For African governments, the significance of China’s humanoid-robotics programme is not that robots may one day appear on African battlefields. It is a diagnostic case of how a dual-use technology can move from commercial deployment to military relevance faster than the institutions responsible for assessing and governing it can adapt. Africa’s stake is therefore not…
China’s President Xi Jinping has touched down at Joint Base Andrews as he begins a much anticipated official state visit. US counterpart Donald Trump took the rare step and greeted Xi in person on the tarmac. Published On 23 Sep 202623 Sep 2026 Share China’s Xi arrives to Trump welcome on state visit on social…
A worker is seen on a container truck at the Port of Ningbo-Zhoushan in Ningbo, in China’s eastern Zhejiang Province on September 22, 2026. Hector Retamal | Afp | Getty Images BEIJING — The trade deficit that escalated tensions between China and the U.S. in recent years has yet to shrink significantly, and the world’s…
Africa remains a testing ground for the PLA’s expeditionary capabilities and equipment, posing political and strategic implications for African governments. “Eagles of Civilization 2026,” the latest China-Egypt air force warfighting exercise, is a significant step up in scale, complexity, and power projection from China’s previous military training drills in Africa, including last year’s Eagles of…
Employees work on the assembly line of an intelligent factory of SERES Automobile Co., Ltd in Chongqing, China on July 19, 2022. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images China’s industrial profits growth in July slowed to its weakest pace this year, expanding 11.2% from a year earlier, according to National Bureau of Statistics…
BEIJING, CHINA – 2026/07/18: Shoppers stroll along a landscaped path near the POLÈNE luxury goods store in Sanlitun, carrying bags and enjoying the bustling scene. Sheldon Cooper | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images China’s economy lost momentum across the board in July, as consumer spending stalled and urban investment contracted at a faster…
SHENZHEN, CHINA – MAY 1: The Chinese national flag is seen in front of stacked shipping containers bearing MSC (Mediterranean Shipping Company), Maersk, and Hamburg Süd branding at Yantian Port on May 1, 2026, in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images China’s exports rose more than expected in…
The irony could hardly be greater. China, a country that has struggled for decades to become a football powerhouse, did not feature at the expanded 48-team FIFA World Cup in North America. China has only played at the 2002 World Cup in its history. Yet as billions tuned in, they watched a tournament supported by…
Chinese startup Moonshot AI has unveiled a new model it says closes the gap with leading U.S. offerings and surpasses OpenAI and Anthropic’s most capable systems on some benchmarks. Kimi K3 still trails Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 and OpenAI’s GPT 5.6 Sol on overall performance, the company said on Friday, but consistently outperformed other tested…
Brain-computer interfaces, a nascent technology, establishes a direct link between human minds and devices. BrainCo Elon Musk’s Neuralink, which uses implants in people’s heads to compensate for disabilities, has become the poster child for so-called brain-computer interfaces (BCI). But some companies are betting that mass-market neural tech won’t require opening the skull at all. BCI…
