Tesla's Chinese EV competitors are racing to build their own Optimus rivals

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Xpeng's Iron robot
Xpeng's Iron robot has been in development for five years, according to the company.

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Xpeng's new 'land aircraft carrier' is a $276,000 van with a 2-man quadcopter, and it thinks it can sell 10,000 of them a year

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A crowd looks on as quadcopter of Xpeng's
Xpeng's "Land Aircraft Carrier" took its first public flight in Zhuhai on Tuesday.

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Amazon's new discount section 'Haul' looks like a Temu version of Temu

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Amazon Haul screen
Amazon has launched Haul in beta form — and it's coming for Temu. (Or at least it's trying to.)

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What Marco Rubio's nomination as Trump's secretary of state means for China and Taiwan

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Marco Rubio
Rubio has called China the "threat that will define this century."

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China's renaming of its regional jet is another clear sign its homegrown planemaker is coming for Boeing and Airbus

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The underside of a Comac C909 passenger aircraft in flight.
The ARJ21, COMAC's first commercially available plane, was rebranded on Tuesday to the C909.

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Trump Will Try to Stop the TikTok Ban, but How?

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The TikTok short form video hosting service logo is seen on a mobile device in this illustration photo taken in Warsaw, Poland on 17 July, 2024.

Nuclear-powered aircraft carriers would give China's growing navy new reach, and researchers say it's working on the reactor to power one

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A satellite image shows various sites of China building a nuclear reactor for an aircraft carrier.
China built a land-based prototype nuclear reactor for a large warship, potentially an aircraft carrier.

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TikTok and its owner ramped up their hiring from China, even as Congress raised national security concerns

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TikTok's CEO Shou Chew wears a blue suit with a tie, sitting in front of two men wearing suits.
TikTok CEO Shou Chew testified at a Congressional committee hearing in March 2023.

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China just showed off its answer to America's F-35 stealth fighter — the new J-35A

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China's new J-35A fifth-generation stealth fighter jet flying in a blue sky.
The developer told state media the newly revealed J-35A has advanced stealth capabilities to obscure detection from enemy radar.

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How Trump could exploit a looming global struggle for rare-earth minerals

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Donald Trump gazes into the distance while smiling.
Donald Trump could seek to broker a deal with Putin to gain better US access to developing Central Asia's rare Earth mineral resources — and exclude China.

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