• us china cyberespionage: US, UK accuse China of cyberespionage that hit millions of people

    US and British officials on Monday filed charges, imposed sanctions, and accused Beijing of a sweeping cyberespionage campaign that allegedly hit millions of people including lawmakers, academics and journalists, and companies including defense contractors. Authorities on both sides of the Atlantic nicknamed the hacking group Advanced Persistent Threat 31 or "APT31", calling it an arm of China's Ministry of State Security. Officials reeled off a laundry list of targets: White House staffers, US...

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    US and China set to launch classified satellites this week

    We have plenty of rockets to watch This Week in Rocket Launches but notably, both the US and China will be launching secretive satellites of a classified nature. China will be the first to launch.

  • Rutte heads to China for talks on trade, Gaza and Ukraine

    Prime minister Mark Rutte and foreign trade minister Geoffrey van Leeuwen are heading for China next week for meetings with president Xi Jinping and prime minister Li Qiang. It is the first time since 2018 that Rutte will have met the Chinese leader for talks in China itself. China was closed to outsiders during the coronavirus pandemic but the two leaders did meet during the G20 summit on Bali last year. Rutte and Xi will discuss economic ties between the

  • US-Taiwan Partnership Key To Curbing China Aggression: Congressman

    A US congressman said during a visit to Taipei Thursday that Washington's partnership with Taiwan was key to countering China's "increasingly aggressive actions in the region".

  • Philippines says sovereignty is key in South China Sea talks

    'All of these commotion has not been caused by the Philippines,' says President Marcos, referring to tensions between the Philippines in China in the South China Sea

  • In one key artificial intelligence metric, China pulls ahead of the US

    When it comes to the artificial intelligence that powers chatbots such as ChatGPT, China lags the United States. But when it comes to producing the scientists behind a new generation of humanoid technologies, China is pulling ahead. New research shows that China has by some metrics eclipsed the United States as the biggest producer of AI talent, with the country generating almost half the world's top AI researchers. By contrast, about 18% come from U.S. undergraduate institutions, according to...

  • Morning Bid: Nerves stretched, China data dump kicks off key week By Reuters

    By Jamie McGeever. (Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. A

  • Australia’s Penny Wong hosts China’s Wang Yi in Canberra to talk trade, human rights, Hong Kong

    China and Australia claimed to have stabilised long-strained relations after talks in Canberra on Wednesday, despite tensions over a high-profile prisoner, trade and China’s crackdowns in Hong Kong and elsewhere remaining evident. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Australia for the first time since 2017, marking a diplomatic thaw between two trading partners who have […]

  • Inflation data, short trading week: What to watch this week

    The Federal Reserve told the stock market what it wanted to hear last week. News Wednesday that the central bank still expects to cut interest rates three times this year sent stocks to record highs. Despite a pullback on Friday, the major averages finished the week with gains north of 2% across the board. In […]

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    China says US has 'no right' to interfere in South China Sea

    China said Tuesday the United States had "no right" to interfere in the South China Sea, after Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Washington stood by its commitments to defend the Philippines against armed attack in the disputed waterway. "The United States is not a party to the South China Sea issue and has no right to interfere in maritime issues that are between China and the Philippines," foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian told a regular press conference in Beijing. Blinken is in the...

  • China says US has 'no right' to interfere in South China Sea

    BEIJING: China said Tuesday the United States had "no right" to interfere in the South China Sea, after Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Washington stood by its commitments to defend the Philippines against armed attack in the disputed waterway."The United States is not a party to the South China Sea issue and has no right to interfere in maritime issues that are between China and the Philippines," foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian told a regular press conference in Beijing.Blinken is in...

  • WATCH: China Damages Boat From the Philippines in South China Sea—After Blinken Renewed US 'Commitment'

    There's word on Sunday that China has continued its aggressive moves in territory within the South China Sea that it claims belongs to it, this time against some ships from the Philippines. We've written previously about similar moves by the Chinese military, some of which they deigned to blame on others, including the U.S. military: