The United States “very much” understands Taiwan’s defence needs and the severe military threat it faces from China, a senior Taiwanese diplomat said on Sunday, following a summit between US President Donald
The United States has escalated its scrutiny of Chinese technology and industrial firms, adding some of the country’s most prominent companies—including Alibaba, Baidu, BYD, CATL, Unitree, Huawei, and chipmaker CXMT—to a Pentagon
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Xi Jinping’s arrival in Pyongyang on 8 June, his first in nearly seven years, is precisely that kind of visit: the visit of a patron who suspects, with some justification, that his
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Xi Jinping arrived in Pyongyang on Monday for a rare state visit to North Korea, marking his first trip to the country in seven years and setting the stage for closely watched
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A widening divergence in global energy strategy has been exposed following disruption linked to the Strait of Hormuz, as China pursues a distinctly independent oil security approach while the United States and
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo China and Sri Lanka have agreed to strengthen cooperation to combat cybercrime through joint coordination between law enforcement and relevant state institutions. The agreement comes amid continued
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Deep inside a residential tower in Beijing, where surveillance cameras and plainclothes officers are part of the everyday architecture, You Weijie lives under constant watch. She is the spokesperson of the Mothers
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China’s development of advanced air-to-air missiles has come under renewed international scrutiny following reports that its PL-15 missile has demonstrated significant combat effectiveness, including claims that it has downed Rafale fighter jets.
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ByteDance is facing mounting pressure in China’s fast-moving artificial intelligence sector after its flagship chatbot Doubao reportedly lost more than 6 million monthly active users in May, following signals that the platform
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In a milestone that could reshape the future of neurotechnology, China has approved what is described as the world’s first invasive brain-computer interface for clinical use beyond trials, signaling a decisive shift
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Chinese investors are expressing growing concern that they may miss out on a wave of high-profile US tech listings, including a planned SpaceX initial public offering, as authorities in Beijing intensify efforts
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Bangladesh is accelerating a major shift in its approach to water management and regional diplomacy, moving closer to China as decades of unresolved water-sharing disputes with India continue to fuel environmental, economic,
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Cheng Li-wun, the leader of Taiwan’s main opposition Kuomintang (KMT), has warned that the island must avoid becoming “the next Ukraine” as she defends a controversial strategy of renewed engagement with Beijing.
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The joint statement issued after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s May 23-26 visit to China was not merely another ceremonial reaffirmation of friendship between Islamabad and Beijing. It reflected something deeper: the steady evolution of
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China’s deepening demographic crisis has become one of the most pressing challenges facing President Xi Jinping’s government. Yet despite a decade of increasingly generous incentives, policy reversals, and official campaigns encouraging marriage
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The latest issue of China Leadership Monitor has cast new light on the inner workings of Chinese politics, offering a striking reinterpretation of the growing number of purges that have shaken the
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