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MILITARY40m agoHow the Zhuhai air show charted China’s path from catching up to flying highWhen Zhuhai hosted its inaugural air show in November 1996, the event showcased the J-8IIM fighter, a second-generation fighter equipped with Russian radar and weapons, alongside a limited line-up of home-made aircraft. Imported planes were the focus and Chinese audiences curiously studied the much more advanced foreign designs. They crowded around two Russian fourth-generation Su-27 fighters and were wowed as the jets performed their famous cobra manoeuvre, sharply braking in mid-air. At the...South China Morning Post
POLITICS3h agoLatin America, between China and the United StatesFaced with pressure from Washington and Beijing, a good part of Latin American governments are trying out some kind of dual strategy.Clarín
WORLD7h agoOur part of Mbappe, China issue over – Real Madrid’s Mourinho"I've seen a lot of responsibility from a club which, at this level, is a club of great class, and as far as we're concerned, that's it, we've done our part, there's nothing more for us to do," Mourinho told reporters. The post Our part of Mbappe, China issue over – Real Madrid’s Mourinho appeared first on Vanguard News.Vanguard Nigeria
POLITICS8h agoChina narrows the path to elite official training scheme for citizens graduating overseasChina is further narrowing access to a key government recruitment programme for overseas-educated graduates, limiting their pathways into the country’s civil service and party-state system. More than a dozen provincial-level regions, including Beijing and Shanghai, opened applications for the 2027 xuandiaosheng recruitment rounds in September and October. Xuandiaosheng, or the “selected graduates” system, is designed to select and train university graduates to become elite cadres and officials...South China Morning Post
POLITICS9h agoSoft power on display as China’s first lady Peng Liyuan hosts German counterpartChinese first lady Peng Liyuan hosted her German counterpart, Elke Budenbender, in Beijing on Friday for a tea reception in a bid to showcase Beijing’s soft power and foster closer bilateral ties. Peng stressed the rich cooperation with Germany in areas including education and culture, according to official news agency Xinhua. She also expressed hope that people from the two countries would “visit each other more often, continuously deepen mutual understanding and foster closer people-to-people...South China Morning Post
WORLD10h agoHealth, China's other soft power in AfricaLe navire-hôpital Ji Xiang Fang Zhou sillonne les côtes ouest-africaines pour proposer des soins gratuits. Une initiative qui illustre la vaste « route de la soie sanitaire » façonnée par Pékin depuis plus de soixante ans.Jeune Afrique
POLITICS11h agoWith ‘Kissinger moment’ over, US and China urged to foster new ‘bridge builders’Beijing and Washington have been urged to foster a new generation of talent to bridge gaps between the countries and strengthen people-to-people exchanges amid growing frictions and concerns about a lack of China expertise in the US. Academics and experts from the two countries gathered in Shanghai on Friday at the China-US Intergenerational Dialogue 2026. They were seeking a new crop of “bridge builders” like Henry Kissinger, the former US secretary of state who helped to engineer the historic...South China Morning Post
POLITICS11h agoChina places former Sinopec and CNOOC boss Fu Chengyu, 75, under corruption probeFu Chengyu, the former chairman of leading oil giants Sinopec and China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), is under investigation for corruption by the country’s top watchdogs. The Communist Party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) was investigating Fu for alleged “serious violations of discipline and law”, a euphemism for corruption, state news agency Xinhua reported on Saturday, quoting a notice posted on the commission’s website. He is “currently undergoing...South China Morning Post
SCI & TECH12h agoApple Intelligence to roll out on iPhones in China in December with Alibaba backingApple’s long-awaited artificial intelligence features will be officially launched in China in December, ending two years of regulatory uncertainty as the US tech giant seeks to bring advanced technologies to its second-largest market with the help of Alibaba Group Holding. The first batch of Apple Intelligence services will roll out to Chinese iPhone users alongside the iOS 27.3 update in December, following an open beta test with developers starting November 4, the US company said in a...South China Morning Post
CYBER12h agoAI could turn China’s social credit system into surveillance tool: government-funded studyChina’s social credit system, stereotypically imagined as an all-powerful numerical scoring project for authoritarian control, has gained notoriety in the West – although people inside the country actually feel little of its presence or practical influence. In a government-funded study, however, a Chinese legal scholar warned that deploying artificial intelligence (AI) risked turning the rating system into a “large-scale surveillance tool”. The paper was published in the Journal of Sichuan...South China Morning Post
POLITICS14h agoBoth Japan and China can help Bangladesh reach its full potentialIn the Land of the Rising Sun, Bangladesh looks forward to a new dawn. The hope that comes with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s visit to Japan goes beyond the deals signed or the financial support expected. It shows a country that has emerged from authoritarian rule and wants to turn its new political voice into bigger economic chances and freedom of choice. For a government chosen by the people, foreign policy must answer one question: how does it make life better for the people who gave it...South China Morning Post
SCI & TECH15h agoChina joins global race to reawaken brain-injury patients through ultrasound therapyAfter spending three months in a coma following a brain haemorrhage, a patient in China has regained the ability to speak, eat and walk with support – part of an early clinical trial using targeted sound waves to help “wake up” severely damaged brains, according to state media. The technology, developed by a coalition including the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, used focused ultrasound waves to stimulate regions deep within the brain without requiring...South China Morning Post
