As a warning, China sent warplanes and warships, including its first aircraft carrier, to practice assaulting Taiwan

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A man stands in front of a neon billboard showing a news program at night about China's military surrounding Taiwan.
China said its "Joint Sword-2024B" exercises have concluded and successfully tested integrating joint military operations.

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Prices in China are stagnating, putting more pressure on Beijing to jump-start the economy

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A woman counts Chinese yuan notes at a market in Beijing, July 1, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Lee
Beijing is under fresh pressure to stimulate the economy after prices stagnated in September.

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Russia rolled out a Soviet howitzer from the 1940s that Moscow technically shouldn't have in the first place

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A close-up shot of a D-74 firing from an entrenched position, with the logo of Russia's defense ministry in the top-right corner.
Russia published a video of a D-74 artillery system last week, a gun that it's thought to have received from North Korea.

Russian Ministry of Defense

Budget brands are winning in China as people turn to cheap food and fashion

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Poeple walk by a Chinese national flag as they visit a shopping area in a historic neighbourhood in China.
Chinese consumers are looking to buy more for less.

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China to increase debt issuance in bid to revive economy

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China's Minister of Finance, Lan Foan, announced plans to increase spending to revive economic growth.
China's minister of finance, Lan Fo'an.

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Efforts by the US to counter China in the South China Sea could backfire

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A Chinese Coast Guard ship collided with Philippine Coast Guard vessel BRP Teresa Magbanua near the Sabina Shoal in the disputed South China Sea on August 31, 2024.
A Chinese Coast Guard ship collided with a Philippine Coast Guard ship in the disputed South China Sea on August 31, 2024.

Philippine Coast Guard via AP

China’s Reusable Satellite Returns to Earth After Experimenting With Crop Mutations in Space

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An aerial view of the Shijian-19 landing site

Rare satellite image shows China's only two operational aircraft carriers together at a base in the South China Sea

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A composite image of China's Liaoning and Shandong aircraft carriers.
The Liaoning and Shandong are China's only operational aircraft carriers. Another, the Fujian, is undergoing sea trials.

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China is menacing Taiwan with a drone swarm attack — and the US is playing catch-up

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Soldiers crouch down as they direct a drone in Anhui province, China.
Militaries are gearing up for a new kind of warfare in which soldiers battle with drone swarms. Pictured, soldiers direct a drone in Anhui province, China.

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Dior and Gucci owners suffer $14 billion wealth crash as luxury stocks slide

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LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault took a hit to his fortune as luxury stocks tanked on Tuesday.

Reuters

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