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As Beijing and Moscow double down on the Arctic shipping route, Europe is hitting the brakes.
Despite being the main destination for goods along the route…
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Chinese team extracts uranium from seawater at 8 times the US target rate
Chinese researchers have found a way to extract uranium from seawater at several times the target rate set by the US Department of Energy, putting…
Thailand suspends building of 49 data centres as resource strain concerns grow
Thailand’s embrace of data centres hit a speed bump after the government suspended construction of 49 server farms as public concerns about the power-hungry facilities’…
Robot guide dog debuts in China amid severe lack of furry counterparts
A Chinese defence industry research facility has unveiled what it calls the world’s first wheeled and legged robot guide dog for visually impaired people, in…
Why are fuel and petrochemical prices outpacing crude – and how long will it last?
This summer, David Chen, a Chinese national living in Japan, got an unexpected lesson in global industrial supply chains – delivered through a bag of…
In Burkina Faso, Sky Dragon 30 missiles point to China’s military export inroads
The West African country of Burkina Faso has tested what observers say is a Chinese Sky Dragon 30 surface-to-air missile, in the latest sign that…