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The Chinese Foreign Ministry issued a brief statement on Friday congratulating Pope Leo XIV on his ascent to the helm of the Catholic Church, the oldest and first denomination of the world’s largest religion, and suggested Beijing was…

In 2016, the U.S.-China trade war forced Beijing to negotiate. Tariffs crippled Chinese factories, major U.S. retailers like Walmart and Costco halted orders, and container shipments stalled. China conceded. But in 2025, when the U.S.…

Steve Stone, a cybersecurity expert, recently recounted an incident that left a lasting impression on him. He found that every Chinese hacker he traced was simultaneously targeting a specific hospital. It turned out these hackers were after…

A few weeks ago, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent rightly pointed out that “Access to cheap goods is not the essence of the American dream. The American dream is rooted in the concept that any citizen can achieve prosperity, upward…

WASHINGTON—Promising to lift export controls on AI chips if they received the rare first-edition trading card in return, U.S. trade negotiators reportedly offered China access to advanced semiconductors Tuesday in exchange for a holographic…

On April 24, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) issued a report on China’s naval modernization, noting that, “China’s navy is, by far, the largest of any country in East Asia, and sometime between 2015 and 2020 it surpassed the U.S.…

AI giant Nvidia and startup Anthropic are engaged in a rare public dispute over U.S. chip export restrictions set to take effect on May 15. The restrictions are designed to keep powerful AI chips out of the hands of the Chinese. CNBC…

China may be warming to the possibility of holding talks with the U.S. on tariffs, following a statement from the Chinese Commerce Ministry on Friday. “The U.S. has recently taken the initiative on many occasions to convey information to…

For a while on Tuesday, it sounded like Amazon planned to list tariff “import charges” for its products, so shoppers could see a connection between the Trump administration and price increases. If Amazon did that, the administration would…

Amazon is now denying media reports that it intended to add a “tariff tracker” to its items to highlight their cost of import fees. Amazon shot itself in the face Tuesday with the hyper-partisan decision to show its customers how much…