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Back in Shanghai for the World AI Conference where China’s Xi is just about to take to the stage.
29 countries signed up yesterday to his global body for AI, WAICO.
Room buzzing with presidents current and former, diplomats, officials and tech gurus.
And those Bund views!
A pair of former Chinese diplomats visited the US last month to better understand the Trump administration’s stance on a fragile trade truce, as China seeks to gauge how upcoming US elections might affect ties bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Can tourism change a region's reputation? Beijing is using a tourism boom in Xinjiang to reshape the image of one of China's most sensitive regions. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
At the Great Hall of the People where Xi Jinping gives a speech to mark the 105th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party.
This year’s event is low key compared to the mega event to celebrate the centenary, which took place outside on Tiananmen Square and drew 70,000 people.
Chinese social media showed photos and videos on Friday appearing to show a aircraft that crashed into or near Beijing’s CITIC Tower, the capital’s tallest building, though Bloomberg could not independently verify the images bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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China has expelled a journalist from the country over an interview conducted with Taiwan’s president bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
China’s commerce minister, Wang Wentao, had to skip APEC trade ministers’ opening session—arguably one of his most important duties of the year as host—because of an “urgent official business affair.”
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After Xi Jinping regaled Donald Trump with goose-stepping soldiers and flag-waving children, the Chinese leader’s warning that Taiwan could lead to “clashes” between the two amounted to a thunderclap in the world of Communist Party politics bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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China Daily, the Communist Party’s main vehicle for external propaganda, leads with “Red-carpet welcome for Trump in Beijing,” showing intent to greet Trump with highest level of state honors. Global Times has: “Trump arrives in Beijing for state visit after almost nine years.”
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It’s about to kick off. American flags now flying on Chang’an Avenue near Tiananmen Square in Beijing ahead of the two-day visit to China by President Donald Trump, where he’ll meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
Can Ford’s $3 billion collaboration with CATL be a blueprint for more Chinese investment in the US? bloomberg.com/news/features/…
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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick ruled out Chinese investment in the US auto industry, saying there’s no need for companies such as electric carmaker BYD Co. in America bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Xi's $270 Billion Middle East Bet Limits China Support for Iran bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
As Donald Trump neared his self-imposed deadline to extinguish Iran’s “entire civilization,” it became apparent one country had enough clout to convince Tehran to deescalate: America’s biggest rival, China. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Here at the Boao Forum in Hainan island, southern China, the room is filling up ahead of a speech from China’s No. 3 official Zhao Leji.
Chatting to some foreign diplomats, the topic front of minds for most is Iran. Let’s see if Zhao addresses the elephant in the room.
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Moscow and Beijing are driving closer collaboration between authoritarian states and such networks help advance repression globally, according to researchers who used AI to drill into the activities bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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There was much buzz in Beijing Station on Thursday for the departure of the first passenger rail service between China and North Korea in six years. But no one boarding in Beijing appeared to be heading to North Korea. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
With three weeks until Trump meets Xi Jinping, Beijing is frustrated by what it sees as insufficient US preparation that may limit the landmark summit to trade agreements and leave key diplomatic and security matters untouched. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
China may be defying Trump's tariffs but workers tell a grim story of falling wages and vanishing jobs bloomberg.com/news/features/…