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MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here. This week, China banned exports of several critical minerals to the US, marking the latest move in an escalating series of tit-for-tat trade restrictions between the

An aerial drone photo taken on July 24, 2021 shows a view of a relocation site for poverty alleviation in Huawu Village of Xinren Miao Township, Qianxi City, southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin) BEIJING, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Poverty is one of the world's most vexing problems. Ending poverty in all its forms everywhere

Artists perform during the opening ceremony of the 12th National Traditional Games of Ethnic Minorities of the People's Republic of China in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, Nov. 22, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhang Liyun) SANYA, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- The 12th National Traditional Games of Ethnic Minorities of China opened on Friday night in Sanya, the coastal

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With US-China relations in a tailspin, Beijing is looking to prevent Europe from joining in, particularly on measures like export controls of key technologies that would hurt growth in the world’s second-biggest economy...

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