Beijing: Pete Hegseth Calling Out China’s Territorial Claims Is Unfair ‘Bullying’
The Chinese Defense Ministry published an incensed screed condemning Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

The Chinese Defense Ministry published an incensed screed condemning Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

The Dutch defense minister said Saturday that China has intensified its spying on the Netherlands’ development and manufacture of semiconductors.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned at a national security conference in Singapore on Saturday that China remains an active strategic threat and urged allies to spend more on their own defense.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning complained on Thursday that it was “unjustified” and hypocritical for the United States to revoke the visas of students linked to the Chinese Communist Party.

U.S. Ambassador to Panama Kevin Cabrera on Thursday said that the United States is working together with Panama to eliminate “China’s malign influence” in the Panama Canal.

Two U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday that President Donald Trump is planning to increase arms sales to Taiwan as a means of deterring Chinese aggression.

India reported 7.4 percent economic growth between January and March 2025, coming in much higher than analyst predictions of 6.7 percent growth, and also much better than the 5.4 percent growth claimed by its regional rival China.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has expressed concern over the increasing sophistication of Chinese AI technology, as US export restrictions continue to hamper the chipmaker’s access to the Chinese market.

Brazil’s Public Prosecutor’s Office (MPT) filed a public civil lawsuit against Chinese electric carmaker BYD on allegations the company subjected 220 Chinese nationals to conditions analogous to slavery and international human trafficking at its unfinished plant in Brazil.

President Donald Trump ripped China on Friday, announcing it “totally violated its” tariff de-escalation agreement with the United States.

The German Foreign Ministry has produced a report for the European Union (E.U.) found China was responsible for approximately 80 percent of attempts to circumvent sanctions against Russia.

On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN NewsNight,” Atlantic Council Senior Fellow, former World Health Organization Adviser, and former NSC official during the Clinton administration Jamie Metzl stated that the overwhelming majority of Chinese students are great and the U.S. has to
During a portion of an interview with ABC News aired on Thursday’s broadcast of “World News Tonight,” Harvard Professor Nicholas Burns, who served as the U.S. Ambassador to China during the Biden administration, stated that “probably” “the vast majority of
On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN NewsNight,” host Abby Phillip stated that there have been problems with Chinese nationals on visas and “we know that there’s a problem with people being sent here to spy on other Chinese people.” Phillip said,
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that there are a couple of “very large” trade deals that “are close” but talks with China “are a bit stalled.” And will require direct

Fuyao Glass is working behind the scenes to oppose a bill that would ban foreign enemies from buying land and operating businesses in Ohio.

The Lowy Institute, a think tank based in Australia, published a report this week that warned developing nations are “grappling with a tidal wave of debt repayments and interest costs owed to China.”

Pope Leo XIV authorized the recognition of Spanish Monsignor Alejandro Labaca Ugarte, Colombian Sister Inés Arango Velásquez, and Indian Bishop Matthew Makil as Venerables, the Catholic News Agency (CNA) reported on Tuesday.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” FBI Director Kash Patel stated that the Chinese Communist Party keeps him up at night, and one reason is due to their cyberespionage and their vacuuming up of the data

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Wednesday that the U.S. State Department will be revoking visas of Chinese students with connections to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

The Chinese government issued a warning, the state-run Global Times reported on Monday, to its male citizens in Bangladesh discouraging the use of local matchmaking services or acceptance of offers to “buy” a wife — a growing threat to social stability as the nation’s marriage rate plummets and gender disparity skyrockets.

Nigerian Mining Minister Dele Alake announced on Monday that his government will commission two large lithium processing plants from Chinese firms this year, one of them valued at $600 million and the other at $200 million.

At least five people were killed on Tuesday when a huge explosion ripped through the Gaomi Youdao Chemical Company plant in Weifang, China.

A Bolivian court on Tuesday ordered the nation’s parliament to suspend its processing of contracts signed with Russian and Chinese companies for the construction of lithium processing plants in the nation, local outlets reported.

The Czech government has identified China as being “responsible” for cyberattacks against a a communication network of the Czech Foreign Ministry, officials said on Wednesday.

A Chinese man barely survived a paraglider flight off a mountain when he was pulled into a freezing cloud vortex that nearly killed him.

The World Health Assembly, the body of states that make up the World Health Organization (W.H.O.), voted on Monday to allow the flying of the Palestinian movement flag alongside those of states.

Ukrainian Foreign Intelligence Service head Oleh Ivashchenko accused China of providing critical materials, including chemicals and tech components, to Russian factories — an allegation China dismissed on Tuesday as “political manipulation.”

Self-driving semi-truck startup TuSimple has come under scrutiny for sharing sensitive technology with Chinese companies, highlighting the challenges in protecting critical U.S. technology from foreign exploitation.

Independent reports out of China revealed that a Chinese factory workers upset by unpaid wages decided to set fire to a textile plant in Sichuan last week.

Apple shares are reeling from an eight-day selloff, the longest in over three years, as President Donald Trump’s iPhone tariff threat looms over the tech giant’s future profitability.

French President Emmanuel Macron announced over $10 billion in deals with Vietnam on Monday, including an agreement for Vietnam to buy 20 French-made Airbus planes.

China’s National Nutrition and Health Steering Committee published a set of dietary guidelines on Sunday designed to address China’s rapidly growing problem with obesity.

Pope Leo XIV made his first public comments on Sunday regarding Christianity in China since becoming head of the Catholic Church, praying for the Virgin Mary to grant them the ability to be “strong and joyful witnesses of the Gospel” in a country that actively persecutes all religions.

Pope Leo XIV asked Sunday for prayers for China’s Catholics to be in communion with the Holy See, as he made his first public remarks about one of the thorniest foreign policy issues facing his new pontificate.

House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party chair Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) wrote to the CEOs of hotel chains Hilton, Marriott, and Hyatt on Wednesday, asking them to explain why their websites and other materials refer to Taiwan as “Taiwan, China” – the preferred nomenclature of the Chinese Communist Party.

A Taliban official told Reuters that the group is in the “advanced” stages of a deal to do business with Russia using local currency.

The anti-American BRICS coalition largely remained silent this week as the president of one of its core members, South Africa, faced a humiliating excoriation at the White House.

The Chinese Communist government on Friday condemned the United States for ending Harvard University’s much-abused international student program.

President Donald Trump has threatened to impose a tariff of at least 25 percent on Apple iPhones not manufactured in the United States.