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Genocidal Chinese dictator Xi Jinping welcomed European Council President Antonio Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Beijing on Thursday, demanding that the European Union (EU) stop attempting to diversify its supply chain away from Chinese control.

European leaders demanded a more balanced relationship with China at a summit with President Xi Jinping in the Chinese capital on Thursday.

Next time Aussies famously “throw another shrimp on the barbie” there may well be a piece of prime U.S. beef sizzling away there too in yet another win for the Trump administration.

Taiwan says it is “evident and clear” that China is attempting to interfere with the island’s democracy during a recall election.

Chenguang Gong, a 59-year-old resident of San Jose, pleaded guilty on Monday to stealing missile-tracking technology from a research and development firm in the Los Angeles area.

Google said on Monday it has taken down almost 11,000 channels on YouTube for spreading propaganda. It allegedly linked 7,700 of them to China, and another 2,000 to Russia.

President Donald Trump holds a meeting with the president of the Philippines on Tuesday, July 22.

A high-level delegation from South Africa is currently in Beijing, seeking to increase bilateral trade and secure more Chinese investments before U.S. tariffs of 30% on South African exports take effect in August.

President Donald Trump took another step towards unleashing American energy dominance with the opening of a Wyoming mine that will also reduce American dependence on China for critical minerals, Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) told Breitbart News.

Investigators in Gansu, China, say officials falsified medical reports to conceal lead poisoning in over 200 kindergarten children.

Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru said on Sunday evening that he intends to remain in office as prime minister, even though his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) suffered an anticipated defeat in Sunday’s elections and lost control of the upper house of the National Diet.

Cuba’s figurehead “president” Miguel Díaz-Canel thanked Chinese Prosecutor General Ying Yong for China’s “training” of Cuban prosecutors during Ying’s weekend visit to the island nation.

Microsoft claims it is changing practices to ensure that engineers based in China no longer provide support to U.S. defense clients using the company’s Azure cloud services. The Company was previously called out for using engineers based in the hostile communist nation to support Pentagon and other critical defense systems.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry confirmed on Monday that Wells Fargo executive Mao Chenyue is trapped in the country, claiming she is part of a “criminal case” and has an “obligation to cooperation.”

A Bangladeshi fighter jet crashed into a school in the capital Dhaka on Monday, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 170.

An employee with the U.S. Department of Commerce who traveled to China to see family is not being allowed to leave due to failing to “disclose” who his employer was, according to a report.

A 35-year-old Thai woman named Wilawan Emsawat has been charged with extortion for allegedly recording herself while having sex with Buddhist monks, then threatening to make the photos and videos public unless she was paid off.

The Chinese state propaganda outlet Global Times offered a dismal review of the James Gunn-directed reboot “Superman” on Thursday, declaring the movie unsuitable for Chinese audiences because of its “Western individualism.”

Wells Fargo suspended travel for all of its employees to China on Thursday after the Chinese government slapped an exit ban on banker Chenyue Mao.

Chinese state media reported on Thursday that “Chinese commerce officials have been intensively meeting representatives from the U.S. business community and academia” – and pressuring them to meddle in trade talks with the Trump administration on behalf of Beijing’s interests.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi declared his country’s support for the “national sovereignty and dignity” of Iran after meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Wednesday.

CEO of Highland Electric Fleets Duncan McIntyre told Breitbart News Daily that “domesticating that supply chain is absolutely essential,” as rare-earths have become a foundational pillar to modern society.

Japan’s upstart populist-conservative party Sanseito is causing major headaches for Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in this weekend’s election, peeling off just enough votes to bring Ishiba’s minority coalition government down.

Leftist Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced during a stop at a steel company on Wednesday that he would impose higher tariffs on non-U.S. steel imports to protect the Canadian steel industry from foreign competition.

“Threats… cannot be viewed, in my estimation, as discrete challenges. We’ve got to think about how all of them are aligning”.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang praised the contributions of Communist Chinese companies and researchers to the field of AI during a recent visit to Beijing. Huang is interested in selling AI chips to America’s enemy instead of ensuring the West wins the AI race.

Members of the Russia- and China-led Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) emphasized their collective support for “development” and “reconstruction” of Afghanistan during their meeting this week, effectively confirming collaboration with the Taliban to enrich the country under the regime.

Indian Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Thursday that India will be able to get the oil it needs, even if President Donald Trump imposes steep secondary tariffs on countries that do business with Russia.

LOS ANGELES — The Walt Disney Co. on Wednesday sued a Hong Kong jewelry company it accuses of selling illegal Mickey Mouse jewelry.

Anthony Bernal, who served as the chief of staff for former first lady Jill Biden, refused to answer questions regarding an alleged cover-up of former President Joe Biden’s cognitive decline.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Wednesday warned Brazil, China, India, and other heavy buyers of Russian oil they could face stiff secondary sanctions if they keep doing business with Moscow.

The trade deal with Indonesia announced by President Donald Trump on Tuesday will reportedly give the United States access to Indonesia’s vast copper resources, among other benefits.

Microsoft is using engineers in China to help maintain the Defense Department’s computer systems — with minimal supervision by U.S. personnel — leaving some of the nation’s most sensitive data vulnerable to hacking from its leading cyber adversary, a ProPublica investigation has found.

The Department of Education on Tuesday announced a foreign funding investigation into the University of Michigan (UM), citing “inaccurate and incomplete disclosures” in the school’s foreign reports and pointing to the school’s history of ties to China. 

Hundreds of children, all students at a kindergarten in northwestern China, were found with dangerous amounts of lead in their bloodstreams.

According to the president, Indonesia has agreed to a 19 percent tariff on its imported goods into the United States, while the United States will not pay any tariffs in the Indonesian market and will have “full access” to it.