Topic: China — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-18 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The FBI spent months trying to turn a suspected Chinese intelligence operative into a confidential informant, then shut the effort down and opened a criminal investigation into the California congressman she had been sleeping with.
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[2026-08-18 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The PostMag Quick CrosswordTuesday, 18 Augustloading
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[2026-08-18 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Mini SudokuTuesday, 18 Augustloading
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[2026-08-18 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The SCMP Cryptic CrosswordTuesday, 18 Augustloading
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[2026-08-18 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Word SearchTuesday, 18 Augustloading
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[2026-08-18 01:36 UTC+10:00] [Chinese economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Industrial output and retail sales slump in July after one of the country’s weakest quarterly growth rates ever
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[2026-08-18 01:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Hayden Panettiere llega al estreno de “Blonde” el 13 de septiembre de 2022 en el TCL Chinese Theatre de Los Ángeles. (Foto Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, archivo)
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[2026-08-18 01:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Institutions have two weeks to audit foreign collaborations and could be required to terminate partnerships to preserve federal funding
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[2026-08-18 01:07 UTC+10:00] [South China Morning Post] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Institutions have two weeks to audit foreign collaborations and could be required to terminate partnerships to preserve federal funding
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[2026-08-18 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Global shipping disruptions, along with oil and gas projects, have added to the strategic value of the Northern Sea Route
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[2026-08-18 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Northern Sea Route] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Global shipping disruptions, along with oil and gas projects, have added to the strategic value of the Northern Sea Route
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[2026-08-18 00:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: London-based beauty chain says it deeply regrets if any customers have had ‘a distressing experience associated with our brand’
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[2026-08-18 00:55 UTC+10:00] [scmp] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: London-based beauty chain says it deeply regrets if any customers have had ‘a distressing experience associated with our brand’
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[2026-08-18 00:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Tenure to extend until 2030 for CEO who is ‘strengthening Hong Kong’s role as a leading international financial centre’, chairman says
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[2026-08-18 00:16 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Tenure to extend until 2030 for CEO who is ‘strengthening Hong Kong’s role as a leading international financial centre’, chairman says
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[2026-08-18 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beyond GPUs and memory chips, the rapid AI buildout is sparking demand for indium phosphide, a substrate used to power next-generation optical transmission
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[2026-08-18 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beyond GPUs and memory chips, the rapid AI buildout is sparking demand for indium phosphide, a substrate used to power next-generation optical transmission
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[2026-08-18 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: World needs cheap green technologies to decarbonise, and efforts to reduce reliance on China risk slowing the transition, researchers say
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[2026-08-18 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Bank of England] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: World needs cheap green technologies to decarbonise, and efforts to reduce reliance on China risk slowing the transition, researchers say
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[2026-08-18 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From viral candy wrappers to hot water routines, Western Gen Z appears obsessed with all things China. But is it true love?
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[2026-08-18 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Black Myth: Wukong] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From viral candy wrappers to hot water routines, Western Gen Z appears obsessed with all things China. But is it true love?
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[2026-08-17 23:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The shop set a Guinness World Record on its opening day for the most cups of coffee served by a robot-operated store in one hour.
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[2026-08-17 23:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: AFCD staff unable to scan dog for microchip to identify owner because animal is dangerous and aggressive
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[2026-08-17 23:35 UTC+10:00] [dog attack] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: AFCD staff unable to scan dog for microchip to identify owner because animal is dangerous and aggressive
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[2026-08-17 23:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: China’s July activity data weakened from June, missing market expectations across the board, and signaling a soft start to Q3 amid continued divergence between resilient exports and subdued domestic demand.
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[2026-08-17 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: All six players failed to make it past the third round, while Wang Manyu fared better, winning the women’s singles title in Sweden
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[2026-08-17 23:00 UTC+10:00] [table tennis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: All six players failed to make it past the third round, while Wang Manyu fared better, winning the women’s singles title in Sweden
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[2026-08-17 22:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Futures are higher again, just a few basis points away from a new all time high, led by Tech as the week starts with Semis / Memory / AI themes bid globally, as small-caps are fractionally in the red. As of 8:00am ET, S&P futures are 0.1% higher, while Nasdaq futures climb 0.5% after strong revenue growth at Anthropic helped boost optimism around artificial intelligence and bolstered the view that massive spending on artificial intelligence will be sustained.
