A Royal Australian Air Force F-35 aircraft taxis during the Australian International Airshow in Victoria, Australia, on March 3, 2017. Jeremy R. Dixon/AFP via Getty Images U.S. officials are investigating after a shipment of F-35 stealth fighter parts was diverted, potentially to the Chinese territory of Hong Kong. Politico first reported on Sept. 18 that … Read more
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in both chambers of Congress is pressing the State Department to toughen its travel warning for mainland China as two American academics remain detained there in cases Washington has classified as wrongful detentions. Sens. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Ted Budd (R-N.C.), joined by Sens. John Curtis (R-Utah) and Adam Schiff … Read more
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) said on Sept. 15 that artificial-intelligence development should take place in the United States rather than China, as he backed legislation aimed at protecting electricity customers from infrastructure costs tied to data centers. Two days later, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said that the United … Read more
A China-aligned cyberespionage group targeted a Panamanian entity directly involved in the dispute over two major ports at opposite ends of the Panama Canal, cybersecurity firm ESET said on Sept. 17. ESET said the group, known as FamousSparrow, sharply increased its focus on Latin America beginning in mid-2025. Ninety percent of the group’s targets recorded … Read more
A woman in Nanjing, China, says her bank account was frozen after she transferred money to a friend to cover hotel expenses for a trip, despite showing police a hotel booking and having the recipient explain the purpose of the payment. The woman said two police officers came to her home after the transfer triggered … Read more
WASHINGTON—The son of imprisoned Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai has appealed for his father’s release on humanitarian grounds ahead of Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s expected meeting with President Donald Trump. Lai founded the now-defunct pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily. He was detained in 2020 under the Beijing-imposed national security law and sentenced to 20 years in … Read more
A security expert from the United States and her counterpart from China have warned that rogue AI, or its manipulation by a bad actor, could leave Washington or Beijing with just minutes to decide whether they were coming under a genuine attack from their adversary. Melanie Sisson, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution think … Read more
Beijing’s decision to effectively eliminate civilian drone ownership across the capital and impose flight restrictions across a 300-kilometer (186-mile) radius reflects more than a tightening of aviation rules, according to analysts who see the measures as a sign of growing insecurity within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The total ban on residents owning and storing … Read more
Thousands of residents in a county in China’s Yunnan Province have gathered in recent days to protest a government mandate requiring cremation, according to residents who spoke to The Epoch Times on condition of anonymity out of fear of reprisal. The latest protests took place on the night of Sept. 14 in Zhenxiong County, where … Read more
Two Chinese companies used cryptocurrency accounts to launder proceeds from illegal Iranian oil sales, according to a civil forfeiture complaint filed Sept. 14 by U.S. prosecutors seeking roughly $61 million in cryptocurrency. The complaint, filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, alleged that Iran “used a network of cryptocurrency … Read more