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China Slaps Sanctions on US Defense Contractors After Huge Taiwan Arms Sales

Beijing imposes sanctions on 20 US defense-related firms, 10 execs over massive arms sales

(Newser) - Beijing imposed sanctions on Friday against 20 US defense-related companies and 10 executives, a week after Washington announced large-scale arms sales to Taiwan. The sanctions entail freezing the companies' assets in China and banning individuals and organizations from dealing with them, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry. The companies include...

Trump: New Class of Battleship Will Be Named After Me

President says he will help design ships 'by far 100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built'

(Newser) - President Trump announced plans Monday for a new class of battleships to be named after him. "They'll be the fastest, the biggest, and by far 100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built," he said during the announcement at Mar-a-Lago, per the AP . The Trump-class warships...

Report: China Is Working on a 'Manhattan Project' for Chips

Beijing is working to bypass West's export restrictions

(Newser) - China may be further along in its bid to break the West's chokehold on the most advanced computer chips than Washington expected. Reuters reports that Chinese scientists in a secure Shenzhen lab have built and are testing a prototype extreme ultraviolet lithography machine—the ultra-complex equipment needed to manufacture...

Secret Trial Video Shows General Who Balked Over Tiananmen

Gen. Xu Qinxian said he hoped to avoid 'bloodshed,' being named 'a sinner in history'

(Newser) - A newly surfaced court video is reshaping what we know about the one Chinese general who refused to send his troops into Tiananmen Square in 1989. The six-hour footage , now circulating on YouTube, shows Gen. Xu Qinxian, the former commander of the elite 38th Group Army, on trial in 1990...

China's New Plan to Make Babies: Tax Birth Control

New levy on contraceptives prompts backlash amid broader pronatalist push

(Newser) - China has a new plan to coax citizens into having more babies : tax birth control. Starting Jan. 1, Beijing will slap a 13% value-added tax on condoms and other contraceptives, ending a three-decade exemption as part of a broader overhaul of its VAT system, which supplies nearly 40% of national...

Finnish PM Apologizes to Asia for Lawmakers' Racist Gestures

3 members of Finns Party shared posts showing them pulling back their eyelids

(Newser) - Finland's top leader is trying to stamp out a racist controversy that jumped from Miss Finland to Parliament. Prime Minister Petteri Orpo on Wednesday issued an apology to China, Japan, and South Korea after several lawmakers posted photos of themselves tugging back their eyelids—a gesture widely recognized as...

For First Time in 53 Years, Japan Will Be Panda-less

4-year-old twins born in Tokyo zoo to head home to China

(Newser) - Popular twin pandas at a Tokyo zoo are set to return to their homeland in China in late January, officials said Monday, leaving Japan without a panda for the first time in about half a century. Prospects for their replacement are not favorable either as ties between the two countries...

Amid Scrutiny, Tencent Ditches Paramount's Warner Bros. Bid

Regulatory concerns out of the US prompt Chinese tech firm to withdraw $1B investment

(Newser) - Tencent has withdrawn from Paramount Skydance's hostile bid to acquire Warner Bros Discovery, citing concerns over increased US regulatory scrutiny of foreign investment, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The Chinese tech conglomerate had initially committed $1 billion to Paramount's Dec. 1 offer,...

Court: Malaysia Airlines Owes $3.3M to 8 MH370 Families

Airline has not responded to the judgment delivered in Beijing

(Newser) - A Chinese court has ordered Malaysia Airlines to pay more than $410,000 each to the families of eight Chinese passengers who vanished aboard Flight MH370 more than a decade ago. The ruling, delivered Friday by Beijing's Chaoyang District People's Court, is the first formal Chinese compensation judgment...

China's Economy Just Did What No Economy Has Done

Its trade surplus now exceeds $1T

(Newser) - China just registered an unprecedented economic milestone: Its trade surplus has risen above $1 trillion—a first for any country, reports the Wall Street Journal . New data from China's customs agency shows exports rose 5.4% to $3.4 trillion in the first 11 months of the year, while...

