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Global race is on to meet the Climate Clock deadline

July 31, 2026July 29, 2026 by Gan Golan Andrew Boyd
Climate Clock | Renewable | Energy

While the US stumbles backward, the pace of China’s renewable energy growth has been staggering

Categories Viewpoint Tags Climate Crisis, Common Dreams, Fossil Fuel Industry, News, Renewable Energy Leave a comment

China’s ghost in the machine is haunting ASML 

July 29, 2026July 28, 2026 by China Factor Staff
ASML | Chips | Machine

Fears grow that a Chinese state-run group plans to mass-produce the tech that underpins the chip world

Categories Talking Point Tags AI Race, Beijing, Chip Conflict, News, Tech Theft, United States Leave a comment

Alleged tech theft and the rise of China’s CXMT 

July 28, 2026July 27, 2026 by China Factor Staff

‘This IPO brings together multiple goals of the government, including promoting AI and advanced tech’

Categories Talking Point Tags AI Conflict, China, Intellectual Property Theft, News, Trade Secrets, United States Leave a comment

Evolution, not revolution, is China’s energy goal

July 27, 2026July 24, 2026 by David M Hart
China-Gulf-Oil-Clean-Tech

Export fears stopped Beijing from taking greater advantage of the Strait of Hormuz oil crisis

Categories Commentary Tags China's Clean Tech, Council on Foreign Relations, News, Oil Crunch, United States Leave a comment

China’s economic illusion is looking like a lie

July 24, 2026July 24, 2026 by China Factor Staff
Xi Jinping | Walking | Down | Steps

A warts-and-all assessment hovered around zero growth or an ‘economy in outright recession’

Categories Talking Point Tags Economic Recession, News, Peak Growth, President Xi Jinping, Shrinking Spending Leave a comment

China calls for a baby boom amid ‘AI lovers’ crackdown

July 24, 2026July 20, 2026 by China Factor Staff
AI Romance | China | Baby Boom

Beijing doesn’t ‘like the idea of a large portion of the population being in relationships with chatbots’

Categories Talking Point Tags AI Addiction, Beijing, News, Online AI Partners, Population Apocalypse Leave a comment

Legacy brands reel from China’s shock and awe wave

July 20, 2026July 17, 2026 by Timothy Minchin Michelle Shu Wun Kuek
BYD | China EV | Wave

As more drivers go electric, major models and luxury carmakers have been scrambling to stay relevant

Categories Analysis Tags Brutal Price Wars, China Export Blitz, EV Revolution, News, The Conversation Leave a comment

US-China the ‘fiercest Thucydian rivalry of all time’ 

July 17, 2026July 10, 2026 by Spencer Feingold

Trump and Xi will need to grapple with the contradiction facing them in a time of intense competition

Categories Behind The News Tags Beijing, Conflict Risks, News, Washington, World Economic Forum Leave a comment

China’s property crash fallout engulfs Southeast Asia

July 10, 2026July 9, 2026 by Chris Taylor

Chinese companies exported its playbook across borders. Now it is exporting the collapse

Categories Analysis Tags Bangkok, China, News, Phnom Penh, Property Bubble, Zombie Developer Loans Leave a comment

Pope Leo hit by crazy ‘Chinese communist agent’ claim

July 9, 2026July 8, 2026 by Brad Reed
Pope Leo | Ai | China

Tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s bizarre allegation after the pontiff called for strict regulation of AI

Categories Behind The News Tags AI Controversy, China, Common Dreams, News, Pope Leo XIV, Thiel Comments Leave a comment
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  • Reflections on the face-off between China and the US
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  • China’s ghost in the machine is haunting ASML 
  • Alleged tech theft and the rise of China’s CXMT 
  • Evolution, not revolution, is China’s energy goal
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