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The Latest Breaking News from China

Blinken due on rare Beijing visit in bid to lower temperature

BEIJING - Secretary of State Antony Blinken was due in China on Sunday for the highest-level trip by a US official in nearly five years as the rival powers look to lower the temperature after soaring tensions.

Bangkok Post

Blinken set to land in China on delayed trip to stabilize ties

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will arrive in Beijing on Sunday for a whirlwind diplomatic trip as the Biden administration seeks to stabilize strained ties between the world’s two biggest economies.

Tribune News Service

Biden hopes to meet with China’s Xi within months

US President Joe Biden says he hopes to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the next several months.

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Biden says he hopes to meet Xi again in next several months

President Joe Biden said he hopes to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping within the next few months and suggested China’s leaders weren’t aware of details surrounding an alleged spy balloon the U.S. shot down in February.

Tribune News Service

Chinese firm filed patent 1 week after receiving leaked data

A Chinese company filed a patent in China about a week after a researcher at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) leaked data to the firm, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Biden calls spy balloon ‘embarrassing’ for China ahead of Blinken talks in Beijing

President Biden made the comments ahead of Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s high-profile diplomatic visit to Beijing

The Independent UK

China launches national-record 41 satellites on single rocket (video)

A Long March 2D rocket lifted off from China on June 15, carrying 41 satellites to orbit. China's previous single-launch record, set just a few days earlier, was 26 satellites.

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New parachute system could ease some of China's rocket-debris issues (video)

A new parachute system could reduce the risk posed by Chinese satellite launches from inland spaceports.

Space

Blinken set for high-stakes China visit with tensions rising and breakthrough prospects low

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has embarked on a high-stakes diplomatic trip to China to try to cool exploding tensions between the powers that have set many around the world on edge

The Independent UK

US tycoons flock to China despite fraying ties

From Elon Musk to Bill Gates and Apple chief Tim Cook, some of America’s biggest business titans have been heading to Beijing, seemingly defying the barrage of doomsayer narratives about US-China friction.

Bangkok Post

Martin Schram: Xi – a man at a global crossroads

While you have been up to your eyeballs in the gush of breaking news, willful distortions and pathetic panicky lies ever since the historic first-ever arrest of a former American president, the rest of the world has kept right on spinning.

Tribune News Service

Belgium duo put differences aside to edge out China in Frankfurt

The duo admitted they do not get along after their opening win over Finland on Thursday.

The Independent UK

China’s Xi and ‘old friend’ Bill Gates meet in Beijing

Xi Jinping has held talks with Bill Gates - the Chinese president's first meeting with a foreign entrepreneur in years.

The New Daily

Asian shares advance as Fed pause lifts hopes

RECAP: Asian shares rose to a four-month high yesterday as US economic data lifted expectations that the Federal Reserve is near the end of its rate-hike cycle. Expectations of more stimulus from China also buoyed investor sentiment.

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Fortune

Xi Jinping calls Bill Gates an ‘old friend’ as he welcomes him to China—as Beijing matches his foundation’s $50 million gift to Chinese research

“I’m excited to visit with partners who have been working on global health and development challenges,” Gates tweeted as he landed in Beijing.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Tech leak suspect 'used work email to contact Chinese firm'

A Chinese researcher arrested on suspicion of leaking research data on a cutting-edge technology to a Chinese company allegedly used his Japanese workplace email to contact the firm on several occasions, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.

Barchart

Stocks Moderately Lower After a Stellar Week of Gains

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.23%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.18%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.5%. U.S. stocks are lower, after the S&P 500 reached...

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Crude Prices Extend Gains as Active U.S. Oil Rigs Fall

July WTI crude oil (CLN23 ) on Friday closed up +1.16 (+1.64%), and July RBOB gasoline (RBN23 ) closed up +3.88 (+1.47%). Crude oil and gasoline prices Friday moved higher the entire day, with crude posting a 1-week high and gasoline posting a 2-week high. Crude prices rose Friday on...

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Tom’s Hardware

China's ByteDance Has Gobbled Up $1 Billion of Nvidia GPUs for AI This Year

China's ByteDance has already ordered around 100,000 Nvidia datacenter accelerators in 2023 — more than the entire Chinese market ordered last year.

The Independent UK

Blinken stresses need for better US-Chinese communications as he heads to Beijing

Shortly before setting out for Beijing, Secretary of State Antony Blinken is emphasizing the importance of the U.S. and China establishing better lines of communication

Inverse

Nio's Station Wagon EV Is the Affordable Family Car the U.S. Desperately Needs

Nio released its ET5 Touring, an all-electric station wagon that expands its mid-size sedan, but it will only be available in China and Europe.

My Imperfect Life

Dylan Sprouse and Barbara Palvin's relationship timeline: second chances, milestone celebrations and more

There's been a relationship status update between longtime loves Dylan Sprouse and Barbara Palvin—here's what we know

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WEKU

Blinken travels to China amid low expectations and global worries of a new cold war

In a first visit to China by a member of President Biden's Cabinet, the secretary of state will seek "open lines of communication" with Beijing but no diplomatic breakthrough is expected.

TechRadar

Assassin's Creed Jade - everything we know so far

Assassin's Creed Jade offers a new setting to discover without straying from the signature charm of the series. Here's what we know.

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