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Taiwan leader makes delayed visit to Eswatini after China objectionsMbabane, Eswatini (AFP) May 2, 2026 Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te on Saturday announced his arrival in Eswatini - Taipei's only diplomatic ally in Africa - after an earlier trip was cancelled when several countries revoked overflight permits. ... more  
China Moves To Convert Underused Airspace Into A New Industrial Growth EngineBeijing, China (SPX) May 01, 2026 For decades, China's economic growth has largely unfolded on land - across factory floors, highways and ports. Now the country is turning its gaze upward. What was once empty airspace below co ... more  
Phase Change Foam Sustains Solar Desalination Through Low Light And DarknessTokyo, Japan (SPX) May 01, 2026 Researchers from Ocean University of China and Huzhou University have developed a phase-change photothermal foam that continues to produce freshwater after sunlight fades, addressing one of the core ... more  
More Nepalis drive electric, evading global fuel shocksKathmandu, Nepal (AFP) May 3, 2026 As global fuel markets reel from the Middle East war, motorists in Nepal are increasingly turning to electric vehicles, with high demand putting a strain on dealerships. ... more |
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Chinese EVs, flying cars take centre stage at world's biggest auto showBeijing (AFP) April 24, 2026 Thousands squeezed into the world's biggest car show Friday, snapping selfies beside Chinese electric vehicles as automakers showcased AI, humanoid robots and flying-car ambitions in a cut-throat market. ... more  
Sweden arrests Chinese captain of suspected 'shadow fleet' shipStockholm (AFP) May 4, 2026 The Chinese captain of a ship that Sweden boarded this weekend over suspicions it belonged to Russia's 'shadow fleet' has been arrested, the Swedish prosecution authority said on Monday. ... more 
Cheaper, cleaner electric trucks overhaul China's logisticsBeijing (AFP) April 29, 2026 At a dusty lot an hour outside Beijing, a steady stream of vehicles come and go for a quick battery charge - just one node in China's rapidly expanding network of electric trucks. ... more 
'Joint venture in reverse': foreign carmakers seek edge with China partnersHefei, China (AFP) April 27, 2026 In a sprawling office in Hefei, the eastern Chinese electric vehicle hub, hundreds of employees and several robotic arms sat refining software developed jointly by German behemoth Volkswagen and Chinese EV maker XPeng. ... more |
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China rejects US sanctions on refineris over Iran oil linksBeijing (AFP) May 2, 2026 China will not comply with US sanctions against five firms targeted for purchasing Iranian oil, Beijing's commerce ministry said on Saturday. ... more 
Crystalline buffer layer pushes organic solar cells to 20.21 percent efficiencyTokyo (SPX) May 04, 2026 Researchers have achieved a power conversion efficiency of 20.21 percent in pseudo-planar heterojunction organic solar cells by introducing a crystalline polymer buffer layer that shields against so ... more  
Machine Learning Drives High-Resolution Daily Soil Moisture Mapping Across ChinaTokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 29, 2026 A research team from Nanjing University has developed a high-precision, 1 km resolution soil moisture dataset for China covering the period 2000 to 2025, using machine learning techniques to overcom ... more  
Deep Learning Reconstructs 32 Years of Global Nighttime Light DataTokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 29, 2026 A team of researchers from Fuzhou University, East China Normal University, Anhui Normal University, and Yunnan Normal University has developed a deep-learning framework to reconstruct a global, hig ... more  
Quantum Tunneling Drives Hydrogen Transport in Lanthanum Trihydride Near Practical TemperaturesTokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 29, 2026 For decades, ion transport in solids has been described as a classical barrier-climbing process, in which an ion must acquire sufficient activation energy to surmount an energy barrier before it can ... more |
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Chang'e 7 Preps for South Pole Mission as China Charts Expanding Lunar ProgramTokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 26, 2026 China's Chang'e 7 spacecraft is undergoing final launch preparations at the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Hainan province, ahead of a planned liftoff in the second half of 2026. The mission will tra ... more  
China Breaks Foreign Monopoly with Mass-Produced Fingernail-Sized Atomic ClockTokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 26, 2026 China has achieved mass production of a chip-scale atomic clock the size of a fingernail that loses just one second every 30,000 years, a development with direct applications in low-Earth-orbit sate ... more 
China Identifies Two New Lunar Minerals from Chang'e 5 SamplesTokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 26, 2026 Chinese scientists have identified two new minerals in lunar samples returned by the Chang'e 5 mission in late 2020, bringing the total number of lunar minerals discovered by China to three and the ... more  
