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While the West frames China’s new cross-border capital policy as a death knell for the ultra-rich, Beijing is simply aligning its tax practices with global standards, a move that Western critics have long accused it of avoiding. thechinaacademy.org/is-chinas-new-offshore-trust-t…

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The Economist just coined a new term "ecological authoritarianism" to smear China's restoration of its longest river as sacrificing local residents, yet ending up with worldwide mocking on X. Who's really profiting at cost of the people? From Occupy Wall Street to anti-data center protests, reality could not be clearer: thechinaacademy.org/but-at-what-cost-the-desperate…

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Can technology be collective property? Can workers shape it rather than simply adapt to it? Can automation free labor instead of replacing it? These questions aren’t new. Here’s what computing looked like in Mao-era China—and why it matters again in the age of AI. thechinaacademy.org/maos-computer-when-technology-…

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Americans are fighting data centers in hearings, courts and elections. In China, comparable siting battles are surprisingly hard to find. “Dictatorship” is not enough to explain why. The real divide: one country sees a private factory; the other, infrastructure. thechinaacademy.org/americans-hate-data-centers-do…

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China’s rare-earth power is not just about digging ore. It is the ability to separate, refine and turn it into the magnets inside EVs, wind turbines, robots and weapons. Japan is feeling that dependence now. America is trying to escape it—but a mine is only the first step. thechinaacademy.org/japans-supply-shock-americas-l…

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DeepSeek V4 Flash's extreme cost-effectiveness made it a 'Kill Line', topping global developer call volume and sparking mass switch from costly closed-source AI, reshaping the market. thechinaacademy.org/deepseek-just-drew-a-brutal-ki…

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$800 per Video: Rwanda’s Ex-VOA Reporter on Western Media Funding in Africa
African journalists are caught in a dilemma: whether to promote narratives they genuinely endorse or accept generous but conditional offers from Western media outlets. thechinaacademy.org/800-per-video-rwandas-ex-voa-r…

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$800 per Video: Rwanda’s Ex-VOA Reporter on Western Media Funding in Africa
African journalists are caught in a dilemma: whether to promote narratives they genuinely endorse or accept generous but conditional offers from Western media outlets. thechinaacademy.org/800-per-video-rwandas-ex-voa-r…

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America is building a wall around the physical-AI economy.
The FCC can keep new foreign mobile robots out. But the U.S. still imports many of the parts that make robots work.
Our new piece asks the harder question: can protection build an industry—or just make robots more expensive? thechinaacademy.org/americas-robot-wall-meets-amer…

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As AI advances, Silicon Valley's elite is consumed by debates over whether it will become sentient and wipe out humanity. Meanwhile, China is focused on putting AI to work: helping doctors read medical scans, accelerating research, and optimizing manufacturing. Why do China and the United States tell such different stories about the same technology?

thechinaacademy.org/why-china-rejects-silicon-vall…

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