Taiwan said it detected  34 Chinese military aircraft, eight naval vessels, and one official ship around its territory between 6 a.m. on Friday and 6 a.m. on Saturday, media reports said. Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense posted on X: "34 PLA aircraft, 8 PLAN vessels and 1 official ship operating...
The East Turkistan Government in Exile expresses deep concern regarding the purported incorporation of Uyghur militants into Syria’s national army under U.S.-endorsed agreements According to a post shared by ETGE claimed that the so-called Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) was unrelated to the rightful cause of East Turkistan’s independence. TIP has been...
For most Chinese, the 36th anniversary of a bloody crackdown that ended pro-democracy protests in China passed like any other weekday. And that’s just how the ruling Communist Party wants it. Security was tight Wednesday around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, where weeks of student-led protests shook the party in 1989. Under then-leader Deng...
China’s manufacturing sector had its worst slump since September 2022, according to a private survey, as higher US tariffs took a toll on smaller exporters despite a truce in the trade war with the US. The Caixin manufacturing purchasing managers’ index fell to 48.3 last month from 50.4 in April,...
The Czech Republic’s government has officially linked a malicious cyberattack on its Ministry of Foreign Affairs to a hacker group associated with China, known as APT31. As stated in a release from the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this attack, which has focused on unclassified networks and critical infrastructure since...
China’s sweeping anti-corruption campaign has claimed another high-prole gure with the surrender of Zhang Jianhua, a senior former ofcial in the agency that oversees the country’s powerful defense industry. Zhang, 64, is now under investigation for “serious violations of discipline and law,” according to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the Communist Party’s top...
Chairman John Moolenaar and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) are advocating for the Department of Commerce to broaden the responsibilities of the US AI Safety Institute (AISI) to directly tackle the...
Credit ratings agency Moody’s has reaffirmed China’s sovereign rating at A1 with a ‘negative’ outlook, citing persistent global trade uncertainties and elevated export tariffs imposed by the United States. The decision, announced on Monday, comes despite recent signs of stabilisation in China’s domestic financial risks and policy reforms. The outlook, first downgraded...
Japan has accused China of conducting maritime scientific research without prior notification within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) surrounding its southernmost atoll in the Pacific Ocean The alleged activity occurred on Monday near Okinotori, an isolated atoll in the Philippine Sea located roughly midway between Taiwan and Guam. China has...
Authorities ask lawmaking body to waive the accused's immunity so that they can be investigated under the two-month probe The European Parliament has named five of its lawmakers whom Belgian prosecutors have targeted in a bribery scandal investigation involving Chinese technology giant Huawei Technologies. Authorities have asked the parliament to waive the lawmakers' immunity...