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WORLDOct 4Sabalenka Swept Out Of China Open In Third RoundSecond-seeded Sabalenka missed five break points in the sixth game, as Nikola Bartunkova defended well and hit deep. The post Sabalenka Swept Out Of China Open In Third Round appeared first on Channels Television.Channels TV
WORLDOct 4Sabalenka Knocked Out of China Open in Straight Sets by Nikola BartunkovaSecond-ranked Aryna Sabalenka was bundled out in the third round of the China Open in straight sets by the Czech Republic's Nikola Bartunkova on Sunday. The No. 34-ranked Bartunkova defeated the four-time Grand Slam champion 6-4, 6-3 in just over an hour and a half leaving the tournament without its two top seeds in the first week. Newly-crowned world No. 1 Elena Rybakina was ousted from the tournament on Saturday and will now be joined by Sabalenka in exiting WTA-1000 event in Beijing early.aawsat · united arab emirates
MILITARYOct 4China’s hospital ships project a different kind of naval power in AfricaWhen the Auspicious Ark entered Dakar, Senegal, on September 25, the scene looked closer to a public health mission than a naval deployment. Senegalese people and members of the Chinese community were waiting at the port as the vessel arrived for the first visit by a Chinese naval hospital ship to Senegal. The Auspicious Ark is a PLA Navy vessel. That places the visit within a wider Chinese maritime presence in Africa, something more often associated with anti-piracy patrols, port calls,...South China Morning Post
WORLDOct 4Sabalenka, Rybakina handed shock defeats at China Open tennisThe Belarusian’s exit follows top seed Rybakina losing to unseeded Charaeva in her first match as world number one.Al Jazeera [en]
POLITICSOct 4China lashes out at Xinjiang ‘lie’ after US lawmaker urges Starbucks to close new storesBeijing has hit back at a US lawmaker’s criticism of coffee chain Starbucks for opening its first stores in Xinjiang, rejecting the allegation that China has committed human rights abuses against the far-western region’s mostly Muslim Uygur population. Foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun on Saturday said claims of “genocide” in Xinjiang were a “blatant lie” and accused the “US group” who raised the suggestions of attacking Beijing for political purposes. “Today’s Xinjiang enjoys social...South China Morning Post
CYBEROct 4China-Aligned TA419 Targets U.S. AI Policy Experts With Microsoft AitM PhishingThe Hacker News
CONFLICTOct 4Why Trump should welcome China's help to end the Iran warResponsible Statecraft
POLITICSOct 4China slams US 'lie' over Starbucks stores in XinjiangChina's foreign ministry accused a US congressional committee on Saturday of "fabricating claims" after its chairman called on Starbucks to shutter two newly opened cafes in Xinjiang over alleged rights abuses.thestandard_hk · hong kong
SCI & TECHOct 4Quality over quantity: China’s AI microdrama producers battle viewer fatigueTwo decades after stepping away from the spotlight, iconic actress Joey Wong made an unexpected return to the screen – not through a traditional production, but via artificial intelligence-powered reconstruction. In a two-minute video by NetEase this summer, Wong, one of the most well-known actresses of the 1980s and 90s, had some of her most celebrated roles recreated, including the beautiful ghost in A Chinese Ghost Story and an alluring snake demon in Green Snake. The revival is just the tip...South China Morning Post
BUSINESSOct 4China closes hundreds of banks to bolster financial systemMore than 670 lenders, a record, shut down last year as Fitch says smaller players remain sector’s weakest partFinancial Times
BUSINESSOct 4Japanese and Korean shipbuilders deploy robots to take on ChinaUS allies invest in ‘smart shipyards’ as Beijing’s dominance of industry alarms WashingtonFinancial Times
CYBEROct 3China and Africa boost law enforcement ties in crackdown on cross-border cybercrimeFrom online-gambling rings in eSwatini to SIM swapping in Kenya and cybercrime networks in Zambia, a wave of cross-border fraud is drawing African governments and China into closer security cooperation. China hosted East African security ministers and police chiefs in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, on September 10 for talks on terrorism, kidnapping, online fraud and other cross-border threats. China’s public security minister, Wang Xiaohong, said Beijing would strengthen law-enforcement...South China Morning Post
