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What happened and how the outage began On October 20, 2025 a major disruption originating in Amazon Web Services’ US-EAST-1 region produced widespread failures across thousands of websites and apps around the world. Popular consumer services, financial platforms and government systems reported outages, slowdowns or partial failures. Amazon’s status updates …

China stands at a complex juncture. Decades of rapid economic expansion have lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty, but the growth model that powered this transformation is showing signs of strain. Compounding these domestic challenges are intensifying external pressures, most notably the imposition and potential expansion of US trade …

The narrative of China’s economic resilience often hinges on a powerful statistic: its vast population, officially cited as 1.4 billion people. This figure underpins the belief, especially prevalent during trade tensions with the United States, that China possesses an enormous internal market capable of absorbing economic shocks and offsetting potential …