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News24 | Russian military personnel secretly trained in China, returned to fight in Ukraine China's Social Credit System

News24 | Russian military personnel secretly trained in China, returned to fight in Ukraine

China secretly trained Russian military personnel. The covert training sessions focused on the use of drones. Some Russian military personnel have since returned to fight in Ukraine. China’s armed forces secretly trained about 200 Russian military personnel in China late in 2025 and some have since returned to fight in…
bubmag
May 20, 2026
Putin arrives in Beijing to reinforce Russia-China alliance after Trump visit China's Social Credit System

Putin arrives in Beijing to reinforce Russia-China alliance after Trump visit

Russia's President Vladimir Putin is welcomed by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and other officials upon his arrival at Beijing Capital Airport in Beijing late on May 19, 2026. Photo by Vladimir Smirnov/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Article content BEIJING — Russian President Vladimir Putin meets China’s President Xi Jinping in…
bubmag
May 20, 2026
China’s three telecom giants race into the AI token economy China's Social Credit System

China’s three telecom giants race into the AI token economy

Credit: Yuanbao AI China’s telecom industry is entering its next major business transition, evolving from selling voice minutes to monetizing mobile data and now to packaging and trading AI tokens. This week, China Telecom, China Mobile and China Unicom collectively unveiled token-based service plans and ecosystem partnerships, signaling how operators…
bubmag
May 20, 2026
Putin heads to Beijing days after Trump in test of China’s balancing act China's Social Credit System

Putin heads to Beijing days after Trump in test of China’s balancing act

TOPSHOT - Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) shows the way to Russian President Vladimir Putin after the photo session of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025 at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Centre in Tianjin on September 1, 2025. Suo Takekuma | Afp | Getty Images Russian President Vladimir…
bubmag
May 19, 2026
Putin visits China to reaffirm Russia ties as Xi also seeks stability with Trump China's Social Credit System

Putin visits China to reaffirm Russia ties as Xi also seeks stability with Trump

BEIJING (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived Tuesday night in China for meetings with Chinese leader Xi Jinping less than a week after U.S. President Donald Trump wrapped up his own trip to Beijing . Putin’s plane landed in Beijing, where he was greeted by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang…
bubmag
May 19, 2026
Saudi SARCO, China’s Ally Hydrogen Partner to Build Jazan Green Ammonia Project China's Social Credit System

Saudi SARCO, China’s Ally Hydrogen Partner to Build Jazan Green Ammonia Project

A green ammonia production facility (Photo: Illustration/Google Gemini) Saudi Arabia Refineries Company (SARCO) has signed an agreement with China-based Ally Hydrogen Energy Company to set up a green ammonia production plant in Jazan. The move aligns with Saudi Arabia’s green ambitions, aimed at diversifying economic revenues away from oil and…
bubmag
May 18, 2026
Donald J. Trump secures historic trade deals with China China's Social Credit System

Donald J. Trump secures historic trade deals with China

The US and China just shook hands on what the White House is calling a landmark trade agreement. The deal spans tariffs, critical minerals, fentanyl precursor controls, semiconductor disputes, and agricultural market access, touching virtually every friction point that has defined the economic relationship between the world’s two largest economies.…
bubmag
May 17, 2026
China agrees to purchase $17B in US agricultural products annually through 2028 China's Social Credit System

China agrees to purchase $17B in US agricultural products annually through 2028

China has agreed to buy at least $17 billion worth of US agricultural products every year from 2026 through 2028, according to a White House fact sheet. The deal represents a renewed attempt to stabilize one of the most volatile corridors in global trade, and it carries implications well beyond…
bubmag
May 17, 2026
Pentagon ‘in panic’ as Trump visit backfires with China threat to cut all defence supplies China's Social Credit System

Pentagon ‘in panic’ as Trump visit backfires with China threat to cut all defence supplies

US President Donald Trump left Beijing after a two-day summit, saying he had struck "fantastic trade deals, great for both countries," but some alarming details are now coming to light. 22:56, Sat, May 16, 2026 Updated: 22:56, Sat, May 16, 2026 Donald Trump with Xi Jinping (Image: Getty) Donald Trump’s…
bubmag
May 16, 2026