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Several Tacoma leaders spent a week in China this month – mostly on the Chinese government’s dime. A seven-member delegation from Tacoma that included Mayor Anders Ibsen, Council member Sandesh Sadalge and Ibsen’s chief policy analyst Bucoda Warren spent over a week in China to “strengthen cultural, educational and economic ties” between Tacoma and its
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TO: Technology policy strategists FROM: Samantha Wong, Ginger Matchett, Peter Engelke DATE: April 17, 2026 SUBJECT: A US tech agenda focused on Latin America to outcompete the People’s Republic of China In November 2025, the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security and Global China Hub convened a private, in-person workshop in Bogotá to
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Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday called for the opening of the Strait of Hormuz for normal passage of ships, as Beijing described it as an “international waterway” amid assertions by Iran that it has an inalienable right over it. China calls Hormuz international waterway; Xi presses for reopening The Strait of Hormuz should
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GUIYANG, China, April 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — A news report from CNS: Amid the karst peaks of southwestern China, a succession of super-bridges—soaring across deep gorges and piercing the cloud line—are fundamentally redrawing both the geographic reality and the development trajectory of Guizhou Province. 2026 “International Cultural Tourism Experience Officers Explore Guizhou” check in at China Guizhou
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America’s allies, grappling with surging energy costs triggered by Washington’s military strikes on Iran and the resulting disruption in global supply chains, are confronting a strategic dilemma. The crisis has highlighted the need to move away from volatile fossil fuel markets. However, it has also exposed a new risk, as energy security increasingly depends on
In December 2025 Reuters reported that Chinese scientists had built a prototype of a machine capable of producing advanced semiconductor chips central to western technological dominance. Completed in early 2025 and now undergoing testing, the prototype occupies nearly an entire factory floor. It was developed by a team of former engineers from ASML by reverse
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Financial markets got quite excited after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi tweeted at 8:45am New York time on Friday (10:45pm Friday AEST) that the Strait of Hormuz was “completely open”, followed by a series of jubilant posts by US President Donald Trump and a triumphant, if bellicose, speech. Oil futures fell 10 per cent and
Goldman Sachs just raised its outlook on China’s robotaxi market by a meaningful margin. The revision signals the bank now believes commercialization is moving faster than it previously assumed. In a note published April 18, Goldman analysts led by Allen Chang forecast that China’s robotaxi fleet will nearly triple from 5,000 vehicles in 2025 to
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BEIJING (AP) — A humanoid robot that won a half-marathon race for robots in Beijing on Sunday ran faster than the human world record in a show of China’s technological leaps. The winner from Honor, a Chinese smartphone maker, completed the 21-kilometer (13-mile) race in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, according to a WeChat post
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The Beijing E-Town Humanoid Robot Half-Marathon, held on Sunday, witnessed a historic milestone in robotics as several humanoid robots outpaced elite human athletes for the first time in a competitive environment. The event featured a “human-robot joint run” where over 100 humanoid robots raced alongside roughly 12,000 human runners on the same 21.1 km course,
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In what can be called a display of athleticism by machines, dozens of Chinese-made humanoid robots ran past professional runners in a half-marathon in Beijing on Sunday (April 19). The performance was dominant as they not only broke last year’s record but also surpassed human runners to reach the finish line, seemingly confirming Elon Musk’s
BEIJING — It was not even close as a bright-red Chinese humanoid named “Lightning” lived up to its name in a half-marathon pitting humans against robots, smoking its competition on Sunday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The bipedal humanoid, developed by smartphone maker Honor, blazed
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The US is more coordinated with China than many assume, former Israeli Navy commander Maj.-Gen. (res.) Eliezer Marom told 103FM on Wednesday. “I think the fuel problem has been completely solved, because the Chinese will get supplies from the Russians,” he said, claiming that alternative energy arrangements are already reducing the impact of regional disruption
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Chinese-built humanoid robot beat the human half-marathon world record in Beijing on Sunday, marking a breakthrough moment in a high-stakes global race for technological dominance. A robot developed by Chinese smartphone maker Honor completed the 21-kilometer (13-mile) race in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, beating the
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Overseas buyers take a photo at the Canton Fair venue held in Guangzhou, South China’s Guangdong Province on April 19, 2026. Photo: VCG Standing in the middle of a massive crowd, all waiting eagerly to play badminton with a humanoid robot at the 139th Canton Fair, I couldn’t help but recall the star products of
In a move that continues to underscore Beijing’s strategic shift away from U.S. dollar assets amid geopolitical tensions and diversification efforts, China has steadily reduced its holdings of U.S. Treasuries. The latest official data from the U.S. Treasury’s TIC report confirms China’s holdings stood at $693.3 billion at the end of February 2026, down slightly
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Robots were trailing behind their human rivals a year ago, but one humanoid outpaced the entire field to run a half-marathon faster than even the quickest human. BEIJING, China — Humanoid robot technology has greatly improved in the past year, and a race Sunday proved just how far the science has advanced. Just a year
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Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A China Airlines cargo plane headed to Anchorage, Alaska, from Chicago was forced to stop in Whitehorse early Saturday morning. In
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is back with another ‘China warning’ for the United States of America. In a recent appearance on Dwarkesh Podcast, Huang once again said that working with China then ‘against China’ is in the interests of the US. He said that the migration from Nvidia’s CUDA to Huawei’s CANN framework threatens to
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China’s exports of clean technology climbed in March, reinforcing signs that manufacturers are benefiting from rising global demand for alternative energy sources as traditional supplies are roiled by the Iran war.The most notable growth came in shipments of lithiumion batteries and electric vehicles, with an annual increase of 34% and 53%, according to data released
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