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Taiwanese Premier Cho Jung-tai says his trip to Tokyo for the World Baseball Classic on March 7 was paid for out of his own pocket and had “no other purpose”. Photo: Facebook/Cho Jung-tai

Politics

Swing and a miss? Taiwan’s premier under fire over baseball trip to Tokyo

Beijing has lashed out over Cho Jung-tai’s one-day visit to Japan, which was described as a ‘private itinerary’ to support the island’s team.

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‘Win the future’: top China entrepreneurs commit to Middle East despite Iran war

Which Chinese stocks can help investors withstand Middle East war shocks?

Diplomacy

US claims Strait of Hormuz will not close, Iran’s new supreme leader ‘wounded’

Few details revealed about measures to restore oil flow as reports indicate the US is now sending amphibious assault ship, Marines to region.

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Oil tankers sail near the Strait of Hormuz off Iran’s coast on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters
Oil tankers sail near the Strait of Hormuz off Iran’s coast on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters

Science

Deadly strike on Iran primary school raises questions about AI use in war

While cutting-edge technologies process vast amounts of data, human decisions remain the focal point when systems fail, observers say.

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Diplomacy

Will Paracels dispute overshadow China-Vietnam drive for closer strategic ties?

Foreign, defence and public security ministers are to meet after images suggested China had started land reclamation work at Antelope Reef.

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Science

Could China’s gallium oxide leap leave F-22 radar 2 generations behind?

Chinese team’s semiconductor tech research combines power and memory, allowing for smaller and more powerful military electronics.

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Modern Chinese fighter jets, including the J-35, have radars built on third-generation gallium nitride technology. Photo: Xinhua
Modern Chinese fighter jets, including the J-35, have radars built on third-generation gallium nitride technology. Photo: Xinhua

Diplomacy

Beijing warns US over Jimmy Lai and Taiwan arms sales ahead of Trump visit

Foreign ministry urges US to ‘safeguard the stable development of China-US relations and peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait’.

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Science

Death of Chinese scientist Li Xinying in Egypt raises sharp questions back home

Mystery surrounds the prominent genetic psychologist’s death after official explanation cites ‘non-specific respiratory failure’.

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Military

China announces AI boost to radar as drone swarms confound detectors in Iran war

Technology allows radar to observe moving targets from multiple angles, gain dynamic information – and even identify potential decoy drones.

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Chinese radar expert Xu Jin says “accurate detection of a large number of drones requires a massive amount of processing power, posing a challenge to traditional radar detection”. Photo: Shutterstock

Diplomacy

What’s important about Antelope Reef in the South China Sea’s Paracel Islands?

Reports of extensive reclamation work on the once-submerged feature have prompted questions about its strategic value to Beijing.

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Antelope Reef, part of the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. Photo: Handout
Antelope Reef, part of the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. Photo: Handout

Diplomacy

How Gulf conflict and soaring oil prices will affect Angola’s Chinese debt deals

The African nation has a clause in its deal with Chinese lenders that could help fresh up extra cash for new projects.

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Science

China beats US, Japan in carbon-fibre arms race with world’s first T1200 factory

‘Black gold’ fibre deemed transformative for energy and military purposes, EV innovations, medical devices and low-altitude economy.

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Diplomacy

Exclusive | Sanctioned Rubio to visit China with Trump despite earlier missed opportunities

The formerly hawkish US secretary of state has been sanctioned by Beijing and sources say he has previously appeared reluctant to visit.

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As a senator, Marco Rubio had cultivated a reputation as a China hawk. Photo: AP

Diplomacy

Iran’s new supreme leader defies Trump, says Hormuz must stay blocked

In first declaration since his appointment as the country’s new supreme leader, Khamenei demands that US military bases in region must close.

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Left: the Thai‑flagged cargo ship Mayuree Naree burns after being hit by Iranian missiles in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday. Right: Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei. Photos: EPA/Royal Thai Navy, Iran Military Monitor via X
Left: the Thai‑flagged cargo ship Mayuree Naree burns after being hit by Iranian missiles in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday. Right: Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei. Photos: EPA/Royal Thai Navy, Iran Military Monitor via X

Europe

Serbia confirms it owns Chinese supersonic missiles after photo leak

‘We have a significant number of those missiles and we will have even more,’ Aleksandar Vucic said, adding they were ‘extremely effective’.

Diplomacy

In a new age of disorder, is it time for China to rethink non-intervention?

With the Iran crisis, the world is in a ‘jungle phase’ and Beijing should work on interventionism 2.0, government adviser says.

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Military

Is the US in decline? After Iran strikes, maybe not, Chinese analysts say

The popular idea in China that American strength is waning may need a rethink, observers say.

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The US retains formidable economic strength and possesses unparalleled military power globally, according to a leading Chinese political scientist. Photo: Handout
The US retains formidable economic strength and possesses unparalleled military power globally, according to a leading Chinese political scientist. Photo: Handout

Military

Why China is staying on the sidelines of the US-Iran conflict

Decision based on consideration of Beijing’s own interests as well as its ties with Washington and others, analysts say.

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Diplomacy

Khamenei’s fall exposes China’s military AI lag versus US: Beijing adviser

Zheng Yongnian cites precision strikes on Iran and earlier Venezuela raid to warn about risks posed by deep AI integration in US military.

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Politics

What does Marco Rubio’s ‘unleash Chiang’ threat against Iran actually mean?

US secretary of state’s invocation of Cold War expression stirs unexpected debate in Taiwan.

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Analysts say US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s use of the phrase “unleash Chiang” should not be interpreted as a signal directed at Taiwan or mainland China. Photo: EPA
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LATEST China Science NEWS

Deadly strike on Iran primary school raises questions about AI use in war

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Coffins for children killed in a February 28 missile strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school in Minab, southern Iran, are prepared for a mass funeral on March 3. Photo: AFP

Could China’s gallium oxide leap leave F-22 radar 2 generations behind?

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Modern Chinese fighter jets, including the J-35, have radars built on third-generation gallium nitride technology. Photo: Xinhua

Death of Chinese scientist Li Xinying in Egypt raises sharp questions back home

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Li Xinying, a researcher and doctoral supervisor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Psychology, died on February 23 at 10pm Beijing time, according to an online obituary. Photo: Sohu

China beats US, Japan in carbon-fibre arms race with world’s first T1200 factory

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State media says China is the first country to mass produce the strongest carbon fibre available, a development with implications across a number of hi-tech sectors. Photo: CCTV

Israel’s 90 nuclear warheads make any strike on Iran ‘really dangerous’: expert

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Experts estimate Israel has a nuclear arsenal of 90 warheads, though its plutonium stores could theoretically fuel double that amount. Photo: Getty Images.
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