中国高级外交官抨击“世界警察、世界法官”做派
2026-01-06
| Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, in his first public comment since the US captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and said it is taking over the oil-rich nation, said Beijing cannot accept any country acting as the "world's police or judge." He made the remarks in a meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Ishaq Dar. "The sovereignty and security of all countries should be fully protected under international law," Wang said, without mentioning the US by name. US President Donald Trump said American oil companies will invest billions of dollars to fix Venezuela's decaying oil infrastructure and recoup the losses they suffered when Venezuela nationalized the industry in the early 2000s. | |
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三星将把 Gemini AI 在移动设备中的应用规模扩大一倍
2026-01-06
| South Korea's Samsung Electronics, a major rival with Chinese domestic firms in consumer electronics, said it plans to double the number of smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices with AI features powered by Google's Gemini to 800 million this year, Reuters reported. "We will apply AI to all products, all functions and all services as quickly as possible," co-Chief Executive T M Roh told the news agency. Samsung is seeking to reclaim the top spot in the global smartphone market lost to Apple last year, and to fend off competition from Chinese rivals not only in mobile devices but also in televisions and home appliances. | |
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字节跳动即将推出豆包 AI 眼镜
2026-01-06
| ByteDance is preparing to ship its Doubao brand AI smart glasses to market according to supply-chain sources cited by Chinese tech outlet Blue Whale Technology. The product, which must be used with the Doubao app, has been developed jointly with Longcheer Technology, a Chinese original design manufacturer. Under the partnership, Longcheer is responsible for the underlying user interface, while ByteDance focuses on app-level development to enhance integration with smartphones. The glasses weigh under 50 grams and use a self-developed spatial algorithm chip. ByteDance plans to offer multiple versions, including models with or without cameras and display functions. The starting price is expected to be below 2,000 yuan (US$285). | |
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中国、俄罗斯等国批评美国对委内瑞拉的袭击
2026-01-05
| China and Russia led condemnation of a US surprise attack on Venezuela that bombed military sites around the capital Caracas and captured President Nicolas Madruo and his wife. China said it is "deeply shocked and strongly condemns the blatant use of force against a sovereign state and its president." The foreign ministry in Beijing said the US action breaches international law and Maduro should be released immediately. Russia said there is no legitimate rationale for the attack, calling it "extremely concerning" and demonstrating "ideological animosity over pragmatism." In Latin America, Brazil, Columbia and Mexico also condemned US aggression, but Argentina called Maduro's ouster "excellent news." Europeans expressed support for international laws of sovereignty, while championing the need for democracy in Venezuela.
The US dispatched 150 aircraft and a special operations team to Caracas early on Saturday, bombing military targets around the capital and arresting Maduro. The president and his wife were flown to New York to stand trial on charges of narco-terrorism. Venezuela said many of Maduro's security team were killed during the raid. US President Donald Trump said the US is going to be calling the shots in oil-rich Venezuela until a "proper" transition of power is possible. American oil companies, he said, will invest billions of dollars to rebuild the nation's decaying oil infrastructure. Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez, who took interim control of the government, said in a televised address that the nation will defend itself from illegal "military aggression." US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington isn't at war with Venezuela. Most Western countries didn't recognize Maduro as president, calling his 2024 re-election a sham. A bus driver who rose to prominence as a trade union leader, Maduro, 63, succeeded an ailing President Hugo Chavez in 2013. His capture was the largest US intervention in Latin America since 1989, when Washington ousted Panamanian military leader Manuel Noriega and imprisoned him on drug charges similar to those laid against Maduro. Ironically, Trump last month pardoned former Honduran President Juan Hernandez, who was jailed on drugs charges in 2024. |
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Oil Seen Broadly Stable as Jittery Financial Markets Set to Open
在金融市场情绪紧张、即将开盘之际，油价整体预计保持稳定
2026-01-05
| Oil prices are unlikely to be disrupted significantly by the US weekend attack on Venezuela, though all financial markets are in for a jittery start on Monday, CNBC reported. Venezuela has the largest proven oil reserves in the world, but its production has dwindled to less than 1 percent of global output amid sanctions, mismanagement and crumbling infrastructure. US oil companies that Trump said will rebuild Venezuela's oil production were kicked out of Venezuela in 2001 when Caracas nationalized the oil industry. Venezuela is a founding member of OPEC. Eight members known as OPEC+ held a regularly scheduled virtual meeting on Sunday, making no change in ongoing plans to keep oil output steady. Venezuela was not discussed, one delegate said. | |
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AI 专家警告：技术可能主导人类
2026-01-05
| The world "may not have time" to prepare for the safety risks posed by cutting-edge AI systems, according to David Dalrymple, a leading figure in the UK government's scientific research agency.
