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  • Monday, 3 November, 2025
    The State of AI
    Is China about to win the race?

    The world is focused on America’s lead but Beijing has the means, motive and opportunity to pull ahead

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    The latest Trump-Xi deal won’t easily mend the faultlines that have opened between Washington and Beijing

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  • Monday, 3 November, 2025
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    Chinese intimidation stopped UK university from publishing human rights report

    Sheffield Hallam staff raised concerns about impact on international student recruitment

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  • Monday, 3 November, 2025
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    Singapore plans to turn Lee Kuan Yew’s house into national monument

    Fate of former home of city state’s modern founder has been subject of family feuding

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  • Monday, 3 November, 2025
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    Indonesia’s China-backed bullet train derailed by mounting debt

    Jakarta is in restructuring talks with Beijing as flagship ‘Whoosh’ railway project racks up losses

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  • Sunday, 2 November, 2025
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    Inside China’s booming market for 2-minute soap operas

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    Dispute over Netherlands-based chipmaker has threatened to disrupt global auto supply chains

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    Sites of historical importance to the ruling Communist party are attracting patriots both young and old

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    Canada launches C$6.4bn minerals push as race to counter China heats up

    Ottawa uses national security legislation to accelerate production as G7 nations hunt for resources

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  • Friday, 31 October, 2025
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    China ‘made a real mistake’ by ‘firing shots’ on rare earths, says Scott Bessent

    US Treasury secretary says Beijing can no longer use its critical minerals as a coercive tool

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  • Friday, 31 October, 2025
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    Spain drafts king into China charm offensive

    King Felipe VI’s upcoming state visit highlights Madrid’s warm relations with Beijing amid US-China tensions

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    A tale of two embassies: UK-China dispute threatens diplomatic cooling

    Whitehall officials hope resolution can be found to row between Beijing and London over key buildings

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  • Friday, 31 October, 2025
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    This is nuts. When’s the crash?

  • Friday, 31 October, 2025
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    Big Tech earnings: profits and cash still matter

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  • Friday, 31 October, 2025
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    Iron ore demand has ‘plateaued’, says group owned by Australia’s richest woman

    Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting reports falling profits and pushes on to diversify into rare earths

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    Hong Kong insurance sales hit record as Chinese hunt for higher returns

    Purchases surge of policies that serve as key conduit for moving money out of mainland

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    China’s factory activity contracts for seventh straight month

    Beijing fears weak domestic demand and aggressive competition among producers is driving deflation

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  • Friday, 31 October, 2025
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    Trump endorsement boosts South Korea’s nuclear submarine ambitions

    US president opens route for Seoul to strengthen fleet but raises proliferation concerns

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  • Friday, 31 October, 2025
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    Sumant Sinha: Renewables can’t keep up with India’s surging power needs

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  • Thursday, 30 October, 2025
    News in-depthUS-China relations
    China emerges as US ‘peer rival’ at Xi-Trump summit

    Beijing shows it can force Washington to compromise on trade issues

    Donald Trump speaks closely to Xi Jinping, who is smiling slightly, as security personnel stand around them.
  • Thursday, 30 October, 2025
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    A temporary truce in US-China trade tensions

    Escalation is averted for now, but underlying source of friction remains

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  • Thursday, 30 October, 2025
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    Batteries are crucial technology for the 21st century

    Their role powering the growth of key industries means we cannot ignore economic security risks

    Workers produce new energy vehicle batteries on a production line in China
  • Thursday, 30 October, 2025
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    The Royal Academy’s A Story of South Asian Art celebrates a path-breaking Indian modernist

    Based around the circle of sculptor Mrinalini Mukherjee, this tantalising overview raises more questions than it answers

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