US weighs sanctioning Huawei’s secretive Chinese chip network

US weighs sanctioning Huawei’s secretive Chinese chip network

The Biden administration is considering blacklisting a number of Chinese semiconductor firms linked to Huawei Technologies Co. after the telecom giant notched a significant technological breakthrough last year, people familiar with the matter said. Such a move would mark another escalation in a US campaign to ringfence and curtail Beijing’s AI and semiconductor ambitions. It … Read more

China stock traders’ new mantra is enjoy the rally while it lasts

China stock traders’ new mantra is enjoy the rally while it lasts

A stunning reversal in Chinese stocks from world’s worst to best performers is stoking cautious optimism that the rally will continue as long as favorable market policies remain in place. Rarely has a week gone by in 2024 without Beijing unleashing new measures to buttress the market or the economy. That policy resolve has pushed … Read more

Hong Kong holds first council elections under new rules that shut out pro-democracy candidates

Hong Kong holds first council elections under new rules that shut out pro-democracy candidates

Police stand guard near a polling station for district elections in Hong Kong on December 10, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP Residents went to the polls on Sunday in Hong Kong’s first district council elections since an electoral overhaul was implemented under Beijing’s guidance of “patriots” administering the city, effectively shutting out all pro-democracy candidates. Turnout is expected to be … Read more

China and Southeast Asia nations vow to conclude a nonaggression pact faster as sea crises escalate

China and Southeast Asia nations vow to conclude a nonaggression pact faster as sea crises escalate

Chinese and Southeast Asian diplomats renewed a vow to finalise a nonaggression pact for the South China Sea in three years, two regional diplomats said Thursday. The pledge came during a meeting last week in Beijing, where they expressed alarm over recent confrontations in the disputed waters. The Philippines has protested what it says are … Read more

Beijing, Moscow must deepen cooperation: China foreign minister

Beijing, Moscow must deepen cooperation: China foreign minister

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi shake hands before a meeting at the Constantine Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023 | Photo Credit: AP Beijing’s top diplomat told President Vladimir Putin that China and Russia must work to strengthen cooperation in the face of a “complex international … Read more

Fourteen dead in floods in northeastern China

Fourteen dead in floods in northeastern China

Fourteen people were reported to have died over the weekend in the Chinese city of Shulan due to flooding caused by Typhoon Doksuri. Northeastern China, Beijing and Hebei province have seen heavy rainfall and floods since the typhoon made landfall in southern Fujian province two weeks ago. The deaths in Shulan, in northeastern Jilin province, … Read more

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai loses appeal against phone search

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai loses appeal against phone search

A Hong Kong appeal court on Monday blocked jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai‘s bid to challenge in the city’s highest court a warrant obtained by national security police to scrutinise the contents of his mobile phones. Lai, 75, is the founder of the now shut pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily and is due to face trial … Read more

Arrests over alleged secret ‘police station’ deepen showdown between Washington and Beijing | CNN

Arrests over alleged secret ‘police station’ deepen showdown between Washington and Beijing | CNN

CNN  —  “We don’t need or want a secret police station in our great city,” said Breon Peace, the US attorney for the Eastern District of New York on Monday – expressing the likely feeling of many Americans at the news that the FBI has arrested two alleged agents for the Chinese government accused of … Read more

China appears to simulate first aircraft carrier strike on Taiwan | CNN

China appears to simulate first aircraft carrier strike on Taiwan | CNN

CNN  —  For the first time, the Chinese navy appears to have simulated strikes by aircraft carrier-based warplanes on Taiwan, as drills around the island wrapped up on their third day. Beijing launched the drills on Saturday, a day after Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen returned from a 10-day visit to Central America and the United … Read more

China health officials lash out at WHO, defend virus search

China health officials lash out at WHO, defend virus search

Shen Hongbing, the director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, speaks at a press conference on the origins of COVID-19 at the State Council Information Office in Beijing, Saturday, April 8, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Chinese health officials defended their search for the source of the COVID-19 virus and lashed out Saturday … Read more