely. The spectacle of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Washington – the tarmac greeting, the flyovers, the state dinner – has been interpreted less as courtesy than as a statement of rank. Some argue that China is no longer being treated as...South China Morning Post
POLITICS6d agoBeyond the summit: how US-China relations could still unravelThis year’s Chinese National Day reception in Washington felt noticeably jollier than those I have attended in recent years. The mood was more relaxed and Chinese Ambassador Xie Feng’s opening speech was upbeat. He even joked about the panda ambassadors at his own expense. The cheerful tone followed President Xi Jinping’s short but successful state visit to the US, during which his counterpart, President Donald Trump, gave him an unprecedented high-level reception that would have flattered even...South China Morning Post
SCI & TECH6d agoChina races to build AI data centres across energy-rich hinterlandBeijing is rolling out computing infrastructure at breakneck speed in Inner MongoliaFinancial Times
POLITICS6d agoEU-China trade talks begin in Beijing amid escalating pressureTalks will focus on the €1bn daily deficit and rare earth export restrictions.Al Jazeera [en]
CYBER6d ago‘China already has spies’ at US AI labs, claims ex-Anthropic researcherFormer Anthropic and OpenAI researcher Jacob Coxon said he was 90 per cent certain that China already had spies inside both US artificial intelligence (AI) companies, without providing evidence. Coxon made the allegation in an interview with entrepreneur Patrick Bet-David on the PBD Podcast, arguing that China could steal advances from leading US AI labs and quickly close any technological gap. “Right now, if we just stopped, they would try and catch up. But I think one really important thing...South China Morning Post
SCI & TECH6d agoChina Might Lap the United States on AI AdoptionBeijing’s collaborative approach is winning over other states.Foreign Policy
SCI & TECH6d agoChina Might Lap the United States on AI AdoptionBeijing’s collaborative approach is winning over other states.Foreign Policy
BUSINESS6d agoSupertanker chartered from Gulf Coast to China for $76 million, 10 times higher than pre-war levelShipping costs have exploded as the war in the Persian Gulf has led to a shortage of available tankers.CNBC
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