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Global Business Roundup: Oil Rally, SoftBank’s $2B Intel Lifeline & China’s Big Debt Deal (Aug 18–19, 2025)

Finance & Markets Technology & Telecom Energy & Commodities Retail & Consumer Real Estate & Property Automotive & Transportation Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals Sources: Key stories were drawn from Reuters unless otherwise noted. Reuters provided detailed reporting on financial markets reuters.com

19 August 2025

SpaceX’s 100th Launch, China’s Double Liftoff, Astronaut’s Heroic Return & Mercury’s Big Shrink – Aug 17-18 Space Highlights

On Aug. 17, China launched the Long March-4C from Xichang at 4:55 p.m. local time with the Shiyan-28B 02 satellite for space environment exploration and technology tests. Hours later on Aug. 17, China launched a Long March-6 from Taiyuan at

18 August 2025

Astronauts · China · NASDAQ:GOOGL · Science · Space · SpaceX

Weekend in AI: China’s Global Gambit, Tech Giants’ Moves & a “Godfather” Warning (July 26–27, 2025)

At WAIC 2025 in Shanghai, Chinese Premier Li Qiang announced plans to create a new international organization to jointly develop and govern AI, warned that AI could become an exclusive game for a few nations or companies without a global

27 July 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Big Tech · China · NASDAQ:GOOGL · NASDAQ:META · NASDAQ:NVDA · Tech News · Warnings

AI Revolution Roundup: Meta’s Secret Weapon, China’s Global Gambit & Breakthrough Tech (July 25–26, 2025)

On July 25, 2025, Meta hired Shengjia Zhao, a co-creator of OpenAI’s ChatGPT and GPT-4, as chief scientist of its new “Superintelligence Lab.” The Superintelligence Lab will consolidate Meta’s LLaMa models and long-term AGI work, operate separately from FAIR, and

26 July 2025

Artificial Intelligence · China · Innovation · Meta · NASDAQ:AMZN · NASDAQ:GOOGL · NASDAQ:META · NYSE:BABA · Technology

China’s 2025 Drone Export Crackdown: DJI Grounded in the West While Russia Still Flies

In 2025 Beijing imposed sweeping new limits on drone exports, halting or sharply reducing sales to Ukraine, the United States, and Europe while shipments to Russia appear to continue. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that “Chinese Mavic is open for

24 July 2025

China · Drones · Export Policy · International Relations · Technology

China’s J-35 Stealth Fighter: Inside the Navy’s New F-35 Rival

The J-35 naval variant traces back to the FC-31 “Gyrfalcon” program, with its first carrier-focused prototype flight in late October 2021 featuring enlarged folding wings, reinforced landing gear, and a catapult launch bar. By mid-2025, evidence indicates the J-35 naval

22 July 2025

China · Defense Industry · Military Aviation · Naval Power · Stealth Technology

NVIDIA 2025: Dominating the AI Boom – Company Overview, Key Segments, Competition, and Future Outlook

Nvidia’s $4 Trillion Breakthrough: NVDA Surges on China Chip Deal – What Experts Are Saying

On July 11, 2025, Nvidia closed above a $4 trillion market cap, the first company ever to do so. On July 14, 2025, Nvidia closed at $164.07, down 0.5%, after trading between $162.02 and $165.49 intraday. Nvidia was up about

15 July 2025

AI · China · NASDAQ:NVDA · NVIDIA · Semiconductors · Stock Market

China’s Bold Advances: Space-Based AI, Deep Space Ambitions, and Satellite Networks – Space News Roundup (Updated July 8, 2025 0:00 CET)

China launched the Three-Body Computing Constellation, with each satellite delivering 744 TOPS and the network targeting 1 EOPS for in-orbit AI and real-time data processing. China proposes a Neptune Orbiter for 2033 powered by radioisotope thermoelectric generators to study Neptune,

8 July 2025

Artificial Intelligence · China · Deep Space · NASDAQ:AAPL · NYSE:BA · NYSE:GSAT · Satellites · Space · Space News

You Won’t Believe China’s New ‘Mosquito Drone’—How Insect-Sized Spies Could Rewrite Warfare (and Your Privacy) Forever

On 20 June 2025 CCTV aired footage from the National University of Defence Technology showing student Liang Hexiang balancing a micro-robot the size of a mosquito between his fingers. The insect-sized drone uses flapping leaf-shaped wings and hair-thin legs to

24 June 2025

China · Drones · Future Warfare · Military Technology · Privacy

Space‑Laser Shockwave: Inside China’s 2‑Watt Orbital Beam That Claims to Outgun Starlink and Reshape the Security Balance in Space

China’s ‘Night‑Light’ Laser Satellite Leaves Starlink in the Dust—What It Means for the Future of Space Internet and Warfare

On 17 June 2025, Prof. Wu Jian of Peking University and Dr. Liu Chao of the Chinese Academy of Sciences down-linked 1 Gbps from an unnamed GEO satellite 36,705 km above Earth using a 2-watt laser. The AO‑MDR method combines

23 June 2025

China · Future Warfare · Military Innovation · Satellite Internet · Space · Space Technology

China’s “Night‑Light” Laser vs. Starlink: What a 2‑Watt Beam Really Means for the Coming Orbital Arms Race

In June 2025, a Chinese team led by Prof. Wu Jian of Peking University of Posts & Telecommunications and Dr. Liu Chao of the Chinese Academy of Sciences down-linked 1 Gbps from a GEO satellite 36,000 km away using a

22 June 2025

Arms race · China · Lasers · Satellite Communications · Space Technology

Space‑Laser Shockwave: Inside China’s 2‑Watt Orbital Beam That Claims to Outgun Starlink and Reshape the Security Balance in Space

In June 2025, Wu Jian of Peking University of Posts & Telecom and Liu Chao of the Chinese Academy of Sciences directed a 2-watt laser from 36,000 km in geostationary orbit to a ground station, achieving 1 Gbps. The test

22 June 2025

China · Defense Technology · Lasers · Space · Space Security · Starlink

China News 22 June 2025 - 19 August 2025