Indonesian Zoo Shows Off Rio, Newborn Panda Cub

The male reportedly has displayed early signs of good health

(Newser) - A zoo on Java island has released photos of Indonesia's first locally born giant panda cub, saying the male cub was showing signs of being in good health. The mother, 15-year-old Hu Chun, gave birth to Satrio Wiratama—nicknamed Rio—on Nov. 27 at the zoo's facility in...

Report: Georgia Used WWI-Era Chemical Weapon on Protesters

BBC turns up evidence of camite, used on battlefields

(Newser) - Authorities in the country of Georgia deployed camite, a World War I-era chemical agent, against anti-government demonstrators in Tbilisi last year, according to a BBC investigation citing chemical experts and whistleblowers in Georgia's riot police. Camite was used on battlefields and briefly by US police before it was replaced...

Report: Trump Warns Japan Against Provoking China

WSJ reports that president spoke to Takaichi after Xi focused on Taiwan in phone call

(Newser) - President Trump advised Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi not to provoke China over Taiwan's sovereignty following a heated call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing officials familiar with the discussions. The warning came after Takaichi suggested that Japan might respond militarily if China attacked...

As China Raises Stakes, Taiwan Unveils $40B Defense Spree

Taiwan cites China's military buildup in its announcement of new defense budget

(Newser) - As China ramps up military activity near Taiwan, the island's president announced a fresh $40 billion defense budget to shore up its defenses. President Lai Ching-te unveiled the plan for the supplementary budget on Wednesday, citing what he described as an "unprecedented military buildup" by Beijing and stepped-up...

Trump Takes Unexpected Call from China's Xi

Reports say Chinese leader was the one who initiated the call

(Newser) - American and Chinese officials have confirmed that Xi Jinping and President Trump had a rare phone conversation Monday morning. The Wall Street Journal , calling it an "unusual diplomatic move," reports that sources say the Chinese leader was the one who initiated the call. According to Chinese state media,...

What's Behind New Tensions Between Japan and China
Japan's New
Female PM
Ticks Off China
in a Big Way
the rundown
Nov 24, 2025 10:19 AM CST

Japan's New Female PM Ticks Off China in a Big Way

Sanae Takaichi remarks about Taiwan have set off a major diplomatic row

(Newser) - Japan's first female prime minister took office only last month , but Sanae Takaichi's reign already has been memorable: Her comments about Taiwan have brought Japan's relations with China to their lowest point in years, and the tensions have international implications. Coverage:
  • The start: Earlier this month, when
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It's a Sign Things Are Getting Worse Between China, Japan

China on Wednesday halted recently restarted seafood imports from Japan

(Newser) - Japan in early November resumed exporting seafood to China—but those shipments look to be short-lived. As tensions rise between the two countries over new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Nov. 7 comments about potential military action against China if Taiwan were to be attacked, China on Wednesday said...

Now Chinese Astronauts Are Stuck in Space
Chinese Astronauts Are
No Longer Stuck in Space
UPDATED
Nov 14, 2025 10:11 AM CST

Chinese Astronauts Are No Longer Stuck in Space

Space debris damage to capsule delayed their return from space station for 9 days

(Newser) - Three Chinese astronauts returned from their nation's space station Friday after more than a week's delay because a window in the return capsule they had planned to use was damaged, likely from being hit by space debris. The team left their Shenzhou-20 spacecraft in orbit and came back...

China Makes a Play for Foreign Tech Workers

New K-visa program echoes the US' H-1B visa, which now has a $100K price tag

(Newser) - Vaishnavi Srinivasagopalan, a skilled Indian IT professional who has worked in both India and the US, has been looking for work in China. As the AP reports, Beijing's new K-visa program targeting science and technology workers could turn that dream into a reality. The K-visa rolled out by Beijing...

Ex-CIA Agent Spills on Russia and China's 'Honeypot' Spies

Operatives allegedly use romance and play the long game to access state secrets, technology

(Newser) - China and Russia are reportedly deploying "sex spies" to the United States in a bid to steal secrets and gain a strategic edge, according to a former CIA operative. Sharing his personal experience with Fox News Digital , J. Michael Waller said he encountered such tactics firsthand while working in...

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