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As of September 2025, AI research advances with Google unveiling VaultGemma, a privacy-focused large language model using differential privacy, and Chinese scientists releasing SpikingBrain 1.0, a brain-inspired AI model that runs faster and more efficiently on domestic hardware. Meanwhile, US federal agencies face challenges using Anthropic's Claude AI due to policy restrictions on surveillance applications.
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China's PLA Navy has successfully conducted electromagnetic catapult launches of its new Fujian aircraft carrier, including stealth fighters J-15T and J-35, and the KJ-600 early warning aircraft. These tests mark a significant step in China's naval aviation capabilities, positioning it as a major competitor to the US in the Indo-Pacific.
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On November 14, 2025, Chinese astronauts Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui, and Wang Jie safely returned to Earth after a nine-day delay caused by space debris damage to their original Shenzhou-20 return capsule. They landed in the Gobi Desert aboard the newer Shenzhou-21 spacecraft. The incident highlights growing risks from orbital debris amid China's expanding space ambitions.
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Most Asian financial institutions remain unprepared for the security risks posed by emerging quantum computing, which could break current encryption and destabilize digital finance. Governments and banks are launching initiatives, but regional coordination and regulation lag behind technological advances, with experts warning of regional vulnerabilities within the next decade.