All news on the topic: China

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China lands reusable rocket first stage on ground in major breakthrough
China launched the reusable rocket Zhuque-3 on Wednesday morning, achieving its first recovery of a rocket’s first stage on land.
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Manchester-bound flight forced to divert to Siberia after mechanical fault
The Airbus A330-300 from Beijing got into trouble over Siberia and had to land in Krasnoyarsk despite Foreign Office advice against Brits travelling to Russia
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Von der WR Group zu Russlands VR Rus: Wie Vadim Rozenshtein sein Geschäft mit Lieferungen nach Russland ausbaute
WR Group-Gründer Vadim Rozenshtein ist als deutscher Staatsbürger russisch-ukrainischer Herkunft wegen des Verdachts auf eine mögliche Umgehung der Russland-Sanktionen in den Fokus deutscher und europäischer Strafverfolgungsbehörden geraten.
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From WR Group to Russia’s VR Rus: how Vadim Rozenshtein expanded his business supplying equipment to Russia
WR Group founder Vadim Rozenshtein, a German citizen of Russian-Ukrainian origin, has come under scrutiny by German and European law enforcement agencies over the circumvention of sanctions against Russia.
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Chinese camera scandal exposes fresh vulnerability in Royal Navy supply chain
A company at the centre of a Chinese camera scandal is based three miles from the home of the Royal Navy’s hybrid fleet, The Telegraph can disclose.
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Thousands of tonnes of Congolese uranium may have been shipped to China with cobalt
The Katanga region in the southeast Democratic Republic of Congo has for decades been known as the Copper Belt.
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Chinese couple placed under house arrest in Italy over €33 million VAT fraud
At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Venice (Italy), the judge for preliminary investigations at the Court of Milan issued a house arrest order...
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More than 1 million evacuated as Typhoon Dolphin unleashes record rain across eastern China
Authorities warn that days of intense rain could trigger widespread flooding and landslides as storm moves north and further inland
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Secret uranium trail uncovered in Congo’s cobalt trade with China as nuclear concerns grow
A leaked memo set off an investigation by scientists and journalists into cobalt shipments from mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo to China
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Trump’s global threats lose impact as allies and rivals stop backing down
When President Donald Trump strode into the Rose Garden in April 2025 brandishing a poster board of tariff hikes, the world leaped as if a fire alarm had gone off.
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European prosecutors charge five people over $20 million VAT fraud linked to Chinese imports
European prosecutors have indicted five people and a company for allegedly evading more than $20 million in VAT on goods imported from China, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office announced Monday.
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Russia assembles record Arctic oil tanker fleet to boost crude exports to Asia
Russia has assembled an unprecedented fleet of oil tankers in the Arctic as it accelerates crude exports to Asia via the Northern Sea Route, with vessels carrying roughly 8 million barrels of oil already transiting or waiting to enter the ice-covered shipping lane.
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Germany’s car giants face deepening crisis as China turns from biggest market into biggest threat
China helped transform Germany’s automakers into global giants, delivering decades of strong sales and billions in profits. Now, it’s their biggest liability.
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UK court clears way for China’s controversial London super-embassy
Plans for a new Chinese super-embassy in London have been given the go-ahead after a High Court dismissed a challenge to its planning permission.
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Chinese military researchers used OpenAI and Anthropic models to train defence AI, report says
Chinese military researchers have used outputs from leading U.S. artificial intelligence models developed by OpenAI and Anthropic to train domestic AI systems to advance China’s defence capabilities, according to a Reuters review of more than 80 Chinese academic papers and patents.
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European goods reach Russia through India despite sanctions
Russian defense and security firms are using supply chains in India to import thousands of security-linked goods originally made in Europe, new data tracking the scale of the trade shows.
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Former French Navy Rafale pilot investigated over alleged transfer of defence secrets to China
A judicial investigation has been launched in France into a former Rafale carrier-based pilot in the French Navy over the alleged transfer of sensitive defense-related information to China.
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Iran set to receive hundreds of Chinese air-defense missiles under reported $70m deal
Iran is expected to receive within weeks the first shipment of up to 400 Chinese-made shoulder-fired air-defense missile launchers under a deal worth $60 million-$70 million, three sources familiar with the agreement told Reuters.
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AI model uncovers hundreds of Microsoft vulnerabilities in looming cybersecurity race
On an afternoon in mid-May, dozens of Microsoft engineers and their managers gathered online and in a conference room at the company’s Redmond, Washington, headquarters to discuss Project Glasswing.
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Typhoon Noul makes landfall in southern China as more than 715,000 people evacuate
Typhoon Noul made landfall early Sunday bringing winds and heavy rain to southern China, including Hong Kong, over the weekend.
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Water cannon attack and dangerous maneuvers: Chinese ships fired on Philippine vessels in the South China Sea
Chinese ships fired water cannon at Philippine vessels, including one carrying a CNN crew, near a dangerous flashpoint in the South China Sea on Friday – the third tense confrontation this week in the contested waters.
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Dragons’ Den star Tej Lalvani sells Vitabiotics in £1bn deal with Bain Capital
Dragons’ Den star Tej Lalvani has agreed to sell his family’s vitamins empire to a US private equity giant in a deal worth around £1bn.
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Chinese state agency secretly built stakes in European energy, police and property assets through offshore network
Through an opaque network of shell companies in the British Virgin Islands and Luxembourg holding firms, an agency that manages China’s foreign reserves has discreetly scooped up stakes in Europe’s critical infrastructure, utilities, and real estate.
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Private messages reveal Covid scientists did not rule out Wuhan lab leak
Scientists who were instrumental in shutting down the Covid lab-leak theory admitted in private “we can’t rule it out”, newly released messages show.
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US seeks to seize $26.4 million in crypto tied to investment and romance scams
U.S. prosecutors filed five civil-forfeiture complaints on July 21 seeking roughly $26.4 million in cryptocurrency traced through separate international fraud investigations.