Natural gas shortages hit china as temperatures plunge;
U.S. Jails Chinese engineer for spying;
EU announces 70 projects to rival China's BRI;
Washington targets Chinese firm for helping Russia's Wagner;
Satellites reveal anti-aircraft missiles on SCS islands

China to launch state-owned ride-hailing platform;
China's internet censors gear up during Lunar New Year;
Chinese, local workers clash at Indonesia nickel smelter;
DRC President demands more from China deal;
FBI seeks victims of China's overseas pressure campaign

China's Coast Guard patrols an Indonesian gas field;
Pakistan's Gwadar port locked down after protests;
India deploys stingers at China border;
FBI search escalates fight over China's overseas police outposts;
Hong Kong runs "deradicalization" program

PLA Navy simulates attacks on Japanese islands;
China tells Australia: worry about Japan, not China; 
China rejects U.S. COVID vaccine offerings;
COVID patients saddled with debts as insurers refuse coverage;
China stops issuing visas to Japanese and South Koreans

A bipartisan call for U.S. business to change its approach to China 
China's COVID spike not due to lifting restrictions - WHO 
Putin oversees launch of Siberian gas field feeding China 
China accused of fresh territorial grab in South China Sea 
Senate committee calls out carmakers' Xinjiang supply chain