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Experts are raising concerns that Beijing could use the tech for strategic military advancements and the spread of disinformation.

The Dalai Lama, now 90, remains at the centre of China's complicated relationship with Tibet.

The exiled leader of Tibetan Buddhism issues a landmark announcement as he turns 90, ending years of uncertainty.

The Dalai Lama has said the centuries-old Tibetan Buddhist institution will continue after his death, ending years of speculation after he previously suggested he might be the last person to hold the role. In a video broadcast before his 90th birthday on Sunday, he said 'all the followers have unanimously said that the reincarnation should continue'

In June, President Donald Trump appeared to give Chinese students in the U.S. a reprieve when he announced that they would remain welcome, pending a putative trade deal with China. But by making plain ...

Stefan Scherer, boss of AMG Lithium, says Europe must become more self-sufficient in critical raw materials and new technologies
The EU may as well “apply to be a province of China” such is its inability to wean itself off that country’s supply of critical raw materials used in everything from electric vehicles to smartphones and wind turbines, a leading German industrialist has said.
As chief executive of AMG Lithium, the EU’s first factory to make the lithium hydroxide used in many car batteries, Stefan Scherer sits at the centre of what has been dubbed

Tesla CEO’s feud with US president dominates Chinese social media, with many praising his ‘tech-driven mindset’
Few break-ups have as many gossiping observers as the fallout between the once inseparable Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
The ill-fated bromance between the US president and the world’s richest man, which once raised questions about American oligarchy, is now being pored over by social media users in China, many of whom are Team Musk.

The exiled spiritual leader, who turns 90 this week, has met everyone from Nelson Mandela to Lady Gaga while campaigning for autonomy and religious freedom for Tibet

T his moment is by no means the first time that the U.S. has viewed Chinese students with suspicion. In the 1950s, American officials placed the scientist Qian Xuesen under house arrest and eventually ...

A Chinese national and doctoral candidate in social sciences at an American university, she’d recently heard that her social-media messages might be checked at the U.S. border. “Safely,” for her, ...

US, Japan, India and Australia pledge to reduce exposure to any one country to avoid ‘economic coercion, price manipulation and supply chain disruptions’
The United States, Japan, India and Australia have pledged to work together to ensure a stable supply of critical minerals, as worries grow over China’s dominance in resources vital to new technologies.
The four countries said in a joint statement that they were establishing the Quad Critical Minerals Initiative, aimed at “collaborating on securing and diversifying” supply chains.

The Flying Tigers, officially known as the American Volunteer Group, were credited with major victories against Japanese air forces and for opening the dangerous "Hump Route" over the Himalayas, which ...