The Ukraine war is great for China — it gets 'fire sale prices' on oil and gas and leaves its rivals, the US and Russia, 'tied down and bleeding each other,' experts say

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping at St. George's Hall in the Kremlin on March 21, 2023.

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Meta's Llama 2 AI model is about to get a whole lot of use from Chinese companies, thanks to Alibaba

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Meta's Llama 2 will be available to Chinese businesses, thanks to Alibaba Cloud.

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China's foreign minister has been removed from his post one month after disappearing from the public eye. Experts say we may never know why.

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Qin Gang (above) was removed from his position as China's foreign minister on Tuesday.
Qin Gang (above) was removed from his position as China's foreign minister on Tuesday.

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China is showing up big for Russia but a Cold War historian says Putin is making a 'potentially grave error' and shouldn't expect the lifeline to last

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, gestures while speaking to Chinese President Xi Jinping during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Sept. 16, 2022.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, gestures while speaking to Chinese President Xi Jinping during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Sept.

China's economy is losing momentum, while Russia's recovery is accelerating, IMF says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with China's President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on March 21, 2023.

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A sanctions loophole is allowing China to quietly send millions of dollars worth of military gear to Russia

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Russian soldiers in St. Petersburg on August 25, 2022.

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China is sending enough military gear, including drones, to Russia to equip an army, thanks to a loophole in the West's attempts to stop Putin's war machine: report

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Russian servicemen take part in military exercises at the Uspenovskyi training ground outside the city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia, on September 4, 2022.

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China hints at bringing in a stimulus package to support its faltering economy

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China's politburo said late Monday that it would bring in a stimulus package to support the country's faltering economy.

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Xi Jinping's politburo is set to weigh up how to revive China's faltering economy

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Xi Jinping unveils the other six members of the Politburo Standing Committee.
Xi Jinping unveiling six members of the Politburo Standing Committee in 2022.

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Washington's AI discussions are focused on beating China as part of a new Cold War, says Marc Andreessen

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Marc Andreessen made the comments on a recent episode of the Joe Rogan Experience podcast.

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