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RIP, SSF: Unpacking the PLA’s Latest Restructuring: The Strategic Support Force is no more, and its functions are being separated into three separate arms: the ...
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RIP, SSF: Unpacking the PLA’s Latest Restructuring
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China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks to Al Jazeera about the country's approach to diplomacy, cooperation, and Israel's war on Gaza. 🔗: www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/25/create-harmony-qa-with-chinas-foreign-minister-wang-yi
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🔴 China’s FM Wang Yi says the full UN membership of Palestine would "rectify a prolonged historical injustice", reports Xinhua News Agency ... Show more   www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/20/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israelis-continue-intense-raid-on-nur-shams-camp
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Here’s All the Countries With TikTok Bans as Platform’s Future in U.S. Hangs In Balance
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Here’s All the Countries With TikTok Bans as Platform’s Future in U.S ...
Quick Glance: ByteDance Would Consider Closing TikTok in US Over Sale, Sources Claim
  • ByteDance would prefer to cease TikTok operations rather than engage in a sale if all legal avenues are exhausted to combat potential legislation banning the platform in US app stores, as per four sources.

  • Despite TikTok's massive popularity with over a billion users, it remains unprofitable, contributing a small fraction to ByteDance's overall revenues and daily active user base.

  • ByteDance stated on Thursday in a release on Toutiao, a media platform it possesses, that there are no intentions to sell TikTok, in response to claims from The Information about ByteDance exploring sale scenarios for TikTok's US operations excluding the recommending algorithm for user videos.

  • As of December, ByteDance's valuation stood at $268 billion when it proposed a buyback of approximately $5 billion in shares from investors.
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No Substitute for Victory: America’s Competition With China Must Be Won, Not Managed
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No Substitute for Victory: America’s Competition With China Must Be Won ...
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The Ukraine war is turning into a Sino-American proxy war: Xi Jinping to Olaf Scholz: All countries must have a place at the table, none should be on the menu ...
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The Ukraine war is turning into a Sino-American proxy war
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Russia Hosts China, Iran Security Chiefs to Discuss Cooperation: Russia’s Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev and China’s security chief Chen Wenqing ...
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Russia Hosts China, Iran Security Chiefs to Discuss Cooperation
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Has Germany’s far-right AfD become a gateway for Chinese and Russian spies?: The arrest this week of an aide to the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD)'s ...
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Has Germany’s far-right AfD become a gateway for Chinese and Russian ...
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China warns Blinken over deteriorating ties in talks - Asia & Pacific - The Jakarta Post
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China warns Blinken over deteriorating ties in talks - Asia & Pacific - ...
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Sale? Ban? What’s Next for TikTok – and its Users?: President Joe Biden signed a bill requiring TikTok’s Chinese parent company to sell the app or face a ban in ...
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Sale? Ban? What’s Next for TikTok – and its Users?
Quick Glance: TikTok Ban Threat: ByteDance Prefers Closure Over Sale, Insiders Say
  • ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, would prefer to shut down its loss-making app rather than sell it if all legal options to fight legislation to ban the platform from app stores in the US are exhausted, said four sources.

  • TikTok accounts for a small share of ByteDance’s total revenues and daily active users, so the parent would rather have the app shut down in the US in a worst-case scenario than sell it to a potential American buyer, they said.

  • ByteDance would not agree to sell one of its most valuable assets – its “secret source” – to rivals, said the four sources, referring to the TikTok algorithm.

