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30.11.25 - 10:00
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China is bearing down on Taiwan – enabled by Trump′s weakness and vacillation | Simon Tisdall (The Guardian)
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The US hasn't just left Ukraine vulnerable; it is also provoking Xi's intensifying attitude towards what he considers a renegade provinceSheer ignorance, fed by malign intent, historical prejudice and mutual misunderstanding, is often the crucial spark that ignites simmering international conflicts. If Adolf Hitler, remarkably ignorant of the US, had grasped the true extent of American industrial might, would he still have fatefully declared war on Washington in 1941?When the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979, it evidently had no idea what it was getting into. Humiliating defeat contributed greatly to its subsequent disintegration. In 1990, Iraq's Saddam Hussein attacked Kuwait, convinced he had a green light from the White House. In all these cases, stupidity produced disastrous misjudgments that proved fatal.Simon Tisdall is a Guardian foreign affairs commentator Continue reading......
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30.11.25 - 05:06
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Cultural events a new growth driver for Shanghai, drawing overseas tourists (SCMP)
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International cultural events and relaxed visa rules are giving Shanghai's economy an additional impetus after the financial and commercial hub of mainland China reported buoyant growth in its major hi-tech industries.
The China Shanghai International Arts Festival (CSIAF), featuring 1,400 shows from operas and symphonies to ballets and musicals, generated consumption worth 4.4 billion yuan (US$620 million), up 10.2 per cent on year, according to the organisers.
The month-long festival ended on......
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30.11.25 - 03:06
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Uptick in China′s bitcoin mining prompts debate on tapping energy surplus (SCMP)
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A mild uptick in bitcoin mining in China has prompted calls for Beijing to loosen its restrictions and let the power-hungry industry tap into the country's oversupply of energy, but experts said the likelihood of China ending its mining ban was low.
China's bitcoin mining market share by hash rate rose from 13.75 per cent in the first quarter of 2025 to 14.06 per cent in the current quarter, making it the third largest bitcoin mining country behind the US and Russia, according to Hashrate Index,......
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30.11.25 - 03:00
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China Issues Rare Bubble Warning Forming In Humanoid Robotics (ZeroHedge)
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China Issues Rare Bubble Warning Forming In Humanoid Robotics
China's top economic-planning body, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), issued a rare warning earlier today about the emergence of bubble conditions in the country's humanoid robotics industry. This warning comes just as Elon Musk is planning to scale production of the Tesla Optimus robot next year.
Bloomberg cites comments from NDRC spokeswoman Li Chao, who warned that more than 150 companies and startups are developing nearly identical robots, creating the risk of a classic investment bubble that could trigger a bust cycle and stifle real innovation.
"Frontier industries have long grappled with the challenge of balancing the speed of growth against the risk of bubbles, an issue now confronting the humanoid robot sector as well," Li warned.
Humanoid robotics has exploded in popularity since Unitree's robot dog with a flamethrower attachment. We've purchased one from an importer (minus flameth...
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30.11.25 - 02:06
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Beyond DeepSeek: Moonshot and MiniMax step up as China′s new frontier AI labs (SCMP)
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Chinese artificial intelligence start-ups Moonshot AI and MiniMax have emerged as China's strongest contenders to rival US frontier labs in 2025 – even as DeepSeek has stolen the spotlight as the poster child for the country's AI ambitions.
Moonshot AI, founded by 33-year-old Yang Zhilin, has sharply raised its profile in China's AI ecosystem with the launch earlier this month of Kimi K2 Thinking, an upgraded reasoning model.
The system outperformed OpenAI's GPT-5 and Anthropic's Claude Sonnet......
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29.11.25 - 12:27
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„Anakonda-Strategie“ – Chinas Taktik zur Eroberung Taiwans (Die Welt)
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Im Schatten des Ukraine-Kriegs treibt China seine Eroberungspläne für Taiwan voran. Peking kommt gelegen, dass der Inselstaat gerade so schwach ist wie wohl niemals zuvor. Vor allem ein Szenario wird nun immer wahrscheinlicher – mit dramatischen Folgen für den Rest der Welt....
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