The State Department officially declared on Thursday that a U.S. citizen who was arrested by the Chinese government in June was wrongfully detained, and pushed for his immediate release. U Min Zin, a longtime scholar on the politics of Myanmar, traveled to Yunnan, China, at the invitation of the Chinese government and was arrested on…
Nine years after Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng disappeared, his wife still has no answers about whether he is alive, where he is being held or when their family might see him again. For Geng He, the anniversary of her husband’s disappearance on Aug. 13 brings renewed grief but also gratitude that supporters around…
From Lab to Life shows how filings, approvals, procurement channels, and technical capabilities shape one of the world’s two largest AI ecosystems WASHINGTON, July 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — From Lab to Life: How AI Works in China, a new book by Collin Hogue-Spears, examines how China’s artificial intelligence sector operates in practice. Drawing on Chinese regulatory…
DULUTH, Minn. (Northern News Now) – Cirrus Aircraft, one of Duluth’s best-known companies, is named in a new U.S. Department of Defense document that lists Chinese military companies operating in the United States. According to the U.S. Department of War, the listing appears under Aviation Industry Corporation of China Ltd., or AVIC, a Chinese state-owned…
A mismatch in the job market, declining demand for junior roles and relatively comfortable living conditions among Hong Kong’s youth have contributed to a higher share of young people not in education, employment or training (NEETs) compared with other Asian economies, observers have said. Their comments on Friday followed government figures released in response to…
Taiwan has criticised China’s use of “crude methods” to prevent the media from engaging with its president Lai Ching-te after a New York Times reporter was expelled. The Chinese government expelled Vivian Wang, a journalist with the New York Times, in February following ane newspaper’s interview with Mr Lai in December. Wang, who had been…
The former mayor of a Southern California city admitted in federal court Friday that she acted as an illegal agent of the Chinese government, formally pleading guilty in a case prosecutors have described as a brazen effort to spread Beijing-backed propaganda inside the United States. Eileen Li Wang, the former mayor of Arcadia, California, pleaded…
In an unprecedented act of defiance, Beijing has ordered Chinese businesses to ignore the United States’ sanctions against Iran. Chairman Xi Jinping is due to meet President Donald Trump for personal talks in the coming days. And a lot has changed since their last Beijing soiree in 2017. Trade is a deeply entrenched battleground between…
Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov’s visit to China on 6–7 May 2026 goes far beyond routine bilateral diplomacy. At first glance, it is a working trip linked to the eighth meeting of the China-Uzbekistan Intergovernmental Committee on Cooperation. In reality, however, the visit reflects a much deeper process: China is rapidly consolidating its position in…
The debut exhibition of the US’ Metropolitan Museum of Art in Hong Kong has underscored the importance of people-to-people ties and trust between countries through cultural exchanges during times of uncertainty, organisers have said. About 200 pieces of jewellery from 4,000 years of history across five continents are on display at the Hong Kong Palace…