POLITICS16h agoBeijing blasts US ban on device testing in China, warns of supply chain disruptionsChina’s Ministry of Commerce has voiced firm opposition to a decision by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to bar device testing in China by 2028. “This has seriously harmed the interests of China and other trading partners, seriously undermined the stability of China-US economic and trade relations, and seriously disrupted the stability of global industrial and supply chains,” it said in a statement on Friday night. “[We] hope the United States will face the calls of the industry,...South China Morning Post
SCI & TECH17h agoWhy are US, Russia and China racing to put nuclear reactors on the moon?Reactors could revolutionise moon exploration, providing energy for bases and mining, but risks of contamination remain.Al Jazeera [en]
POLITICS18h agoLiu Yandong, Rare Woman Among China’s Political Elite, Dies at 80The former vice premier was one of just six women to have served on the Chinese Communist Party’s elite Politburo, though she was excluded from the top ranks of power.NYT World
BUSINESS18h agoShenzhen too pricey? Cost-conscious Hongkongers dig deeper into mainland ChinaSeventy-something Hong Kong retiree Leung Ching says a meal for four in Shenzhen, the megacity in mainland China roughly an hour’s train ride away, that cost just over 300 yuan (US$45) a few years ago now runs to 500 to 600 yuan. It would cost around HK$1,000 (US$127.50) in Hong Kong, but only 300 yuan in Guangzhou and just 200 yuan in Zhongshan, two cities within two hours of Hong Kong. “Shenzhen is becoming less and less affordable,” said Leung, a retired vendor. Last year, consumer prices in...South China Morning Post
WORLD20h ago‘Zero-cost’ lifestyle: China cash-strapped youth embrace thrifty living for mental reliefA growing number of young people in China are embracing a “zero-cost” lifestyle, seeking out free perks, complimentary gifts, and trial services. Across mainland social media, tens of thousands of posts share tips on scoring free samples at shopping malls or booking test drives with no intention of buying. One popular variation is mall-walking, in which budget-conscious shoppers stroll through air-conditioned malls while spending next to nothing. A classic routine might go like this: grab a...South China Morning Post
POLITICS21h agoAre the latest Communist Party promotions a sign of a new political trend in China?Beijing promoted 10 officials to full membership of the Communist Party’s Central Committee at a major political gathering this week, where the normally routine process of filling vacancies took on new significance. The names of the officials who have filled the vacant slots were included in a communique released at the end of the fifth plenum of the party’s 20th Central Committee on Thursday. The event, which focused on party discipline and the fight against corruption, confirmed that 24 full...South China Morning Post
POLITICS22h agoNew Everest film hopes to nudge US-China relations into a higher altitudeThe film Everest: The Other Side, a collaborative US-China project that opened on Friday in 515 US cinemas and that will premiere at 700 IMAX theatres in China on November 6, starts with a majestic shot of the world’s tallest mountain. Then the music builds and more challenging weather rolls in, foreshadowing what is at stake. The film invokes a well-trod narrative for fans of the mountaineering genre: a mix of the grit and sacrifice driving world-class climbers, along with no small amount of...South China Morning Post
WORLD1d agoChina helps dismantle major meth trafficking network in Southeast AsiaChina has broken up a major transnational drug trafficking network in cooperation with Indonesia and Malaysia, seizing around 1.2 tonnes of liquid methamphetamine, China’s Ministry of Public Security said on Friday. The operation was carried out on October 21 by Indonesia’s National Narcotics Agency (BNN), which raided and shut down a large-scale drug processing and purification facility in Aceh, Indonesia, and arrested 11 people, with help from China’s National Narcotics Control Commission...South China Morning Post
POLITICS1d agoIs Donald Trump’s ‘Chinamaxxing’ pushing Beijing’s soft power?In May, Donald Trump touring Beijing’s Temple of Heaven – bathed in golden light as traditional Chinese music played in the background – was an unlikely image of US-China relations. For Julian Gewirtz, a former China official on president Joe Biden’s National Security Council, it also had a familiar Gen Z twist. “Trump, strange as it is to say, is Chinamaxxing,” he wrote in a Substack post at the time. The social media trend celebrates the features of Chinese life, from high-speed trains and...South China Morning Post
MILITARY1d agoStealthy GJ-21 Drone Has Launched And Recovered From Type 076 Amphibious Assault Ship, China ClaimsSigns that the PLAN has been building up to this significant milestone in naval airpower have been growing for more than a year. The post Stealthy GJ-21 Drone Has Launched And Recovered From Type 076 Amphibious Assault Ship, China Claims appeared first on TWZ.The War Zone
POLITICS1d agoThe flaw in Australia’s ‘China threat’ thesisAustralia’s preparations for a possible conflict with China reflect “a relatively superficial understanding”, argues prominent economist John Edwards. Europe, Canada, Indonesia, Malaysia and India, he notes, are not preparing for such a conflict. Why should Australia? Edwards, a former senior economic adviser to former Labor prime minister Paul Keating, makes the observation in a Lowy Institute paper released in October and in a newspaper interview. Instead, he sees US-China rivalry as a...South China Morning Post
WORLD1d agoFrom Ping-Pong to Pickleball: The Intergenerational Torch of China-U.S. FriendshipFrom the historic ping-pong diplomacy of 1971 to modern pickleball courts and youth exchange programs, people-to-people ties continue to drive the enduring friendship between China and the United States.alwihdainfo · chad
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