China’s state-linked electronics giant Huawei has reportedly been “secretly funding cutting-edge research at American universities” through a Washington-based nonprofit called the Optica Foundation.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Thursday refused to apologize to Japan after President Joe Biden, 81, called the U.S. ally “xenophobic.”
China’s state-linked electronics giant Huawei has reportedly been “secretly funding cutting-edge research at American universities” through a Washington-based nonprofit called the Optica Foundation.
Experts, including one of the world’s top researchers on the Uyghur genocide and a senior official in the Department of Labor, told Congress this week that legitimate audits to inspect for slave conditions and other forced labor in China, especially in the occupied Uyghur region, are “impossible.”
The Taliban junta is putting some effort into reviving tourism in Afghanistan, and “adventure tourism” companies say it is working.
A majority of Americans see China’s popular TikTok app as a Chinese tool meant to influence and shape U.S. public opinion, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
Prapaporn Choeiwadkoh, a 45-year-old politician from the Sukhothai province of Thailand, was suspended by the Thai Democrat Party this week after her 64-year-old husband caught her in bed with the couple’s 24-year-old adopted son Phra Maha, a Buddhist monk. The scandal has become a social media sensation across Southeast Asia, especially in China, where developments in the case are followed as closely as any soap opera.
Japan is “xenophobic,” as well as Russia and China, President Joe Biden, 81, declared Wednesday in an unprecedented statement.
Diana Mondino, the foreign minister of Argentina, concluded her first trip to China on Wednesday representing the libertarian government of President Javier Milei, declaring that Buenos Aires retains a “friendly” policy towards Beijing despite Milei’s campaign promises to distance his country from the Communist Party.
During an interview with “PBS NewsHour” Foreign Affairs and Defense Correspondent Nick Schifrin aired on Wednesday’s “PBS NewsHour,” outgoing Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) Adm. John Aquilino stated that we’re seeing a linkage between authoritarian countries in
During an interview with “PBS NewsHour” Foreign Affairs and Defense Correspondent Nick Schifrin aired on Wednesday’s “PBS NewsHour,” outgoing Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) Adm. John Aquilino stated that “over my last three years, the security environment
China’s TikTok appears to be probing ways to avoid paying Apple’s 30 percent commission on digital purchases made through its iOS app.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi last week broke the uneasy silence among China’s leadership and offered public comments on the upcoming American election, which stands a good chance of returning outspoken China critic Donald Trump to the White House.
Officials with the South Korean military confirmed on Monday that communist North Korea had littered roads between North and South Korea with landmines and begun taking down streetlights installed on them.
Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar says India has 21 ships deployed to protect commecial shipping from terrorism and piracy.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said on Tuesday that representatives from the two main Palestinian factions, the terrorist organization Hamas and Fatah, made progress at recent “unity talks” held in Beijing.
Indian media expressed surprise and anger this week when Tesla CEO Elon Musk canceled a planned trip to India and made a surprise visit to China instead.
Shares of Elon Musk’s Tesla went up 15 percent on Monday after the electric carmaker reached a key milestone to roll out its advanced driver-assistance technology Full Self Driving (FSD) in China.
TikTok’s claim that it was walling off U.S. user data from its parent company, Chinese tech giant ByteDance, only applied to the “front door” while the app left the back door wide open, according to former employees.
Chinese state media previewed an article to be published on Wednesday by genocidal dictator Xi Jinping in which he demanded complete loyalty from the nation’s labor unions and asserted the “importance of adhering to the overall leadership of the Party over trade unions.”
Elon Musk paid a surprise visit to China to secure Chinese government approval for the automatic driving features of his Teslas.
During an interview with the BBC released on Friday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that “We’ve seen a real change in terms of cooperation from China in trying to deal with” fentanyl and China is “taking it seriously.” Blinken
During a portion of an interview with CNN National Security Correspondent Kylie Atwood on Friday that was aired on Friday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that “we have seen, generally speaking, evidence of attempts
Iranian President Raisi visited Sri Lanka to launch a hydropower project, and a Russian company has taken over China’s white-elephant airport.
Chinese tech giant ByteDance reportedly wants TikTok to shutdown in the United States if its legal fight against the recently passed ban-or-sell legislation fails.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken met genocidal Chinese dictator Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday, reportedly receiving stern warnings to “seek common ground” with his violent regime and avoid “vicious competition.”
Do you drive a China-made electric vehicle (EV)? If the answer is “no” then Beijing would like to think one day you will have little choice but to answer “yes.”
A former researcher working in the U.K. Parliament and another man charged with spying for China were granted bail.
Russia on Wednesday used its veto power at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to block a resolution sponsored by the United States and Japan to ban nuclear weapons in outer space.
While President Joe Biden signed legislation on Wednesday that would force Chinese tech giant ByteDance to sell TikTok in nine months or else be banned in the United States, the question of who could actually swoop in and buy the social media platform remains.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with low-level Chinese Communist Party officials, students, and businessmen in Shanghai on Thursday, promoting an “expansion of exchanges” with the rogue state in several fields.
China’s TikTok says it plans to file a lawsuit against the U.S. ban-or-sell legislation that President Joe Biden signed into law on Wednesday. The Chinese company, controlled by a hostile foreign country, ironically told Americans that it will “fight” for their “rights,” adding, “the Constitution is on our side.”
Pakistan’s top diplomat on Afghanistan issues claimed that his country has seen a 500-percent increase in suicide terrorist attacks since 2021.
Members of the Taliban jihadist terror organization in control of Afghanistan joined a series of meetings that included representatives of United Nations agencies to discuss the alleged threat of climate change, the group organizing the talks confirmed this week.
Rugby players in Australia and across the Asia-Pacific physically do everything NFL players do – and accomplish it without padding and helmets.
An Arkansas mother is suing China’s popular TikTok app following the death of her son, saying he “would be alive today had he not seen those videos” on the Chinese social media platform.
A report published by cybersecurity firm Mandiant last week claimed that a gang of hackers linked to the Russian government has attacked water utility companies around the world, including a treatment plant in the northern Texas town of Muleshoe.
Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” took aim at President Joe Biden on Tuesday, ridiculing the commander in chief for telling a bizarre story in which he claimed his uncle was eaten by cannibals.
North Korean state media reported on Wednesday that the Communist tyranny dispatched an economic delegation to Iran.
The 2023 edition of the State Department’s annual human rights report blasts China for repression, torture, and genocide.
China’s TikTok is reportedly exploring its options to see if it can escape the sell-or-ban legislation that the U.S. Senate passed on Tuesday night, sending the bill to President Joe Biden’s desk for his signature.
