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Survey outlines advances and hurdles for orbital edge computing systemsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 21, 2025 A team from the Space-based Intelligence Laboratory at the Innovation Academy for Microsatellites of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has published a detailed review of orbital edge computing (OEC), ... more  
Spacesuit milestone reached with 20 spacewalks on Chinese stationTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 21, 2025 The extravehicular spacesuit B aboard China's space station has achieved a major milestone by supporting 20 spacewalks, according to the China Astronaut Research and Training Center. Astronaut Chen ... more 
AI assistant supports Chinese space station astronautsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 21, 2025 The crew of China's Tiangong space station recently conducted their third spacewalk with the help of a new artificial intelligence system named Wukong AI, marking the first use of a large-scale AI m ... more  
North Korea has 'undeclared' ICBM base near China border: reportSeoul (AFP) Aug 21, 2025 North Korea has built a secret military base near its border with China which may house Pyongyang's newest long-range ballistic missiles, according to new research. The "undeclared" Sinpung- ... more |
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Taiwan plans defence budget increase to over 3% of GDPTaipei (AFP) Aug 21, 2025 Taiwan's government plans to increase its 2026 defence budget to more than three percent of GDP, the premier said Thursday, as it faces US pressure to invest more in its own protection. Tai ... more  
Solomon Islands says China not influencing diplomatic decisionsSuva, Fiji (AFP) Aug 14, 2025 Solomon Islands defended its move to bar some partners from an influential summit of South Pacific leaders, brushing aside claims on Thursday of a looming split or that China is influencing its ... more  
New Zealand spy service warns of China interferenceSydney (AFP) Aug 21, 2025 New Zealand's spy service warned Thursday that China is the most active power engaging in foreign interference in the country, sparking a sharp rebuke from Beijing. New Zealand faces the "m ... more 
Australia probes Nauru-China business dealSydney (AFP) Aug 19, 2025 Australia was Tuesday investigating whether Pacific microstate Nauru breached a security treaty by inking a lucrative business deal with a Chinese company. Nauru last week announced it had s ... more |
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Chinese man sentenced to 8 years for acting as North Korean agentWashington DC (UPI) Aug 19, 2025 A Chinese national will spend nearly 10 years in prison for conspiring to smuggle weapons and sensitive U.S. technology to North Korea and accepting million-dollar bribes. ... more |
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India test-fires nuclear-capable ballistic missileNew Delhi Aug 20, 2025 India said Wednesday it had successfully test-fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile which, when operational, should be capable of carrying a nuclear warhead to any part of China. The ... more  
Football and falls as first humanoid robot games launch in ChinaBeijing (AFP) Aug 15, 2025 /> The first World Humanoid Robot Games began on Friday in Beijing with over 500 androids alternating between jerky tumbles and glimpses of real power as they compete in events from the 100-metre h ... more  
China to showcase latest military hardware at September paradeBeijing (AFP) Aug 20, 2025 China will unveil a slate of new domestically produced military hardware that will showcase its "powerful capability to prevail in modern war" at a parade next month, officials said Wednesday. ... more  
New internet satellites expand China's orbital networkTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 08, 2025 China has placed another batch of internet satellites into orbit, marking the third deployment in just over a week. The latest mission, launched Monday evening from the Hainan International Commerci ... more |
 
China advances crewed lunar mission with lander landing and takeoff trialTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 08, 2025 China has successfully carried out its first integrated landing and takeoff trial of a crewed lunar lander, marking a milestone in its manned lunar exploration program. The test took place Wednesday ... more  |
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China's Xi pushes development, ethnic unity in rare visit to TibetBeijing (AFP) Aug 21, 2025 President Xi Jinping attended a grand ceremony in Lhasa on Thursday during a rare visit to Tibet, where he urged "ethnic unity and religious harmony" in a region where China is accused of rights ... more  
