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ChinaThailand lets five detained Uyghurs challenge Chinese extradition request in court
Five Uyghur men detained in Thailand since 2014 will be able to contest a Chinese extradition request in court, Thai officials said, as rights groups warned they face torture if returned to China.
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Technology & AITencent releases Hy4 AI model with cybersecurity training limited to defensive uses
Chinese technology company Tencent has released Hy4, a new open-source artificial intelligence model whose cybersecurity training was deliberately limited to defensive work, in an effort to reduce the risk that it could help carry out cyberattacks.
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Technology & AIApple begins long-delayed Apple Intelligence trial in China, with Alibaba’s Qwen inside
Apple has begun a trial rollout of Apple Intelligence for Chinese users, more than two years after the AI features launched elsewhere, with Alibaba’s Qwen powering some features in place of models unavailable in China.
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ChinaPhilippines and China pledge to keep talking despite strained ties after foreign ministers speak
China and the Philippines have pledged to maintain dialogue and manage their differences with mutual respect after Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Philippine counterpart spoke by phone, even as Beijing warned Manila about politicians crossing its red lines.
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NewsUK must expect AI-powered attack on critical infrastructure within two years, cyber centre warns
Britain's National Cyber Security Centre says a ransomware attack involving AI-powered malware against critical infrastructure is highly likely by 2028, naming China as best equipped to carry out such operations.
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Business & FinanceChina's central bank to raise foreign-exchange reserve ratio to 6% from 15 November to slow the yuan's rapid gains
The People's Bank of China said on Tuesday it will raise the foreign-exchange deposit reserve requirement ratio for financial institutions by two percentage points to 6% from 4%, effective 15 November, a move aimed at tightening dollar liquidity and slowing the yuan's gains. Figures checked on Tuesday morning, 3 November 2026 (Pakistan time).
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Business & FinanceChina’s central bank runs a 100-billion-yuan swap operation on Tuesday to steady stocks after their worst month in a decade
The People’s Bank of China will conduct bidding under its stock-support swap facility on Tuesday, with 31 firms applying for more than 100 billion yuan, after the CSI300 suffered its worst October since early 2016.
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Business & FinanceChina’s central bank shifts its policy anchor to the overnight rate at 1.25% in its first major framework change
The People’s Bank of China injected 541 billion yuan through overnight reverse repurchase agreements on Monday as it formally moved its main policy rate to an overnight lending rate, a change analysts said would ease funding conditions.
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Pakistan NewsMunir and Dar meet China's Liu Haixing in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, pledging a deeper Pakistan-China partnership
Field Marshal Asim Munir met Chinese Communist Party official Liu Haixing at GHQ Rawalpindi and Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar held a separate bilateral meeting with him in Islamabad on Monday, with both sides pledging to strengthen the All-Weather Strategic Cooperative Partnership.
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ChinaChina’s Wang Yi urges political solutions over arms in Beijing meeting with Iranian official as Gulf tensions persist
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Iranian national security official Ali Bagheri Kani in Beijing on Monday that all parties in the Middle East conflict should focus on political solutions rather than resorting to arms again, and said China supports Iran in safeguarding its sovereignty and security.
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Pakistan NewsSenior Chinese Communist Party official Liu Haixing in Islamabad for first visit, co-chairing high-level event with Dar today
Liu Haixing, minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China, arrived in Islamabad on Sunday for his first official visit to Pakistan and is due to call on the country’s leadership and co-chair a high-level event with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Monday.
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ChinaChina to send Middle East envoy Zhai Jun to Iran, Oman and Saudi Arabia in November as Gulf tensions persist
China will send its special envoy for the Middle East, Zhai Jun, to Iran, Oman and Saudi Arabia in early and mid-November, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday, alongside separate envoy trips to several African nations.
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NewsUK government is “making up China policy as it goes”, MPs warn in scathing 102-page report
The Commons Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee has accused the Labour government of failing to deliver the strategic, long-term approach to China it promised in 2024, warning that reactive, inconsistent decisions are putting both the economy and national security at risk.
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NewsChina and Oman sign currency swap and 14 cooperation deals as Xi calls deeper ties a “shared strategic choice”
China and Oman signed a central-bank currency swap agreement and 14 cooperation documents in Beijing on Monday during Sultan Haitham bin Tariq al-Said’s historic state visit, the first by an Omani head of state since ties were established in 1978.
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Business & FinanceChina’s factory growth eases slightly in October but stays in expansion, private PMI shows
China’s RatingDog General Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index edged down to 52.0 in October from 52.1 in September, beating a Reuters poll forecast of 51.6, as output rose at its fastest pace in six months even as export order growth slowed to a three-month low. Figures checked on Monday morning, 2 November 2026 (Pakistan time).
