Chinese scientists have shattered records with flexible solar cells that achieve 25% efficiency—as powerful as rigid panels but they can bend! Discover how this breakthrough could turn cars, buildings, and even clothing into clean energy sources.
China’s vast current account surpluses once funded US deficits through Treasuries, then financed Belt and Road loans. Now, wary of sanctions and debt risks, Beijing is stockpiling industrial metals—reshaping global finance and commodities.
China launches the new “K” visa on 1 October 2025, a strategic policy aimed at attracting young foreign STEM talent to bolster its innovation ecosystem and compete in the global race for intellectual capital.
China frames the AI race as a clash of systems: state-guided “New Productive Forces” vs. Western profit-driven innovation. Analysis of Beijing’s strategy to tie AI development to national power and industrial policy, amid US chip restrictions.
CATL is mass-producing a sodium-ion battery that matches lithium-ion capacity at 1/10th the cost. Discover how this breakthrough in cost, safety, and cold-weather performance will reshape electric vehicles, energy storage, and global geopolitics.