Following trade agreements at the Xi-Trump summit, China's Ministry of Commerce announced on November 9 that it would suspend export controls on critical minerals like gallium, germanium, antimony, and graphite, signaling eased US-China tensions and a gradual restoration of technology and raw material supply chains.
China successfully launched its Kinetica-1 rocket this week, sending two Zhongke satellites and Pakistan's PRSC-HS1 remote-sensing satellite into orbit — the third Pakistani satellite China has helped deploy since 2025. The mission underscores Beijing's deepening cooperation with Islamabad in space and its growing ambitions in the global commercial launch market.
Coretronic Intelligent Robotics Corp. (CIRC), a subsidiary of Taiwan's Coretronic Group, said it is ramping up drone production to meet growing government and defense demand. The company is currently fulfilling a 3,037-unit order from Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense and plans to increase production capacity fivefold by the end of 2026.
