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China Is No Longer America's Top Source of Imports

Mexico is now

(Newser) - America has a new top source of imports, and it's not located an ocean away. According to data released Wednesday, the US now imports more from Mexico than from China, reports the New York Times . It's the first time China has been out of of the top spot...

After 8 Months, Cops Release This Suspicious Bird

Pigeon caught in May near port in Mumbai, India, had been suspected of spying for China

(Newser) - Indian police cleared a suspected Chinese spy pigeon after eight months' detention and released it into the wild Tuesday, reports the news agency Press Trust of India. The pigeon's ordeal began in May when it was captured near a port in Mumbai with two rings tied to its legs,...

FBI Director Issues &#39;Dramatic Public Warning&#39; on China
FBI Director Issues 'Dramatic
Public Warning' on China
the rundown
Jan 31, 2024 12:15 PM CST

FBI Director Issues 'Dramatic Public Warning' on China

Christopher Wray says hackers are targeting America's infrastructure

(Newser) - FBI Director Christopher Wray on Wednesday issued what CNN calls a "dramatic public warning" about the cyberthreat posed by China, specifically to US infrastructure. Appearing before the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, he said Chinese hackers are going after the things that keep us "safe...

'World's Most Deeply Indebted Developer' Ordered to Liquidate

China Evergrande has more than $300B in liabilities and can't repay its debts, per judge

(Newser) - A court in Hong Kong on Monday ordered China Evergrande to be liquidated, in a decision that marks a milestone in China's efforts to resolve a property industry crisis that has rattled financial markets and dragged the entire economy down, per the AP . Here's what happened and what...

47 People Buried in China Landslide
47 People Buried in
China Landslide
Jan 22, 2024 1:00 AM CST

47 People Buried in China Landslide

200 more evacuated in Liangshui

(Newser) - A landslide in southwestern China's mountainous Yunnan province early Monday buried 47 people and forced the evacuation of 200 more amid freezing temperatures and falling snow, the AP reports. The disaster struck just before 6am in the village of Liangshui in the northeastern part of Yunnan province. Rescue efforts...

China's Women Continue to Buck Party Line

They're resisting calls for more kids, contributing to 2nd straight year of population decline

(Newser) - China's promises of cash, tax deductions, and housing subsidies for women who have children failed to pay off again in 2023. Though President Xi Jinping has talked a lot about the need for women to focus on marriage and children , the country's birth rate fell for a seventh...

Documents Alter Our Understanding of Early COVID Timeline

'WSJ' reports China had largely sequenced the virus 2 weeks before it told the world it did

(Newser) - Just two weeks separated Jan. 11, 2020, and Dec. 28, 2019, but in the Wall Street Journal 's reporting, they were 14 meaningful days: ones in which China had sequenced the virus that causes COVID-19 but had not yet shared that information with the world. It reports that during...

Taiwan Is Down to 12 Diplomatic Allies

Nauru switches diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China

(Newser) - The Pacific Island nation of Nauru said Monday that it is switching diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China, a move that reduces the dwindling number of Taiwan's diplomatic allies to 12. A statement from the government of Nauru said it was severing ties with Taiwan and seeking a resumption...

China Won't Be Thrilled at Taiwan's New President

Lai Ching-te, member of pro-sovereignty Democratic Progressive Party, wins election

(Newser) - Ruling-party candidate Lai Ching-te emerged victorious in Taiwan's presidential election on Saturday and his opponents conceded, a result that will chart the trajectory of the self-ruled democracy's relations with China over the next four years. At stake is the peace and stability of the island, 100 miles off...

Taiwan's Election May Put China to the Test

Citizens will head to the polls Saturday to elect a new president, legislature

(Newser) - Taiwan is preparing to elect a president and legislature Saturday in what many see as a test of control with China, which claims the self-governing island republic as its own territory to be unified with force if necessary. The presidential race is tight, and both China and Taiwan's key...

Chinese Experts Reportedly Breach AirDrop Encryption

Apple feature has been widely used by anti-government protesters

(Newser) - Chinese experts have reportedly found a way to identify users of Apple's encrypted AirDrop file-sharing service, a favorite form of communication for protesters critical of China's strict control of its citizens. AirDrop allows iPhone users to share files with other iPhone users nearby via Bluetooth, without an internet...