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Business & FinanceBYD extends sales growth streak in October as overseas shipments more than double
Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD sold 490,168 vehicles in October, up 11% from a year earlier, its sixth straight month of growth, as overseas shipments jumped 102.8% to 170,194 and offset weaker demand at home.
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IranIranian tanker carrying two million barrels of crude reaches China after three-and-a-half-month voyage despite US naval blockade
An Iranian oil tanker carrying about two million barrels of crude has reached a Chinese port after three and a half months at sea, tanker-tracking firm TankerTrackers reported on Saturday, in the first such arrival reported since the United States began its naval blockade of Iran.
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Pakistan NewsChina’s Communist Party minister Liu Haixing arrives in Islamabad on first official visit, to co-chair high-level event with Dar
Liu Haixing, minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, arrived in Islamabad on Sunday on his first official visit to Pakistan, at the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, and will co-chair a high-level event with him on Monday.
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USATrump vows “close” scrutiny of reported China spy plot targeting Nvidia chief Jensen Huang, calling him “brilliant” and “above board”
President Donald Trump said on Saturday the United States will examine very closely allegations that Chinese intelligence targeted Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang through a businesswoman linked to a Singapore data-centre firm, while saying he would keep Huang as an adviser unless something contrary emerged.
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ChinaChina’s Communist Party tightens discipline and oversight of officials after four-day plenum
China’s ruling Communist Party has adopted measures to tighten internal discipline, including closer scrutiny of officials’ personal disclosures and family finances, after a closely watched four-day meeting of its Central Committee.
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ChinaTaiwan accuses China of harassing shipping with east coast patrol and sending ship near Pratas Islands
Taiwan's Coast Guard said China's latest patrol off the island's east coast harassed shipping and tried to exert a fictional jurisdiction, and that Beijing also sent a coast guard ship close to the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands.
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ChinaChina's coast guard carries out patrols east of Taiwan, saying it will step up law enforcement in waters it claims
China's coast guard conducted what it called routine law enforcement patrols in waters east of Taiwan on Saturday, state broadcaster CCTV reported, as Beijing said it would keep strengthening control over waters it claims as its own.
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USAUS jails two Chinese nationals for 30 months over spying on military personnel
Two Chinese nationals have each been sentenced to 30 months in a US prison after admitting they worked under the direction of China’s Ministry of State Security to gather information on American military personnel and installations.
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ChinaChina backs South Africa’s G20 role after US leaves Pretoria out of Atlanta meeting
China has publicly backed South Africa’s continued participation in the G20 after the United States left Pretoria out of its foreign ministers’ meeting in Atlanta, in a fresh point of friction during Washington’s presidency of the grouping.
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ChinaChina's factory activity contracts at fastest pace in three months as October PMI falls to 49.3
China's official manufacturing purchasing managers' index fell to 49.3 in October from 50.1 in September, missing forecasts and returning to contraction as soft demand, including for exports, weighed on factories.
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ChinaChina's GJ-21 stealth drone makes first take-off and landing on amphibious assault ship Sichuan
China's GJ-21 stealth reconnaissance and strike drone has completed its first take-off and landing on the Sichuan, the country's first Type 076 amphibious assault ship, in what state media called a breakthrough for operating fixed-wing stealth drones from large naval platforms.
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ChinaChina vows countermeasures over US FCC ban on Chinese labs testing electronics for American market
China's commerce ministry said on Friday it firmly opposes the US Federal Communications Commission's vote to bar Chinese labs from testing electronics for the American market, warning it would take necessary countermeasures if Washington presses ahead unilaterally.
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ChinaChina says party has eliminated serious hidden dangers after record 33 expulsions, officials tell plenum briefing
Senior Chinese officials said on Friday that the Communist Party had eliminated serious hidden dangers within the party, state and military, a day after a four-day plenum confirmed the expulsion of a record 33 senior figures, and put the number punished since 2012 at 7.9 million.
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ChinaXi and Steinmeier meet in Beijing as China and Germany pledge a 'new chapter' in ties
Chinese President Xi Jinping and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier held talks in Beijing on Friday, with Xi hailing a new chapter in relations and Steinmeier urging China to help preserve the international order.
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ChinaChina steps up combat readiness patrols around Scarborough Shoal in fresh South China Sea flare-up
China's navy, air force and coast guard all conducted patrols around the disputed Scarborough Shoal on Friday, calling them a countermeasure to Philippine actions as tensions between Beijing and Manila resurfaced at a regional defence gathering.