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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  
China accelerates space computing as Geovis and Sugon map an orbital data networkTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 15, 2025 China is accelerating investment in the emerging space information, or space computing, sector that it frames as a future trillion-yuan growth engine, with leading firms joining to process satellite ... more  
Documents show New Zealand unease over Chinese warships in South PacificSydney (AFP) Aug 22, 2025 China set off alarm bells in New Zealand when it dispatched powerful warships on unprecedented missions in the South Pacific without explanation, according to military documents obtained by AFP. ... more  
Taiwan's Lai sets defence spending target at 5% of GDPTaipei (AFP) Aug 22, 2025 Taiwan's government aims to increase defence spending to five percent of GDP by 2030, President Lai Ching-te said Friday, as the United States pushes Taipei to invest more in its own security. ... more |
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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  
Jury convicts US Navy sailor of spying for ChinaLos Angeles, United States (AFP) Aug 21, 2025 A US Navy sailor has been convicted of espionage for selling military secrets to China for $12,000, the Justice Department said Thursday. Jinchao Wei was found guilty by a federal jury in Ca ... more  
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  
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 |
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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 |
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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  
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 
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  |
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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 
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 
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 |
 
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
Hong Kong mogul Jimmy Lai's 'punditry' not criminal: lawyerHong Kong (AFP) Aug 21, 2025 Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai's lawyer clashed with judges on Thursday over whether the pro-democracy newspaper founder's "armchair punditry" on social media and other platforms breached the c ... more |
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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  
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'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 |
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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 |
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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 
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  
Boeing in talks to sell up to 500 planes to China: BloombergNew York (AFP) Aug 21, 2025 US aviation giant Boeing is in talks to sell up to 500 aircraft to Chinese companies, Bloomberg News reported Thursday, citing sources familiar with the matter. The deal would be a major win ... more  
China says summit to provide stability, counter 'hegemonism'Beijing (AFP) Aug 22, 2025 China slammed "hegemonism and power politics" on Friday as it touted an upcoming summit it is hosting for more than 20 world leaders as promoting stability and peace. The Shanghai Cooperati ... more |
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