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[2026-08-17 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Sluggish adoption can’t be blamed on overregulation, and restricting access to US frontier models is no defence against open-source Chinese rivals
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[2026-08-17 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Moonshot AI] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Sluggish adoption can’t be blamed on overregulation, and restricting access to US frontier models is no defence against open-source Chinese rivals
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[2026-08-17 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China launched the digital yuan in 2019, but retail adoption has been slow as Chinese consumers are accustomed to using Alipay and WeChat Pay
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[2026-08-17 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China launched the digital yuan in 2019, but retail adoption has been slow as Chinese consumers are accustomed to using Alipay and WeChat Pay
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[2026-08-17 21:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The engineered probiotic, named Gift, can sense high blood sugar and automatically release the glucose-lowering hormone GLP-1
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[2026-08-17 21:58 UTC+10:00] [diabetes] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The engineered probiotic, named Gift, can sense high blood sugar and automatically release the glucose-lowering hormone GLP-1
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[2026-08-17 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Shares of ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), China's top DRAM maker, surged 12% to a record 61.80 yuan on Monday, lifting its market capitalization to 4.13 trillion yuan. The upside is because reports that Apple is considering using CXMT memory chips, alongside continued momentum across chip stocks following last week's gains in SanDisk and Micron.
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[2026-08-17 21:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s second-largest carmaker names new chairman and CEO as profit drops despite record revenue and export surge
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[2026-08-17 21:32 UTC+10:00] [Geely Auto] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s second-largest carmaker names new chairman and CEO as profit drops despite record revenue and export surge
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[2026-08-17 21:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Meta wants to lead in open-source AI. China's Alibaba just reminded the U.S. tech giant how competitive the market is.
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[2026-08-17 21:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Government rolls out first batch of 30 projects across 13 departments to improve services such as food licensing, leisure facility bookings
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[2026-08-17 21:20 UTC+10:00] [Environmental Protection Department] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Government rolls out first batch of 30 projects across 13 departments to improve services such as food licensing, leisure facility bookings
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[2026-08-17 21:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Global giants fight for a bite of China’s burger market as budget-conscious diners and changing eating habits fuel a new fast-food obsession
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[2026-08-17 21:15 UTC+10:00] [hambuger] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Global giants fight for a bite of China’s burger market as budget-conscious diners and changing eating habits fuel a new fast-food obsession
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[2026-08-17 20:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Journalists peer into a Geely Starray EM-i car, a mid-sized plug-in hybrid SUV, at a news conference in Paris on April 28. © Reuters
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[2026-08-17 20:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: New Delhi, India — China has denied the Indian army access to key patrolling points and encroached on land in the Indian border state of Arunachal Pradesh, according to a fact-finding team of regional politicians allied with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.
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[2026-08-17 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Spain is one of the fastest-growing markets for Chinese plug-in hybrid vehicles as customers’ technological expectations shift gears
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[2026-08-17 20:30 UTC+10:00] [Europe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Spain is one of the fastest-growing markets for Chinese plug-in hybrid vehicles as customers’ technological expectations shift gears
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[2026-08-17 20:29 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Andrei Klepach of VEB said Russia’s economy was falling behind China, US and ‘in some respects Ukraine’
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[2026-08-17 20:22 UTC+10:00] [Asia Pacific] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: WORLDCLAW. Silhouettes of figures depicting US President Donald Trump and his son Eric Trump are seen behind the WorldClaw logo in this illustration taken on August 11, 2026.
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[2026-08-17 20:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese ticketing platform Maoyan predicted that the film could make 18.4 million yuan (US$2.7 million) within 30 days of release.
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[2026-08-17 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Genscript posted adjusted net profit of US$62.52 million for the six months ended June 30, a 203 per cent year-on-year surge
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