On a warm spring day in 2012, Xi Jinping, then China’s vice president, met with Bill Gates in Beijing. As the men were walking out of the meeting room, the conversation turned to smoking in a country …
China’s gadget police found something else to ban from cars
Reclining lounge seats are latest target as regulators consider safety impacts of not sitting up straight like your mother told you …
Without fanfare, China is making rural migrants’ lives easier
So here is another one that is true, non-trivial and more germane to this age: China would face fewer trade wars with the rest of the world if its people were less thrifty. China angers its trading …
Invest Qatar strengthens investment engagements, partnerships during China tour
Doha,Qatar: Invest Qatar, the country s Investment Promotion Agency, recently concluded a series of high‑level business engagements and targeted B2B …
China wary of Syria’s Uyghur militants, but business keeps growing
China’s biggest advantage in Syria may be not aggressive spending but the lack of meaningful Western competition.
US-China conflict over Taiwan risks a nuclear escalation, study finds
By Greg Torode and Jun Yuan Yong SINGAPORE, May 28 (Reuters) – A conflict between the U.S. and China over Taiwan would risk a nuclear escalation with both militaries likely to stage sweeping …
Chinese Navy Drives Away NATO Ship From South China Sea
The Netherlands appears to have conducted a landmark operation against Chinese territorial claims in the Pacific.
China-linked spy site expansion in Cuba raises alarms near key US military bases
Trump administration pressure on Cuba intensifies as analysts warn expanded Chinese and Russian intelligence facilities can monitor U.S. military activity.
China’s carefully crafted plan to sink US Navy aircraft carriers in a war comes down to 1 word
Sometimes, when I am lucky enough to give a lecture or speak to a group of folks interested in national security, I get the question: what got me interested in this field? Since I was a child, I have …
A coalmine explosion lays bare China’s two-speed economy
In China’s worst mining accident since 2009, a gas explosion ripped through a coalmine in Shanxi province on May 22nd. Television showed scenes of injured coalminers in hospitals, and rescue efforts …