This Chinese EV maker is up for a battle with Elon Musk in China

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Brian Gu, the co-president of Chinese EV startup Xpeng.
Chinese EV players have been shut out of the US by tariffs.

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China's luxury market has been in a slump, and we're about to find out how bad it really is

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Luxury brands in China have been struggling amid a prolonged consumer spending slump.

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Even the strongest pillar of the Chinese economy is showing signs of weakness

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Cargo ships dock at the berth to load and unload containers at the container terminal in Lianyungang Port, East China's Jiangsu province.
China's strong export growth is facing headwinds due to slowing global demand.

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China has built a giant Osprey-like drone that engineers say can carry 10 passengers and fly at 340 mph

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Dozens of Chinese engineers hold a sign to celebrate the finishing of the Lanying R6000 prototype.
United Aircraft's team stands before the Lanying R6000 prototype with a sign that says the drone was just rolled off the assembly lines.

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From solitary confinement in China to self-exile in Taiwan: Inside a Hong Kong bookshop owner's fight to keep the free press alive

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Lam Wing-kee at Causeway Bay Books' former location in Taipei, Taiwan.
Lam Wing-kee at Causeway Bay Books' former location in Taipei, Taiwan.

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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.

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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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