China sold drones to Russia for use in Ukraine;
Beijing slaps export ban on rare Earth metals;
New security law takes aim at Washington's tech offensive;
China's updated counter-espionage law prompts travel warning;
"Spy balloon" drama persists in Washington
China's millionaire exodus;
China records fewest marriages in more than three decades;
China is recruiting Canadians online;
China and Pakistan sign $4.8 billion nuclear power deal;
U.S. files charges against Chinese fentanyl makers
With NATO’s latest gathering this week in Vilnius, Washington is understandably focused on what the United States and its allies should do next to help Ukraine rebuff Russia. Moscow’s invasion, however, is part of a larger, multi-nation challenge to which Washington has not yet developed a comprehensive response.
That challenge is the axis of deepening diplomatic, military, and economic cooperation between China, Russia, and Iran. Washington is responding to individual provocations in ways that seem to contradict one another.
China's Xi backs Palestine statehood;
China's gaokao exam tests Xi Jinping thought;
U.S., China revive drug control talks ahead of Blinken visit;
China expands open-source intelligence collection in the U.S.;
Thousands of Chinese entering the U.S. illegally
China has had spy base in Cuba since at least 2019;
Enforcers of One-Child Policy now seek a "birth-friendly society";
China's new conscription rules;
Asean to hold first joint military exercise in South China Sea;
Diplomatic tensions with Seoul