China says 2 military employees sold 60 pounds of secret documents to a recycling plant, allowing a shopper to bag 4 volumes for under $1

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Chinese paramilitary police border guards train in the snow at Mohe County in China's northeast Heilongjiang province, on the border with Russia, on December 12, 2016.
Chinese paramilitary police border guards train in the snow at Mohe County in China's northeast Heilongjiang province, on the border with Russia, on December 12, 2016.

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Saudi Arabia is seeking billions in Chinese investment for Neom. But it comes with a massive risk.

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A staff member welcomes guests at a Hong Kong investor showcase for the Saudi Arabia mega-project Neom at the M+ museum for visual culture in Hong Kong on April 19, 2024.

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Tesla could come out on top after the EU cracks down on Chinese EVs

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

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The EU slapped massive tariff hikes on China's EV giants. Investors don't seem to care.

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Employees work on an EV factory assembly line in China.
Employees work on an EV factory assembly line in China.

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China became the world's factory by selling cheap goods. This strategy won't work for EVs.

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A large number of Chinese-made cars and construction machinery are gathering at the port of Yantai, waiting to be loaded for export, in Yantai, China, on April 1, 2024.
A large number of Chinese-made cars and construction machinery are gathering at the port of Yantai, waiting to be loaded for export.

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Chinese EV makers are hit with new EU tariffs

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BYD has rapidly become one of the world's largest EV companies, briefly overtaking Tesla earlier this year.

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Why high-end calligraphy is so expensive

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Once a practical way to transcribe, calligraphy has evolved into a fine art. As the practice we recognize today spread across East Asia, countries like China, Japan, and Korea developed their own methods of creating high-quality calligraphy tools.

China just showed how easily one of its massive drills around Taiwan could escalate into something worse

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A screen grab captured from a video shows the Chinese People's Liberation Army's Eastern Theater Command launching large-scale joint military exercises around Taiwan with naval vessels and military aircraft in China on May 24, 2024.
A screen grab captured from a video shows the Chinese People's Liberation Army's Eastern Theater Command launching large-scale joint military exercises around Taiwan with naval vessels and military aircraft in China on Ma

Gold is getting so expensive that even China's central bank stopped buying

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Record gold prices are slowing appetite for the precious metal.

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The US military has a plan to turn the Taiwan Strait into an 'unmanned hellscape' if China invades, top admiral says

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201019-N-LI768-1111 PACIFIC OCEAN Oct. 19, 2020 -- An unmanned aerial vehicle delivers a payload to the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Henry M. Jackson (SSBN 730) around the Hawaiian Islands.
201019-N-LI768-1111 PACIFIC OCEAN Oct. 19, 2020 -- An unmanned aerial vehicle delivers a payload to the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Henry M. Jackson (SSBN 730) around the Hawaiian Islands.

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