The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed two bills involving China. One will restrict the Department of Homeland Security from purchasing batteries made by Chinese companies. The other will set up a working group in the Department of Homeland Security to monitor and respond to threats from China. The bills will now await consideration by…
BANGKOK — Human rights advocates say at least some of the eight ethnic minority Uyghurs who remain in Thailand’s custody since authorities deported 40 others to China last month are at risk of the same fate. After weeks of denying it was planning to repatriate any of the 48 Chinese Uyghurs it had held since…
During China’s Two Sessions, Beijing has ramped up pressure on Taiwan. On Sunday, a People’s Liberation Army delegate warned that “Taiwan independence is a dead end,” and Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s claim that “Taiwan’s only designation at the UN is China’s Taiwan Province” was echoed by several Taiwanese celebrities on Weibo. In response, Taiwan’s Mainland…
To many, the meteoric rise of DeepSeek is a “Sputnik moment.” Despite its modest scale and resources, the Hangzhou-based AI startup has come a long way, surmounting tech barriers, export controls, and trade restrictions. Chinese media and tech insiders have hailed its emergence as a “historic moment” for China’s innovation model. Much of the discussion…
On a bright morning in Prague or Budapest, you could be forgiven for missing the quiet but pervasive shift underway. It is not a political coup or a military confrontation, but something subtler: the steady expansion of China’s artificial intelligence (AI) influence across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). DeepSeek, Alibaba’s Qwen, and other Chinese AI…
The third session of the 14th National People’s Congress of China opened on March 5, and Chinese Premier Li Qiang delivered the government work report, setting the 2025 economic growth target at about 5%, mirroring last year’s goal. However, analysts express skepticism over the country ability to reach the goal because of domestic economic challenges…
BEIJING — China will boost its defense spending by 7.2% this year, maintaining a steady growth rate as Beijing faces headwinds from three years of sluggish economic expansion amid mounting geopolitical challenges from Taiwan to Ukraine. The increase, announced on Wednesday in a government report to be released in parliament, matches last year’s figure. It…
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an “America First” investment policy memorandum last week, pledging to “use all necessary legal instruments” to restrict China-affiliated investors from strategic sectors in the U.S. The news has sparked concern among Chinese companies listed in the U.S., who could face a potential new round of auditing standards review, and those…
TAIPEI, TAIWAN — China kicks off its biggest political meetings of the year this week as additional tariffs from the United States loom and the leadership in Beijing looks to address what Chinese President Xi Jinping has called “complex and multifaceted” economic challenges. Starting on Tuesday, thousands of Chinese elites and lawmakers will begin gathering…
China’s State Administration for Market Regulation and five other departments issued the “Three-Year Action Plan for Optimizing the Consumer Environment (2025-2027).” It states that in implementing the action to optimize consumer order, they will continue to carry out special actions to regulate the internet market and crack down on illegal activities, such as traffic fraud,…