China's First Commercial Space Standards Aim To Cut Costs and Unify IndustryTokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 26, 2026 China has released its first set of commercial space standards, marking a shift from an industry characterized by fragmented technical specifications to one with a shared regulatory framework. Yang ... more  
Long March 2D Orbits New Batch of Space-Based Internet Test SatellitesTokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 26, 2026 China launched another batch of experimental satellites for its space-based internet program on Friday, using a Long March 2D rocket that lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichu ... more |
 
Smile launch reset for May 19 after Vega C reviewBerlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 23, 2026 The European-Chinese Smile mission is now due to launch on May 19, 2026, at 05:52 CEST on a Vega-C rocket after partners completed investigations into a technical issue found in the production line ... more 
Moon race: how China is challenging the USBeijing (AFP) Mar 30, 2026 Walking on the Moon by 2030, building a lunar base, and then perhaps on to Mars: after 30 years of honing its expertise, China is challenging the United States' supremacy in spaceflight. ... more 
Far side moon soil study points to stronger ground for future basesTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 30. 2026 When China's Chang'e 6 mission returned to Earth in June 2024, it brought back the first samples ever collected from the far side of the Moon, giving scientists an unprecedented look at the regolith ... more  
Japan to deploy counter-strike missiles closer to ChinaTokyo (AFP) Mar 9, 2026 Japan will deploy a batch of long-range, counter-strike missiles in a southwest region near China by the end of March, officials said Monday. ... more |
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China says opposes any targeting of new Iran leaderBeijing (AFP) Mar 9, 2026 China said Monday that Iran's decision to name Mojtaba Khamenei as its new supreme leader following the killing of his father was a domestic matter, and it opposed any attempt to target him. ... more 
China slams Taiwan PM visit to JapanTokyo (AFP) Mar 9, 2026 China slammed a weekend visit by Taiwan's Premier Cho Jung-tai to Tokyo in which he watched a baseball game, even as Japan said Monday he had no contact with government officials. ... more 
Ships brandish China-links to weave through Strait of Hormuz; France, allies preparing bid to 'gradually' reopen chokepointParis, France (AFP) Mar 9, 2026 Ships anchored in the Gulf or transiting the Strait of Hormuz are changing their tracking data to boast links to China in an attempt to evade Iranian attacks, according to data from shipping tracker Marine Traffic analysed by AFP. ... more 
Equities plunge as energy prices soar on Mideast crisisHong Kong (AFP) Mar 9, 2026 Stock markets plunged Monday as oil and gas prices soared on fears about supplies from the Middle East with the US-Israeli war against Iran continuing into a second week with no sign of letting up. ... more |
Nobel economist Aghion says no repeat 2008 financial crisis; France to host G7 finance meeting on MideastParis, France (AFP) Mar 9, 2026 The war in the Middle East is unlikely to trigger a collapse of the world economy on the scale of the 2008 global financial crisis, Nobel prize-winning economist Philippe Aghion said Monday. ... more  
Chile leaders bury the hatchet after cable project clashSantiago, Chile (AFP) Mar 9, 2026 Chile's outgoing president and his successor met Sunday to cool tensions, after publicly clashing over a Chinese fiber optic cable project, with both promising a smooth handover of power on March 11. ... more 
China FM blasts Middle East war, urges US to manage tiesBeijing (AFP) Mar 8, 2026 China's top diplomat condemned on Sunday the war in the Middle East and urged the United States to iron out its differences with Beijing. ... more 
New hunt for flight MH370 ends with no clues to 12-year mysteryKuala Lumpur (AFP) Mar 8, 2026 The latest search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which went missing 12 years ago in one of aviation's greatest enduring mysteries, concluded in January without yielding any findings, Malaysia's transport ministry said on Sunday. ... more |
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Young Chinese parents tighten belts as childcare costs riseLangfang, China (AFP) Mar 8, 2026 New mother Zhang Xiaofei wanted to be financially secure before having a baby, wary of high childcare costs that have been softened only a little by Chinese government cash incentives to boost record-low births. ... more
China FM urges US to manage differences in face of trade woesBeijing (AFP) Mar 8, 2026 China's top diplomat urged the United States Sunday to iron out its differences with Beijing, as the world's two largest economies lock horns over trade tariffs and geopolitical issues. ... more  
Australia says Chinese military helicopter in 'unsafe' manoeuvres at seaSydney (AFP) Mar 6, 2026 Australia's military on Friday said a Chinese navy helicopter flew dangerously close to one of its aircraft during a routine passage through the Yellow Sea that Beijing criticised as a 'provocation.' ... more 
China says 'clearly aware' of economic risks, vows to boost spendingBeijing (AFP) Mar 6, 2026 China's leaders are 'clearly aware' of challenges facing growth, the head of the country's top economic planning body said on Friday, vowing to boost sluggish domestic consumption. ... more |
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