Latest China Headlines
All the headlines from our China Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Taiwan Stays on High Alert as Chinese Ships Pull Back After Massive Drills
Jan 2 2026 // Taiwan remained on high alert on Wednesday after China staged massive military drills around the island the previous day, keeping its emergency maritime response center running as it monitored Chinese naval maneuvers, the...
US Sanctions Chinese Companies, Tankers With Venezuela Links
Jan 2 2026 // The Trump administration stepped up a pressure campaign against Venezuela’s oil exports by sanctioning companies based in Hong Kong and mainland China, along with related oil tankers it accused of evading...
China Lashes Out at Criticism as Taiwan Drills Seem to Wind Down
Dec 31 2025 // China blasted Western criticism of its most intrusive drills ever around Taiwan as its armed forces appeared to wrap up the maneuvers. The Taiwan question was an “internal affair” and “no country is...
China Encircles Taiwan in Massive Military Display
Dec 30 2025 // China fired rockets into waters off Taiwan on Tuesday, showcased new assault ships and dismissed prospects of U.S. and allied intervention to block any future attack by Beijing to take control of the island in its most...
China Issues Draft Rules to Govern Use of Human-Like AI Systems
Dec 29 2025 // China plans to tighten rules around the use of human-like artificial intelligence by requiring providers to ensure their services are ethical, secure and transparent. Users must be informed they are dealing with AI when...
Missouri Faces Legal Battle with China Over Pandemic Compensation
Dec 24 2025 // Missouri’s top prosecutor said China is suing after the state pressed federal officials for help collecting on a roughly $25 billion court judgment related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Attorney General Catherine Hanaway...
China’s Kuaishou Shares Fall to Near Five-Week Low After Livestreaming Cyberattack
Dec 23 2025 // Shares of Kuaishou dropped by as much as 6% on Tuesday to HK$62.70 ($8.06), their lowest since November 21, after the Chinese short video platform was hit by a cyberattack on Monday night. The stock is set for its biggest...
UK Suspects Chinese Involvement in Foreign Office Cyberattack
Dec 22 2025 // The UK Foreign Office was hacked in October in an attack that British officials suspect was carried out by Chinese state-backed actors. The breach was first reported by the Sun newspaper, which said that a Beijing-linked...
Google Sues Chinese ‘Darcula’ Group Over Alleged Phishing Scheme
Dec 18 2025 // Alphabet Inc.’s Google filed a lawsuit against alleged Chinese cybercriminals, accusing the group of orchestrating a vast phishing campaign designed to dupe Americans into turning over their credit card numbers. The...
Trump Giving Farmers Hit by China Trade War $12B in Aid
Dec 10 2025 // President Donald Trump announced a $12 billion farm aid package Dec. 8 — a boost to farmers who have struggled to sell their crops while getting hit by rising costs after the president raised tariffs on China as part of...
Former New China Life Insurance Chair Gets Suspended Death Sentence for Corruption
Nov 20 2025 // The former chairman of New China Life Insurance, Li Quan, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve on corruption charges by a court in the Chinese province of Shandong, national broadcaster CCTV reported on...
Anthropic Warns of AI-Driven Hacking Campaign Linked to China
Nov 17 2025 // A team of researchers has uncovered what they say is the first reported use of artificial intelligence to direct a hacking campaign in a largely automated fashion. The AI company Anthropic said this week that it disrupted...
China Accuses US of Orchestrating $13 Billion Bitcoin Hack
Nov 13 2025 // China’s cybersecurity agency accused the American government of orchestrating the theft of about $13 billion worth of Bitcoin, representing China’s most recent attempt to attribute major cyberattacks to the...
Australia Spy Chief Warns of China Hackers Probing Networks
Nov 12 2025 // Australia’s spy chief has accused hackers working for China’s government of probing his nation’s communications and infrastructure networks. In a speech to a financial regulation conference on Wednesday...
China Prepares to Bring Home 3 Astronauts Stranded After Collision With Space Debris
Nov 12 2025 // China has activated emergency plans for three astronauts who are stuck in space after debris crashed into their spacecraft. A safety assessment and other analysis of the Shenzhou-20 spaceship are being organized, the China...
China Trade Spat Threatens Wisconsin’s ‘Napa Valley’ of Ginseng
Oct 23 2025 // The cool woodlands of central Wisconsin boast soils packed with Ice Age mineral deposits that make the area perfect for the cultivation of ginseng, a medicinal root that has been exported to Asia for more than 300...
Storm Fengshen Kills Eight in Philippines as It Heads for China
Oct 20 2025 // Tropical storm Fengshen has killed eight people in the Philippines, authorities said, warning it could intensify as it heads for China and Vietnam. Known locally as Ramil, the storm caused torrential rains, floods and...
Chinese Freighter Halves EU Delivery Time on Maiden Arctic Voyage to UK
Oct 17 2025 // A Chinese container ship has completed a pioneering journey through the Arctic to a UK port, state-run news agency Xinhua reported, cutting in half the usual transit time for the electric vehicles and solar panels aboard...
Texas AG Threatens Action Against Chinese Company for Potential Privacy Violations
Oct 9 2025 // Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced he has opened an investigation against TP-Link Systems Inc. (“TP Link”), a manufacturer of networking equipment, for potentially aiding the Chinese government in...
Typhoon Matmo Strengthens as It Hits Philippines, on Track to China
Oct 3 2025 // Typhoon Matmo intensified as it made landfall in northern Philippines on Friday where it’s forecast to dump heavy rain, with the nation still reeling from the impact of two deadly typhoons in the past two...
