Pentagon: Chinese nuke force growing faster than predicted

China is expanding its nuclear force much faster than U.S. officials predicted just a year ago, highlighting a broad and accelerating buildup of military muscle designed to enable Beijing to

China’s advice to stockpile sparks speculation of Taiwan war

A seemingly innocuous government recommendation for Chinese people to store necessities for an emergency quickly sparked scattered instances of panic-buying and online speculation: Is China going to war with Taiwan? The

Pandemic, politics drive Xi’s absence from global talks

Chinese President Xi Jinping has been absent from the Group of 20 summit in Rome and this week’s global climate talks in Scotland, drawing criticism from U.S. President Joe Biden

Yahoo pulls out of China, citing ‘challenging’ environment

Yahoo Inc. said yesterday (Macau time) it has pulled out of China, citing an increasingly challenging operating environment. The withdrawal was largely symbolic, as many of the company’s services were already

Covid-19 | Shanghai Disneyland tests 33K, closes two days over one contact

Fireworks boomed as the visitors at Shanghai Disneyland waited for their COVID-19 test results, surrounded by healthcare workers dressed from head to toe in the white protective suits. Shanghai Disneyland suddenly

Hong Kong | Eight activists on trial over banned Tiananmen vigil

A trial began yesterday for Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai and seven other pro-democracy activists charged over their roles in an unauthorized Tiananmen vigil last year, amid a crackdown

Mengqi Ji | Missouri man accused in Chinese wife’s death set for trial

Jury selection was scheduled to begin today in the trial of a man charged with killing his Chinese wife two years ago and leaving her body at a Missouri

Blinken raised concerns about Taiwan with China

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi as part of the Group of 20 summit yesterday — an outreach designed to ensure that the

Gov’t tightens control over company data with transfer rules

Companies in China would need government approval to transfer important data abroad under proposed rules announced Friday that would tighten Beijing’s control over information and might disrupt operations for international

Evergrande | Troubled Chinese developer makes delayed bond payment

A troubled Chinese developer whose struggle to avoid a multibillion-dollar debt default has rattled global financial markets made an overdue $45.2 million payment on a bond Friday, one day before

Strait Tension | Taiwan minister says island must defend itself

Taiwan’s defense minister said yesterday that the island must defend itself and not depend entirely on others for help if China were to launch an attack, even as Taiwan’s president

Diplomacy | Chinese, Greek foreign ministers discuss economic ties

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Greek officials yesterday during a visit to Athens expected to focus on furthering Chinese investments in Greece. Greece recently emerged from a brutal decade-long

War of Words | US, China sparring over Taiwan heats up anew

The United States and China are stepping up their war of words over Taiwan in a long-simmering dispute that has significant implications for the power dynamic in the Indo-Pacific and

Beijing confirms strict ‘closed loop’ for Winter Olympics

Chinese organizers have confirmed participants in next year’s Winter Olympics will be strictly isolated from the general population and could face expulsion for violating COVID-19 restrictions. Vice mayor and Beijing 2022

Washington orders Chinese phone carrier out of US market

U.S. regulators are expelling a unit of China Telecom Ltd., one of the country’s three major state-owned carriers, from the American market as a national security threat amid rising tension

US, China sparring over Taiwan heats up anew

The United States and China are stepping up their war of words over Taiwan in a long-simmering dispute that has significant implications for the power dynamic in the Indo-Pacific and

Hong Kong to tighten Covid-19 rules, seeks to open to China

Hong Kong will tighten COVID-19 restrictions despite a lack of local outbreaks to better align with China’s policies and increase chances of quarantine-free travel between the territory and mainland, leader

Wuhan police search for man who killed 7, jumped off bridge

Police in Wuhan, China, say they are searching for a man who killed seven people then jumped off a bridge in the city. The suspect, surnamed Gao, 39, killed a family

Covid-19 | China to start vaccinating children to age 3 as cases spread

Children as young as 3 will start receiving COVID-19 vaccines in China, where 76% of the population has been fully vaccinated and authorities are maintaining a zero-tolerance policy toward outbreaks. Local

United Nations: Xi calls for closer cooperation to address global challenges, issues

President Xi Jinping today (Monday) called on the world to increase cooperation, and work together to address the challenges and global problems facing humanity (full text below). Xi made the remarks

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