The Chinese start-up DeepSeek shook the industry in January 2025 with its claim that it had created an advanced A.I. system for a fraction of what its American rivals spent.Credit…Kelsey McClellan …
Battlefield rare earths: How the U.S. lost to China
At one point in history, one U.S. company monopolized the rare earths industry. Then China took over the industry. Can the U.S. bring it back?Rare earths are critical to making, like, everything. From …
US targets China refinery in sweeping Iran oil crackdown, sanctions ‘shadow fleet’ tankers
OFAC sanctioned a major Chinese oil refinery and dozens of Iran-linked shadow fleet vessels in an escalation of the maximum pressure campaign on Tehran.
China’s new online marketing rules tighten ban on crypto promotions
China’s central bank and seven other regulators have finalized the “Administrative Measures for Online Marketing of Financial Products” (Announcement No. 9), dated April 21 and publicly released on …
Senate hopeful says US should be ‘far more cooperative’ with China to fight climate change
Far-left Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner drew criticism for urging U.S.-China cooperation to fight climate change.
China bans dual-use item exports to seven European entities over Taiwan arms sales
BEIJING, April 24 (Reuters) – China’s Commerce Ministry said on Friday it was banning exports of dual-use items to seven European entities over arms sales to Taiwan, placing them immediately on its …
Made-in-China.com and the Uzbekistan Business Diplomacy Association Launch Green Manufacturing Initiative on Earth Day
China.com, a leading comprehensive service platform for global cross-border trade, officially launched the “Green Commitment • Across the Silk Road” initiative in Tashkent. This strategic event, held …
White House accuses China of copying American AI models in ‘industrial-scale’ campaign
Foreign entities primarily based in China have conducted “industrial-scale” campaigns to crib frontier AI models from US companies, Michael Kratsios, White House director of the office of science and …
China will send giant pandas to Atlanta again
China is sending two giant pandas to Zoo Atlanta, the China Wildlife Conservation Association says. Male panda Ping Ping and female panda Fu Shuang will be part of a decade-long conservation effort …
China’s AI upstart DeepSeek drops new model. Will it make waves like last year?
China’s DeepSeek unveiled a preview version of its much-anticipated new model on Friday, promising to rival models from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google a year after the then little-known start up took …