DeepSeek’s AI restricted by ‘hundreds’ of companies in days
Move due to concerns about potential data leaks to Chinese government and weak privacy safeguards . Read more at straitstimes ...
FirstFT: China’s military builds massive new wartime command centre
Also in today’s newsletter, OpenAI’s massive new funding round, and India’s Narendra Modi faces tough budget challenge ...
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Marcos offers China a missile ‘deal’
The Philippines will “return” the Typhon missile launchers to the United States if China will drop its claim on the West ...
China Wants to Rule the Seas—It Claims to Have the Most Advanced Technology to Spy on American Subs.
China is on a mission to become the world’s dominant superpower by 2049. That goal is driving a desire to build a world-class ...
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Laos Is Turning to Its Neighbors to Loosen China's Economic Grip
Laos is heavily indebted to and economically dependent on China. Could Vietnam and Thailand offer a way out of its conundrum?
Italy blocks access to the Chinese AI application DeepSeek to protect users’ data
Italy’s data protection authority has blocked use of Chinese tech startup DeepSeek’s AI application to protect Italians’ data ...
Patel thrives, Gabbard struggles
Trump’s pick to be director of the FBI, loyalist KASH PATEL, was already expected to have a much easier path to confirmation than director of national intelligence nominee TULSI GABBARD. Gabbard has ...
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China Becomes Russia’s Lifeline for Critical War Minerals
With Western sanctions cutting off supplies, China has become Russia’s sole source of critical minerals used in weapons ...
Cheap flights and no visas required: Why we’re flocking back to China
Although Qantas pulled its only direct flight to China between Sydney and Shanghai in mid-2024, last year saw a return to pre ...
China’s DeepSeek Shock Raises A Big Economic Question
The economic hardware/software debate about China just got more complicated. Before DeepSeek flipped the script on the ...