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BYD shares slide as fierce China competition dents first-half earnings

BYD shares slid after the automaker released its latest results on Friday, despite higher second-quarter profit and overseas growth.

Nepal floods: China’s strict control of Tibet makes it harder to prepare for Himalayan disasters

Early warnings and shared data will move only as fast as Beijing’s security concerns allow.

'Formaldehyde cabbages' trigger outrage in China and overseas

Balance Sheet Rescue Meets China Drag in Accuray’s (ARAY) Mixed Quarter

Why a newly formed lake is sparking fears of more flooding along the Nepal-China border

Even as rescuers worked through mud and debris Friday in areas devastated by a catastrophic flash flood along the Himalayan border between Nepal and China, authorities warned that a newly formed, overflowing lake could trigger further flooding.

Estée Lauder (EL)’s China Bet Just Paid Off. Its Makeup Business Still Hasn’t Caught Up

Satellite images show bedrock and glacier collapsed on Nepal-China border, then rivers flooded

As rescue teams searched for missing people following catastrophic flooding along the Nepal-China border, Earth scientists reviewed satellite imagery for clues to the cause and assessed the devastation.

DeepSeek looks for fresh capital as founder’s quant empire navigates China’s choppy IPO market

High-Flyer Quant, which bankrolled DeepSeek, has come to the fore, making a push into new listings as it chases returns in China's red-hot IPO market.

Nepal flash floods LIVE: Death toll rises to 939, missing people drops to 3,925: disaster authority

China rejects claims linking its massive hydropower projects in Tibet to the August 26 flash flood disaster in Nepal, calling them “malicious speculation”

Nepal floods: children as young as 11 among 39 Australians missing after disaster

Nepali tour operator fears 15 Australians who had been on a trek near the border with China have died after devastating flood <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/aug/27/nepal-flash-flood-live-updates-tibet-border-

Nepal-Tibet floods live: Nearly 1,500 people missing in devastating landslides

Landslides caused by a glacial collapse unleashed a torrent of mud and water across Nepal and China's autonomous region of Tibet on Wednesday, killing at least 270 people and leaving nearly 1,500 missing.

Nepal-Tibet floods live: Nearly 180 dead; 1,400 missing; rescue continues

Rescue teams are rushing to find hundreds of people still missing after flash floods near Nepal's border with China.

China sees opportunity in America’s recent AI security scares

Chinese companies embrace an open approach for the mathematical parameters that determine how an AI system operates; their U.S. counterparts take the opposite approach.

UNC Ends Study Abroad Program in China

UNC Ends Study Abroad Program in China sara.custer@in… Mon, 08/31/2026 - 03:00 AM Byline(s) Sara Custer

China warns Pacific nations of 'consequences' for Taiwan forum invite

Border area between Nepal and China where 33 Australians are missing still almost entirely cut off

Majority of missing Australians were near Gyirong Port minutes before impact.

China is concealing scale of flood disaster, say Tibet campaigners

Rights group claims 300 homes were destroyed in Tibet and number of missing people is ‘far higher’ than Beijing admits A Tibetan advocacy group says hundreds of homes were destroyed on the Tibetan side of the border in last week’s deadly floods, raising questions about Beijing’s

China’s new cotton law deepens control over Uyghur farmers’ land and labor

The official documents China's new cotton-quality regulation show how cotton production is being integrated into a system of land transfer, labor mobilisation, political instruction, and digital surveillance.

China’s fertility crisis is evidence of its modernization success

China’s only daughters were raised to pursue education, independence and opportunity. Now, those same qualities are increasingly seen as obstacles to marriage and motherhood.

Hundreds feared stuck in hydropower tunnels as flood deaths surpass 950 in Nepal and China

Rescuers raced Monday to free hundreds of workers believed to be trapped in tunnels at hydropower sites that were buried in mud by catastrophic flooding on the Nepal-China border, as the death toll climbed and increasingly desperate families searched for missing loved ones.

How China buried Tibet flood images after Nepal disaster

In Tibet, a digital crackdown followed the deadly flood that has devastated communities along the China-Nepal border. Censors erased viral footage while Chinese state media flooded platforms with official content.

Trump slams data centre backlash, saying China 'could not be happier'

Zeekr’s 7GT Shooting Brake Is China’s 671-HP Case Against SUVs

The Zeekr 7GT feels like a truly premium product and proves EVs don't have to be boring

Footage of Tibet floods is being heavily censored in China - and we know little about victims there

Some of the most dramatic footage from the deadly flash flooding is hidden from public view in China.

'High risk' of lake breaching and causing second flood, warns China

Authorities say a lake formed after a recent landslide near the Nepal-Tibet border may breach in the coming days.

China is secretly fueling America's data center rage

Roughly 200 accounts from a suspected Chinese bot farm have quietly tried to influence Americans to oppose AI data centers on social media, X said Thursday night.

