中国承诺努力缩减贸易顺差
2026-01-21
| Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, in an address to the World Economic Forum's annual Davos meeting in Switzerland, praised the resilience of the nation's economy in face of global headwinds and said the domestic market will be opened further to correct trade imbalances with other countries. China ran a record US$1.2 trillion trade surplus last year, but He said the country is a "partner, not a rival" in trade. Warning against global protectionism, he said, "The world must not return to the law of the jungle where the strong prey on the weak," he said. "China's development presents an opportunity, not a threat to the world economy." His speech came just days after China announced it had achieved its 2025 growth target of 5 percent. | |
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全球市场受格陵兰紧张局势拖累
2026-01-21
| Financial markets that proved resilient last year in face of US President Donald Trump's often erratic trade and political policies tanked on Tuesday amid the Greenland controversy. In a sea of red, stocks across Asia, Europe and the US plunged, US government bonds sold off, and the dollar dropped. Safe haven investments like gold and silver rose to new records. In New York, the S&P 500 index lost 2 percent and the Nasdaq fell 2.4 percent. The yield on the 30-year US Treasury bond spiked up to 4.295 percent, and gold gained almost 4 percent to US$4,765. The Stoxx600 index in Europe slipped 0.7 percent. In Asia, the Nikkei index fell 1.1 percent, and the yield on the 40-year government bond hit a record 4 percent high. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong dropped 0.3 percent, and the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index gave up early gains to close flat. | |
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网易云音乐与泰勒·斯威夫特所属唱片公司达成合作协议
2026-01-21
| Chinese streaming service NetEase Cloud Music said it signed a multi-year licensing agreement that allows it access to the Universal Group Music library, which includes artists such as Taylor Swift. Under the deal, both parties agreed to a "shared commitment" to responsible AI practices and protection for the intellectual property of artists. | |
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特朗普将诺贝尔奖冷落与接管格陵兰联系起来
2026-01-20
| President Donald Trump sent a message to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre grousing about his failure to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last year, "Since your country decided not to give me the prize for having stopped eight wars plus, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace." He went on to say that the world "is not secure unless we have complete and total control of Greenland." It's unclear why he wrote to Støre when the Norwegian government plays no part in awarding Nobel prizes. Separately, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the BBC the US believes that its power matters more than international law and that multinational solutions are irrelevant.
European leaders will meet on Thursday to discuss new tariffs Trump has imposed on eight European countries that oppose his plans to take over Greenland from the Danes. The US and the eight countries are all members of NATO, where a deep schism has opened over Greenland. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, in an address to the nation, said Greenland's future should be left to Greenlanders and Denmark. Though he stressed the importance of the UK's strategic alliance with Washington, he said "being pragmatic doesn't mean being passive." French President Emmanuel Macron is urging retaliatory measures. |
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日本准备重启全球最大核电站
2026-01-20
| Just weeks shy of the 15th anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear power disaster in Japan that killed about 20,000 people, plant operator Tokyo Electric Power is preparing to restart one of seven reactors at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant on the Japan Sea 220 kilometers northwest of Tokyo. The facility, the largest nuclear power plant in the world, was shut down – along with other reactors -- in 2012 after the Fukushima meltdown triggered by an earthquake and tidal wave. Public opinion among the 420,000 people living within an evacuation radius of 30 kilometers around the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata prefecture opposes its restart, the Guardian reported. | |
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上海、伦敦锡价大涨，冲击供应链
2026-01-20
| A speculative surge in tin prices is sending shockwaves through global industrial supply chains and increasing liquidity concerns in an already tight metals market, where copper prices are at all-time highs. Tin has risen to records this month on London and Shanghai exchanges even though the metal isn't in short supply. Volume on Shanghai Futures Exchange tin contracts exceeded one million tons in a single day, more than twice annual global physical consumption. China's Nonferrous Metals Industry Association called the rally irrational and cautioned investors against herd mentality. Tin is used in industrial applications such as coatings, solder, flame retardants, and tinplate used in electronics, paints and beverage containers. | |
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特朗普因格陵兰问题瞄准欧洲征收关税
2026-01-19
| US President Donald Trump zeroed in on eight fellow NATO members as the target of his new 25 percent tariff on countries that oppose his plans to take over Greenland. The tariff increase will begin with a 10 percent increase on February 1 and rise to 25 percent come June, he said, adding they will remain in effect until Greenland comes under US control. The tariffs target the UK, France, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands and Finland – all countries that already have US tariffs on their products. The eight nations, in a joint statement, said, "Tariff threats undermine trans-Atlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral." The Dutch called the tariffs blackmail, and French President Emmanuel Macron suggested the EU could adopt US$108 billion in retaliatory tariffs against the US. Greenland is an autonomous territory under Denmark, which has said any US attack on the island would spell the end of NATO.
Separately, a US Supreme Court ruling on the legality of Trump's use of emergency powers to levy non-sector specific, general tariffs on other nations is expected any day. Trump has used the tariffs both for trade and political retaliation. The ruling would include the new tariffs on Europe as well as a range of tariffs imposed on global trading partners. |
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中国用电量升至历史新高，AI 成为重要因素
2026-01-19
| China's electricity consumption in 2025 rose to a record 10.4 trillion kilowatt-hours, more than double that of the US, China's CCTV reported, citing the National Energy Administration. The 5 percent increase from a year earlier puts China at the top of world rankings, with consumption more than the combined total of the EU, Russia, India and Japan. The record electricity use was largely down to the surge in AI data centers, which consume vast amounts of power, and to rising sales of electric vehicles. Electricity consumption by data centers and other information technology surged 17 percent, while residential use was up 6.3 percent. Factory and mining consumption grew 3.7 percent. | |
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中国核聚变产业接近关键拐点
2026-01-19
| China's nuclear fusion industry is moving from the research lab toward the marketplace, industry experts said. At a recent nuclear fusion industry conference, industry participants said they expect multiple domestic and overseas fusion projects in the next five years will move into construction and equipment phases. Nuclear fusion, which powers the sun, is the process of forcing molecular nuclei together, producing vast amounts of clean energy that is converted into electricity. It works opposite to existing nuclear fission, which creates energy by splitting atoms, creating stockpiles of radioactive waste in its wake. Spending on the new technology in China has approached 200 billion yuan (US$29 billion). Guotai Haitong analyst Xu Qiang said investor interest in fusion rose sharply in 2025. | |
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美伊紧张局势缓和，中国呼吁保持克制
2026-01-16
| Several Arab states, including Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, helped to de-escalate tensions between Washington and Tehran this week, fearing wider repercussions across the region, CNN reported. The White House said President Donald Trump hasn't ruled out military intervention
after Iranian protests against the rising cost of living left thousands dead. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday called for peace and restraint in the Iran situation as tensions continue to simmer. The Trump administration has announced new sanctions against Iranian individuals and entities that it alleges were involved in suppressing demonstrations or are involved in laundering proceeds of oil sales to foreign markets. |
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