In a rare on-the-record interview, U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad tells NPR that the new rule is "modest" compared to the way U.S. officials are monitored by Beijing.(Image credit: Andy Wong/AP)
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(BEIJING) — The U.S. ambassador to China defended plans to require Beijing’s diplomats to report contacts with some Americans and said Monday that Washington is considering additional rules for employees of entities controlled by the...
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TOKYO — Asian shares were mixed Monday amid uncertainties about Britain’s exit from the European Union and the ongoing trade conflict between the U.S. and China.
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 gained nearly 0.3% in afternoon trading to...
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Plus, new allegations in Iran and American hacking war Roundup Here's your Register security roundup to kick off your week.…
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Michael Peck
Security, Asia
Fact: China's military isn't just aiming for mere parity or deterrence with the U.S., but rather military victory in a potential Sino-American war
Key point: China knows that it does not yet have military dominance over...
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This story is being published by POLITICO as part of a content partnership with the South China Morning Post. It originally appeared on scmp.com on Oct. 20, 2019.Hong Kong protesters went on a rampage on Sunday hurling petrol bombs and setting...
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During a recent interview with The Atlantic, Utah Senator Mitt Romney, who was critical of Donald Trump’s calls to China and Ukraine to investigate Democratic rival Joe Biden, discussed his feelings on the impeachment probe into the president....
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(John Hinderaker) President Trump is often described as a bull in a china shop, but one wonders: what, exactly, is the china shop? The Democrats have debased our public life to the point where it is more apt to say that Trump is a bull trying to...
Michael Peck
Security, Asia
But why?
Key point: Beijing isn't known for being open to mediation during a conflict.
It’s easier to start a war than to end a war, as many a nation has learned to its cost. That’s particularly true with China....
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Sebastien Roblin
Security, Asia
What does America have to worry about?
Key point: The PLA has been building and purchasing all of the high-tech weapons a first-class power could want.
On January 12, 2019, the Defense Intelligence Agency...
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A US-China Trade Deal Will Likely Be A Zero-Sum Game
Authored by Daniel Lacalle,
As I explained on CNBC:
Even the most optimistic assumptions are unlikely to change the trend of weak global growth.
There is a problem of diagnosis....
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Stocks leap every time Trump claims to have a trade deal with China. The deal is never really there, and Wall Street just looks dumb.
Welcome to TechCrunch’s China roundup, a digest of events that happened at major Chinese tech companies and what they mean to tech founders and executives around the world.
The talk about U.S.-China relationships over the past two weeks has...
James Holmes
Security, Asia-Pacific
We asked one of the world's leading experts for answers.
Strategists in China make a habit of engrossing themselves in history. Betimes ideology tinges the findings they coax from the historical record, as one...
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New Delhi (Sputnik) - Despite the global economic slowdown, New Delhi has claimed the growth rate of India and China next year will not be as bad as the current year. In fact, Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that “India’s...
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Sebastien Roblin
Security, World
Is the future of undersea combat?
At a military parade celebrating its 70th anniversary, the People’s Republic of China unveiled, amongst many other exotic weapons, two HSU-001 submarines—the world’s first...
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We nearly passed over this tip from [xoxu] which was just a few links to some AliExpress pages. However, when we dug a bit into the pages we found something pretty surprising. Somewhere out there in the wild we…east of China there’s a...
Michael Peck
History, Americas
A very real cold war horror story.
Key point: No matter how superior one's forces are, a war with another nuclear power is a bad idea.
“Bomb them back into the Stone Age,” ex-Air Force general Curtis LeMay is...
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China is the first to release a utility that limits teenagers’ use of video apps to 40 minutes a day. The list contains 53 video services. This is to ensure that children don’t develop Internet addiction.
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Chinese coast guard vessels spent 70% of the past year patrolling in a tract of the South China Sea claimed by Malaysia, an American think tank says. Malaysia did little to push back.The coast guard presence, especially long-term for a Chinese...
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