CHINA

By Andrew Thornebrooke China’s vast censorship efforts are under scrutiny again, after it was revealed on social media that the Chinese version of the new children’s film “Minions: The Rise of…

By Dorothy Li A southwest Chinese province has extended industrial power cuts as a record-breaking heat wave and drought deplete water levels of the Yangtze River and dwindle hydropower output, hurting…

By Dorothy Li The Commerce Department announced on Aug. 23 that it has added seven Chinese entities to the economic blacklist over their roles in weaponizing U.S. technology to bolster the Chinese military.…

By Caden Pearson TikTok logs the keystrokes of users with its in-app browser on Apple devices, including passwords and credit card numbers, according to a researcher who used to work for…

By Rita Li A former Apple employee pleaded guilty on Aug. 22 to stealing internal files from the tech giant’s automotive division. A court filing (pdf) shows that Xiaolang Zhang pleaded guilty…

By Andrew Thornebrooke China’s foreign ministry announced that it had lodged a “stern representation” with the United States to complain about the recent visit to Taiwan by Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb. “China firmly…

UK and US warn both direct and middleman CCP purchases are threats to national security By Nie Law and Ying Cheung The United Kingdom has blocked, on grounds of national security, the acquisition…

By Sophia Lam China’s top health body issued joint policy guidelines on its official website on Aug. 16 to encourage more births as part of the ruling communist party’s efforts to…

By Zachary Stieber  The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has ended a subgrant to the laboratory in China located where the first COVID-19 cases were identified in 2019. U.S.-based EcoHealth Alliance was…

By Reuters CHONGQING, China—As the tinder-dry countryside along China’s Yangtze river basin withers under a heat wave that has lasted more than two months, veteran farmer Chen Xiaohua recalled the last severe…