Asio accuses Chinese hackers of seeking access to Australia’s critical infrastructure | Australia news

Australia’s intelligence agency has accused “Chinese hackers” of seeking to gain access to critical infrastructure assets, including telecommunications networks. In a speech to a business forum in Melbourne, the director general of... Read more »

China sharpens its language on Taiwan as part of ‘longer-term’ strategy | Taiwan

In recent weeks China has released a series of statements, articles and photos, that analysts say signal an escalation in the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s approach to Taiwan. Beijing claims Taiwan as... Read more »

China Digital Times: 2025 Democracy Award Honoree

Xiao Qiang receiving the 2025 Democracy Award from Congressman and NED Board Member Joaquin Castro. (Photo: MK Mindful Media)   China Digital Times (CDT) is being honored with the 2025 Democracy Award for... Read more »

The race begins to make the world’s best self-driving cars | Technology

Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, writing to you from Barcelona, where my diet has transformed at least half my body into ham. Who will dominate the autonomous... Read more »

Japan and China in growing row after PM Takaichi says Taiwan conflict could trigger military deployment

Japan and China are embroiled in a row about Tokyo’s potential military involvement in the event of a conflict over Taiwan. Beijing reacted angrily this month after Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae... Read more »

Nexperia row shows how China is weaponising trade – and winning | Global economy

As interventions go it was pretty audacious. The Dutch government decision at the end of September to take over Nexperia, a Chinese-owned chip factory, almost brought the entire European car industry to... Read more »

As Tributes Pour In, Chengdu’s You Xing Bookstore Gets a Reprieve From Feared Closure

Following more than a week of speculation that Chengdu’s You Xing Bookstore (有杏书店, Yǒu Xìng Shūdiàn) would soon close, amid an outpouring of tributes from customers and supporters, it appears that the... Read more »

MPs preparing to examine Chinese state influence at British universities | House of Commons

The foreign affairs select committee is drawing up plans to examine Chinese government interference in academia as part of its inquiry into the UK’s strategy towards Beijing. MPs are broadening the scope... Read more »

Trump pardons former New York cop convicted of helping Beijing harass Chinese expatriate | Donald Trump

Donald Trump granted a presidential pardon on Friday to a former New York police sergeant who was convicted of helping China try to scare an ex-official into going back to his homeland,... Read more »

US and China seek to project power with huge and expensive aircraft carriers | China

In port, the 80,000-tonne Fujian aircraft carrier would be impossible to miss. More than 300 metres long and capable of carrying about 60 aircraft, the £5.4bn super-vessel places China second among the... Read more »