Glass Wings Blog: China
20 years ago, China bet big on electric vehicles. Now Western carmakers are feeling the pain
$71 to $9 million: how a mocked Chinese animation became an unlikely box‑office hit
‘A little light in the dark’: the former Chinese police officer bringing bubble tea to wartorn Ukraine
A new museum every 1.5 days: what’s driving China’s massive cultural expansion
After an opaque summit, China and the US want to work together again. That might not be good news for the world
The Age of Electricity is a massive opportunity for Australia, if it can match China’s speed and scale
Are You Dead? China’s viral app reveals a complex reality of solo living and changing social ties
Australia is stuck in a vicious circle of diesel fuel dependence. Chinese electric trucks offer a way out
Australia may have to choose between a Chinese TikTok and one owned by Trump’s billionaire backers
Being a woman in China is getting harder. But in Chengdu, female-only spaces are flourishing
BYD deploys first 1,500 kW Flash Charger outside of China
China bankrolling Putin’s war to gain advantage over West, MPs told
China completes installation of world’s largest single-rotor floating wind turbine
China debuts world’s first electric mining trucks with huge sodium-ion battery packs
China has cracked down on AI companions. What can we learn from this?
China has decided that firing a worker because an AI can do their job is illegal. No Western country has done the same.
China Has Scaled Floating Solar PV — Will the World Follow?
China is funding African farmers but not food processing and storage: why it’s a problem
China is launching a Moon mission to find water ice. It’s unlike anything NASA has done
China just put the world’s largest all-electric container ship into commercial service
China launches three-crew spaceflight as part of lunar ambitions
China opens world’s first undersea data centre, powered by offshore wind turbines
China Planted 78 Billion New Trees—and Seriously Messed Up Its Water Cycle
China Pressure Canceled World’s Largest Digital Human Rights Conference
China surpasses US in research spending – the consequences extend far beyond scientific ranking and clout
China’s AI and tech breakthroughs are built on decades of work. Here’s what other nations can learn
China’s electric revolution is extending beyond EVs and trucks to ferries and cargo ships
China’s new literary star had 19 jobs before ‘writer’ – including bike courier and bakery apprentice
China’s Water Bomb Has Exploded in Nepal — and the World Is Silent
China’s Yangtze River shows signs of remarkable recovery after fishing ban
Chinese companies are taking over the EV market. What’s behind their meteoric rise?
Chinese mining giant builds out electric truck fleet, with swappable and fast charge batteries
Chinese repairwomen smash stereotypes with power tools
Chinese Sources Push Territorial Claims With Mistranslations
Chinese travellers cancel hundreds of thousands of trips to Japan amid rising tensions
Chinese warship holds live-fire drills inside Japan’s economic waters for first time
“Desert greening:” China’s massive solar farms create cool refuges for plants in Gobi desert
Electric trucks in China have already ditched diesel, now they’re ditching the driver
‘Everyone seems to have forgotten’: In Tibet, flood-hit families search for the missing and grapple with China’s silence
‘Extremely hostile’: Trump lashes China over trade controls but there may be a silver lining
Fake lawyers, scientists, chefs and punters: meet the ‘white monkeys’ paid to make Chinese businesses look global
Faster, higher, funnier: what we learned from China’s robot games
Fortescue order for giant electric haul trucks is China’s biggest green mining export order
From Trump’s wrecking ball to China’s electrifying rise, geopolitics hang heavy over this year’s climate talks
Hong Kong pro-democracy publisher convicted of sedition, in major blow to press freedom
Hong Kong’s last major opposition party disbands amid Chinese pressure
How China is betting cheap AI will get the world hooked on its tech
HungryPanda riders say Chinese police intimidating families in China over Sydney protests
ICE arrests human rights lawyer who fled Chinese crackdown
Is China’s reported ban on BHP a bluff, or a glimpse of the future?
Is oil king again? China’s surging cleantech exports show the opposite is true
Is this the world’s biggest electric mining truck? A 350-tonne monster unveiled in China
Italian prosciutto in place of Yunnan ham: how Chinese migrants navigate food in Australia
‘It’s a nice surprise to be treated like kings!’ Why are mid-level British indie bands massive in China?
Japan car giants still pushing anti-EV narrative even as China rivals close sales gap
Liux’s Big microcar bets on sustainability to take on Chinese rivals
No wind farms in China? Trump claim torched by record year of new wind capacity, mostly in China
One fire, two systems: Hong Kong's grief meets Beijing's red lines
Petrol station converted into flash charging hub as Chinese oil giant partners with EV and battery giant BYD
Photos of China’s Green Energy Transition
Pizza Hut feasts and improvised altars: lunar new year in Australia’s small town Chinese restaurants
Putin’s China Trap: How Russia Becomes China’s Vassal
Renault says a desirable $20,000 EV is coming – and it’s NOT made in China
Renewables giant China nears peak emissions, Beijingers see mountain peaks for first time in decades
Scientists Successfully Test Underwater Solar Cells 32 Feet Below The South China Sea
“Solar surge:” China smashes PV export records as energy crisis fast-tracks fossil fuel exodus
Soviet Trap: Why China is Making Moscow's Fatal Mistake
Student allegedly jailed in China for six years after taking part in pro-democracy protests in Australia
Taiwan vice-president presses case at EU parliament for joint efforts to counter China
The Taiwanese pop megastar spreading the hidden Chinese history of Australia’s gold rush to a global audience
These Chinese robots ride ceiling rails to charge your EV
“They don’t spin:” Trump says China only sells wind turbines to stupid people
‘They have built a machine that pulls out their mother tongue’: why Tibet’s children ‘think they are Chinese’
The threat of sabotage from China is growing. That’s not an excuse to erode Australians’ freedoms
TikTokers are ‘becoming Chinese’ in a new trend that’s part parody and part politics
Tracing the long history of Aboriginal-Chinese people in Australia, through archives and art
Trump bans robots and inverters from China – and it could be a big win for Australia
Trump is making China – not America – great again, global survey suggests
Trump's rare earths deal to counter China was a badly needed 'Sputnik moment'
Trump‑Xi summit: 3 ways the US and China can compete without going to war
Typhoon Dolphin makes landfall in China as its strongest storm this year
Typhoon Dolphin: more than a million people evacuated in China as record rainfall dumped on Shanghai
The 'typhoon-proof' wind farms powering China's coast
Underground church says leaders detained as China steps up crackdown
US and Australia sign rare earths deal to counter China's dominance
The US and China are planning Moon bases. It could help improve life on Earth
V&A censored catalogues after demands by Chinese printer
Wealthy Americans top ‘golden visa’ surge in New Zealand and applications from China double
What does China’s host bid mean for the High Seas Treaty?
What is Shen Yun, the Chinese dance troupe connected to the bomb threat at the Lodge?
Why is everyone playing mahjong? The global revival of a centuries‑old Chinese tradition
Why tensions between China and Japan are unlikely to be resolved soon
Why we should follow China’s lead on electric trucks – and power it with the Australian sun
With Nvidia’s second-best AI chips headed for China, the US shifts priorities from security to trade
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