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Ten Years: has the hit film’s dystopian vision of Hong Kong in 2025 become a reality?

In 2015, a scrappy group of film-makers tapped into the ‘anxiety of what the city would become’ under Beijing’s increasing influence. Now screening at the Hong Kong film festival UK, it resonates in new ways

The Guardian - UK

Is China's SCO a counterweight to NATO or just geopolitical theatre?

Once a modest Central Asian security forum, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation now pits Beijing’s ambitions against Western dominance, with its August summit casting President Xi Jinping as a champion of a new multipolar order. But internal rifts raise doubts that it can rival NATO.

Radio France Internationale

Mexico acting ‘under coercion to constrain’ China with 50% tariff on cars, says Beijing

Analysts say plan to raise tariffs on Chinese car imports is designed to placate Donald Trump and ward off US tariffs against Mexico

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Yu Menglong Cause Of Death: What Eyewitnesses Said Happened After Fatal Fall - Did Feud With Friend Happen?

Yu Menglong, 37, found dead after a fall in Beijing. Witnesses describe the scene as feud rumours circulate, police confirm no foul play.

International Business Times UK

Nvidia's China Chip Boom Faces Threat As Beijing Pushes For Homegrown AI

Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) has popularized the accelerators that China should ditch, a top government adviser warned, urging the country to develop domestic chips that enable artificial intelligence.

Benzinga

China suffered damage worth £2.2bn in August as monsoon wreaked havoc

Beijing says more than 10 million people affected by succession of disasters ranging from flash floods to droughts

The Independent UK

A new world order isn’t coming, it’s already here − and this is what it looks like

On Sept. 3, 2025, China celebrated the 80th anniversary of its victory over Japan by staging a carefully choreographed event in which 26 world leaders were offered a podium view of Beijing’s impressive military might.

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Philippines Protests China Nature Reserve Plan For Scarborough Shoal

The Philippines on Thursday protested Beijing's plan for a "nature reserve" on the disputed Scarborough Shoal, with a top official calling it a pretext for "eventual occupation" of the South China Sea site.

International Business Times

North Korea's Kim Ju Ae 'Likely Successor': Seoul

South Korea's spy agency said Thursday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's daughter, Ju Ae, who recently accompanied him on a high-profile visit to Beijing, is understood to be his recognised successor.

International Business Times

Philippines protests China's plan for a nature reserve at a hotly disputed shoal

The Philippines is protesting a plan by China to establish a nature reserve at one of the most hotly disputed shoals in the South China Sea and demanding that Beijing withdraw it immediately

The Independent UK

Chinese Companies Still Want Nvidia Chips. Does That Make NVDA Stock a Buy Here Below $180?

Despite Beijing’s push for domestic alternatives, Chinese tech giants like Alibaba and ByteDance remain eager for Nvidia chips, raising the question of whether NVDA stock is a buy below $180.

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Palantir CEO Alex Karp Warns China Exploiting US Weakness With Fentanyl And TikTok, Says Stability At Home Is America's Best Defense

Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR) CEO Alex Karp drew a sharp line on U.S.-China relations this week, warning that Beijing is actively exploiting American vulnerabilities through fentanyl, technology platforms, and influence campaigns, and arguing that America's greatest defense lies in strengthening itself from within.

Benzinga

Amid Tesla's Slow Growth, Rival BYD Plans Renewed India Push As Ties Between New Delhi, Beijing Warm Up: Report

Chinese EV giant BYD Co. Ltd. (OTC:BYDDY) (OTC:BYDDF) is reportedly pushing to enter the Indian market as diplomatic ties between New Delhi and Beijing ease.

Benzinga

A murky pipeline deal to send Russian gas to China shows Beijing's dominance in the relationship

Russia's state gas company Gazprom says it has a deal to build a pipeline to China called Power of Siberia 2

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Evening Standard

New Business Secretary Peter Kyle to reopen UK-China trade talks in Beijing

Mr Kyle’s trip forms part of the UK Government’s drive to revive UK-China trade ties and boost the British economy.

The Independent UK

Detailed findings from AP investigation into how US tech firms enabled China's digital police state

An AP investigation reveals that U.S. technology companies to a large degree designed and built China’s surveillance state, playing a far greater role in enabling human rights abuses than previously known

The Independent UK

US tech companies enabled the surveillance and detention of hundreds of thousands in China

Benzinga

Tesla Optimus Rival Unitree Robotics Targets $7 Billion Shanghai IPO With Alibaba-Tencent Backing: Report

China’s Unitree Robotics is pursuing a $7 billion valuation for its initial public offering, positioning itself as a potential market leader in humanoid robotics technology as Beijing accelerates investment in advanced manufacturing.

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The Guardian - UK

Peter Kyle, the ‘tech bro’ minister charged with kickstarting UK growth

‘Hard-working’ business secretary opens his tenure with delicate trade missions to Washington and Beijing

The Conversation

Xi Jinping is in a race against time to secure his legacy in China

The Chinese military parade that had the world talking last week was more than just pageantry. It was a declaration that Chinese leader Xi Jinping sees himself in a race against time to secure his place in history.

The Conversation

What we learned about North Korea at the summit in Beijing

China invited world leaders to its capital, Beijing, recently to celebrate the 85th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in the second world war. Western leaders were notably absent. But despite the presence of many other leaders, such as Russian president Vladimir Putin, it was the arrival of North Korea’s Kim Jong-un…

Al Jazeera

How China forgot promises and ‘debts’ to Ukraine, and backed Russia’s war

China postures as a neutral mediator, but it has materially and politically backed Russia’s war and profits from it.

The Conversation

Labubu is not the only Chinese cultural icon to be making a big hit in 2025

While Beijing has been showing off its latest military hardware to an array of international leaders, Chinese cultural icons are making their mark with a very different audience.

The Guardian - UK

Tube strike: Downing Street says Londoners ‘fed up’ as it urges RMT union and TfL to negotiate – as it happened

Strikes mean almost no underground trains running in London until Friday morning; Tesla’s US market share hits eight-year low

International Business Times

China 'Elephant In The Room' At Fraught Pacific Islands Summit

Pacific Islands leaders are meeting in the Solomons this week for an influential summit clouded by differences over China's mounting influence in the region that risks scuppering regional cooperation.

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