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The body camera hung from the top of the IV drip, recording the slightest twitch made by Yang Guoliang as he lay bloody and paralyzed in a hospital bed after a police beating with bricks.By then, surveillance was nothing new for the Yang family in rural China, snared in an intricate network based on U.S. technology that spies on them and predicts what they'll do.

Our biggest adversary is waiting for the West to collapse. The game goes to he who outlasts the adversary, and what the Chinese want to do is to just keep things really, really stable and just wait for the Western countries to collapse. Just how powerful has China really become? What does China's leadership really want? If America is in a new Cold War, who's going to win?

The parade through Tiananmen Square commemorating the 80th anniversary of Japan's defeat in World War II featured China's DF-61, which is believed to be its newest land-based intercontinental ballistic missile, and the DF-31BJ, an upgraded version of older ICBM models. For now, little is known about either system, including their operational status. Even if these systems are developmental, China has a sizable arsenal of land-based ICBMs.

Thousands of soldiers marching in tight formations, state-of-the-art weapon systems including intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), rocket launchers, and battle tanks and above all, Chinese President Xi Jinping projecting power standing in a grandstand above the iconic portrait of the founder of the People's Republic, Mao Zedong, on Tiananmen Square in Beijing. These images are circulating around the world on Wednesday.

When President Trump returned to the White House his intention was clear: Make America Great Again. But the United States's economic partners, and some of its rivals, are also benefitting from having the unorthodox showman back in the Oval Office. Investors are watching the U.S. stock market with both enthusiasm and trepidation: The S&P 500 is up 15% over the past year, Treasuries have remained relatively steady, and the Fed's monetary policy is expected to begin a downwards trajectory.

China's energy sector has cut its emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane by 21% between 2014 and 2021, according to an inventory published this month.

China and India are re-evaluating their historical relationship, possibly seeing each other as allies rather than adversaries due to changes in US trade policies.

China, having long been the world's largest shipbuilding force, is reinforcing its dominance with a merger that will create a massive industrial entity.

NASA is facing significant leadership challenges as it navigates devastating cuts to its science budget while aiming to return astronauts to the Moon through its Artemis program.

On 19 July, Chinese premier Li Qiang announced the launch of a project to build the world's largest hydropower station in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River, known as the Brahmaputra in India and Bangladesh.

The China Manned Space Agency successfully tested a high-fidelity mockup of its 26-ton 'Lanyue' lunar lander, simulating lunar gravity and marking a significant step for China’s manned lunar exploration.

Swatch has faced backlash and accusations of racism for an advert that featured a model pulling the corners of his eyes, causing significant outrage on social media.

Within 18 hours, Xiaomi received about 240,000 orders for its YU7 crossover, showcasing a demand that significantly outpaces production capabilities.

The scores in the Shanghai Ranking are based on several factors, such as the number of faculty and alumni of the institutions who have received the Nobel Prize or the Fields Medal, the number of highly cited researchers on staff, or the number of articles published in the academic journals Science and Nature over the past five years.