Photos: Nearly 1,000 dead, thousands missing in Nepal–China border floods

Over 4,000 people remain missing after deadly floods swept through Nepal and Tibet, leaving families in despair.

Deadly floods cause widespread destruction in China, Nepal

Severe flooding in the Tibet autonomous region of China and Nepal caused widespread destruction and mounting death tolls, UN agencies reported on Wednesday as aid efforts deployed to help provide emergency assistance.

A dumpling shop becomes a poster child of AI adoption in China

Business owner quotes Deng Xiaoping as motivator: “Science and technology are a primary productive force.”

I went to China to see a different AI future. It looked familiar

My trip to China revealed an AI race that looks less like a clash of competing visions, and more like two countries racing toward a similar future.

Hundreds feared stuck in hydropower tunnels as flood deaths surpass 950 in Nepal and China - AP News

Hundreds feared stuck in hydropower tunnels as flood deaths surpass 950 in Nepal and China AP News See more headlines & perspectives on Google News

Key Nvidia and Intel supplier raided over alleged China origin fraud — Unimicron faces probe over PCB origin washing, risk of 40% U.S. tariff penalty

Taiwanese prosecutors are investigating Unimicron, one of the world’s largest PCB and chip substrate makers and a key supplier to Nvidia, Intel, Google, and Amazon, over allegations that it shipped China-made PCBs back to Taiwan and relabeled them as Taiwanese products, according

China's CXMT beats Western chipmakers to announcement of LPDDR6 mass production — Xiaomi smartphones to debut industry’s first LPDDR6 chips

ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) has announced in a social media post that it has started mass production of LPDDR6 memory for a Xiaomi smartphone, Reuters reports .

Trump says communities that reject data centers 'want to end up being backwards and poor' — President claims China 'could not be happier' with AI data center ba

Donald Trump doesn't appear to be a fan of the data center backlash that has swept the nation.

Microsoft Teams Has Become a Haven for Scammers in China

Fraudsters are exploiting enterprise chat apps like Teams and Webex to trick Chinese victims into transferring large sums of money, fueling a wave of complaints.

The US is building barriers around drones and robots, but China has scale to get around them

The U.S. is shutting out more foreign-made drones and robots. China’s scale means the global competition may simply move elsewhere.

China's Xi builds diplomatic clout with multiple state visits ahead of Trump summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to make his first visit to India before traveling to the U.S. for a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Bessent to G20 finance leaders: Get tougher on China

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday he plans on encouraging leaders from Group of 20 (G20) countries to re-examine their trading relationships with China.

China's top DRAM maker CXMT sues Pentagon over its blacklisting — argues chips are standard civilian JEDEC spec, not defense hardware

China's leading DRAM producer ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) has filed a lawsuit against the U.S.

Russia, China leaders to meet at Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit

The organisation is not officially anti-West, but Russian and Chinese leaders have used it to amplify their worldview.

China's factory activity shrinks for second straight month, contracting less than expected

China's manufacturing activity shrank for a second straight month, keeping pressure on Beijing to support the economy as growth loses momentum.

Risk of lake burst near China-Nepal disaster site wanes - Reuters

Risk of lake burst near China-Nepal disaster site wanes Reuters China Says 261 Foreigners From 23 Countries Are Missing in Tibet Flood The New York Times Chinese rescue team finds 'nothing but ruins' at flood-hit Himalayan border crossing Reuters Rescuers race against time for su

Before flood catastrophe, Nepal asked China for early warnings as risks mounted

Three months before hundreds were killed in the flood, experts and officials from both countries met in Kathmandu to discuss the risk of such disasters.

Vietnamese coffee farmers ride China’s durian wave

The area dedicated to durian in the country, which trails only Brazil in coffee output, has soared more than fivefold to 200,000 hectares nationwide over the past decade.

China-Nepal floods: 261 foreigners missing in Tibet, online rumours targeted - South China Morning Post

China-Nepal floods: 261 foreigners missing in Tibet, online rumours targeted South China Morning Post China Says 261 Foreigners From 23 Countries Are Missing in Tibet Flood The New York Times Fifteen Britons among 261 foreigners missing in China after floods The Guardian Chinese

Devastation from the Nepal-China Floods in 30 photos

More than 3,000 people missing after glacier collapse unleashes destruction in Himalayas.

Rescuers dig into tunnel as missing toll from Nepal and China flood tops 3,000

Latest figures from both countries put the number of missing at 3,044, with a further 750 confirmed deaths.

Pacific leaders to meet in Palau amid China-Taiwan tension

Palau is among three members holding diplomatic ties with Taiwan and not China, a large creditor to many island states.

Families concerned for Australians missing in China after Nepal-Tibet floods

Live updates: Rescuers search for missing workers as death toll rises from devastating China-Nepal floods - CNN

Live updates: Rescuers search for missing workers as death toll rises from devastating China-Nepal floods CNN These men had a hellish escape from Nepal’s flooded hydro tunnels.

