The Shangri-La Dialogue has historically been the setting for top-level encounters between the US and China – an arena for the superpowers to set out their vision for security in the region. And it’s …
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Chinese students find themselves caught in the US-China crossfire – again
Xiao Chen turned up at the US Consulate in Shanghai on Thursday morning, hours after Washington announced that it would “aggressively” revoke the visas of Chinese students. The 22-year-old had a visa …
Despite tariff pause, U.S. and China continue bitter ‘decoupling’
Friction between Beijing and Washington is growing as the Trump administration cracks down on visas for Chinese students and access to advanced computer chips.
Trump Makes a New Push to ‘Decouple’ U.S. From China
Trump administration officials are getting a second chance to try to sever ties with China by starting a trade war, imposing export controls and revoking student visas.
HSI opens lower after US court blocks Trump tariffs
The Hang Seng Index fell 17 points, or 0.08 percent, to open at 23,240 points on Thursday. Mainland markets opened higher, with the benchmark …
Stopping Beijing’s spies is… complicated
Counterintelligence officials have long grappled with how to curb Chinese espionage efforts at U.S. universities without casting aspersions on innocent academics and students.
The US academic partnership with China, under strain for years, faces its biggest threat
Frayed by tariff wars and political battles, the academic tie between the U.S. and China is now facing its greatest threat yet as the Trump administration promises to revoke visas for an unknown …
China’s ‘colonial’ schools erasing Tibet culture: Rights group
About 1 million Tibetans are estimated to be enrolled in boarding schools, where they are reportedly subjected to forced assimilation and abuse.
There’s a new COVID variant sweeping China. Here’s what to know
A new COVID-19 variant, NB.1.8.1, first detected in China in January, has been designated as a variant of interest by the WHO. Less than 20 cases of NB.1.8.1 have been reported in the U.S. as…
U.S. ramps up its military footprint in Australia as tensions with China rise
The U.S. is expanding its military presence in northern Australia as it looks to project power and provide a deterrence against the increasing threat of China in the Asia-Pacific.
Footage shows China and ally flexing military muscles
China has recently opened a joint logistics and training center at a Cambodian naval base near the South China Sea.
China investigating former head of food and drug watchdog
Bi Jingquan, former head of the now-defunct China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA), is being investigated for suspected corruption, China’s anti-graft watchdog said on Thursday.
China’s crazy reverse-credit cards
But the question of who lends to whom on China’s high street is not straightforward. In the West, retailers extend credit to their customers. In China it is often the other way round. It works…
