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POLITICSOct 15China, North Korea open long-delayed border bridgeChina and North Korea officially opened their most significant land border crossing on Thursday, aiming to rejuvenate trade and commerce after years of strained ties and pandemic-related disruptions. Trucks festooned with the national flags of the neighbours drove across the long-delayed 3-km (2-mile) New Yalu River Bridge, its ​towering pylons also ‌decked in flags, linking the Chinese city of Dandong with North Korea. FRANCE 24's Jan Camenzind Broomby reports.France 24 [en]
BUSINESSOct 15Long-delayed China-North Korea bridge officially opensChina and North Korea have officially opened the New Yalu River Bridge after a 12-year delay.Al Jazeera [en]
WORLDOct 15China’s Iraq War ‘safe haven’ restaurant film of real people to represent country at OscarsA mainland-produced film about a Chinese restaurant in Baghdad that became a wartime refuge has been selected as China’s entry for next year’s Oscars, bringing global attention to untold stories from the Iraq War. Directed by Wen Muye and starring Shen Teng and Jiang Qiming, Once Upon a Time in the Middle East became a box-office hit after its domestic release in China in August, earning more than 2.3 billion yuan (US$344 million). The film follows Xu Fu, a chef who travels to the Middle East to...South China Morning Post
POLITICSOct 15China keen to strengthen North Korea trade ties with New Yalu River Bridge openingChina’s premier has reaffirmed his country’s support for North Korea and its leader during the much-delayed opening of a new bridge between the neighbours. In a taped speech to the opening ceremony on the New Yalu River Bridge on Thursday, Premier Li Qiang said the link was a landmark in Chinese-North Korean friendship. Li said the bridge would promote economic and trade ties, expand personnel exchanges and tighten the bond between the two peoples, according to state news agency Xinhua. The...South China Morning Post
POLITICSOct 15‘In recorded history, Ladakh was never a part of China’: Ladakh leaders reject China’s recent statementChinese Foreign Ministry said earlier that China has never recognised LadakhThe Hindu
POLITICSOct 15New four-lane bridge opens between China, North KoreaA new four-lane road bridge linking China and North Korea finally opened on Thursday, 12 years late, enabling the Asian giant and its isolated nuclear-armed neighbour to step up cross-border trade substantially. China is its neighbour's largest trading partner and a vital diplomatic and political backer, although relations have not always been smooth with the ruling Kim dynasty.France 24 [en]
POLITICSOct 15China, US discuss AI as chip stock rout hits Asian marketsChina and the United States are in regular talks about artificial intelligence (AI) as they seek to firm up plans for an incident “hotline” and develop a formalised dialogue process ahead of a presidential summit next month. The two sides aim to agree on a basic framework for addressing AI incidents before Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump meet on the sidelines of the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) leaders’ meeting in Shenzhen, the South China Morning...South China Morning Post
BUSINESSOct 15China indicates rare earths will keep flowing to EU, regardless of U.S. trade deal expirationEuropean trade commissioner Maroš Sefčovič met with Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao in Beijing last week.CNBC
POLITICSOct 15China and North Korea open New Yalu River Bridge after 12-year delayChina and North Korea opened a new four-lane road bridge on Thursday, 15 October, ending a 12-year delay and creating a major new route for cross-border trade.Africanews [en]
POLITICSOct 15China and North Korea open New Yalu River Bridge after 12-year delayChina and North Korea opened a new four-lane road bridge on Thursday, 15 October, ending a 12-year delay and creating a major new route for cross-border trade.EuroNews [en]
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
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