Explosions related to pyrotechnics are not uncommon in China, where firecrackers are widely used during celebratory occasions such as the Lunar New Year holiday, which began Tuesday.
China’s Ning claims speed skating 1,500m gold with Olympic record
China’s Ning Zhongyan set an Olympic record on his way to gold in the men’s speed skating over 1,500 metres on Thursday, denying United States’ Jordan Stolz a hat-trick of individual gold medals at …
JD Vance has thoughts on U.S. born-and-raised star Eileen Gu competing for China
Freeski superstar Eileen Gu’s decision to represent her mother’s birth nation of China has been a hot-button topic on social media throughout these Olympics, and now Vice President JD Vance has …
Japan tourist arrivals mark first fall in four years as Chinese visitors stay away
The drop was driven largely by a 61% fall in arrivals from China, which has been urging its citizens to avoid travel to Japan to protest comments by the prime minister about Taiwan.
How China plans to dominate global trade long after Trump
BEIJING, Feb 19 (Reuters) – China sees an opening to turn President Donald Trump’s tariffs to its advantage by reshaping global trade in ways that would insulate its $19 trillion economy from U.S.
Watch CNBC’s full interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman from the India AI Summit
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman discusses AI infrastructure, OpenAI’s business model, competition from China and thoughts on the industry from the India AI Impact Summit.
China’s biggest TV event had a clear star: the robot
Back-flipping, nunchuck-weilding humanoid robots delighted and amazed viewers at China’s annual televised new-year extravaganza with their kung-fu choreography. But they – and their rivals who took to …
Why India joining this US-led tech alliance could help supply chains
India is joining the U.S.-led ‘Pax Silica’ effort, a Trump administration initiative aimed at securing the global supply chain for silicon-based technologies. “Pax Silica is really not about China, it …
Indonesia tightens control on nickel as the US and China scramble for critical minerals
Indonesia is tightening state control over the world’s largest nickel supply after years of betting the metal would anchor a homegrown electric-vehicle industry, and just as global demand begins shifting away from heavy reliance on nickel.
US reveals new details of secret China nuclear test
Officials have ruled out earthquakes or mining as the source of a 2.75-magnitude event in 2020 near China’s nuclear test site.