  • After facing challenges regarding bans, the short-form video app has encountered partial and attempted prohibitions in the US and other nations.
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Yuan internationalization drive hits a local speed bump: As Chinese leader Xi Jinping works to increase the yuan’s role in global trade and finance ...
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Yuan internationalization drive hits a local speed bump
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China military's biggest shakeup in 9 years adds info, cyber, space units: BEIJING -- China has created new independent People's Liberation Army units for ...
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China military's biggest shakeup in 9 years adds info, cyber, space units
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Xi Orders China’s Biggest Military Reorganization Since 2015: Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered what amounts to the biggest reorganization of the nation’s ...
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Xi Orders China’s Biggest Military Reorganization Since 2015
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China says AUKUS risks nuclear proliferation in Pacific - Asia & Pacific - The Jakarta Post
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China says AUKUS risks nuclear proliferation in Pacific - Asia & Pacific - ...
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In China, Blinken Tries to Fix the Unfixable: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has put on a friendly face during his visit to Shanghai ...
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In China, Blinken Tries to Fix the Unfixable
Quick Glance: China warns US to Choose Cooperation or Confrontation with Antony Blinken
  • Blinken expected to demand Beijing cease support for Russia

  • Tensions rise over accusations of China aiding Russia in Ukraine

  • US accused of hindering Chinese industrial growth through export controls

  • US and China seek to stabilize relations before US election campaign
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FBI director rejects Trump's vow to investigate political rivals: In an interview with NBC News, Christopher Wray said that, as long as he is FBI director ...
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FBI director rejects Trump's vow to investigate political rivals
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Add poor media literacy to TikTok fears: The U.S. government moved closer to banning the video social media app TikTok after the House of Representatives ...
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Add poor media literacy to TikTok fears
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House panel says China subsidizes fentanyl production to fuel crisis in the U.S.: A report released Tuesday by a House select committee says China is directly ...
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Quick Glance: China's Subsidization of Fentanyl Production Intensifying Crisis in the U.S.
  • A report from a special House committee states that China is fueling the Fentanyl crisis in the U.S. directly by subsidizing the manufacturing of materials used by traffickers outside the country to produce the drug.

  • The committee found that the Chinese government provides tax rebates for the production of specific Fentanyl precursors and other synthetic drugs as long as they are sold outside of China.

  • The report highlights that China not only subsidizes the manufacturing of precursor chemicals but also thwarts investigations into illegal manufacturers by warning the targets when formal requests for assistance are made by U.S. law enforcement.

  • Former Attorney General William Barr recommended that the U.S. should leverage its trade and economic power to push for stronger enforcement from Chinese authorities, and victims should take civil actions against companies and individuals involved in distributing the precursors and synthetic drugs.
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Biden Calls China ‘Xenophobic,’ Ramping Up Campaign Rhetoric: The remarks were among the most pointed rebukes Biden has delivered of the world’s second-largest ...
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Biden Calls China ‘Xenophobic,’ Ramping Up Campaign Rhetoric
Quick Glance: Joe Biden Calls for Significant Increase in Tariffs on Chinese Steel
  • US President Joe Biden is pushing for an increase in tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminium to strengthen union support in the swing state of Pennsylvania.

  • During a meeting with United Steelworkers union members in Pittsburgh, Biden calls on trade representative Katherine Tai to raise the tariffs from the current average of 7.5 percent.

  • The main focus of the measures is to combat China's new export surge and the ongoing price pressure that makes it difficult for American steel companies to compete.

