U.S. will send Taiwan $619 million in arms amid PLA pressure;
China building scores of coal power plants;
China launches satellites to compete with Starlink;
Local debt rings alarms;
Younger Chinese struggle to find employment

State firms instructed to phase out "Big Four" auditors;
Beijing bans ChatGPT;
Canada stops funding research links with PLA-linked institutions;
China targets Starlink;
Missing Chinese banker was moving wealth to Singapore

CPC seeks to "enhance" ties with Taiwan's KMT;
Hong Kong starts its largest national security trial ever;
Australian defense department removes Chinese-made cameras;
China confirms another of its balloons is over Latin America;
China has "penetrated" un agencies by financing and stacking them

China "intentionally poisoning" Americans with fentanyl;
China expanding its espionage in Germany: Berlin;
China's elderly protest against health insurance reforms;
BBC produces ads for China's propaganda organs;
Chinese ship flashed Philippine vessel with military-grade laser

As debts soar Chinese cities cut pay and services;
Now Czech parliament speaker announces Taiwan visit;
Sichuan allows unmarried people to register children;
China is building ground stations on Antarctica;
U.S. air force general predicts war with China in 2025