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Financial Times: "Beijing is stepping up efforts to attract foreigners to its sovereign debt by building out futures contracts and other bond market infrastructure." www.ft.com/content/0fe0...
China courts global investors with bond market tweaks
Building out market infrastructure is welcome but the country’s economic challenges could remain a deterrent
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NEW: The Economist reported on July 23 that PLA soldiers have undergone combat training at a Russian military complex. The PLA is likely aiming to improve its ability to conduct unmanned systems warfare and operate in a drone-saturated environment. (1/5) Full update: isw.pub/ChinaTaiwanU...
🇨🇳🇺🇸 China says it will retaliate if the US sanctions Chinese AI companies over claims they copied American AI models through distillation, - Reuters Beijing calls allegations baseless and "AI hegemony," defends distillation as a common industry practice, urges AI cooperation instead of sanctions.
🇨🇳 SCMP: Satellite images reveal a previously unknown Chinese nuclear attack submarine with an ultra-low-profile sail, a design aimed at improving underwater stealth. Its size and features suggest it's comparable to the U.S. Virginia-class.
❗️ Russia and China have intensified military coordination and are preparing for possible confrontation with the West, Der Spiegel reported. The two countries held closed military forums and joint Pacific drills involving live fire and missile defense. #Russia
🇨🇳Chinese President Xi Jinping outlined his vision for China’s future, which calls for strengthening military power, expanding international influence, and shaping a new architecture of the world order. militarnyi.com/en/news/chin...
Historic Speech in Beijing: China Sets Its Sights on a New-Era Military and a New World Order
Chinese President Xi Jinping outlined his vision for China’s future, which calls for strengthening military power, expanding international influence, and shaping a new architecture of the world order....
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🇨🇳🇺🇸 Bloomberg: Satellite imagery indicates China has built a mock Arleigh Burke-class destroyer at a missile test site in the Taklamakan Desert. The replica is the latest in a series of U.S. Navy ship mock-ups believed to be used for testing anti-ship missiles.
“The US lifted sanctions against Gazprombank First Vice President Puzyrnikova.” WHY? “The US also lifted sanctions against Anton Krugovov and Tamara Topchiy.” WHY?!!!!!! www.kommersant.ru/doc/8763281
🔎The European Union (EU) has confirmed reports that China provided training to “hundreds” of Russian military personnel, some of whom later participated in the war against Ukraine. militarnyi.com/en/news/eu-c...
EU Officials Confirm Training of Russian Military Personnel in China
The European Union (EU) has confirmed reports that China provided training to “hundreds” of Russian military personnel, some of whom later participated in the war against Ukraine.This was reported by ...
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The European far right sides with Russia. They don’t even hide it
Joni Askola@joniaskola.bsky.social · 2mo agoNothing exposes the subservience of Europe’s far-right like their immediate execution of a Kremlin PR directive. Their synchronized celebration of a Russian tennis win is a pathetic display of foreign loyalty. Despite claiming to put their nations first, they act as a coordinated echo chamber
"Something remarkable happened in April. For the first time in history, wind and solar generated more electricity than gas across the entire planet. Not in a country. Not in a region. Globally." Tons of great news here from Danny Kennedy (via @billmckibben.bsky.social's newsletter, which rules).
Elite Cognitive Dissonance and the Asian Energy Disruption
Notes from the Field — Singapore & Indonesia, May 2026
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New images of the Chinese Navy's (PLAN) modified Type-022 missile boat. A new superstructure replaces the missile bins at the stern. Possibly command and control, or electronic warfare missions. #OSINT
🇰🇵🇺🇳 DPRK has found cunning schemes to circumvent UN sanctions with the help of Russia and China, - Asia Today Pyongyang imported 7 times more fuel from China and Russia than is allowed by UN resolutions. Resolution 2397 limits the import of petroleum products for DPRK to 500,000 barrels per year.
