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BUSINESSOct 6China’s economy to slow as global growth stays solid, US think tank report saysChina’s economic growth is expected to slow further next year as export strength fades and weak domestic demand persists, even as the global economy remains resilient, according to a new outlook from the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE). The Washington-based think tank projects China’s GDP will grow 4.6 per cent this year and 4.3 per cent in 2027, down from 5 per cent growth in 2025, according to its semi-annual Global Economic Prospects report, released on Tuesday. The...South China Morning Post
BUSINESSOct 6After cordial Xi-Trump summit, could China’s US dollar pivot cause tremors?As President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump talked tariffs, agricultural quotas and critical minerals at last month’s closely watched summit in Washington, an “elephant in the room” loomed over the discussion: China’s efforts to gradually diversify away from US dollar assets. Beijing has gradually been cutting its holdings of US Treasuries while pushing to expand the yuan’s global use and developing alternative financial architecture. While these issues may not have featured in the...South China Morning Post
POLITICSOct 6China Doesn’t Need to Invade Taiwan to Control ItA bloodless political victory may be far harder for Washington to handle.Foreign Policy
WORLDOct 6‘Destined’ Djokovic Wins China Open, Extending Unbeaten RecordWith the win, the 39-year-old Serbian extended a perfect record to 34 wins in as many matches for his seventh title in Beijing—his first since 2015. The post ‘Destined’ Djokovic Wins China Open, Extending Unbeaten Record appeared first on Channels Television.Channels TV
WORLDOct 6Djokovic wins China Open after de Minaur retires, Alcaraz wins Japan OpenNovac Djokovic won 102nd match of his career, while ATP 500 tournament victory was Carlos Alcaraz's third of the year.Al Jazeera [en]
POLITICSOct 6EXCLUSIVE: China plans late entry into WHO leadership race, sources say - ReutersEXCLUSIVE: China plans late entry into WHO leadership race, sources say ReutersReuters World
BUSINESSOct 6EU-China trade tensions: Five things to know as Brussels and Beijing face crunch talksThe next ten days will be critical for EU-China relations. EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič will travel to Beijing later this week for high-level talks aimed at rebalancing the trade relationship and securing “tangible” results ahead of next week’s meeting of EU leaders.EuroNews [en]
WORLDOct 6Djokovic wins China Open, keeps unbeaten record after opponent retiresNovak Djokovic won the China Open on Tuesday after his opponent Alex de Minaur retired from the final, extending an astonishing unbeaten streak in Beijing and winning the 102nd title of his career. The post Djokovic wins China Open, keeps unbeaten record after opponent retires appeared first on Vanguard News.Vanguard Nigeria
POLITICSOct 6China’s Revised Defense Mobilization Law Touches Nearly Every SectorThe circumstances under which mobilization can be declared are wider than ever, and a large number of entities – including private firms – are legally obligated to the state during wartime.The Diplomat
SCI & TECHOct 6"I don't want an oligopoly": New open-weight AI models mount a comeback against ChinaA new crop of powerful, Western open-weight AI systems are mounting a comeback, with fresh models from Reflection and Mistral narrowing China's recent lead.Why it matters: These models and others will give businesses and governments alternatives to the closed ecosystems of OpenAI and Anthropic, as well as to Chinese options they may have eschewed for security reasons.But putting powerful model weights into the world also makes their safeguards easier to remove, a concern that's growing as models become more capable in areas like cybersecurity.What they're saying: Both companies are arguing thaAxios
SCI & TECHOct 6What to know about Mistral's ML4 as it bets on EU sovereignty in the US-China open-weight AI raceKnown as “Le Chonk,” the new frontier AI offering from French company Mistral says it will be the strongest open-weight AI outside China, as it bets that European "sovereignty" can win customers in a race increasingly framed as US versus China.EuroNews [en]
SCI & TECHOct 6Mistral unveils new AI model it says rivals best open systems from ChinaWestern developers are racing to compete with Chinese companies in open weight and open source AI.CNBC
