China-Sweden relations take a nosedive;
China's Ambassador rails against Norway's Fokus 2020;
PRC asylum applications to Germany double in a year;
U.S.-backed candidate for UN top IPR post beats out PRC candidate;
China is converting internet domains into "content farms"

Led by Huawei, China's firms are expanding into Russian AI;
Hackers add Taiwan to World Health Organization website;
Huawei to build 5G factory in France;
Myanmar's Kachin State approves China-backed business park;
Reddit CEO calls Chinese app TikTok "parasitic" spyware

Russian experts oppose sharing AI innovations with China;
Local officials "resorting to extreme administrative measures";
Australia's spy chief warns of "unprecedented foreign threat";
Lack of free speech spread COVID-19 -- Peking University professor;
Tech giants continue moving production out of China

U.S. designates China's official media outlets as state agents;
Norway: China has acquired our space technology;
Germany stops short of Huawei 5G ban;
Aussies rip UK counterparts for giving Huawei access to "Five-Eyes";
China keeps Kenya, Djibouti guessing on Security Council seat

Hubei party heads replaced over "botched outbreak response";
Xi ally installed in Hong Kong;
Huawei hit with more charges of racketeering and IPR theft;
Motorola wins $764.6 million in compensation from China's Hytera;
Pentagon supports restricted chip sales to Huawei

UK gives Huawei the green light...;
...while France chooses Nokia and Ericsson for 5G;
China's interference threatens New Zealand's role in "Five Eyes";
Danish PM responds to China over satirical flag drawing;
Student jailed for mocking Xi on Twitter while in the U.S.

Florida scientists fired for hiding participation in China program...;
...as Harvard chemistry chairman is arrested;
Apple: Beijing's requests for user data spiked in first half of 2019;
China has "no intention to participate" in arms talks;
U.S. sanctions Chinese companies for "funding Iran's terrorism"

China's largest independent film festival shuts down;
Beijing releases hundreds of billions to stem economic downturn;
Despite push for more babies, China's birthrate continues to fall;
PLA reforms military enlistment policies;
China's space plan for 2020

Beijing lashes out at Tsai and countries that congratulated her;
European Parliament passes pro-Taiwan resolutions;
U.S. warships transits Taiwan Strait after vote;
Shanghai suspends Prague ties over sister-city agreement with Taipei;
China must "face reality" of Taiwan's independence: Tsai

China completes artificial island off Sri Lanka;
Laos seeks Chinese investment and tourists amid flurry if SEZs;
China's Cambodian port and airstrip stirs suspicions about PLA plans;
China's ''nine-dash line" claim "ridiculous": Malaysia FM;
Beijing's support for Micronesia may harm U.S. security links