Tag: China
Africa Is Buying a Record Number of Chinese Solar Panels
While overall sales to African countries are still small compared to these traditional export markets, the Global South appears to be at a turning...
China Briefing 21 August 2025: China’s CO2 decline; ‘Two mountains’; China’s cement challenge – Carbon Brief
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s China Briefing.
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Meet Wukong, the AI Chatbot China Has Installed on Its Space Station
The latest addition to China’s Tiangong space station is an AI chatbot with expertise in navigation and tactical planning. Named Wukong AI—after the protagonist...
Chinese ‘Virtual Human’ Salespeople Are Outperforming Their Real Human Counterparts
The salesperson hawking Brother printers on Taobao works hard—like, really hard. At any time of the day, even when there’s no audience on the...
Pop Mart shares soar 11% as CEO announces new mini Labubu
Shares of Chinese toy maker Pop Mart International Group Ltd. rose the most in nearly four months on Wednesday, after chief executive officer Wang...
Bessent says China tariff status quo ‘working pretty well’
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent indicated the U.S. is satisfied with the current tariff set up with China, a signal the Trump administration is looking...
Sam Altman’s AI paradox: Warning of a bubble while raising trillions
Welcome to Eye on AI! AI reporter Sharon Goldman here, filling in for Jeremy Kahn. In this edition… Sam Altman’s AI paradox…AI has quietly...
‘This is the Cuban Missile Crisis in space’: Russia is building a space nuke that could wipe out every satellite in orbit, U.S. warns
As Russia held its Victory Day parade this year, hackers backing the Kremlin hijacked an orbiting satellite that provides television service to Ukraine.
Instead of normal programing,...
Nvidia and AMD’s ‘special treatment’ from Trump shakes up an already tangled global chip supply chain
Donald Trump’s decision to let Nvidia and AMD export AI processors to China in exchange for a cut of their sales will have repercussions...
DeBriefed 15 August 2025: Raging wildfires; Xi’s priorities; Factchecking the Trump climate report – Carbon Brief
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to...
