All news on the topic: China

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Deadly China mine blast kills 90 as Xi orders urgent investigation
At least 90 people have been killed after a gas explosion in a Chinese coal mine, according to state media.
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Sandoz warns Europe risks dependence on China for key antibiotic ingredient
Drugmaker Sandoz has called for the European Commission to launch an investigation into Chinese imports of a key ingredient used in a popular antibiotic, alleging unfair state subsidies.
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Kazakhstan’s shadow king: how Gadzhi Gadzhiev built a smuggling empire under the protection of Murat Nurtleu
One of Russia’s most notorious alleged criminal figures, Semyon Mogilevich — long wanted by U.S. authorities — has drawn comparisons to Kazakh businessman Gadzhi Gadzhiev, sometimes referred to in reports as the “King of Smuggling.”
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Trump softens tone on Beijing while Putin deepens Russia’s reliance on China
Chinese leader Xi Jinping is hosting his “old friend” Vladimir Putin this week to discuss foreign issues and trade, just days after Donald Trump’s historic return to Beijing.
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Xi and Putin stage high-stakes Beijing summit days after Trump visit to China
China and Russia’s leaders are set to meet for a summit in Beijing on Wednesday for discussions on international issues, capped by an intimate tete-a-tete between "old friends" over tea.
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Europe is trapped between US software and Chinese hardware, Finnish spy chief warns
Europe will likely never be fully independent from foreign technologies because it relies too much on software from the United States and hardware from China.
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Turkey’s rare earth bonanza turns rural Beylikova into US–China geopolitical battleground
The farmers watch their sheep grazing in the rolling fields of north-west Turkey. It’s a quiet existence here in Beylikova, where livestock and shepherds outnumber cars.
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Trump heads into high-stakes China talks facing pressure at home and setbacks abroad
The US leader begins talks with a superpower rival from a vulnerable position but aims for economic gains amid a turbulent backdrop.
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Death toll rises to 37 after catastrophic fireworks factory explosion in China
The death toll has risen to 37 and one person remains missing after a fireworks factory explosion in China.
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UK immigration officer convicted of spying for Hong Kong and China
Two men, including a British immigration officer, were found guilty in a London court on Thursday of spying on behalf of Hong Kong and ultimately China
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EPPO orders arrest in Italy over alleged €4.6 mln VAT fraud laundering scheme
At EPPO Venice’s request, Italian Financial Police arrested an Italian businessman based in Dubai, suspected of laundering money from a large VAT carousel fraud scheme.
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Rebels seize cities as Mali coup threat exposes fragile grip of military rulers
A coup is underway in Mali, though it has not brought down the governing junta just yet.
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$5 billion blow: how the mass blocking of USDT wallets hit Grinex, businessmen from the UAE and China, and paralyzed shadow transactions
According to Media, around $5 billion was simultaneously blocked on crypto wallets belonging to "platforms".
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Convicted Harvard scientist resurfaces in China: Charles Lieber rebuilds lab to drive Beijing’s brain-chip ambitions
An American scientist convicted of lying to U.S. authorities about payments from China while he was at Harvard University has rebuilt his research lab in Shenzhen to pursue technology the Chinese government has identified as a national priority: embedding electronics into the human brain.
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Fake reporters, AI tools, and phishing links used in alleged Chinese cyber espionage against journalists
In May 2025, Kuochun Hung, the chief operating officer of the Taiwanese media outlet Watchout, received an email from someone purporting to be Yi-Shan Chen, a well-regarded local reporter.
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China blocks Meta’s $2bn AI deal in fresh tech clash ahead of Xi–Trump summit
China has blocked Meta’s $2 billion acquisition of artificial intelligence app Manus, as Washington and Beijing vie for dominance over the emerging technology.
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Backed by LVMH-linked clients, The Independents considers major stake sale above $1bn
Luxury marketing collective The Independents has conducted discussions with its investors about selling a business stake worth over $1 billion, despite the downturn in the luxury market.
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Half a million volunteers affected as UK Biobank data appears in online black market listings
The government has revealed that information is being sold in China after outside actors accessed the health data of thousands of volunteers spanning decades.
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Mandelson vetted despite Epstein concerns raised to UK authorities months earlier
The UK’s National Crime Agency reviewed new allegations about Lord Peter Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein in spring 2024.
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Tim Cook steps aside as Apple CEO after 14-year era of record growth, stays on as executive chair
Apple announced on Monday that it had named a replacement for Tim Cook as CEO, with head of hardware engineering John Ternus succeeding him on 1 September.
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Inside China’s censored internet: how journalists mine Xiaohongshu for hidden stories despite strict controls
The difficulties of conducting open-source research in China are widely recognized.
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Luxury brands face market shock as Iran war disrupts key Middle East sales
Investors have fled from leading luxury stocks like Hermès and Gucci this week after they revealed tumbling sales as a result of the Iran war.
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Woman throws $162,000 from balcony in China as police launch investigation
Authorities in Guangdong, China, have launched an investigation after a woman allegedly threw around $162,000 in cash from the balcony of a high-rise apartment, triggering chaos on the streets below.
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China’s “civilian” space tech used by Iran to monitor US bases, documents suggest
Iran secretly obtained a Chinese spy satellite, significantly boosting its ability to track and target US military bases across the Middle East during the recent conflict.
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Sanctioned firms, unsanctioned operator: Michael Zeligman continues shipping Russian oil via Paradigm International
Michael Zeligman built his oil delivery business around the Gulf, and while war might appear to threaten his company, Paradigm International, it may in fact play to his advantage.