One country dominated clean energy growth this year, and it isn't the US, UK, or Germany. It's China, by a landslide.

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A solar farm operates next to Donggou village in northern China's Hebei province. Solar is now the cheapest form of electricity in a majority of countries.

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Russia's trade with the US plummets to a 3-decade low while its commerce with China surges past $200 billion

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Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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China's crackdown on tech companies isn't over, and it's not going back to pre-2020's 'business-as-usual,' says China Beige Book

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Xi Jinping makes a public pledge of allegiance to the Constitution at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 10, 2023.

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4 reasons why China's economy will keep struggling in 2024

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China is in damage-control mode after its crackdown on video games sparked an $80 billion market meltdown

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Young players practice Arena of Valor: 5v5 Arena Game, developed by Tencent Inc, outside the shopping mall on October 1, 2017 in Tianjin, China.
People in Tianjin, China, playing games on their phones outside a shopping mall.

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Russia and China are on the brink of a military alliance that could overwhelm the US

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin (C) reviews a military honour guard with Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) during a welcoming ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 8, 2018.

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The climate crisis forces Mongolian herders to endure worsening summer droughts and severe winter storms

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A man holds his cap as a sudden dust storm swirls around outside.

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I'm a tech worker who moved from Brazil to China 3 years ago. I have a real love-hate relationship with the work culture here.

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Yuri Zanoni is a 33-year-old tech worker from Brazil, who spent the past three years working for Chinese tech companies Alibaba and ByteDance
Yuri Zanoni is a 33-year-old tech worker from Brazil, who has spent the past three years working for Chinese tech companies Alibaba and ByteDance

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The world's top military powers each have fifth-gen jets, but Russia, China, and the US are all facing problems with their fighters

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F-35 fighter jets fly in formation.

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Nike's warnings on China should scare other companies that do business there

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Nike is focused on Gen Z in China.
Nike's warning on China should spook other companies.

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