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October 20, 2025
DRAGON SPACE
China marks milestone 600th Long March rocket launch



Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 17, 2025


China's Long March rocket series has reached a major milestone with its 600th flight, following the successful launch of a Long March-8A vehicle that deployed a new group of internet satellites into orbit on Thursday. Since its debut more than five decades ago, the Long March family has carried nearly 1,400 spacecraft into orbit, accounting for over 86 percent of China's total space launches. Operated by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), the series forms the backbone ... read more

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SPACE TRAVEL
Europe cannot let US, China be 'technological leaders': Nobel laureate Aghion
Stockholm Oct 13, 2025
One of the winners of this year's Nobel economics prize, France's Philippe Aghion, on Monday warned Europe that it must not let the United States and China dominate technological innovation. ... more
TECH SPACE
EU to hold urgent industry talks Monday on China rare-earth export curbs
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Oct 19, 2025
EU industry chief Stephane Sejourne will hold urgent talks on Monday with European industries impacted by China's curbs on rare earths exports. ... more
MILPLEX
China expels two top-ranked generals from military in graft probe
Beijing (AFP) Oct 17, 2025
China said on Friday it has expelled two top generals from the military and ruling Communist Party, part of corruption investigations into nine high-ranking army officials. ... more
CYBER WARS
China spying poses 'daily threat' to UK: MI5 chief
London (AFP) Oct 16, 2025
China now poses a "daily" threat to Britain, the head of the UK's domestic intelligence agency MI5 warned Thursday. ... more
CHIP TECH
China 'firmly opposes' Dutch takeover of Nexperia
Beijing (AFP) Oct 16, 2025
Beijing said on Thursday it "firmly opposes" the Dutch government's seizure of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia, arguing that the takeover "violates the spirit of contractual agreements and market principles". ... more
WATER WORLD
Aussie PM meets Trump with critical minerals on offer
Sydney (AFP) Oct 19, 2025
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets with President Donald Trump in Washington on Monday, touting his country's abundant critical minerals as a way to loosen China's grip over global supplies. ... more
CYBER WARS
China says US waged cyberattacks on national time centre
Beijing (AFP) Oct 19, 2025
China on Sunday accused the United States of conducting cyberattacks on Beijing's national time centre that could have caused severe damage to critical financial and telecommunications infrastructure. ... more
WAR REPORT
Myanmar junta recaptures town on China trade route
Yangon (AFP) Oct 18, 2025
Myanmar's ruling junta said Saturday that it had recaptured a town on a trade highway to China from an ethnic armed group in the country's war-wracked north. ... more