  • The Biden administration's decision to increase tariffs is expected to impact recent efforts by Washington and Beijing to stabilize relations.
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That feeling when you marry your first love after decades.
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Republican China hawks criticize Intel chip in new Huawei laptop: Republican China hardliners Marco Rubio and Elise Stefanik are calling on the Biden ...
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Republican China hawks criticize Intel chip in new Huawei laptop
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A Chinese celebrity blogger has been blocked by internet censors after someone called him up during a live stream and asked if President Xi Jinping is a ... Show more
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New York conference discusses crimes against Uyghur Muslims: The Chinese government’s campaign of repression in Xinjiang – billed as a security measure – was ...
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New York conference discusses crimes against Uyghur Muslims
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Jokowi asks China to help build new capital's transport system: JAKARTA -- Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang ...
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Jokowi asks China to help build new capital's transport system
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Passing the national security supplemental is about preventing war with China : This national security supplemental is not just about Ukraine, Taiwan or any one ...
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Passing the national security supplemental is about preventing war with ...
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US Senator Pete Ricketts argued on Tuesday for a ban on TikTok because the app and the Chinese Communist Party are behind the push of pro-Palestine content in ... Show more
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Son of Holocaust writer Elie Wiesel brings focus on Uyghur persecution in China: Elisha Wiesel tells Axios he spent last week in New York listening to Uyghur ...
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Son of Holocaust writer Elie Wiesel brings focus on Uyghur persecution in ...
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China sees foreign threats ‘everywhere’ as powerful spy agency takes center stage
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China sees foreign threats ‘everywhere’ as powerful spy agency takes ...
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The myth of Chinese overcapacity: Early in the morning, factory whistle blows Man rises from bed and puts on his clothes Man takes his lunch ...
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The myth of Chinese overcapacity
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Iran’s Mass Strike on Israel Highlights Why Taiwan’s Air Defenses Can’t Hold up: The Iranian operation highlights the difficulties that air defense efforts face ...
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Iran’s Mass Strike on Israel Highlights Why Taiwan’s Air Defenses Can’t ...
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China hosts foreign naval officials amid South China Sea tensions: QINGDAO, Shandong: The Chinese Navy on Sunday (Apr 21) kicked off a biennial meeting of top ...
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China hosts foreign naval officials amid South China Sea tensions
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China’s Ambassador to Canada Cong Peiwu Leaves Post Amid Tensions: China’s ambassador to Canada has left his post after nearly five years, a period marked by ...
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China’s Ambassador to Canada Cong Peiwu Leaves Post Amid Tensions
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Chinese censors blocked a blogger after a caller asked him 'Is Xi Jinping a dictator?'
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All in good time.
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Chinese student jailed for stalking activist over Boston campus fliers: Prosecutors say Xiaolei Wu, 26, harassed his victim, who was also from China ...
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Chinese student jailed for stalking activist over Boston campus fliers
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China: Xi Jinping decrees expansion of cyberwarfare capabilities : In what is being termed as the biggest shakeup of China's military in over a decade ...
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China: Xi Jinping decrees expansion of cyberwarfare capabilities
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Bipartisan ire flares after POLITICO reveals Chinese Embassy's quiet TikTok lobbying
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Bipartisan ire flares after POLITICO reveals Chinese Embassy's quiet ...
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Chinese student in Boston gets 9 months in prison for threatening pro-democracy schoolmate
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Chinese student in Boston gets 9 months in prison for threatening ...
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China foreign minister says Beijing and Jakarta want regional peace and stability
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China foreign minister says Beijing and Jakarta want regional peace and ...
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Hong Kong schools ban books, warn teachers not to get 'political': Flag-raising and patriotic essays are in, frank debates about recent Chinese history are out.
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Hong Kong schools ban books, warn teachers not to get 'political'
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Commentary: Dispelling US-China myths before they become self-fulfilling prophecies
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China's latest supersonic spy drone looks a lot like Lockheed's D-21: China's new WZ-8 supersonic drone resembles the Lockheed D-21, a supersonic reconnaissance ...
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China's latest supersonic spy drone looks a lot like Lockheed's D-21
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New PLA unit underscores intelligentized warfare shift: China has just unveiled its People’s Liberation Army-Information Support Force (PLA-ISF) ...
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New PLA unit underscores intelligentized warfare shift
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Iran able to 'handle situation' and spare Middle East more tension, China's foreign minister says
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Iran able to 'handle situation' and spare Middle East more tension ...
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Travel by Bike, Bring Your Own Cup: China Imposes a Frugal Life on Public Servants
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Chinese team makes quantum leap in chip design with new light source: Researchers in China have moved a step closer to building
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Chinese team makes quantum leap in chip design with new light source
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Mama’s boys and marital strife are no joke in today’s China: Chinese censors are cracking down on ultra-short dramas — the latest entertainment craze — that do ...
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Mama’s boys and marital strife are no joke in today’s China