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September 01, 2025
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China outlines roadmap for growth in satellite communication sector



Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
China has released new guidelines to advance the satellite communication industry, with a focus on improving business access, stimulating innovation in commercial space, and expanding applications across multiple sectors. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said the measures aim to strengthen China's position as both a manufacturing and cyber power, while supporting the broader Digital China initiative. The roadmap sets goals for 2030 that include establishing a comprehensive manag ... read more

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TECH SPACE
Survey outlines advances and hurdles for orbital edge computing systems
Tokyo, 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
SUPERPOWERS
Xi and Putin round on West at regional summit in China
Tianjin, China (AFP) Sept 1, 2025
Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin took turns Monday to swipe at the West during a gathering of Eurasian leaders for a showpiece summit aimed at putting Beijing front and centre of regional relations. ... more
RAY GUNS
Missiles, drones and lasers expected at Xi's Beijing military parade
Beijing (AFP) Sept 1, 2025
China will showcase a range of new weapons during a vast military parade on Wednesday, in a show of strength that is being seen as a challenge to US military dominance. ... more
MISSILE NEWS
North Korea's Kim inspects new missiles before China trip
Seoul (AFP) Sept 1, 2025
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected the country's new missile production line, state media reported, ahead of his visit to China to attend Beijing's massive military parade. ... more
WAR REPORT
Pacifist Japan struggles to boost troops as China anxiety grows
Naha, Japan (AFP) Aug 31, 2025
Sporting dark face paint and clutching a gun, teenage soldier-in-training Takuma Hiyane crawls across a field on Japan's Okinawa, the front line of the nation's defence as anxiety grows over China's territorial ambitions. ... more
SUPERPOWERS
China to bolster non-Western alliances at summit, parade
Beijing (AFP) Aug 28, 2025
China's President Xi Jinping will host world leaders including Russia's Vladimir Putin and India's Narendra Modi from Sunday for a summit before a huge military parade as he seeks to showcase a ... more
TAIWAN NEWS
US senator says Taiwan, United States the 'best of friends'
Taipei (AFP) Aug 29, 2025
The head of the US Senate armed services committee said Friday he was determined the United States and Taiwan remain "the best of friends", during a trip to the democratic island claimed by China. ... more
GPS NEWS
Real time navigation breakthrough with new algorithm OiSAM FGO
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 22, 2025
In the race to improve autonomous systems, researchers in China have unveiled a new algorithm that accelerates navigation while maintaining precision. Called Optimized iSAM-Factor Graph Optimization ... more

