Latest China Headlines
All the headlines from our China Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Chinese Hackers Breached Foreign Ministers’ Email Servers
Sep 30 2025 // Chinese hackers breached email servers of foreign ministers as part of a years-long effort targeting the communications of diplomats around the world, according to researchers at the cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks...
‘Most Prevalent’ Chinese Hacking Group Targets Tech, Law Firms
Sep 25 2025 // Suspected Chinese hackers are behind an ongoing cyberespionage campaign against US technology companies and legal firms, stealing national security secrets often while remaining undetected, according to Alphabet...
Storm Ragasa Nears Vietnam After Soaking Southern China
Sep 25 2025 // Tropical Storm Ragasa is moving toward northern Vietnam, threatening to drench the capital of Hanoi with heavy rain, after weakening overnight as the system tracked across southern China. The storm was near Beihai, packing...
Chinese Regulator Summons ByteDance, Alibaba’s Platforms Over Content Violations
Sep 23 2025 // China’s cyberspace regulator summoned ByteDance’s news platform Toutiao and Alibaba’s internet browser operator UCWeb over content violations, making them the latest companies to be targeted by a...
China’s EV Boom Saddles its Auto Insurers With Chronic Losses
Sep 22 2025 // China’s giant electric vehicle insurance market is flailing. Losses are piling up, as companies’ risk models haven’t kept up with changes in vehicle economics and driver behaviors. The country now has...
China’s EV Automaker Xiaomi to Fix Assisted Driving Issue for Over 115,000 SU7s
Sep 19 2025 // Xiaomi will issue a software update for over 115,000 of its popular SU7 electric sedans to fix potential safety issues when its assisted driving features are used, a Chinese regulator said in a product recall notice. It is...
China Fires Water Cannons After Collision With Philippine Ship
Sep 16 2025 // Philippine and Chinese vessels collided Tuesday near a disputed South China Sea shoal, where Chinese coast guard ships fired water cannons as tensions escalate over the rivals’ long-running maritime dispute. The...
Chinese Hackers Impersonated Republican Lawmaker, Panel Says
Sep 10 2025 // Suspected cyber attackers linked to the Chinese Communist Party impersonated the Republican chair of the House Select Committee on China in a series of attempts to steal sensitive data on trade negotiations, the panel...
Chinese Firm Faces $420 Million Zambia Mine-Spill Damages Claims
Sep 3 2025 // People affected by a large-scale toxic spill at a Zambian mine in February are demanding $420 million in compensation from the Chinese state-owned company that operates the site. Two separate groups sent letters of demand...
International Coalition Calls Out Three Chinese Companies Over Hacking Campaign
Aug 28 2025 // An unusually broad coalition composed of the United States, its traditional English-speaking allies, and other nations including Germany, Italy and Japan is calling out three Chinese companies over alleged hacking...
