China's 2024 Anti-Corruption Campaign: Results and Evolving Challenges
China's 2024 anti-corruption campaign investigated 58 high-ranking officials, sanctioned 433,000 lower-ranking officials, recovered \$2.1 billion in illicit assets, and saw tangible improvements in healthcare costs, while facing challenges from evolving corruption tactics.
China's 2024 Anti-Corruption Campaign: Results and Evolving Challenges
China's 2024 anti-corruption campaign investigated 58 high-ranking officials, sanctioned 433,000 lower-ranking officials, recovered \$2.1 billion in illicit assets, and saw tangible improvements in healthcare costs, while facing challenges from evolving corruption tactics.
Progress
56% Bias Score
China Concludes 2024 with Strong Economic Growth and Technological Advancements
In 2024, China's economy grew to over 130 trillion yuan, marked by progress in AI, space exploration, and social welfare, bolstering national pride and international standing.
China Concludes 2024 with Strong Economic Growth and Technological Advancements
In 2024, China's economy grew to over 130 trillion yuan, marked by progress in AI, space exploration, and social welfare, bolstering national pride and international standing.
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64% Bias Score
China's Booming Humanoid Robot Industry
China's humanoid robot sector is booming, with new production lines, advanced AI training data (RoboMIND), and increased industrial applications (auto manufacturing, power grids) driving growth, projected to reach 75 billion yuan by 2029.
China's Booming Humanoid Robot Industry
China's humanoid robot sector is booming, with new production lines, advanced AI training data (RoboMIND), and increased industrial applications (auto manufacturing, power grids) driving growth, projected to reach 75 billion yuan by 2029.
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40% Bias Score
China Sends Emergency Aid to Earthquake-Stricken Vanuatu
China sent emergency aid supplies, including tents, beds, and medical equipment, from Shenzhen to Port Vila, Vanuatu, on January 1, 2025, in response to a 7.3 magnitude earthquake that struck on December 17, 2024, also providing $1 million in aid and four engineering experts.
China Sends Emergency Aid to Earthquake-Stricken Vanuatu
China sent emergency aid supplies, including tents, beds, and medical equipment, from Shenzhen to Port Vila, Vanuatu, on January 1, 2025, in response to a 7.3 magnitude earthquake that struck on December 17, 2024, also providing $1 million in aid and four engineering experts.
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36% Bias Score
Alibaba slashes Qwen-VL AI model price by 85%, fueling China's tech price war
Alibaba Cloud announced an 85% price cut for its visual language model Qwen-VL on December 26, 2024, its third price reduction since May 2024, reflecting intense competition in China's burgeoning AI market; prices now start at 0.0015 yuan/1000 tokens (Qwen-VL-Plus) and 0.003 yuan/1000 tokens (Qwen-V...
Alibaba slashes Qwen-VL AI model price by 85%, fueling China's tech price war
Alibaba Cloud announced an 85% price cut for its visual language model Qwen-VL on December 26, 2024, its third price reduction since May 2024, reflecting intense competition in China's burgeoning AI market; prices now start at 0.0015 yuan/1000 tokens (Qwen-VL-Plus) and 0.003 yuan/1000 tokens (Qwen-V...
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32% Bias Score
China Launches Safeguard Investigation into Imported Beef
China initiated a safeguard investigation into imported beef products on December 1, 2023, following a request from 10 domestic industry associations citing harm caused by increased imports; interested parties can request hearings within 20 days.
China Launches Safeguard Investigation into Imported Beef
China initiated a safeguard investigation into imported beef products on December 1, 2023, following a request from 10 domestic industry associations citing harm caused by increased imports; interested parties can request hearings within 20 days.
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40% Bias Score
China Launches High-Speed Rail to Hong Kong
China launched direct high-speed rail service between Xi'an and Hong Kong, and Wuhan and Hong Kong on January 5th, 2025, reducing travel times to under 11 hours (Xi'an) and 5 hours (Wuhan), boosting economic and cultural ties, and reflecting China's broader high-speed rail expansion plans.
China Launches High-Speed Rail to Hong Kong
China launched direct high-speed rail service between Xi'an and Hong Kong, and Wuhan and Hong Kong on January 5th, 2025, reducing travel times to under 11 hours (Xi'an) and 5 hours (Wuhan), boosting economic and cultural ties, and reflecting China's broader high-speed rail expansion plans.
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36% Bias Score
Xi's New Year Address: Highlighting China's Economic Growth and Global Cooperation
In his New Year's address, Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasized China's economic achievements, including the production of over 10 million new energy vehicles, and its commitment to global cooperation and sustainable development, citing projects such as the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway.
Xi's New Year Address: Highlighting China's Economic Growth and Global Cooperation
In his New Year's address, Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasized China's economic achievements, including the production of over 10 million new energy vehicles, and its commitment to global cooperation and sustainable development, citing projects such as the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway.
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40% Bias Score
China Cuts Import Tariffs, Expands Free Trade
China reduced import tariffs on 935 products and launched a free trade agreement with the Maldives on Wednesday, furthering its high-quality development and high-standard opening strategy, while also implementing its first energy law and new data security regulations.
China Cuts Import Tariffs, Expands Free Trade
China reduced import tariffs on 935 products and launched a free trade agreement with the Maldives on Wednesday, furthering its high-quality development and high-standard opening strategy, while also implementing its first energy law and new data security regulations.
Progress
40% Bias Score
Tesla's Shanghai Megapack Factory Begins Test Production
Tesla's Shanghai Megapack factory began test production in December 2024, aiming for mass production in early 2025; this facility, built in seven months, will produce 10,000 Megapack units annually, contributing to Tesla's growing energy storage business, which saw a 52.4% year-over-year revenue inc...
Tesla's Shanghai Megapack Factory Begins Test Production
Tesla's Shanghai Megapack factory began test production in December 2024, aiming for mass production in early 2025; this facility, built in seven months, will produce 10,000 Megapack units annually, contributing to Tesla's growing energy storage business, which saw a 52.4% year-over-year revenue inc...
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40% Bias Score
Guangdong Launches First Provincial Low-Altitude Economy Standardization Committee
Guangdong province launched China's first provincial-level technical standardization committee for its low-altitude economy on Monday, aiming to accelerate the formulation of national and local standards and boost the sector's growth, which exceeded \$68.5 billion USD in 2023.
Guangdong Launches First Provincial Low-Altitude Economy Standardization Committee
Guangdong province launched China's first provincial-level technical standardization committee for its low-altitude economy on Monday, aiming to accelerate the formulation of national and local standards and boost the sector's growth, which exceeded \$68.5 billion USD in 2023.
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48% Bias Score
World's Longest Highway Tunnel Opens in Xinjiang, China
The 22.13-kilometer Shengli Tunnel, the world's longest highway tunnel, opened on Monday in China's Xinjiang region, connecting Urumqi and Yuli and reducing travel time from seven hours to just over three once the highway fully opens in 2025, overcoming extreme weather, geological challenges, and en...
World's Longest Highway Tunnel Opens in Xinjiang, China
The 22.13-kilometer Shengli Tunnel, the world's longest highway tunnel, opened on Monday in China's Xinjiang region, connecting Urumqi and Yuli and reducing travel time from seven hours to just over three once the highway fully opens in 2025, overcoming extreme weather, geological challenges, and en...
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52% Bias Score