He told the Guardian people should be concerned about the growing capability of the technology. "It's not science fiction to project that within five years, most economically valuable tasks will be performed by machines at a higher level of quality and lower cost than by humans," he said. "We will be outcompeted in all the domains where we need to be dominant to maintain control of our civilization and planet." Dalrymple said there is a wide gap between public understanding and looming AI breakthroughs that don't have sufficient safeguards. |
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比亚迪取代特斯拉，成为全球最大的电动车制造商
2026-01-04
| Chinese auto giant BYD toppled Tesla as the world's biggest seller of electric cars in 2025. The milestone is an ironic twist for Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk, who famously ridiculed BYD vehicles in a 2011 interview. Shenzhen-based BYD said sales of its battery-powered cars rose 28 percent last year to 2.3 million. US-based Tesla reported annual sales fell 9 percent to 1.6 million. BYD shares in Hong Kong rose 3.6 percent; Tesla shares in New York dropped 2.6 percent. In another milestone for the green vehicle industry, Norway reported that 96 percent of all new cars sold in the country last year were electric.
BYD was founded by chemist and entrepreneur Wang Chuanfu in 1995 as a battery maker. The company went public in 2002 and a year later, created the auto unit. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway took a nearly 10 percent stake in the company in 2008, but has since sold it for a reported return of nearly 4,000 percent. BYD also has interests in electronic devices, semiconductors, energy storage and monorails. |
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美国表示“已严阵以待”，将支持伊朗抗议者
2026-01-04
| President Donald Trump warned Iran that the US will "come to the rescue" if government forces kill peaceful protesters in a current wave of street demonstrations triggered by a deteriorating economy. "We are locked and loaded and ready to go," Trump said on his social media site. Despite the warning, Iranian security forces opened fire on protesters on Friday night. At least eight people reportedly have been killed since protests began in cities across the country nearly a week ago. A senior adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Trump should "be careful" because intervention would spark potential chaos across the Middle East. The public unrest comes amid an inflation rate of 42 percent and a halving of the value of the nation's currency. | |
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中国电影在银幕上大放异彩
2026-01-04
| China's movie industry stamped its importance as both global filmmaker and box-office money spinner in 2025. Annual ticket sales surged 22 percent from a year earlier to about 51.8 billion yuan (US$7.4 billion), accounting for nearly a quarter of the global box office. Animation films accounted for nearly half of ticket sales in China, with domestically produced "Ne Zha 2," the big hit of the year. Among foreign successes, Disney's "Zootopia 2" hit a record as the highest-grossing imported animated film, with China ticket sales accounting for 40 percent global receipts. Beyond animation, other box office hits last year were China-made "Dead to Rights" and "Evil Unbound," Momentum has carried into the new year. As of January 2, box office takings for the New Year holiday period exceeded 500 million yuan. | |
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中国 AI 初创公司将被 Meta 收购
2025-12-31
| US technology giant Meta, which operates platforms like Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, and has been on an AI spending spree this year, said it will acquire AI startup Manus, which was founded in 2022 in Beijing but has since relocated to Singapore. No financial details were disclosed, but the Wall Street Journal reported the deal is valued at over US$2 billion, ranking among Meta's larger AI-related acquisitions. The company, once hailed as China's next DeepSeek, gained attention earlier this year with the release of what it claimed was the world's first general AI agent capable of making decisions and executing tasks autonomously, requiring much less prompting than other chatbots. Meta said it will operate and sell the Manus service, and integrate it into its consumer and business products.
Manus began as a product of Beijing-based startup Butterfly Effect before evolving into a separate entity. Earlier this year, the company raised US$75 million in a fundraising backed by venture capital firm Benchmark, China tech giant Tencent and private equity firm HongShan Capital. Manus said the Metal deal validates its pioneering work with general AI agents, helping users tackle research, automation and complex tasks. "Joining Meta allows us to build on a stronger, more sustainable foundation without changing how Manus works or how decisions are made," said Manus Chief Executive Xiao Hong. |
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