SCI & TECHOct 6As China’s AI race accelerates, ‘model fatigue’ becomes the next challengeOn September 22, the global artificial intelligence landscape spun on its axis within a matter of hours. In Beijing, Xiaomi engineers went live with an unusual broadcast, streaming the training run of their new MiMo-V2.6 model. In San Francisco, Anthropic unveiled its frontier Opus 5.5 model. About an hour later, OpenAI crashed the party with the surprise release of its GPT-6 Sol and Luna models. For tech executives and developers trying to keep pace, it was just another overwhelming day in the...South China Morning Post
MILITARYOct 6Philip Ingram sees Russia, China and Iran stepping up ‘gray zone’ activities across UK and EuropeFrançois Picard is pleased to welcome Philip Ingram, journalist and former British military intelligence officer. The events surrounding RAF Fairford are not an isolated incident, explains Ingram. It's part of a much wider security issue in which conventional military operations, intelligence activity and gray-zone tactics increasingly overlap.France 24 [en]
WORLDOct 6Public outcry as China nurse dies after on-duty brain bleed, but death ruled not work-relatedThe death of a 30-year-old nurse in southwestern China from a brain haemorrhage while on duty sparked outrage after authorities refused to classify her death as work-related. Chen Jiajia, a supervising nurse in the medical imaging department at Guizhou Maotai Hospital in Zunyi, experienced a severe headache and began vomiting while working on August 4, according to Dafeng News. Her colleagues swiftly rushed her for emergency treatment, and she subsequently underwent a craniotomy after being...South China Morning Post
BUSINESSOct 6China's Moonshot AI targets Q1 2027 IPO at $50B valuation - reportA report indicates that China's Moonshot AI plans for an initial public offering in early 2027, aiming for a $50 billion valuation. This signifies a major development for an AI company in the tech and finance sectors.Seeking Alpha Tech
MILITARYOct 6EXCLUSIVE: Attack aircraft, military vehicles visible at new China-Laos base, satellite images show - ReutersEXCLUSIVE: Attack aircraft, military vehicles visible at new China-Laos base, satellite images show ReutersReuters World
POLITICSOct 6Germany faces a triple threat from Russia, China and domestic far-right extremistsDW News [en]
BUSINESSOct 6Germany joins France in call for China trade defencesGermany and France, the European Union’s two largest economies, jointly called for tougher EU trade defences, as European and Chinese negotiators prepare for crunch talks this week under the shadow of a potential trade war. “The open and rules-based trade system is massively affected by weaponisation of trade, systemic market-distorting practices, and global macroeconomic imbalances,” German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron said in an open letter. “We need urgent...South China Morning Post
WORLDOct 6Coco Gauff decries "insane" amount of online racism after China match disputeCoco Gauff said she received an "insane" amount of racist comments on social media following a controversial point in her China Open match against home player Sun Xinran.CBS News
BUSINESSOct 6Short trade truce can’t paper over realities of US-China relationshipThe recent US-China summit yielded a narrow, caution-filled outcome for bilateral trade: a two-month extension of the Kuala Lumpur trade truce, which now expires on January 10 next year. This reprieve eases fears of immediate tariff escalation and shows that head-of-state diplomacy can still curb spiralling confrontation. Yet the short timeline exposes the wide gulf separating the two sides’ priorities. China’s position has been unambiguous: removal of all punitive tariffs and restrictive...South China Morning Post
BUSINESSOct 6China’s Transsion, Africa’s top phone maker, targets US$500 million Hong Kong listingShenzhen Transsion Holdings, the maker of Africa’s bestselling phones, aims to kick off its Hong Kong share offering on Wednesday to raise up to US$500 million ahead of a targeted October 15 listing, according to people familiar with the matter. The company, which already trades in Shanghai and has a market capitalisation of 62 billion yuan (US$9.24 billion), could offer up to 132 million offshore ordinary shares, according to approval documents from the China Securities Regulatory Commission...South China Morning Post
POLITICSOct 6Japan says it told China survey ship to leave Tokyo's economic watersThe Japanese coast guard said on Tuesday a Chinese survey ship had left Tokyo's exclusive economic zone after being ordered repeatedly to stop research operations that Japan said…Japan Today
WORLDOct 6Gauff in racial abuse controversy at China Open after replayed pointCoco Gauff was targeted online after stopping play during a crucial point in the first set against China’s Sun Xinran.Al Jazeera [en]