WORLDOct 3Zverev Sets Up Djokovic Quarter-Final At China Open As 118th-Ranked Charaeva Routs RybakinaZverev's cruise into the next round comes as he trains his sights on the number-one spot currently held by Jannik Sinner. The post Zverev Sets Up Djokovic Quarter-Final At China Open As 118th-Ranked Charaeva Routs Rybakina appeared first on Channels Television.Channels TV
WORLDOct 3Rybakina's first match as world number one ends in China Open defeat by Charaeva - ReutersRybakina's first match as world number one ends in China Open defeat by Charaeva ReutersReuters World
POLITICSOct 3MI5 Says China’s MSS Funded Research Involving 100+ U.K.-Linked AcademicsThe Hacker News
SCI & TECHOct 3How US-China RISC-V collaboration is deepening despite chip rivalryAs global adoption of the open-source RISC-V chip architecture accelerates, US intellectual property provider MIPS is collaborating with Chinese firms at an unprecedented level, according to a senior executive, highlighting how cross-border cooperation persists despite intense tech rivalry between Washington and Beijing. MIPS, which was acquired by US chipmaker GlobalFoundries last year, was driving RISC-V standardisation “very closely with China”, chief technology officer Yankin Tanurhan said...South China Morning Post
POLITICSOct 3US Lawmakers Target Serbia's Democratic Backsliding, Ties To Russia, China, IranA bipartisan, bicameral group of US lawmakers is pressing for tougher action on what they describe as democratic backsliding, corruption, and growing Russian, Chinese, and Iranian influence in Serbia, just weeks before snap parliamentary elections.RFE/RL
BUSINESSOct 3China launches anti-dumping probe into European chemical exportsLatest tit-for-tat move follows three similar investigations launched by the EU last weekFinancial Times
BUSINESSOct 3China opens anti-dumping probe into EU days before Beijing trade talksRunning a €1 billion-a-day deficit with China, Brussels has nearly tripled the rate of its own trade investigations and is warning of "harsher measures" unless Beijing offers something concrete.EuroNews [en]
SCI & TECHOct 3US, China botanists sign landmark proposal on cooperation, global issues and projectsThe botanical societies of the United States and China have signed a plant science cooperation initiative, vowing to strengthen bilateral ties and foster an open scientific community to tackle global issues. The joint initiative was signed during a Sino-American botany conference last month in Taian, in China’s eastern Shandong province, which brought together hundreds of experts from institutions in both countries. The conference, held from September 19 to 23, aimed to “further deepen botanical...South China Morning Post
WORLDOct 3What China sees in ‘Jane Eyre,’ now required reading for ninth gradersCharlotte Brontë's classic novel is almost two centuries old, but Chinese officials consider its independent protagonist a feminist role model.headtopics · united states of america
POLITICSOct 3Zelenskyy asked Trump to block Russia and China’s Starlink rivalUkraine’s president says he requested his US counterpart to impose sanctions on companies involved in developing ‘Rassvet’Financial Times
POLITICSOct 3China, America and the new Great GameWhich power will prevail? As in the 19th-century struggle between the UK and Russia, the answer may depend on forces beyond either’s controlFinancial Times
WORLDOct 3China returns to top 100 in gender parity ranking for first time since 2016For the first time in a decade, China has returned to the top 100 out of 145 economies in an annual global report assessing gender equality. China closed 69.9 per cent of its gender gap in 2025, rising to 96th place from 103rd the previous year and increasing 1.3 percentage points, according to the 2026 Global Gender Gap Report published by the World Economic Forum (WEF), an international non-profit organisation based in Switzerland. It marks the first time China has been ranked in the top 100...South China Morning Post