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POLITICSOct 15North Korea, China open border bridge after 12-year delayTwelve years after it was constructed, the New Yalu River Bridge between China and North Korea is finally operational. It is the latest sign of warming ties between the two nations.DW News [en]
MILITARYOct 15China’s Military Expansion in Southeast Asia Masks a More Complicated RealityThe Chinese Ministry of Defense’s announcement of a “joint support and training center” at an airport in Ban Keun, Laos, on Sept. 29 drew attention to the People’s Liberation Army’s growing footprint in Southeast Asia. Although China does not call it a “base” and said it’s “not targeted at any third party,” it is China’s first publicly acknowledged overseas military facility centered on airpower. Ban Keun joins Djibouti and Cambodia’s Ream Naval Base as nodes in a burgeoning network of overseas Chinese security infrastructWar on the Rocks
WORLDOct 15North Korea and China Open Their Biggest Border BridgeThe long-delayed opening of the New Yalu River Bridge comes as the two countries expand trade despite international sanctions imposed on North Korea.NYT World
POLITICSOct 15EU summit to focus on China, Ukraine and bloc budgetEU leaders meeting in Brussels will examine measures to curb the bloc's huge trade deficit with China. But they will also be looking to further agreement on the next EU budget ahead of some major elections next year.DW News [en]
POLITICSOct 15EU leaders enter crunch talks on energy, China and the budgetGood morning from Brussels, where EU leaders are about to kick off a two-day summit. On their menu today: soaring energy prices, China trade ties and the showdown over the EU’s next long-term budget. Let’s dive in.EuroNews [en]
BUSINESSOct 15SK hynix ties U.S. NAND factory to approval for more equipment at China fab - reportA report indicates that SK hynix is linking its plans for a U.S. NAND factory to the approval of more equipment for its China manufacturing facility. This highlights potential dependencies and strategic leverage in global semiconductor manufacturing and trade.Seeking Alpha Tech
SCI & TECHOct 15China’s CXMT gets pledge of support as provincial party chief vows chip-industry expansionThree weeks into his tenure as the Communist Party secretary of Anhui province, Li Lecheng carried out an on-site inspection at China’s home-grown memory chip giant ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) on Wednesday, pledging to grow integrated circuits (ICs) as an emerging pillar industry. During the visit to the company’s headquarters in the central province’s capital of Hefei, Li urged CXMT to further refine its product portfolio and actively expand into domestic and overseas markets. He...South China Morning Post
DISASTEROct 15Vehicle may have sparked Mongolia wildfire, putting China rescuers on high alertA grassland fire in Mongolia has raised fresh concerns in China, underscoring the recurring risk of cross-border environmental hazards. This is not the first time an environmental disaster originating in Mongolia has threatened to cross the 4,700km (2,920-mile) border into China, with the impacts sometimes also affecting the Korean peninsula and Japan. The blaze, which erupted on October 8 in the inland country’s easternmost Dornod province bordering Russia and China, advanced rapidly towards...South China Morning Post
CYBEROct 15Russia and China are using AI to stage relentless cyberattacks against the UKNew Scientist
POLITICSOct 15New four-lane bridge between China and North Korea opens after a decade of delayThe new bridge's opening comes about a month after North Korea and Russia opened a road bridge as part of their efforts to cement relations.EuroNews [en]
POLITICSOct 15Bridge between North Korea and China opens after twelve years of delayMet twaalf jaar vertraging hebben China en Noord-Korea een brug over een grensrivier tussen beide landen in gebruik genomen. De Nieuwe Yalurivierbrug verbindt het Chinese Dandong met Sinuiju aan de overzijde. De brug was al in 2014 grotendeels afgebouwd, maar Noord-Korea traineerde de aansluiting ervan op het wegennet. De relatie tussen Noord-Korea en China bekoelde in de jaren daarna vanwege het Noord-Koreaanse kernwapenprogramma. Nu beide landen de banden weer aanhalen, was de tijd rijp om de brug in gebruik te nemen. Over de Yalu loopt al een andere, verouderde brug. Die is goed voor meer dNOS Buitenland
POLITICSOct 15Emboldened by hybrid car deal, Europe coalesces around tougher China stanceThe EU’s surprise deal with China on hybrid cars last week was supposed to ease the pressure on Beijing. Instead, Brussels is preparing to intensify its crackdown on Chinese trade practices, emboldened by the discovery that its threats are finally delivering results. Now, those driving trade policy for the bloc believe they have landed on a two-track formula. Intensive dialogue is seen to have yielded results and will continue. But so too will the European Union’s efforts to counter what they...South China Morning Post
POLITICSOct 15Trucks line up as long-delayed China-North Korea bridge officially opensChina and North Korea officially marked the long-delayed opening of their most significant ‌land border crossing on Thursday, aiming to rejuvenate trade and commerce after years of soured…Japan Today