China charts high yield low input pathway for staple cropsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 15, 2025 China's scientists have reviewed two decades of green technology advances to answer a pressing question: how to raise output while cutting inputs and emissions. Their analysis of major food crops fr ... more  
Chinese troops swelter through rehearsal for major military paradeBeijing (AFP) Aug 20, 2025 Rows of neatly dressed soldiers marched in unison to shouted instructions at a training ground in humid Beijing on Wednesday, as China prepares to unveil new domestically produced military hardw ... more  
Defence begins closing arguments in Hong Kong trial of Jimmy LaiHong Kong (AFP) Aug 20, 2025 A lawyer representing Jimmy Lai said Wednesday it was "not wrong to support freedom of expression" as the defence began closing arguments in the jailed Hong Kong media mogul's national security ... more |
Hong Kong arrests 2 over suspected $6.7 mln water scamHong Kong (AFP) Aug 18, 2025 Hong Kong police said Monday they have arrested two people over a suspected scam involving a water supplier that may have cheated the government in a contract worth nearly $7 million. A comp ... more  
Ancient farming reveals deep roots of the AnthropoceneBerlin, Germany (SPX) Aug 15, 2025 An international team from Germany, the Netherlands, and China traced long term human impacts using a sediment core taken in 2005 during an expedition with the research vessel SONNE off East Java, I ... more  
Years after an earthquake, rivers still carry the mountains downstreamSanta Barbara CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2025 On May 12, 2008, the magnitude 7.9 Wenchuan Earthquake shook central China, its destructive tremors spreading from the flank of the Longmen Shan, or Dragon's Gate Mountains, along the eastern margin ... more 
China extends anti-subsidy probe into EU dairy productsBeijing (AFP) Aug 18, 2025 China on Monday extended its anti-subsidy investigation into European Union dairy imports, another blow in an ongoing trade row between the two giant economies. The investigation will be ext ... more |
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Geespace expands GEESATCOM network with launch of 11 new satellitesTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 18, 2025 On August 9, 2025, Chinese aerospace company Geespace completed its fourth GEESATCOM orbital deployment, launching 11 satellites from waters off Rizhao, Shandong Province, aboard a single rocket. Al ... more  
China's Baidu posts quarterly revenue drop as consumption flagsBeijing (AFP) Aug 20, 2025 Chinese internet giant Baidu recorded a slight drop in quarterly revenue on Wednesday, dragged down by a persistent slump in domestic spending as its push into artificial intelligence accelerate ... more 
German minister says China's 'assertiveness' threatens European interestsJakarta (AFP) Aug 20, 2025 China's assertiveness in the disputed South China Sea and tensions in the Taiwan Strait threaten international security and European interests, Germany's foreign minister said on Wednesday. ... more  
Japan hosts African leaders for development conferenceYokohama, Japan (AFP) Aug 20, 2025 Japan hosted African leaders on Wednesday for a three-day development conference, offering itself as an alternative to China as the continent reels from a debt crisis exacerbated by Western aid ... more |
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Novel nuclear battery design delivers high efficiency and durabilityLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 20, 2025 A research team led by Prof. Haisheng San of Xiamen University and Prof. Xin Li of the China Institute of Atomic Energy has developed a new class of 90Sr radio-photovoltaic cells (RPVC) that combine ... more |
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China's top diplomat hails 'positive trend' in relations with IndiaBeijing (AFP) Aug 19, 2025 Relations between China and India are on a "positive trend" towards cooperation, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Indian counterpart in New Delhi, according to a readout of the meeting ... more 
BHP books rise in profit on back of Chinese copper demandSydney (AFP) Aug 19, 2025 Australian mining giant BHP on Tuesday reported a bump in yearly profits, as China's appetite for copper helped to counter slumping prices for iron ore and coal. Chief executive Mike Henry ... more 
China files WTO complaint over Canada steel dutiesBeijing (AFP) Aug 15, 2025 /> China filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) over Canadian steel import restrictions on Friday, the commerce ministry said, escalating simmering trade tensions between Beijing ... more 
China retail sales growth lower than expected in JulyBeijing (AFP) Aug 15, 2025 /> China's retail sales and industrial production grew at a slower rate than expected last month, official data showed Friday, as the world's number two economy battles trade turmoil and persistent ... more |
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