WASHINGTON—The FBI worked with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) on the recent disclosure by President Donald Trump on foreign influence on U.S. elections, agency director Kash Patel said. During an interview with EpochTV’s “American Thought Leaders,” aired on Aug. 8, Patel said the three … Read more
A growing series of Chinese company disclosures is documenting additional taxes and late fees arising from reviews of earlier tax periods, in some cases reducing current-year earnings by hundreds of millions of dollars. A review published by Beijing-based Chinese financial news outlet Caixin found that 69 listed companies had announced more than 4.9 billion yuan … Read more
Chinese firms’ illicit recruitment in Taiwan signals Beijing’s push to penetrate the island’s technology sector, experts warn, but the approach is unlikely to yield the innovation needed to overtake U.S. tech. Taiwan’s Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau announced on Aug. 5 that it uncovered 17 Chinese companies illegally poaching high-tech talent in Taiwan between July … Read more
A small traditional Chinese toy has become an unlikely symbol of online ridicule of Chinese tech company Huawei—and, more broadly, of public frustration with China’s tightly controlled information environment. Known as a “bamboo cicada,” the noisemaker toy, when spun, makes a loud “wa-wa” sound that mimics a cicada. In late July and early August, Chinese … Read more
People sit on a ferry crossing the Huangpu River next to cranes at the Shanghai Container Terminals at Zhanghuabang Wharf in Shanghai, China, on May 7, 2026. Hector Retamal / AFP via Getty Images China has said it would impose provisional measures on imports of U.S. pecans starting this week, adding to tensions between the … Read more
News Analysis July 28, 2026, marks the 50th anniversary of one of the deadliest earthquakes of the twentieth century and one of the worst natural disasters in modern Chinese history. The disaster in Tangshan—and later the 2008 Sichuan earthquake—illustrates a recurring pattern in which scientific expertise has at times been subordinated to political considerations before … Read more
House Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar (R-Mich.) is pressing the Commerce Department to confirm that chip manufacturers must continue checking advanced-chip orders to prevent them from reaching restricted Chinese companies. The safeguards were introduced in January 2025 after chips ordered from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) by Chinese design firm Sophgo during 2023 … Read more
Driving schools in several Chinese cities are closing or scaling back after years of expansion as fewer people enter the driver-training system and schools struggle with excess capacity. In Zhongshan, Guangdong Province, the transportation bureau said in a May 30, 2025, market notice that the number of main driving schools fell from 103 in 2021 … Read more
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Midgett sails alongside Taiwan Coast Guard patrol vessel Taipei in an undated photo released by the American Institute in Taiwan on July 28, 2026. Courtesy of the American Institute in Taiwan Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leaders have begun their annual two-week summer retreat in the northern resort town of Beidaihe, … Read more
The disaster scene in Yezhugou Village, Zhashui County, Shaanxi Province, in August 2026. Courtesy of the interviewee Days of torrential rain have triggered flash floods and landslides across China’s Shaanxi Province, destroying homes, cutting off roads and communications, and leaving at least three villagers missing in one community. In a village in Xingping Township, Zhashui … Read more