Tag: China
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APEC 2025: Diplomacy, Trade, and the Art of Caution
The 2025 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit offered a quiet but telling reflection of today’s fragile global trade environment. While it delivered no headline-grabbing agreements, the event’s symbolic gestures and careful diplomacy reveal the increasingly…
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Thai-Cambodian Tensions Reflect Regional Rivalries and Historical Fault Lines
The outbreak of fighting between Thailand and Cambodia underscores how historical disputes, uneven military power, and great-power competition continue to shape Southeast Asia’s security landscape. The century-old border dispute, rooted in colonial-era mapping by France,…
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U.S. and China Support Rival Sides in Thai-Cambodian Conflict
The Thai-Cambodian border clashes have highlighted contrasting foreign alignments in Southeast Asia, with Thailand maintaining close military ties to the United States while Cambodia deepens its partnership with China. Thailand has been a U.S. treaty…
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China Launching Underwater AI Data Center off Shanghai
In a move that could redefine sustainable computing worldwide, China is building a cutting-edge underwater data center off the coast of Shanghai, leveraging ocean water for cooling and powering the facility with offshore wind energy.…
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China’s Electric Vehicle Surge Threatens U.S. Auto Industry
China’s electric vehicle (EV) industry has reached a critical turning point, producing cars that rival or surpass those made in the West, at a fraction of the cost, according to a stark warning from former…
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International Reactions to Fall of Bashar al-Assad
In a dramatic and historic turn of events, Syrian opposition fighters have announced that Syria has been “liberated” following their successful storming of Damascus. The opposition claimed that President Bashar al-Assad has fled the capital…
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