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- The top 25 stories read by CXOs! Editor's Pick Where 'Made in China 2025' missed the mark When Beijing released its "Made in China 2025" plan in 2015, it was met with significant international criticism for promoting Chinese business at the expense of their foreign counterparts. The country subsequently downplayed the initiative, but has doubled-down on domestic tech development given U.S. restrictions in the last several years. Since releasing the plan, China has exceeded its targets on achieving domestic dominance in autos, but the country has not yet reached its targets in aerospace, high-end robots and the growth rate of manufacturing value-added, the business chamber said, citing its research and discussions with members. Out of ten strategic sectors identified in the report, China only attained technological dominance in shipbuilding, high-speed rail and electric cars. 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Work What We Really Need in the Fight Against Extinction News of the recovery of an extinct species in the form of howling, ivory-coated dire wolf pups last week was, on the face of it, understandably exciting. The only problem: from the vantage point of many scientists, the creatures are not dire wolves. Work Rubio says the coming week is 'very critical' in Russia-Ukraine war negotiations "It makes me think that maybe he doesn't want to stop the war, he's just tapping me along, and has to be dealt with differently, through "Banking" or "Secondary Sanctions?" Too many people are dying!!!" Trump wrote on Truth Social. Work Netanyahu Accuses Israel's Domestic Security Chief of Lying to Court Intent on firing the Shin Bet chief, Ronen Bar, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced him in a sharp affidavit, deepening national political divisions. 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