Japan Is No Longer the No. 1 Auto Exporter
Japan Is No Longer
the No. 1 Auto Exporter
the rundown
Jan 9, 2024 11:22 AM CST

Japan Is No Longer the No. 1 Auto Exporter

China takes the title with its surging industry

(Newser) - Japan has long been the world's top exporter of automobiles, but that reign is now over. China has overtaken it for the No. 1 spot, and it's no blip—Beijing's lead is expected to "solidify" in 2024, reports the South China Morning Post . The Wall Street ...

Exchange Student Threatened in $80K &#39;Cyber Kidnapping&#39;
Inside an $80K
'Cyber Kidnapping'
Jan 2, 2024 8:09 AM CST

Inside an $80K 'Cyber Kidnapping'

Kai Zhuang, 17, isolated himself at the direction of bad actors, say police in Utah

(Newser) - A missing Chinese exchange student was found safe in a tent on a snowy mountainside in Utah on Sunday after what police say was an example of "cyber kidnapping." Kai Zhuang's family in China had reported the 17-year-old missing to police in Riverdale, where the student had...

Spy Balloon Sent Data to China on US Internet Link: Officials

Intelligence agencies don't think intelligence was being transmitted

(Newser) - A surveillance balloon that crossed the nation early this year tapped a US company's internet connection to send data back to China, current and former officials said. The communications chiefly concerned navigation, NBC News reports. The balloon was able to transmit high-bandwidth collections of data in short bursts using...

Chinese Chess Champ Loses Crown Over Pooping Incident

Yan Chenglong, accused of cheating with anal beads, defecated in hotel tub

(Newser) - There's playing dirty, and then there's celebrating dirty, and allegations of both have gotten the newly crowned king of Chinese chess unceremoniously dethroned. As AFP reports, Yan Chenglong on Dec. 17 won the national title of "Xiangqi King," or king of Chinese chess, a hugely popular...

CIA Has a Problem: Few Spies in China
CIA Has
a China
Problem:
Few Spies
longform
Dec 26, 2023 2:30 PM CST

CIA Has a China Problem: Few Spies

'Wall Street Journal' reports US has little covert knowledge of what's happening in Beijing

(Newser) - A little more than a decade ago, right around the time current Chinese leader Xi Jinping was rising to power, China obliterated America's spying network within the country. About two dozen Chinese agents—many of them recruited when China was weaker and beset by corruption—were rounded up and...

China&#39;s Next Big Thing: Whiskey
China's Next
Big Thing: Whiskey
Dec 26, 2023 10:40 AM CST

China's Next Big Thing: Whiskey

The liquor is wooing young Chinese away from 'baijiu' as top distillers target a growing market

(Newser) - A distillery in southwestern China is aiming to tap a growing taste among young Chinese for whiskey in place of the traditional "baijiu" liquor used to toast festive occasions. The $100 million-plus distillery owned by Pernod Ricard at the UNESCO World Heritage Site Mount Emei launched a pure-malt whiskey,...

It Hasn't Been This Cold in Beijing in 72 Years

At least: Month is the coldest since records began in 1951

(Newser) - Beijing recorded the most hours of sub-freezing temperatures in December in more than seven decades as a cold wave has enveloped northern and central swathes of China, bringing snowstorms and record-breaking temperatures. A weather observatory in the Chinese capital as of Sunday had recorded more than 300 hours of sub-freezing...

Study: 'Anomalies' Suggest TikTok Is Suppressing Content

Researchers say content suppressed in China is a lot rarer on TikTok than it is on Instagram

(Newser) - TikTok appears to be suppressing content that China's government doesn't approve of, according to researchers who found huge differences in the volume of posts on certain subjects when they compared TikTok, which is owned by a Chinese company, to Instagram. The Network Contagion Research Institute researchers at Rutgers...

Cold Snap Complicates Race to Save Quake Survivors

Rescuers battle cold snap, with temperatures as low as minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit

(Newser) - Subzero temperatures are complicating efforts to rescue people trapped and injured by an earthquake that struck China's Gansu province bordering Mongolia late Monday. The quake—described as a 6.2 magnitude temblor by the China Earthquake Networks Center and a 5.9 magnitude quake by the US Geological Survey—...

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