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President Xi Jinping has issued a mandate to expand grain production as China moves to shield its food…
Top 10 Chinese architecture projects of 2025
Continuing our 2025 Review, China editor Christina Yao selects the year’s best Chinese architecture projects including grand schemes…
Europe ramps up security of satellites – POLITICO
For years, satellite infrastructure was treated by policymakers as a technical utility rather than a strategic asset. That…
China’s Hainan hosts duty-free shopping spree under new customs regime
A customs scheme covering the entirety of Hainan, China’s southern island province, appears to have triggered a surge…
the EU must stand firm – The Irish Times
There are signs of trouble ahead between the US and the EU on the issue of regulation of…
China has logged a US$1 trillion trade surplus. Where is all that money going?
Recent data on China’s external accounts presents a conundrum: while the country’s trade surplus has broken records, surpassing…
Opinion | Europe risks a self-fulfilling prophecy of war with Russia
War drums not heard in half a century are beating across Europe. Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte has…
Reinhard Genzel, Nobel laureate in physics: ‘One-minute videos will never give you the truth’ | Science
German astrophysicist Reinhard Genzel, 73, takes the stage. He then begins his lecture in the most unexpected way:…
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A video showing flames engulfing a Christmas tree inside what appears to be a shopping mall is being…
How Japan’s space industry can regain thrust after H3 rocket failure
Japan’s latest rocket failure has triggered much soul-searching and resurrected a debate about whether the country’s space programme,…