HARPSUND, Sweden (AP) — Sweden has formally asked China to cooperate in explaining the recent rupture of two data cables on the Baltic Sea bed in an area where a China-flagged vessel had been sighted, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Thursday. The two cables, one running from Finland to Germany and the other from Lithuania […]
China’s Commerce Ministry promises to take ‘all necessary measures’ to protect the interests of Chinese firms. The European Union has decided to sharply raise tariffs on Chinese-made electric cars, prompting an angry response from Beijing. The tariffs of up to 45.3 percent will take effect on Wednesday after an inquiry concluded that Beijing was undercutting
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Chinese hackers targeted data from phones used by former President Donald J. Trump and his running mate, Senator JD Vance of Ohio, as part of what appears to be a wide-ranging intelligence-collection effort, people familiar with the matter said on Friday. Investigators are working to determine what communications data, if any, was taken or observed
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Taiwan’s Defence Ministry says 56 Chinese aircraft crossed sensitive median line as Beijing carries out military drills. Taiwan has said it is watching China’s military movements after detecting the most Chinese warplanes near the island in a 24-hour window so far this year, as Beijing conducts drills that are coinciding with the NATO summit in
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US prosecutors charge two dozen people over alleged $50m money laundering scheme. Prosecutors in the United States have charged two dozen people over an alleged money laundering scheme involving Chinese shadow bankers and Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel. Chinese underground money exchanges helped the cartel launder $50m in drug trafficking proceeds generated from the import of
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Japanese carmakers have struggled to keep up with their Chinese rivals in the fast-growing EV market. Japan’s Nissan and Honda have agreed to study the possibility of a partnership focused on electric vehicles, as the carmakers struggle to challenge the dominance of Chinese manufacturers. Nissan and Honda’s potential partnership will focus on technology that helps
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MUNICH (AP) — China’s foreign minister told a gathering of international security policy officials Saturday that trying to shut China out of trade in the name of avoiding dependency would be a historic mistake. Wang Yi spoke at the Munich Security Conference. Host Germany wants to avoid over-reliance on trade with an increasingly assertive China
This pool photograph distributed by Russian state owned agency Sputnik shows Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (R) and China’s President Xi Jinping heading to a group photo session during the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on October 18, 2023. Grigory Sysoyev | AFP |
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The alert warns of a ‘missile flyover Taiwan’; however, Taiwan’s foreign minister assures people it was a satellite. Taiwanese authorities have sent out an emergency message following the launch of a Chinese satellite over the island’s airspace. The mobile phone alert was sent on Tuesday as Chinese state media confirmed the launch of a science
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Two subway trains have collided in heavy snow in Beijing, sending 515 people to the hospital, including 102 with broken bones December 15, 2023, 2:16 AM ET • 1 min read BEIJING — Two subway trains collided in heavy snow in Beijing, sending 515 people to the hospital, including 102 with broken bones, authorities said
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