China is a greater threat to the US than Russia and that's why the CIA doubled its budget for it, agency chief says

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Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (right).
"While Russia may pose the most immediate challenge, China is the bigger long-term threat," CIA director William J. Burns wrote in an op-ed for Foreign Affairs.

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China is building its own AI at a rapid pace

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Baidu CTO Wang Haifeng unveils the company's AI chatbot at an event in Beijing.

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China just revealed plans to take on Elon Musk's Neuralink

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China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology published a new policy document this week.

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China's economy is facing a nightmarish Year of the Dragon

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Evergrande buildings in Nanjing, in East China's Jiangsu province.
Evergrande buildings in Nanjing, Jiangsu province.

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Beijing is unlikely to rescue Evergrande's offshore creditors because it could make things worse at home

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A man walks past an Evergrande Group residential complex called Evergrande Palace in Beijing on January 29, 2024.
A man walks past an Evergrande Group residential complex called Evergrande Palace in Beijing on January 29, 2024.

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There may be little to recover in the $300 billion Evergrande debt saga

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Aerial photo shows a Evergrande Real Estate community in Huai 'an city, East China's Jiangsu province, Oct 1, 2023.
An Evergrande Real Estate community in China's Jiangsu province.

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6 photos and stats that put into perspective the sheer size of Evergrande, China's dying real-estate giant that has $300 billion in debt

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Evergrande is China's second-biggest property developer.

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Ukraine losing Western support makes the US 'more vulnerable' because China is watching the war closely, NATO chief says

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Xi Jinping and Jens Stoltenberg are seen in separate conferences.
Jens Stoltenberg said China is closely watching how well Putin can achieve his goals in Ukraine.

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A retired admiral says the US needs to start building boats fast because China's going to outpace the US Navy in no time

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Soldiers line up on the deck in Zhoushan, east China's Zhejiang Province.
"You don't have to be a Nobel Prize-winning mathematician to realize the number of Chinese ships is going to continue to outpace us," said retired US Navy Adm. James Stavridis.

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Evergrande, the massive Chinese real estate developer with $300 billion in debt, is ordered to liquidate by a Hong Kong court

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Aerial photo shows a residential area of Evergrande in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, Aug 28, 2023. On August 28, 2023.
Aerial photo shows a residential area of Evergrande in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, Aug 28, 2023. On August 28, 2023.

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