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How China grew into a global superpower faster than any other country in history, and the challenges that the next quarter-century may bring. https://t.co/B9RGIZzHg5

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Settlement numbers, reported for the first time, provide a rare glimpse into what the biggest social media companies are willing to pay to avoid high-profile trials with teen users. https://t.co/9pPHKs2De3

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China has gone from a developing country to a global superpower faster than any other in history.

That remarkable tale really begins 25 years ago when China entered the World Trade Organization, putting it on a path to becoming the “world’s factory,” the largest exporter of goods on the planet.

Our special issue of Bloomberg Businessweek explores the pivotal years since 2001, what daily life looks like in the global powerhouse and the questions for the future that China still has to face.

Read more on the Chinese miracle here: https://t.co/Rc0FUUaO06

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Hong Kong is bouncing back, and it’s mostly because of freedom-seeking mainlanders https://t.co/COwGo1BU6Q

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The next Bank of Canada governor may need more than economic expertise. In a world of supply shocks and stubborn inflation, they may also need to be comfortable being unpopular. Read more in the Canada Daily newsletter. https://t.co/rhh34Uzgv9

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Jensen Huang’s affair with an alleged spy shines a light on the Ministry of State Security, China’s leading intel agency. https://t.co/B3QxBt5xBR

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From Shanghai’s financial district to the citrus groves of Guangxi, see what a day in the life looks like for a slice of China’s 1.4 billion citizens. https://t.co/11mHq2AGyt

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Struggling fast-food chains have figured out that the strange salve for strapped consumers is ridiculously sweet kaleidoscopic drinks https://t.co/qjc36HVJnj

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Omni Air was on track to carry out more high-risk deportation flights than it did last year. Then, suddenly and mysteriously, it stopped https://t.co/lJrbVVdMqk

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China is counting on wealthy pensioners to boost growth, but those with sufficient resources represent just a fraction of the country’s hundreds of millions of retirees https://t.co/xzzXmyl0GX

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America’s perennial No. 3 hotel chain has made itself No. 1 with the shrimp-and-margarita crowd. Are its mountains of towels and secret tunnels built to last? https://t.co/ByOF58kEnS

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Elon Musk was the biggest 2026 donor by far, even as voters directed their anger toward billionaires and anyone having anything to do with AI https://t.co/NMec28XEf1

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Listening to politicians and tech executives in the West, it’s hard to know which poses a bigger threat to humanity: rogue AI agents or the Chinese Communist Party. But China’s vision for the world is fundamentally more inward-looking https://t.co/Sx1tqgQVzX

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A trade negotiation 25 years ago helped create a superpower https://t.co/3G3PZLWgho

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Everyday people in Taiwan are coming to grips with the growing risk that Beijing poses to the status quo and are quietly preparing for an invasion https://t.co/iYRYH6EUjb

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The Trump administration in the midterms faced “a perfect storm of disappointment and feelings of betrayal,” researcher Stephen Hawkins says https://t.co/wWOw4jrda6

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Some of China’s young men and women say they’re being left behind by the country’s transformation into an economic superpower https://t.co/lzDqepLk3f

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China is nearing rich-country status with a $20 trillion economy. But compared with its soon-to-be peers, many of its people are still poor https://t.co/MktiatHsVt

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Without their most frequent bettors, digital sportsbooks could lose about 60% of their gross revenue. Bloomberg analyzed more than three years of betting deposits to understand who these apps depend on, and the potential risks for their customers. Aaron Gordon and Polly Mosendz report https://t.co/f7EN5VNt2l

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More than half of US men under 50 are betting on sports. But the sportsbooks are making nearly all of their money from a far smaller group betting far more often. https://t.co/XCGTRKs73e