The nuclear order established during the Cold War is under more stress than at any point since 1962, but efforts to negotiate with Beijing are unlikely to succeed anytime soon.
Monthly Archives For June 2023
House panel leaders want Raimondo to fight China’s Micron chip ban
“To keep its highest end semiconductor technology from being used by the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) military or to facilitate CCP human rights abuses, the United States had to implement export …
U.S.-China divide looms as Asia security summit begins in Singapore
China has refused to let its defense minister meet formally with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. However, the two defense chiefs did briefly exchange words and shook hands before Friday’s dinner.
FDA allows temporary import of unapproved Chinese cancer drug to ease U.S. shortage
The FDA has given Qilu Pharmaceutical permission to ship cisplatin to the U.S. to ease a national cancer drug shortage.
As China’s airlines struggle to get back on their feet, a homegrown rival to Boeing and Airbus at last takes to the skies
The Comac C919, which is positioned to compete with Boeing’s 737 Max and Airbus’s A320, took its first commercial flight this week, from Shanghai to Beijing …
America Spent $6 Trillion on COVID-19. It Was a Hidden Disaster
The United States spent a combined $6 trillion of money we didn’t have on responding to the novel coronavirus that leeched out of Wuhan, China, at the end of 2019 – and made its way…
CIA director visited China last month as US seeks to reset relations
CIA Director Bill Burns secretly traveled to China last month, a US official told CNN Friday, amid efforts by the United States to reset relations with Beijing after a year of extremely heightened …
CIA Director Burns made secret trip to China: report
President Biden reportedly dispatched CIA Director Bill Burns to Beijing last month to meet with Chinese officials and emphasize Washington’s pursuit of maintaining open lines of communications in …
CIA chief secretly met with Chinese counterpart in Beijing last month
CIA Director William Burns traveled secretly to Beijing last month, becoming the most senior U.S. official to visit China since the U.S. shot down a Chinese surveillance balloon.
China hacking group caught spying on US organizations
The National Security Agency reports that Chinese hacker group Volt Typhoon is on a mission to find weaknesses and hack cybercrime-protected devices.
China’s Web3 Gambit Leans Heavily on the Metaverse, Not On Crypto
China is moving ahead with an ambitious plan to develop its indigenous Web3 industry, after a brutal crackdown on crypto two years ago that catalyzed an exodus of Bitcoin mining to the U.S., …
A deep dive into China’s current crypto scene
In the bustling labyrinth of global cryptocurrency, China’s market stands as a resilient titan. Despite regulatory tussles that have pushed many domestic crypto companies to foreign shores, China’s …
CIA Director Bill Burns took a secret trip to China in May
The visit came after Beijing had broken off most regular calls between senior diplomatic, intelligence and military officials in the aftermath of the U.S. shootdown of a Chinese spy balloon in February.