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SINO DAILY
Chinese leaders to hash out strategic blueprint at key meeting
Beijing (AFP) Oct 18, 2025
China's ruling Communist Party will on Monday kick off four days of key closed-door discussions, formulating core economic strategy for coming years as growth flags and trade headwinds mount. ... more
SUPERPOWERS
Trump says to meet with Xi at South Korea summit
Washington (AFP) Oct 17, 2025
Donald Trump will hold talks with China's Xi Jinping during the upcoming APEC summit in South Korea, the US president said in a Fox interview excerpt released Friday. ... more
GPS NEWS
Chinese customs seize 60,000 'problematic' maps
Beijing (AFP) Oct 16, 2025
Chinese customs seized 60,000 maps it deemed "problematic" over their labelling of Taiwan and omission of territory Beijing claims in the South China Sea, authorities said. ... more
CYBER WARS
UK's Starmer publishes evidence in collapsed China spy case
London (AFP) Oct 15, 2025
The UK government published evidence Wednesday it had submitted in now-collapsed legal proceedings against two men accused of spying for China, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer seeks to contain controversy over the failed case. ... more
CYBER WARS
US expert on India accused of China meetings denies charges
Washington (AFP) Oct 15, 2025
A prominent US scholar of India who was arrested after allegations of retaining classified documents and meeting Chinese officials is denying the charges against him, his lawyers said Wednesday. ... more
WAR REPORT
Gaza may no longer be burning, but many other places are
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 15, 2025
For the moment, peace may be breaking out in Gaza. One must give great credit to President Donald Trump and other key world leaders for this extraordinary first step. ... more
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DEMOCRACY
Sweden demands China free jailed bookseller; Hong Kong play axed after complaints it 'defames' city
Stockholm (AFP) Oct 17, 2025
Sweden's foreign minister said Friday during a trip to China that she had urged Beijing to release Chinese-Swedish bookseller Gui Minhai, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2020 on espionage charges. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Myanmar scam cities booming despite crackdown - using Musk's Starlink
Beijing (AFP) Oct 14, 2025
They said they had smashed them. But fraud factories in Myanmar blamed for scamming Chinese and American victims out of billions of dollars are still in business and bigger than ever, an AFP investigation can reveal. ... more
PILLAGING PIRATES
UK seeks to repay victims of huge bitcoin scam
London (AFP) Oct 16, 2025
Britain has proposed compensating victims of a massive scam in China that resulted in what is believed to be the world's largest cryptocurrency seizure, lawyers told AFP on Thursday. ... more
ICE WORLD
Antarctic marine viruses under scrutiny as researchers map unknowns of polar ecosystems
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 16, 2025
Antarctic marine viruses have emerged as critical but poorly understood drivers of the Southern Ocean's ecological balance. A new review published in Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Research highlights both r ... more
THE PITS
China's power paradox: record renewables, continued coal
Bangkok (AFP) Oct 19, 2025
Call it the China power paradox: while Beijing leads the world in renewable energy expansion, its coal projects are booming too. ... more
TRADE WARS
China's growth slows amid sputtering domestic demand; Stock markets bounce back as trade fears ease
Beijing (AFP) Oct 20, 2025
China's economic growth slipped below five percent in the third quarter of 2025, official data showed Monday, the slowest pace in a year in the face of trade headwinds and a stubborn domestic consumer slump. ... more
SINO DAILY
China's Communist Party begins major economic meetings
Beijing (AFP) Oct 20, 2025
China's ruling Communist Party kicked off four days of closed-door meetings on Monday involving high-ranking officials in discussions on long-term economic planning, state media reported. ... more
TRADE WARS
China's key trade negotiator removed from WTO post as China and US agree to fresh trade talks
Beijing (AFP) Oct 20, 2025
Senior Chinese trade negotiator Li Chenggang has been removed from his post as China's permanent representative to the World Trade Organization, state media reported on Monday, just days after US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent described him as "unhinged". ... more
OIL AND GAS
China defends Russian oil purchases, slams US
Beijing (AFP) Oct 16, 2025
China said Thursday that its purchases of Russian oil were "legitimate" and decried recent "unilateral bullying" measures by the United States as the trade row between the two countries continues to intensify. ... more
INTERNET SPACE
China boasts of crackdown on scam centres on Myanmar border
Beijing (AFP) Oct 17, 2025
Chinese authorities are boasting of a sweeping crackdown on scam centres across the country's southern border with Myanmar, days before a key political meeting in Beijing. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
China urges 'equal dialogue' with US as Apple's Cook visits
Beijing (AFP) Oct 17, 2025
China urged "equal dialogue" with the United States amid a rumbling trade war between the economic powerhouses, as Apple boss Tim Cook paid a visit to the country. ... more
OIL AND GAS
Maritime sector to decide on plan to cut emissions opposed by US
London (AFP) Oct 17, 2025
Member states of the International Maritime Organization will decide on Friday whether to formally adopt a plan to cut carbon emissions in the face of opposition from the United States. ... more
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TRADE WARS
China's economic growth slowed to 4.8% in third quarter: AFP poll
Beijing (AFP) Oct 17, 2025
China's economy likely grew at its slowest pace in a year last quarter, according to an AFP survey, dragged down by lacklustre demand and a crisis in the crucial property sector, compounded by a trade war with the United States. ... more
TECH SPACE
Canadian minister hopeful G7 can lower rare earth reliance on China
Washington (AFP) Oct 17, 2025
Canada's finance minister voiced optimism Thursday that the Group of Seven nations can "move from dependence to resilience" in the face of China's tightening rare earth export controls. ... more
CAR TECH
Nexperia row threatens car production in Europe, automakers warn
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Oct 16, 2025
A row between Beijing and the Netherlands over Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia risks causing "significant" stoppages and disruption on car production lines in Europe, carmakers warned Thursday. ... more
TRADE WARS
Markets mixed as traders weigh China-US row, rate cut hopes
Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 16, 2025
Markets were mixed on Thursday as investors weighed the latest volleys in the China-US trade war and expectations that the Federal Reserve will continue cutting interest rates this year. ... more
TECH SPACE
Japan urges united G7 as US describes Beijing's rare earths move as 'China vs world'
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 16, 2025
Group of Seven nations should unite in responding to China's rare-earth export curbs, Japan's finance minister said Thursday. ... more



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