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Elon Musk could act as middleman between China and Trump in possible global trade war | US News
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Drive an hour outside China’s commercial capital Shanghai, and you’ll reach Elon Musk’s Tesla gigafactory. It manufactures almost one million Tesla cars a year and produces more than half of all its cars worldwide. But with US president-elect Donald Trump preparing to move into the White House, the relationship between his new buddy Elon Musk…
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Pilotless passenger drones and driverless taxis as China pushes boundaries of how we travel | World News
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Have you ever dreamed of flying in an unmanned drone, from city to city? It sounds like the stuff of fantasy, but in China pilotless passenger drones are a reality. You can’t catch them like a taxi just yet. But a company called EHang is waiting for the government to approve a commercial licence to…
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Why coal is being burned more than ever as demand in China and India soars despite carbon emissions warnings | Science, Climate & Tech News
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The world is set to use more coal than ever before, this year, because of high demand in Asia and despite the warnings over the harm that burning fossil fuels does to the planet, a report has said. Global demand for the fossil fuel is expected to hit a record 8.77 billion tonnes in 2024,…
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The electric shock behind Europe’s stuttering EV future – and how China has leapfrogged major car-exporting nations | Money News
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Across Europe, car companies are cutting jobs and shutting factories – to the extent that some question their very existence. So it’s worth asking the question: what’s gone wrong with Europe (and for that matter America’s) car industry? While some will reach for their own pet conclusions (Brexit! Electric vehicle deadlines! Government regulations!) in practice…
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Dozens of nations hit by ‘China’ hack – as Americans warned to stop sending texts | World News
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Dozens of nations have been hit by a Chinese hacking campaign, a senior White House official has said. Carried out by a group dubbed Salt Typhoon, it is one of the largest intelligence compromises in US history. China hacked at least eight major US telecommunication companies including AT&T, Verizon and Lumen Technologies, resulting in officials…
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Tickets to outer space go on sale in China | Science, Climate & Tech News
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Tickets to outer space have gone on sale for two would-be astronauts in China. Chinese space startup Deep Blue Aerospace is planning on taking passengers to space in 2027 and although there are only two tickets on sale on Thursday, more will be available next month. The rocket will take the travellers on a suborbital…
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China lands Chang’e-6 spacecraft on far side of moon in mission to bring back samples for first time | Science & Tech News
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China has landed a spacecraft on the far side of the moon to collect soil and rock samples and bring them back to Earth for the first time. The Chang’e-6 craft touched down in a huge crater known as the South Pole-Aitken Basin at 6.23am Beijing time on Sunday (11.23pm on Saturday in the UK),…
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China hacked Ministry of Defence, Sky News learns | Politics News
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The Chinese state has hacked the Ministry of Defence, Sky News understands. MPs will be told today of a massive data breach involving the MoD, targeting service personnel. The government will not name the country involved, but Sky News understands this to be China. The Chinese state is to be accused of two or three…
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UK to develop hypersonic missiles to catch up with China and Russia by 2030 – report | UK News
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Britain plans to equip its armed forces with a homegrown hypersonic cruise missile by the end of the decade, according to a report. Military chiefs are under pressure to catch up with China, Russia and the US by developing a weapon capable of flying at speeds higher than Mach 5 – five times the speed…
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NASA chief says ‘secretive’ China is hiding military projects in space | Science & Tech News
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China is hiding secret military activity in space, NASA chief Bill Nelson has claimed. “We believe that a lot of their so-called civilian space programme is a military programme,” he told the House Committee on Appropriations on Wednesday. “China has made extraordinary strides, especially in the last 10 years, but they are very, very secretive,”…