What China’s delay means for the US-China moon race

The liftoff of China’s Chang’e 7 mission to the moon has been delayed into 2027.

Death toll rises as 3,000 remain missing in Nepal, China

Rescue and relief efforts in Nepal and Tibet have been hampered this Sunday by heavy rain and rising river levels.

China censors videos showing deadly flash floods on the Nepal-Tibet border

Footage of the flash floods have become almost impossible to find on China’s heavily censored internet.

Missing toll from Nepal, China flood nears 3,000 as race for survivors continues

Rescuers in Nepal and China on Saturday continued to search for the nearly 3,000 people missing after devastating flooding along the border with China engulfed entire villages earlier this week.

Putin, Xi set for Central Asia summit as Russia and China seek to counter Western influence

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are due in Kyrgyzstan on Monday for a two-day summit, joined by the leaders of Iran and India.

Nepal-China flood disaster: What’s the latest toll, how many are missing?

Over 3,000 people remain missing days after a glacier collapse triggered devastating floods near China-Nepal border.

Air raids, conscripts and China: How Myanmar’s military is regaining ground

Rebel fighters in Myanmar lose key towns as conscription, relentless air raids and Chinese support bolster the military.

Number of missing in Nepal and China floods soars to nearly 3,000

The trauma of the catastrophe has been "enormous," and as many as 93,000 people may have been affected, the Red Cross said.

China removes high-ranking officers from key military body

Zhang Youxia's position as the more senior of two vice chairmen on the Central Military Commission had made him China's highest-ranked general.

Chinese rescuers race to reach mudslide survivors in Nepal-China border

Rescuers raced to clear roads leading to the mudslide-hit border port of Gyirong, China's Tibet Autonomous Region.

Locations of two additional India-China border meeting points yet to be announced

According to an eight-point outcome document released by both countries on August 26 following the 25th round of talks between the Special Representatives (SRs) on the Boundary Question, India and China have also agreed to establish two additional meeting points to hold General-l

Why China's censors are scrubbing videos of the Nepal-Tibet floods

Nepal and China resume flood rescue as death toll surpasses 600

Rescue operations have resumed after a brief pause, but experts caution of danger from a newly formed lake.

China's YMTC aims to become the world's largest NAND maker by the end of 2027, report says — company plans to overtake Samsung and SK hynix

Yangtze Memory Technologies Co.

NVIDIA (NVDA) Excluded China Data Center Compute Revenue from its $108B Outlook. Can Growth Stay Exceptional Without It?

German industry presses Merz for tougher China policy

AI Agents Are Hacking Systems. Could That Push the US and China to Cooperate?

This week on “Uncanny Valley,” senior writer Will Knight talks his recent visit to China and the future of AI collaboration.

Toyota sales fall for six straight months on weak China demand

Intense competition among China's domestic carmakers is crowding out importers, while turmoil in the Middle East has disrupted critical supply routes and sent oil prices soaring.

Barrier lake continues to pose flood risk, China warns

Article URL: https://kathmandupost.com/national/2026/08/28/barrier-lake-continues-to-pose-flood-risk-china-warns Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49479898 Points: 48 # Comments: 9

Penguin India drops Sonia Gandhi’s memoir over comments on PM, RSS and India-China ties

Indian publisher says it was its responsibility to ‘fact-check’; sources say Penguin’s legal team required changes that Ms. Gandhi refused to make; it is learnt that the international edition will include the contested sections

OPEC+ loses oil market sway in Iran war as China gains influence

‘Barrier lake’ triggers fresh floods, halts rescue at Nepal-China border

A lake formed after floods and mudslides on the China-Nepal border burst its banks on Friday, halting rescue operations.

China Pushes For Recalls To Keep Car Quality Up

Plus, Volkswagen's push for job cuts. We'll also look at Waymo's adventure to Munich, and Dutch regulators eyeing Tesla for recalls.

Nepal and China halt rescue efforts as border barrier lake overflows

The death toll from the disaster that struck on Wednesday has already surpassed 470.

Why Nepal faces another flood threat from a new lake on China border

Glacier collapse in Nepal triggered flash floods, mudslides and a barrier lake where a landslide dammed the river.

Could new US sanctions tear China and Iran apart?

Washington's strategy of putting maximum economic pressure on Iran is tempered by its desire to smooth political tensions with China.

Nepal-China flood rescue on hold as lake breaks banks

The death toll from the Himalayan flash floods has risen to over 530, with almost 1,000 still missing. Meanwhile, authorities warn an overflowing lake formed by debris could trigger a second wave of flooding.

Trump ratchets up rhetoric against Beijing as U.S.-China officials meet for Xi's Washington visit

U.S. and Chinese officials met in Beijing this week, despite the White House's tough talk on China.