1. Donald Trump names David Perdue as pick for US ambassador to China
US president-elect Donald Trump has picked former senator David Perdue as his ambassador to China, he announced on social media. Perdue, 74, served as Republican senator of Georgia between 2015 and 2021. He did not win re-election for the Senate in 2021.
2. ‘In China for China’: global firms go local as trade, tech tensions ramp up
Despite escalating efforts from the United States and its allies to clamp down on trade, international companies with an interest in the still-sizeable Chinese market are adopting a new plan of action to stay engaged while keeping themselves insulated from unexpected geopolitical shocks, analysts said.
3. Is this huge cave China’s new testing ground for living on the moon and Mars?
Attendees at China’s first international conference on space habitation and exploitation were given a tour of a vast underground cave system that Chinese researchers are hoping to use as a testing ground for living on the moon and Mars.