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NUKEWARS
China says will not participate in denuclearisation talks with US, Russia
Beijing (AFP) Aug 27, 2025
China said Wednesday that it would not participate in denuclearisation talks with the United States and Russia, after President Donald Trump said he hoped to include Beijing in negotiations. ... more
DEMOCRACY
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai verdict to come 'in good time': judge
Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 28, 2025
A Hong Kong court finished hearing closing arguments in the national security trial of pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai on Thursday, though a judge declined to say when a verdict will be reached. ... more
SINO DAILY
China's rulers push party role before WWII anniversary
Wuxiang, China (AFP) Aug 27, 2025
An elderly Chinese war veteran's shin still bears the mark of a bullet wound he suffered when fighting the Japanese as a teenager, a year before the end of World War II. Eighty years on, Li ... more
THE PITS
China coal power surges even as renewables hit record high
Beijing (AFP) Aug 25, 2025
China saw a surge in new coal power in the first half of the year even as the country added record levels of clean energy capacity, according to a report published Monday. Coal has been a pi ... more
SPACEMART
Geespace expands GEESATCOM network with launch of 11 new satellites
Tokyo, 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
SHAKE AND BLOW
Landslides triggered by Typhoon Kajiki kill two in Thailand
Bangkok (AFP) Aug 27, 2025
Landslides caused by heavy rain from Typhoon Kajiki killed two people and injured 10 in Thailand on Wednesday, provincial officials said, as authorities warned of more torrential rain and flash ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL
Chinese cluster now world's top innovation hotspot: UN
Geneva (AFP) Sept 1, 2025
Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou has overtaken Tokyo-Yokohama to become the world's top cluster for innovation, the United Nations said Monday. ... more
ENERGY TECH
AI systems developed to improve fusion reactor safety and performance
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
A research team led by Prof. Sun Youwen at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has unveiled two artificial intelligence systems designed to enhance the stabil ... more
OIL AND GAS
China achieves world first in offshore heavy oil thermal recovery
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has reported that its offshore heavy oil thermal recovery technology system and supporting equipment have reached large-scale deployment, with cumulat ... more
TRADE WARS
China manufacturing shrinks in August despite new US trade truce
Beijing (AFP) Aug 31, 2025
China's factory output ticked up in August but still recorded a fifth straight month of contraction, official data showed Sunday, as Beijing and Washington press on with trade talks. ... more
TRADE WARS
China says delegation to visit US for trade talks this week
Beijing (AFP) Aug 28, 2025
A top Chinese official will lead a delegation to Washington for trade talks this week, Beijing said on Thursday, as the two countries navigate a truce after months of friction. ... more
TRADE WARS
Stock markets diverge awaiting Nvidia earnings
Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 27, 2025
Stock markets diverged Wednesday following broad losses in the previous session, as attention turned to a key earnings update from AI giant Nvidia. Chinese stocks slid following modest gains ... more
AFRICA NEWS
US bids to trump China in DR Congo mining rush
Kinshasa (AFP) Aug 26, 2025
The United States wants to secure its supply of strategic minerals in conflict-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, hoping to challenge China's near-monopoly on the lucrative sector. While the ... more
TRADE WARS
China says hopes US will welcome more Chinese students
Beijing (AFP) Aug 27, 2025
China said on Wednesday it hopes the United States will welcome more Chinese students, after President Donald Trump said he intended to allow 600,000 students to enter the country. Trump sai ... more
OIL AND GAS
Beijing rejects Japan protest over gas field in East China Sea
Beijing (AFP) Aug 26, 2025
China said Tuesday it had rejected a protest lodged by Japan over the development of gas fields in disputed waters of the East China Sea. Tokyo's foreign ministry said late Monday it had con ... more
SUPERPOWERS
Xi says China, Russia ties 'most stable' in turbulent world
Beijing (AFP) Aug 26, 2025
President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that China's ties with Russia are the "most stable, mature and strategically significant" among major world powers, state media reported. During a meetin ... more
WAR REPORT
China says 'shocked' by Israel strike on Gaza hospital
Beijing (AFP) Aug 26, 2025
China said on Tuesday it was "shocked" by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital in which five journalists were among at least 20 people killed. "We are shocked and condemn the fact that medic ... more
SINO DAILY
Bird call contest boosts conservation awareness in Hong Kong's concrete jungle
Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 24, 2025
The chirping of birds echoed through a packed lecture hall in Hong Kong, though there wasn't a feather in sight. Residents, some pressing the sides of their throats or contorting their bodie ... more
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CIVIL NUCLEAR
Taiwan vote on restarting nuclear plant fails
Taipei (AFP) Aug 23, 2025
A Taiwanese referendum on whether to restart a nuclear power plant failed on Saturday after the number of votes in favour fell short of the legally required threshold. Ma'anshan Nuclear Powe ... more
TRADE WARS
Trump says likely to visit China this year or soon after
Washington (AFP) Aug 25, 2025
US President Donald Trump said Monday that he expects to visit China this year or shortly afterwards, noting that economic ties between the two countries have improved - even as he kept the doo ... more
PILLAGING PIRATES
Nigeria deports wanted Chinese gang leader
Lagos (AFP) Aug 24, 2025
Nigeria's police service said Sunday it had extradited a Chinese gang leader wanted in his home country for organised violent crime, in an operation conducted with Interpol. A police statem ... more
TRADE WARS
China Evergrande Group delisted from HK exchange; Asian markets rise on US rate cut hopes
Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 25, 2025
Shares in heavily indebted China Evergrande Group were taken off the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Monday, capping a grim reversal of fortune for the once-booming property developer. A committ ... more
ENERGY TECH
Bolivia candidate vows to scrap China, Russia lithium deals
La Paz (AFP) Aug 25, 2025
Bolivian right-wing presidential hopeful Jorge Quiroga on Monday vowed to scrap billion-dollar lithium extraction deals struck by the outgoing government with Russia and China if elected leader. ... more
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