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 crimson flags hanging over Nanjie village’s “East is Red” Square barely move in the sweltering summer heat as tourists pose for photographs beside a towering statue of Chairman Mao Zedong. Nearly
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Venezuela is emerging as a major testing ground for US President Donald Trump’s ambitions in the Western Hemisphere and a potential new arena of rivalry with China. After announcing plans to seize
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India and China are expected to hold Corps Commander-level talks in the coming days amid reports of tension in the Taksing area of Arunachal Pradesh’s Upper Subansiri district, as both sides continue
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As President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping prepare for their next summit, an increasingly urgent question hangs over their rivalry: can the world’s two leading AI powers cooperate on the
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For decades, the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) has appeared to defy the logic of conventional public finance. Its revenues remain far below its expenditure, while Beijing continues to channel enormous sums into
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The United States should begin preparing for scenarios in which extreme measures could be required to prevent China from achieving artificial general intelligence first, including state-backed espionage and military strikes against Chinese
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China is stepping up its effort to become a global leader in brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), approving a series of brain-technology products this year as domestic start-ups seek to compete with overseas companies
More China has blocked consensus at a G20 finance ministers’ summit after opposing language backed by the United States and other members calling for action against “non-market policies” blamed for worsening global trade
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China’s grip on the world’s rare-earth supply is often described in deceptively simple terms: Beijing has the minerals, the processing capacity and the leverage, while Western countries allowed their own industries to
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Prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security, in his second prosecution under a Beijing-imposed law that has
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Taiwan has rejected Chinese pressure over its participation in the 55th Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), with Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung saying there was no reason to give in to Beijing’s objections and
More China’s first trade war with the United States in 2018 may have done more than disrupt global commerce. According to the latest issue of The China Leadership Monitor (CLM), it marked a
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China’s technological competition with the United States is increasingly becoming a contest over something less visible than advanced chips, artificial intelligence or industrial software: who can finance innovation for long enough, and
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The latest issue of The China Leadership Monitor (CLM) examines a question with growing global significance: is China working with Russia not only to blunt American power but also to advance alternative
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China’s new ethnic unity law has become the focus of a sharp dispute between Beijing’s critics in the West and a group of journalists, researchers and activists who say the legislation has
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