🇹🇼🇨🇳 Taiwan's coast guard has successfully pushed back four Chinese ships that entered a closed water area in the south of the island without permission, — Reuters. Beijing called the dispatch of the ships a "special maritime operation"…
🇨🇳🇹🇼 China has launched a special naval operation near Taiwan. This move was Beijing's response to a joint statement by 🇯🇵Japan and the 🇵🇭Philippines on the start of negotiations on the delimitation of the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf between the countries without participation of PRC.
Just an interesting photo of the 6-leg Chinese 'invasion barge', an innovative form of self-propelled Mulberry Harbour
Chinese large military ekranoplan (wing in ground effect) aircraft seen, best public photo yet. Note the weapons pylon mounts under wings and Starlink-style antenna above cockpit
Seabed Warfare Landscape: China deploys world’s first proper Offshore Data Centre (coords 30.5386, 121.7543) Here-> www.hisutton.com/Offshore-Dat... The implications on seabed warfare and protection of critical national infrastructure (CNI) need serious reflection
“For data on the AIS-off events and movement near undersea cables, we obtained additional data support from Starboard Maritime Intelligence, a platform utilized by government agencies, defense forces and critical infrastructure operators to analyze maritime risks” pulitzercenter.org/resource/how...
How (and Why) We Tracked China’s Deep-Sea Mining Fleet
We didn’t initially set out to investigate China’s deep-sea mining fleet, but as our research into other aspects of the burgeoning industry developed over our year-long partnership, it became clear...
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Mongabay@mongabay.com · 4mo agoWhy are Chinese state-owned deep-sea mining vessels outside research zones? #Mongabay and @cnn.com analyzed the routes these ships took for the past five years and found them navigating close to key U.S. military territory. Experts believed they might be serving a dual-purpose.
**BREAKING** New Mystery Submarine Signals China’s Rapid Undersea Expansion www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
New Mystery Submarine Signals China’s Rapid Undersea Expansion - Naval News
China is launching submarines at a pace unmatched by any other nation. Its latest design, a distinctive and innovative vessel that dispenses with the traditional sail, marks another step in the evolut...
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We appear to have a new type of Chinese nuclear powered submarine on out hands. The most remarkable aspect about it is its construction at Jiangnan in Shanghai, in a dedicated new facility. A few additional remarks in a quick thread. www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
New Mystery Submarine Signals China’s Rapid Undersea Expansion
China is launching submarines at a pace unmatched by any other nation. Its latest design, a distinctive and innovative vessel that dispenses with the traditional sail, marks another step in the evolut...
navalnews.com
🇺🇸❗️🇺🇦The Trump administration has sharply cut funding for investigations into Russian war crimes in Ukraine. Reuters tracked more than $283 million in US funding allocated to war crimes investigations in Ukraine since 2022. At least 40% of these programs were suspended or depleted in January 2025.
🇨🇳🤖 NYT: Chinese firm Geedge Networks is developing AI that analyzes internet activity, location data, social media behavior, and other digital records to identify people who might become political dissidents.
AFP reports that the US refused to condemn Russia for its threats to launch "systemic strikes" on Kyiv and did not join a joint statement at the UN. www.france24.com/en/live-news...
🇨🇳🇺🇸 China has ordered companies in the country not to comply with US sanctions on five domestic refiners linked to the Iranian oil trade, - Bloomberg The refiners had been facing asset freezes and transaction bans.
🇭🇺 Magyar: Many believed that Szijjarto had disappeared… I can assure everyone, he is here: today at 10 am he appeared at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where Russian hackers have been staying for many years. Documents related to sanctions materials are being destroyed…
You know you should be working on Marketing, not features. You build new features anyway because (a) it's fun and (b) you know how. Whereas the business usually needs you to learn marketing and get another customer today.
Put down the compiler until you learn why they’re not buying
Technical founders, step away from the code. Gather insights from non-buyers, rather than just adding more features.
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