Latest China Headlines
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Chinese Hackers Still Trying to Break Into Telecoms Across Globe
Jul 18 2025 // A Chinese hacking group has continued to target phone and wireless providers around the world, compromising devices tied to seven telecommunications companies since February, according to a bulletin that a cybersecurity...
China-Linked Hackers Target Taiwan’s Chip Industry With Increasing Attacks: Research
Jul 18 2025 // Chinese-linked hackers are targeting the Taiwanese semiconductor industry and investment analysts as part of a string of cyber espionage campaigns, researchers said on Wednesday [July 16]. While hacking to steal data and...
University Faces Scrutiny Over Chinese Scientists’ Smuggling of Biological Materials
Jul 16 2025 // The University of Michigan is under federal scrutiny after two Chinese scientists linked to the school were separately charged with smuggling biological materials into the United States. The Education Department on Tuesday...
GOP Lawmakers Press Trump to Speed Review of Chinese-Made Drones
Jul 14 2025 // Key House lawmakers are pressing the Trump administration to accelerate a congressionally mandated review of Chinese-made drones ahead of a potential US ban of the technologies later this year. Three House Republicans...
China Enlists Commercial Insurers in Bid to Boost Local Biotechs
Jul 1 2025 // China wants commercial insurance firms to invest in the development of homegrown medicines, Beijing’s latest bid to support its burgeoning biotech and pharmaceutical sector. Commercial insurers have been encouraged...
China Bans Uncertified and Recalled Power Banks on Planes
Jun 27 2025 // China’s aviation regulator will from Saturday ban passengers from carrying power banks without Chinese safety certification markings, as well as those recently recalled by manufacturers because of safety...
GE Moves Washing Machine Production from China to Kentucky with $490M Invest
Jun 27 2025 // GE Appliances announced a nearly half-billion-dollar project Thursday that it says will create 800 new jobs and shift production of clothes washers from China to its massive manufacturing complex in Kentucky. The $490...
Canada Says Network Devices Compromised in China-Linked Hack
Jun 23 2025 // Canada’s cybersecurity agency said Chinese-backed hackers were likely behind recent malicious activity targeting domestic telecommunications infrastructure, warning that three network devices registered to a Canadian...
China Warns of More Floods as Extreme Storms Hit World’s No. 2 Economy
Jun 20 2025 // Central and southern China were on high alert for more flash floods on Friday as the annual East Asia monsoon gathered pace and extreme rainfall threatened disruption in the world’s second-largest economy. Red...
Viasat Identified as Victim in Sweeping Phone Hack Tied to China
Jun 18 2025 // Viasat Inc. is the latest US communications company identified as a victim of the sweeping surveillance hack blamed on the Chinese government that emerged during last year’s presidential campaign, according to people...
China’s Financial Opening Up Offers Opportunities for Global Capital, Regulator Says
Jun 18 2025 // China’s financial opening up and rapidly growing consumer market benefit the country and provide better asset allocation opportunities for global capital, Li Yunze, the head of China’s financial regulator, said...
China’s Resort Island Hainan Braces for First Typhoon of Season
Jun 11 2025 // Hainan Island is bracing for the first typhoon of the season in the western Pacific, with the storm expected to dump heavy rain across parts of southern China as the system nears the coast. The tropical depression —...
Chinese Hackers, User Lapses Turn Smartphones Into a ‘Mobile Security Crisis’
Jun 9 2025 // Cybersecurity investigators noticed a highly unusual software crash — it was affecting a small number of smartphones belonging to people who worked in government, politics, tech and journalism. The crashes, which began...
World’s Auto Supply Chain Is in Hands of a Few Chinese Bureaucrats
Jun 6 2025 // In a hulking grey building just east of Tiananmen square in Beijing, a small team in China’s Ministry of Commerce is deciding the fate of the global auto industry, one rare earth magnet export permit at a time. China...
Chinese Hacked US Telecom a Year Before Known Wireless Breaches
Jun 5 2025 // Corporate investigators found evidence that Chinese hackers broke into an American telecommunications company in the summer of 2023, indicating the country’s attackers penetrated the US communications system earlier...
OpenAI Finds More Chinese Groups Using ChatGPT for Malicious Purposes
Jun 5 2025 // OpenAI is seeing an increasing number of Chinese groups using its artificial intelligence technology for covert operations, which the ChatGPT maker described in a report released Thursday. While the scope and tactics...
Burning Ship Abandoned in Pacific Carried Several Chinese Car Brands
Jun 5 2025 // A cargo ship that was abandoned in the middle of the Pacific Ocean after catching fire Tuesday was carrying cars from several Chinese automakers, according to people familiar with the matter. The Morning Midas was shipping...
China Considers Safety Rules for Driving Assistance Systems
Jun 5 2025 // China is considering imposing safety requirements for driving assistance systems, as more of the country’s automakers offer such features on cars to attract buyers. A post published by China’s national...
China Calls for France to Help Resolve Trade Differences With EU
Jun 4 2025 // China called on France to help resolve trade differences with the European Union, as Beijing seeks to shore up ties with the bloc amid simmering tensions with the US. “It is normal to have differences in bilateral...
EU Votes to Curb China’s Access to Medical Device Procurement
Jun 3 2025 // The European Union agreed overwhelmingly to curb Chinese medical device manufacturers’ access to public procurement contracts in the bloc, according to people familiar with the matter. EU countries voted Monday on...
