China AI

China’s Comeback: How Xi Outmaneuvered Trump’s Trade Tactics and Captured the AI Future

2025 has been a year of dramatic twists in global trade, technology, and geopolitics, with one lesson standing out: never underestimate China. At the beginning of the year, the world’s second-largest economy appeared to be in steep decline. Economists predicted...
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Australian Man Charged After Social Media Post Supporting Bondi Beach Mass Shooting

A 39-year-old Perth man has been charged and detained after allegedly posting a message on social media expressing support for the deadly mass shooting at a Jewish festival on Bondi Beach. The incident, which claimed 15 lives on December 14,...
Donald Trump

Democratic Senators Warn Trump Against Mass Recall of Career Ambassadors

Democratic senators urged US President Donald Trump on Wednesday to reconsider his administration’s decision to recall nearly 30 career ambassadors, cautioning that the move risks creating a leadership vacuum in US missions abroad and could allow strategic rivals such as...
US President Donald Trump announcement lowering cost of drug prices, Roosevelt Room White House

White House Orders U.S. Military to Focus on Venezuelan Oil “Quarantine”

The White House has directed U.S. military forces to concentrate nearly exclusively on enforcing a “quarantine” of Venezuelan oil for at least the next two months, a senior U.S. official told Reuters on Wednesday (Dec. 24), signaling that Washington is...
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Epstein files: Justice Department Uncovers Over One Million Additional Jeffrey Epstein Documents, Delaying Public Release

The U.S. Justice Department announced on Wednesday, December 24, that it has uncovered more than one million additional documents potentially linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a development that will delay the full public release of the files by...
Vladimir Putin - Kim Jong Un

Putin Hails ‘Invincible Friendship’ with North Korea Amid Pyongyang Troop Deployments to Ukraine

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has lauded the “invincible friendship” between Moscow and Pyongyang in a New Year letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, state media reported Thursday (Dec. 25). In the letter, which reached Pyongyang last week, Putin...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits construction site of an 8,700-ton nuclear-powered submarine capable of launching surface-to-air missiles

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Inspects Nuclear Submarine Facility, Warns of “Threat” from Seoul-US Cooperation

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has visited a nuclear-powered submarine manufacturing facility and overseen the test launch of what state media described as “new-type” anti-air missiles, signalling a renewed push to expand Pyongyang’s strategic military capabilities amid rising tensions...
Chinese UUV drones

How PLAN’s Extra-Large Underwater Drones Could Redefine Undersea Warfare Near US and Allied Coastlines

China's testing of giant uncrewed underwater drones marks a potentially transformative moment in maritime warfare, shifting attention away from aircraft carriers and missiles toward the largely unseen battlespace beneath the waves. According to reporting by Naval News, China is testing...
China Services Sector

IMF Warns Beijing of Japan-Style Trap as China’s Deflation Risks Deepen

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva delivered a message that resonated far beyond China’s capital — and uncomfortably linked China’s economic trajectory with Japan’s painful past during a recent visit to Beijing. Her remarks, aimed squarely at President Xi...
Haikou Port in Haikou's Xiuying district in south China's Hainan province.

Hainan’s Cheaper iPhones Signal China’s Bold New Free Trade Experiment

An iPhone that costs about US$100 less might not sound like a geopolitical statement, but in China’s southern island province of Hainan, it is exactly that. As global trade faces rising tariffs and deepening protectionism, China is moving in the...
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