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This page is an archive of main headlines from China for 12.02.2025.
It displays 51 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
12.02.2025 ⇢ Moon Names Through Trade Threats
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The morning brought strategic naming announcements for China's lunar program, with "Wangyu" spacesuit and "Tansuo" rover designations, continuing the previous days' space technology narrative alongside DeepSeek AI developments. State media maintained parallel coverage of these achievements while responding to US Navy movements through the Taiwan Strait.
By midday, attention shifted to economic tensions as US House Republicans pushed to revoke China's normal trade status, building on previous days' tariff confrontations. The Chinese GPU performance claims against Nvidia emerged as a counter-narrative to US technology restrictions.
Evening coverage focused on Manila's South China Sea "transparency initiative" and Yiwu's response to US tariff increases, while state media maintained lunar exploration narratives. The ongoing Paris AI summit revealed deepening US-China technology governance divisions, with both sides declining common framework agreements.
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00:56⇢AI Summit Splits Paris
⌨The newspapers report extensive coverage of the Paris AI summit, with divergent positions between China, US, and EU (DW Chinese, Global Times), while Alibaba announces AI cooperation with Apple for the Chinese market (SCMP). Winter sports economy receives coordinated coverage as a new growth sector (Beijing Daily, China Daily Chinese). Third and fourth-tier cities emerge as main box office drivers during Spring Festival (Economic Observer), while health authorities warn of avian flu risks (Secret China).
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South China Morning Post
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South China Morning Post
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South China Morning Post
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Deutsche Welle 中文网
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China Daily
Continuous innovation, global expansion and industrial upgrade will empower Chinese companies to counter rising protectionism and geopolitical tensions this year, driving foreign trade growth and reinforcing China's global competitiveness, said market observers and exporters.
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中国经济网
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Global Times
As DeepSeek has emerged in the field of generative AI, and Unitree Robotics' humanoid robots has taken the center stage ...
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中国中央电视台
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中国中央电视台
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Peoples Daily
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Hong Kong Free Press
Fraud cases, which continued to cause the increase in overall crime last year, rose 11.7 per cent from 2023, Commissioner of Police Raymond Siu said on Tuesday. Violent crime also rose 3.6 per cent in 2024, reaching a total of 10,400 cases.
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China Daily
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10:00⇢DeepSeek AI Meets Space Launch
⌨The newspapers report growing attention to China's AI and space capabilities, with coverage of DeepSeek's AI developments and Unitree's robotics advances (Global Times), alongside the maiden flight of Long March-8A rocket (People's Daily, Xinhua). Trade coverage focuses on foreign trade growth despite global tensions (China Daily), while Hong Kong reports increased crime rates, particularly in fraud cases (HKFP).
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China Military Online
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South China Morning Post
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Xinhua News Agency
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Xinhua News Agency
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Global Times
Wangyu and Tansuo, meaning “Looking into the Universe” and “Exploration,” respectively, were officially unveiled by the China Manned Space Agency ...
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Hong Kong Free Press
Ridership is still “lingering over 15% below pre-pandemic 2018 levels,” Hong Kong Tramways said, adding that it was facing rising operational costs.
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South China Morning Post
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Xinhua News Agency
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Deutsche Welle 中文网
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Deutsche Welle 中文网
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China Daily
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China Military Online
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15:29⇢Moon Names Through Paris AI Split
⌨The newspapers report extensive coverage of Beijing's space program naming initiatives, with "Wangyu" and "Tansuo" chosen for lunar mission equipment (Global Times, People's Daily, Xinhua). AI discourse intensifies with US and UK refusing to sign global AI declaration in Paris (BBC Chinese), while Chinese GPUs demonstrate superior performance over Nvidia in specific tasks (SCMP). Military activities continue with Coast Guard patrols around Diaoyu Islands (China Military Online).
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Global Times
Wangyu and Tansuo, meaning “Looking into the Universe” and “Exploration,” respectively, were officially unveiled by the China Manned Space Agency ...
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Hong Kong Free Press
NJZ’s appearance in ComplexCon Hong Kong will be the South Korean girl band’s first performance under the new name.
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South China Morning Post
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China Military Online
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中国经济网
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South China Morning Post
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China Daily
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Hong Kong Free Press
Former Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam’s office will move to the Immigration Tower in Wan Chai as the tenancy of her office in Pacific Place in Admiralty expires in May, Chief Secretary Eric Chan also said.
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Deutsche Welle 中文网
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South China Morning Post
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Although bonds are still the investment mainstay, yields are too low to match insurers’ obligations and the stock market lacks enough high-quality, dividend-paying companies
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South China Morning Post
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20:32⇢Moon Names Meet Falling Yields
⌨The newspapers report extensive coverage of China's lunar mission naming, with "Wangyu" and "Tansuo" unveiled for spacesuits and vehicles (Global Times, People's Daily, Xinhua). Financial pressures emerge with insurers facing falling bond yields (Caixin Global), while US House Republicans push to revoke China's normal trade status (VOA Chinese). Hong Kong coverage focuses on Carrie Lam's office renovation costs (HKFP), while Australia's position in US-China critical minerals competition receives attention (SCMP).
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Deutsche Welle 中文网
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China Daily
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South China Morning Post
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Merchants in Yiwu, East China's Zhejiang Province responded to the additional 10 percent tariffs imposed on Chinese goods by US ...
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