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China Moves Humanoid Robots From Commercial Dominance Toward Military Trials on the Battlefield

China is transitioning humanoid robots from entertainment to military use, with the PLA testing them for battlefield applications. This shift raises questions about autonomy and ethical implications.

International Business Times UK

From dance floor to war: China readies humanoid robots for combat

Two days after the Games ended, the People's Liberation Army's official newspaper drew its own conclusions from the show. The PLA Daily called for researchers to accelerate the transfer of cutting-edge technologies from laboratories to military training grounds for robotic "combatants."

The Economic Times

Forget lasers and missiles, China wants to kill drones using a common tech households use everyday in kitchens all around the world — invisible microwave weapons can fry electronics but still require line-of-sight and proximity

China wants to counter drone swarms using high power microwave weapons similar in principle to household ovens but scaled for military air defense roles.

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China touts new microwave weapon that ‘can destroy drone swarm from 3km away’

Chinese military hardware is under intensified scrutiny this week after its radar systems failed to warn Venezuela of impending US attack

The Independent UK

From Drone Swarms to Robot Dogs — DeepSeek Becomes China's Secret Weapon in AI Arms Race

China's PLA is rapidly integrating powerful, domestically developed AI — primarily DeepSeek — into next-generation autonomous weapons, including robot dogs and drone swarms, accelerating the global arms race.

International Business Times UK

China's autonomous military combat drone powered by DeepSeek highlights Nvidia reliance — investigation reveals People's Liberation Army, supporting institutions continue to use restricted H100 chips

Chinese defense company Norinco introduced an AI military drone with 'autonomous combat-support' capability to help make warfare more efficient.

Tom’s Hardware

Power vacuum in west Africa’s Sahel: 3 ways China could fill the gap as west exits

With France fast losing its influence in west Africa’s Sahel region and an unpredictable US president in power, will China fill the vacuum?

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World's biggest weapons fair sees surge in visitors amid global turmoil

The world's largest arms exhibition, held in Paris this week, attracted bumper crowds as a result of the wars in Ukraine and Gaza and increased tension between the US, Russia and China. Eurosatory 2024 was also not without controversy.

Radio France Internationale

Friends at any price: China seeks allies, arms markets in West Africa as French influence wanes

China’s expansion into the West African arms market is a shift in strategy for a country that has typically focussed its weapons sales on other African regions. But Beijing is not just competing for a share of a new market: amid waning French influence in West Africa, China is looking…

France 24

Ukraine says it is finding more Chinese components in Russian weapons

Ukrainian forces are finding a growing number of components from China in Russian weapons used in Ukraine, a senior adviser in President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's office told Reuters, as Western supplies are squeezed by sanctions.

Reuters

Factbox-Saudi-China energy, trade and investment ties

Saudi Arabia and China signed a series of agreements during President Xi Jinping's visit to the kingdom, demonstrating deepening ties between the two countries that Riyadh's traditional ally the United States is warily watching.

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