Xi meets with former Taiwanese President; 
China scrambles fighter jets to shadow U.S. Navy plane; 
Manila: China recruiting members of the Philippine military for espionage; 
PRC spies target Dutch industries: Amsterdam; 
China establishes information warfare unit

After three years U.S., China military talks resume in Hawaii; 
Security lapses led to deadly suicide attack on Chinese engineers in Pakistan; 
China's banks reject payments from Russian electronics importers; 
China is "flooding the UK with fake Royal Mail stamps": Royal Mail; 
U.S. and China hold talks to deport more Chinese nationals

China's coast guard increases its presence around Kinmen; 
Taiwan respectfully declines China's earthquake aid; 
China quietly pushes into Russia's far east; 
Russia uses more Chinese yuan; 
Kenya considers curbing TikTok

Xi: China's officials unprepared for "great struggle"; 
Seven Chinese hackers indicted for targeting U.S. officials, companies; 
China's cyberattacks on UK, NZ parliamentarians; 
Five Chinese and 1 Pakistani killed in suicide bombing; 
Foreign consulting firms a "cover" to steal state secrets, ministry says

China, Russia, Iran hold joint naval drills; 
House launches probe into PRC influence operations; 
Blinken: U.S. will defend the Philippines against China; 
China and Russia to put a nuclear power plant on the moon; 
China has ramped up espionage campaigns – Lithuania