An executive who worked on '3 Body Problem' was sentenced to death for fatally poisoning the Netflix show's producer

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"3 Body Problem" debuted on Netflix on March 21, the day before executive Xu Yao was sentenced to death.

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If you want a preview of China's economic collapse, just look at Japan

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A Japanese flag on top of Mount Figi and the Chinese flag laying close to it
Japan's recent success stems from a decadeslong effort to reboot the economy. That will be nearly impossible for Beijing to re-create.

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Japan's long-comatose economy is finally showing proof of life.

Steven Mnuchin wants to buy TikTok without the one thing that makes it so valuable: the algorithm

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Steven Mnuchin, the former US Treasury Secretary, says he wants to rebuild TikTok.

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US Marines train for war with China on an island-hopping battlefield, report says

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Logistics support vessel USAV SP4 James A. Loux prepares to unload vehicles onto the trident pier and be driven by the US Marines located in the United Arab Emirates.

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A global scramble to make humanoid robots is gearing up to be the 21st century's space race

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Two humanoid robots facing each other, with backgrounds split between the Chinese flag on one side and the American flag on the other.

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How Taiwan could depend on one of the cheapest naval tactics to stop a Chinese invasion

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A brigade of the army under the Eastern Theater Command and a department of the Navy carry out a multi-subject combat training in a sea area in Zhangzhou, Fujian province, China, Aug 27, 2022.
A brigade of the army under the Eastern Theater Command and a department of the Navy carry out a multi-subject combat training in a sea area in Zhangzhou, Fujian province, China, Aug 27, 2022.

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China's Xiaomi just showed Apple how a smartphone maker actually can make an EV

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Xiaomi SU7 on March 28, 2024 Shenzhen, Guangdong
The Xiaomi SU7 on display in Shenzhen, Guangdong province.

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I drove BYD's Seal electric car and Elon Musk may be grateful you can't buy one in the US

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China's property crisis is bleeding into its banking sector, which is being asked to prop up developers

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An aerial photo is showing a residential area of Evergrande in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, on January 29, 2024.
A residential area in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, on January 29, 2024.

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China built a mock-up of key area in Taiwan's capital city at a desert training site, satellite images show

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A satellite image showing Chinese mock up of Taiwan's presidential office.
Satellite image of an area in Inner Mongolia showing what appears to be a mock-up of a key government area in Taipei, Taiwan dated December 2022.

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