Adm. Brett Giroir expressed concern over a Chinese lab’s experiment involving a highly lethal COVID variant in mice, suggesting that it reveals China’s actions during the COVID pandemic. He emphasized …
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Li Qiang and China look to make up with Australia
Mr Albanese was simply referring to the bears that China has lent to Australia’s Adelaide Zoo. Still, such sound-bites had long been rare before he was elected in 2022. Relations between China and …
Beijing striker Zhang to be sidelined for at least one month
Beijing Guoan forward Zhang Yuning will be out of action for at least one month after sustaining multiple shoulder injuries during China’s recent World Cup qualifiers. Zhang Yuning of Beijing Guoan competes during a 2023…
EU hits EVs with tariffs, drawing Beijing rebuke
BRUSSELS: The European Commission (EC) said it will impose extra duties of up to 38.1% on imported Chinese electric cars from July, risking retaliation from Beijing which said on Wednesday it would take measures to…
Microsoft exec vows to fix security gaps that let China-linked hackers get federal emails, but defends presence in China
Brad Smith told Congress that after a spate of major security lapses Microsoft is carrying out “the single largest cybersecurity engineering project in the history of digital technology.” …
China pushes rival Ukraine peace plan before Swiss summit, diplomats say
China, skipping a weekend summit on a peace plan for Ukraine, has been lobbying governments for its alternative plan, 10 diplomats said, with one calling Beijing’s campaign a “subtle boycott” of the …
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy says China’s Xi told him he will not sell any weapons to Russia
Chinese President Xi Jinping told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that China would not sell weapons to Russia during a phone conversation between the two men, Zelenskiy said on Thursday.
What Jewish Life Looks Like for Teens From Iceland to Beijing, Where the Jewish Communities Are Small and Antisemitism Is High
ORLANDO — When Elias Joaquin Burgos arrived in Orlando for a Jewish youth group event in February, he found himself surrounded by 3,700 other Jewish teenagers — roughly 15 times the number of Jews who…
Yellen: US growth needs public, private investments, China subsidies excessive
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday that U.S. public investments that attract private capital are crucial to promote sustainable and inclusive growth over the long term, but warned that China’s model of massive…
Russian Economy Forced into China Pivot after Sanctions Bombshell
Russia’s Central Bank has said that the yuan/ruble exchange rate will now set the trajectory for all other currency pairs.
South China Sea dispute heats up as Beijing now an ‘existential threat’ to key US ally
The Philippines this week once again issued a warning about Beijing’s increasingly hostile behaviour against its forces, branding it an “existential” threat. The two nations have been at loggerheads for decades over control of the…
Lawmakers grill Microsoft president over China ties in House hearing on hacks
Microsoft President Brad Smith testified before a House panel on homeland security on Thursday, fielding questions about its security practices and ties to China a year after Chinese hackers spied on federal emails by hacking…
Rare Earth Discovery Could Topple China’s Dominance
A mining company’s discovery of continental Europe’s largest deposit of rare earth elements (REEs) could chip away at China’s global dominance over the materials, which are used to make a range of critical technological and…
