U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth held his first conversation with his Chinese counterpart and stressed that the United States does not seek conflict with China, but will protect its vital interests in the Asia-Pacific region, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. Source link
(TibetanReview.net, Sep10’25) – US tech companies to a large degree designed and built China’s surveillance state over the past quarter century, playing a far greater role in enabling human rights abuses than previously known, an investigation by the Associated Press (AP) has found. They sold billions of dollars of technology to the Chinese police, government and…
Nasa has barred Chinese nationals on US visas from its facilities and networks, in the latest reflection of Washington’s mounting concern over Beijing’s progress in space and other advanced technologies. Although the space agency has typically restricted the employment of Chinese citizens, Chinese nationals on US visas without affiliations with Chinese government institutions or state-owned…
Mexico said on Wednesday it will raise tariffs on automobiles from China and other Asian countries to 50%, in a broad overhaul of import levies the government said would protect jobs and analysts said was aimed at placating the United States. Source link
BENSENVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Federal agents seized hundreds of thousands of illegal vaping products in raids across the country Wednesday as the Trump administration moved to crack down on devices that are regularly used by teens in the U.S. after being smuggled in from China. Attorney General Pam Bondi, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert…
BEIJING – The defense chiefs of China and the United States on Wednesday discussed issues including Taiwan and the South China Sea in their first known talks since President Donald Trump’s second term began in January. The two countries announced that Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun and his U.S. counterpart Pete Hegseth addressed such issues…
By Ana Isabel Martinez and Adriana Barrera MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico said on Wednesday it will raise tariffs on automobiles from China and other Asian countries to 50%, in a broad overhaul of import levies the government said would protect jobs and analysts said was aimed at placating the United States. The Economy Ministry…
U.S. farmers are missing out on billions of dollars of soybean sales to China halfway through their prime marketing season, as stalled trade talks halt exports and rival South American suppliers step in to fill the gap, traders and analysts said. Source link
00:02 Speaker A Now, time for some of today’s trending tickers. We are watching Synopsys, Novo Nordisk and Chewy. 00:09 Speaker A First up is Synopsys, the chip design software maker plunging after warning that US export restrictions are contributing to a slowdown in China. That’s the largest market for semiconductors. 00:23 Speaker A The…
Pope Leo XIV has created a new Catholic diocese in northern China with the same name as one established decades ago by Beijing without Vatican approval, underscoring ongoing tensions over how China has redrawn Catholic diocesan borders independently of Rome. The Vatican announced Wednesday that the pope has suppressed two historic dioceses of Xiwanzi and…