China bureau chief @WSJ. Formerly of Korea, New York, Hong Kong bureaus. Author of KOREAN MESSIAH (Alfred A. Knopf), out now. https://xitter.cf/t.co/VW6VTRokWF
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“The Cundill History Prize, one of the world’s leading prizes for a work of history written in, or translated into, English, has today announced the three finalists for 2026.”
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SCMP: Jim Himes, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said he did not believe America would maintain its lead over China in frontier AI indefinitely, describing restrictions on advanced chips as Washington’s key leverage.
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On October 12, Jilin Daily (吉林日报), the Party newspaper in China’s northeastern Jilin province, which borders North Korea, ran a page-seven article under the simple byline “AI.”
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Reuters: ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent have ordered more than 3 million of Nvidia’s new RTX PRO 5500 graphics cards with a collective sticker price of over $35 billion, two people familiar with the matter said.
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WaPo: The Pentagon is looking to build a more robust deep-cover spying program to conduct economic warfare against China and other U.S. competitors, according to half a dozen people familiar with the initiative.
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.@DSORennie: “The starkest examples of middle-power irrelevance involve AI. With America and China far ahead…there are few signs…of serious co-operation…There is little evidence that America and China are interested in the views of AI also-rans.”
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The Economist: “The unlikely inspiration for North Korea’s first dictator—Kim Il Sung’s regime was influenced by Christianity, a new book shows”
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The runners-up for the prize, who each receive US$10,000, are Jonathan Cheng for “Korean Messiah: Kim II Sung and the Christian Roots of North Korea’s Personality Cult” and Alexander Lee for “The First Ghetto: Venice and the Jews.”
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“Pyongyang wasn’t always a synonym for missiles and mass parades. Long before the Kim dynasty, it was called the Jerusalem of the East, packed with churches, schools, hospitals, and missionary energy.”
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How Britain Learned to Love Chinese Cars—Especially a Look-Alike Range Rover. The Jaecoo 7, made by China’s Chery, was the U.K.’s bestselling vehicle in September
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Steve Young of Auto West London launched his dealership for Jaecoo and its sister brand Omoda in March last year with a plan to sell 350 cars. In the end he sold more than 500, and this year he will sell more than 1,200, he said, with many on wait lists.
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Young says three-fifths of Jaecoo buyers previously owned luxury brands such as BMW, Mercedes and Range Rover, which have become more expensive for customers to finance as interest rates have risen. Jaecoo has lured customers with interest-free loans.
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U.S. Needs Energy Push to Win Economic Race, Ex-Trump, Biden Officials Say—Mike Pompeo, Janet Yellen and others urge Congress to pass energy-permitting bill
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Jake Sullivan, who served as Biden’s national security adviser and is one of the signatories to the letter, said China would keep building its clean-energy infrastructure and advanced industrial capacity—whether or not Congress passes the energy bill.
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“They’re not waiting around,” he said. “In the meantime, if Congress fails to pass permitting reform this year, America’s investments in the industries of the future will remain mired in delays, litigation, and uncertainty.”
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A giant banner at the newly expanded airport in Urumqi, the regional capital, gave thanks to Xi for his devotion to Xinjiang. In Kashgar, middle-aged Chinese men in cowboy hats descend from tour buses to chow down on grilled lamb skewers and pilaf.
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Much of the international outcry has faded, and foreign governments have grown quieter on the issue as they seek stable relations with China. Instead, Xinjiang has become a showcase for the power Xi wields to make changes he deems in the national interest.
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It also provides one of the starkest examples of a worldview he has laid out repeatedly in speeches: For any problem, even delicate ones of ethnicity and culture, absolute Communist Party control is the only answer.
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China’s Most Controversial Region Has Become a Showcase for Its Commercial Ambitions—Xinjiang, once the focus of international criticism, is key to Beijing’s plan to expand exports, energy production
@BrianSpegele
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Xinjiang’s foreign trade jumped nearly 20% last year. Growing tourism, meanwhile, pumped $50 billion into the local economy last year, according to official data, as curious Han Chinese and foreigners alike came to experience China’s Western frontier.
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State-backed companies are flooding the region with cash, building solar farms and data centers. Officials are investing billions to turn Xinjiang into a logistics hub, including a rail line to shave a week off shipping goods from China to Europe.
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