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Ning Wang Published: June 26th, 2025

Lithium: China could become the world’s largest producer in 2026.

According to a forecast by the consulting firm Fastmarkets, China is expected to surpass Australia as the world’s largest lithium producer in the coming year. According to the study, Chinese mine operators will produce 8,000 to 10,000 tons more of the battery metal than the competition in Australia.Due to the worldwide price drop for lithium, […]

Ning Wang Published: June 15th, 2025

Israel’s military strike against Iran: Wang Yi on the phone with both colleagues.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in a telephone call with his Israeli counterpart Gideon Sa’ar that China could play a “constructive role” in finding a peaceful solution to the Iranian nuclear issue. He added that diplomatic solutions were possible and a peaceful solution was still achievable. “Such actions are particularly unacceptable while the international […]

Ning Wang Published: June 15th, 2025

Brain implant: Chinese researchers challenge Musk.

Chinese researchers have successfully implanted a brain implant in a human. This makes China the second country to have performed such an operation, according to the Chinese state broadcaster CCTV. The patient who received the implant was a 37-year-old man who lost all of his limbs following an accident involving high-voltage electricity.In March, researchers implanted […]

Ning Wang Published: June 15th, 2025

Sanctions: China considers lifting restrictions against British MPs.

The Chinese government is considering lifting the sanctions it imposed on British MPs in 2021, The Guardian reports, citing two UK government sources. Nine British citizens have been banned from entering China in 2021, including five Conservative MPs and two members of the House of Lords, after they denounced human rights violations against the Muslim […]

Ning Wang Published: June 15th, 2025

Dessert

It was laundry day in Shanghai thanks to the good weather. Newton’s gravitational formula plays just as much a role here as the size of the household and the number of outfits that are changed every day.

Ning Wang Published: June 1st, 2025

Dessert

At the Dragon Boat Festival, urban kids in the coastal city of Yangtai in Shandong Province watch a dance performance by Unitree’s robot dogs in front of a shopping center. Maybe the company plans to use its humanoid robot in the traditional dragon boat race next year. Just a few days ago, the company, known […]

Ning Wang Published: June 1st, 2025

Economic data: Situation remains tense.

The average price of new homes across 100 cities in China climbed 0.30 percent in May. According to a private survey published on Sunday by real estate research firm China Index Academy, the average price of new homes rose by 2.56 percent year-on-year, higher than in April 2024, indicating that the government’s stimulus measures are […]

Ning Wang Published: June 1st, 2025

Espionage: Netherlands warns of intensifying Chinese cyberattacks.

The Netherlands has identified an increase in espionage activities originating from China, particularly in the domestic semiconductor industry. “The semiconductor industry, which we are technologically leading, or technology advanced, of course, to get that intellectual property – that’s interesting to China,” said Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans on Saturday on the fringes of the Shangri-La […]

Ning Wang Published: May 18th, 2025

Tariffs: China takes action against plastic imports.

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce on Sunday announced anti-dumping duties of up to 74.9 percent on certain plastics from the USA, the European Union, Japan and Taiwan. This affects the technical plastic POM copolymers, which can partially replace metals such as copper and zinc and have various applications, including in auto parts, electronics and medical […]