SCI & TECHOct 15US and China race to shape AI agenda ahead of Xi-Trump talks in Shenzhen, sources sayThe United States and China are in regular talks to iron out details of a framework announced last month for handling AI-related incidents and institutionalising bilateral dialogue, multiple sources told the South China Morning Post. The technical teams of the two countries aim to make AI cooperation a potential deliverable when presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump meet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Shenzhen next month – their third face-to-face...South China Morning Post
BUSINESSOct 14‘China shock 3.0’ to be driven by AI, biotech and robot exports, economist saysThe world is on the cusp of a “China shock 3.0” driven by exports of artificial intelligence (AI), biotechnology and robots, which could hit harder than the current wave, a leading economist on China has said. “We are already at the starting point of the China shock 3.0,” Alicia Garcia-Herrero, a senior fellow at Brussels-based think tank Bruegel and chief economist for Asia-Pacific at investment bank Natixis, told the South China Morning Post from Taipei after a virtual panel hosted by the...South China Morning Post
POLITICSOct 14Susan Thornton on US-China ties, post-midterms and averting a new balloon crisisSusan Thornton is a former American diplomat who for decades worked on US policy in Eurasia in the State Department before becoming acting assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs during the first Trump presidency. She is the director of the Forum on Asia-Pacific Security at the National Committee on American Foreign Policy and a senior fellow at the Paul Tsai China Centre, Yale Law School. She spoke to Orange Wang about keeping the lines of China-US communication...South China Morning Post
MILITARYOct 14Hegseth calls US$1.5 trillion defence budget ‘critical’ to counter ChinaUS Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has called a nearly US$1.5 trillion defence budget request “absolutely critical”, warning that whoever falls behind in autonomy, robotics and AI will fall “even further behind” as Washington eyes China’s rapid military modernisation. Speaking at a panel discussion during the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting and Exposition on Wednesday, Hegseth said that Project Agincourt, the Pentagon’s initiative to accelerate drone and autonomous...South China Morning Post
BUSINESSOct 14Can China’s coal industry ride to the rescue of a world in oil shock?Be warned. The global economy is likely to experience a recession next year. War across the Middle East is set to escalate, wrecking energy supplies for many years, even as the artificial intelligence (AI) bubble is ripe to burst. This, however, would also create an energy leadership opportunity for China. High energy prices already fuel demand for Chinese renewable energy products and electric vehicles. But as a leader in building coal-fired power plants, China can also offer the global market...South China Morning Post
POLITICSOct 14China’s Advance in the BahamasBeijing's presence in the Bahamas and its military implications for the U.S. are often overshadowed by discussion of Chinese activities elsewhere in the region.The Diplomat
SCI & TECHOct 14Autonomous Delivery Is Expanding Across China“Chinese companies have invested heavily in so-called 'physical AI': drones, robots and autonomous transport systems for people and goods. The country’s tech giants have rolled out large fleets of autonomous vehicles across cities, focusing particularly on last mile logistics, bringing goods directly to homes and workplaces… By the end of 2025, ground vehicles operated by […] The post Autonomous Delivery Is Expanding Across China appeared first on Human Progress.Human Progress
SCI & TECHOct 14Allows the passage of 3000-ton vessels: this is the world's largest ship elevator, in a dam in ChinaIt lifts vessels to a height of 113 meters. It allows them to continue their journey without having to go through traditional locks.Clarín
POLITICSOct 14The Trump-Xi Summit Exposed the Problems in China-US Crisis ManagementMilitary communication channels become bargaining chips precisely when a crisis makes them indispensable.The Diplomat
POLITICSOct 14EU leaders to ‘urgently’ call for new trade weapons to tackle China shockLeaders of the EU’s 27 member states will instruct Brussels to “urgently” come up with new weapons to counter the imbalances they believe are caused by China’s economic policies, at a meeting in the Belgian capital on Thursday. The instruction – part of a draft statement being negotiated ahead of this week’s European Council summit – comes after the European Union and China reached a surprise deal in Beijing last week that will cap the number of Chinese hybrid cars imported to the bloc at...South China Morning Post
BUSINESSOct 14ASML’s chip equipment sales to China soar 109% despite US export curb pushDutch semiconductor equipment giant ASML expects China to account for about 20 per cent of its total sales this year, after seeing shipments to the market more than double during the previous quarter despite mounting US pressure for tighter export restrictions on less advanced chipmaking machinery. The company’s sales to China surged 109 per cent in the third quarter compared with the previous three months, according to financial results released on Wednesday. That took China’s share of ASML’s...South China Morning Post