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China’s Xi Jinping meets Central Asian leaders: Why their summit matters

时间:2010-12-5 17:23:32  作者:India   来源:Opinion  查看:  评论:0
内容摘要:“If I've got family members inside that mosque and it's getting attacked, then by all means - even if I do get injured, by a brick or a firebomb or whatever it is - I’ll protect them,” he says.

“If I've got family members inside that mosque and it's getting attacked, then by all means - even if I do get injured, by a brick or a firebomb or whatever it is - I’ll protect them,” he says.

China has always been known as the world's factory - but it has been pouring billions into becoming a far more advanced one.Under Xi, it has been in a race with the US for tech dominance.

China’s Xi Jinping meets Central Asian leaders: Why their summit matters

It has invested heavily in homegrown tech, from renewables to chips to AI.Examples include the chatbot DeepSeek, which was, and BYD, which beat Tesla last year to become the world's largest electric vehicle (EV) maker. Apple has been losing its prized market share to local competitors such as Huawei and Vivo.

China’s Xi Jinping meets Central Asian leaders: Why their summit matters

Recently Beijing announced plans to spend more than $1tn over the next decade to support innovation in AI.US companies have tried to move their supply chains away from China, but they have struggled to find the same scale of infrastructure and skilled labour elsewhere.

China’s Xi Jinping meets Central Asian leaders: Why their summit matters

Chinese manufacturers at every stage of the supply chain have given the country a decades-long advantage that will take time to replicate.

That unrivalled supply chain expertise and government support have made China a formidable foe in this trade war - in some ways, Beijing has been preparing for this since Trump's previous term.Hornsea Inshore Rescue (HIR) said there had been "sewage overflow events" since 01:00 GMT.

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