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The EU Builds Trade Walls While Europeans Scramble for Chinese ACs. Who Pays for Protectionism?
Amid a brutal European heatwave, Germans have to drive to Hungary, which maintains a more open trade policy toward China, to buy Chinese ACs.
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China’s real home-price index is back near 2005. Usual take: collapse. Our take: maybe a state can drag housing off the altar, make speculators eat losses, and somehow be … ok?
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Rockets usually crash into the ocean after one flight. SpaceX changed that by landing them with legs or catching them with robotic arms. But China just managed to test a third way to catch the rocket with a giant net. Ditching the heavy legs saves 2 tons, letting the rocket carry more goods. See how it works：thechinaacademy.org/chinese-reusable-rocketdidnt-c…

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Burkina Faso, a country with one of the world's lowest levels of industrialization,now has its own EV brand. China's one-stop solution of training engineers, building solar plants, and setting up assembly lines made this leap possible: thechinaacademy.org/how-least-developed-burkina-fa…

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From the national football team’s home stadium to a dam featured on the country’s official banknotes to the nation’s first ICU, China’s footprint has long been embedded in Cabo Verdean everyday life. By the way, Cabo Verde still maintains a system similar to China’s five-year plans, which is a socialist legacy retained amid its democratic transition in 1990. thechinaacademy.org/chinas-quiet-presence-behind-c…

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A French luxury house has just sued a Chinese tea brand over a floral pattern, a motif that can be traced back to Tang dynasty China. The irony is hard to miss. thechinaacademy.org/lv-sues-a-chinese-tea-brand-ov…

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200,000 files from Apple’s Indian supplier Tata Electronics were leaked online. Manufacturing moving out of China? The leaked supply chain data tells another story. Apple’s hidden supply chain map is now in plain sight. Cards are on the table. Bluffing is no longer an option. thechinaacademy.org/apples-india-bet-meets-reality…

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The U.S. has buried a time capsule to be opened in 2276. But will the U.S. empire survive to see it? With debt surpassing defense spending and the Iran war turning into a quagmire, the verdict seems clear. thechinaacademy.org/the-american-empire-was-a-250-…

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China’s Rare Missile Test: No, Japan Wasn’t the Main Target.
China's missile test has triggered intense reactions from some countries, but there is no need to panic. This missile test is a game between major power players.
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Following the U.S.-Iran war, U.S. allies in the Middle East are asking two questions: First, does the U.S. want to protect them? And, more importantly, can it?

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