Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo downplayed China-based Huawei Technologies' latest microchip breakthrough, arguing that the U.S. remains years ahead.
Six arrests in quick succession show Germany is being targeted by spies but also that it is fighting back.
China has drastically cut its direct shipments of equipment to Russia, including machinery, components, and electrical gear, in response to threats of new sanctions from Western countries, reports the Russian news agency RBC. According to information from Chinese customs, in March this year, China's exports of these categories of goods to Russia plummeted by 15% compared with the same period last year, amounting to $2.9 billion. China's total exports to Russia also declined by 14.2%...
President Biden on Tuesday signed a national security memorandum laying out an updated, government-wide plan to protect critical American infrastructure in the face of growing cyberthreats posed by China, Russia and other U.S. adversaries.
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The growing risk of war between Russia and China presents the most significant challenge to global stability in this decade. Indeed, by the time the 2020s is out, an armed clash between the two countries over China’s increasingly brazen territorial claims against Russia looks like a distinct possibility, with worldwide implications.
Chinese company Jitian Intelligent Equipment has announced its intention to build a drone manufacturing plant in Krasnodar, Russia. Preliminary reports suggest the facility will produce 20 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) per month, reports the Russian news outlets CNews. The Chinese company reportedly plans to invest 40 million rubles ($436,200). Currently, Jitian Intelligent Equipment has only established a representative office in Krasnodar and is in the process of selecting a site for the...
Antony Blinken's recent meetings in Beijing unfolded over almost six hours of candid discussion, reflecting both emerging avenues of cooperation and persistent tensions, notably regarding China’s ties to Russia’s defense efforts and the strategic stakes of artificial intelligence. #USChinaRelations #BlinkenInBeijing #ArtificialIntelligence #Geopolitics #RussiaDefenseSupport
Moscow, April 27 (Prensa Latina) Russian government is presently intending to continue developing two-way cooperation with China, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov said on Saturday. The post Russia pledges to continue developing cooperation with China first appeared on Prensa Latina.
SourceTaiwan is an independent prosperous liberal democracy of 24 million free people that the Chinese Communist Party solemnly promises to annex to its empire by whatever means are necessary. Although Taiwan's flourishing capitalist economy once allowed it to outgun and hence straightforwardly deter China from a military invasion, this military advantage has switched to China over the last 20 years. If Taiwan is to be kept free it must find another means to deter the CCP.
Sanctions on payments between China and Russia have reportedly created a thriving market for middlemen. In fact, half of all payments by Russian companies for Chinese products are now handled by intermediaries, Reuters reported Friday (April 26), citing four sources. As the report noted, the United States Treasury has warned it could impose sanctions on […]
Silencing of a film-maker documenting the widespread 2022 demonstrations against Covid controls is part of rising suppression of press freedomIn November 2022, thousands of people took to the streets across China to protest against the government’s strict Covid-19 controls in an unprecedented wave of civil disobedience. They were thought to be the largest protests since the 1989 pro-democracy Tiananmen Square demonstrations when, at its height, a million people are estimated to have gathered.It...