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FirstFT: Chinese tech groups expand AI teams in Silicon Valley

Also in today’s newsletter, ‘hybrid warfare’ in the Baltic Sea and the battle to be the next US Treasury secretary

World - Financial Times - 4 days ago

Chinese vessel spotted where Baltic Sea cables were severed

Swedish investigators looking into movements of bulk carrier travelling from Russia to Egypt

Business - Financial Times - 4 days ago

Economists expect Trump to place huge tariffs on Chinese imports: Survey

Economists are expecting President-elect Trump to place tariffs of about 40 percent on Chinese imports, according to a survey from Reuters. In the survey of economists, 45 percent said the “level ...

Politics - The Hill - 3 days ago

Swedish police focus on Chinese ship after suspected undersea cable sabotage

Investigators gather evidence at two Baltic sites while Danish navy is shadowing Chinese cargo ship. Swedish police investigating the believed sabotage of two fibre-optic undersea cables in the ...

World - The Guardian - 3 days ago

Chinese-Registered Ship Is Held in Baltic Sea Sabotage Investigation

A Chinese ship that sailed over two severed data cables in the Baltic Sea around the time they were cut has been stopped by the Danish navy as part of an international investigation into what ...

World - The Wall Street Journal - 3 days ago

Chinese managers limited flows to US funds after Trump victory

ChinaAMC and Tianhong restricted subscriptions on expectations of increased investor interest

World - Financial Times - 3 days ago

Austin says it’s 'unfortunate' that Chinese defense chief declined meeting

China’s defense minister declined a meeting with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin during a meeting of defense leaders in Laos, a move Austin said was unfortunate.

Foreigners dump Chinese government bonds as popular trade unwinds

Investors who had borrowed renminbi to buy sovereign debt hit by market sell-off

World - Financial Times - 2 days ago

Biden administration adding dozens of Chinese firms to forced-labor blacklist

The Biden administration added more than two dozen Chinese companies to its forced labor blacklist Friday in its latest effort to combat the exploitation of China's ethnic Uyghur population. The ...

Politics - The Hill - Yesterday

Chinese researchers unveil LLaVA-o1 to challenge OpenAI’s o1 model

LLaVA-o1 breaks down the answer into multiple reasoning components and uses inference-time scaling to optimize each stage.

Tech - VentureBeat - Yesterday

Emerging Details of Chinese Hack Leave U.S. Officials Increasingly Concerned

Leaders of the big telecommunications companies were summoned to the White House to discuss strategies for overhauling the security of the nation’s telecommunications networks amid growing alarm at ...

Top stories - The New York Times - Yesterday

Beyoncé at Kamala Harris rally says ‘time for America to sing a new song’ – US politics live

Harris campaign says crowd of 30,000 is largest to date, while Trump is delayed for rally in swing-state Michigan. Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are tied at 48% , according to a new poll by ...

World - The Guardian - October 26

US investigating Chinese attempts to hack cellphones used by Trump and Vance, sources tell AP

Tech - ABC News - October 25

AP source: Chinese hackers who targeted phones of Trump, Vance also targeted people affiliated with Harris/Walz campaign

Tech - ABC News - October 25

Indonesian coast guard drives away a Chinese vessel in disputed waters for the third time in a week

Indonesian patrol ships have driven a Chinese coast guard vessel away from a survey ship in a disputed area of the South China Sea for the third time in a week, according to a statement from ...

World - ABC News - October 26

Chinese IPOs in the U.S. and Hong Kong are set to increase next year, analysts say

A few high-profile Chinese listings outside the mainland are adding to expectations for a pickup in initial public offerings next year.

Business - CNBC - October 28

Part-Time Farmers, Part-Time Rock Stars: A Chinese Band’s Unlikely Rise

The band, Varihnaz, has gained fans by offering an alternative to China’s hyper-polished, fast-paced modern life, with songs about pesticides and poultry raising.

World - The New York Times - October 29

Hollywood’s villains were once Russian or Chinese. Now they’re us – people from the Balkans | Ana Schnabl

Brad Pitt and George Clooney’s new film Wolfs shows that while geopolitical realities have changed, western prejudice hasn’t. I recently watched the new bro-flick Wolfs. In my defence: I was sick ...

World - The Guardian - October 30

New crew with China's first female space engineer docks at Chinese space station

A Chinese spacecraft carrying a three-person crew, including the country's first female space engineer, has successfully docked with China's orbiting space station. The launch comes as Beijing ...

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