Sean Tseng

Beijing’s mineral chokehold and covert bid to sway U.S. opinion have done limited harm so far, but reveals how the regime competes when it trails, experts said.

State-backed funds spent about $8.9 billion buying shares—even as China’s economy posted its weakest growth in more than three years.

Its launch rattled U.S. chip stocks and revived a fear from the 2025 DeepSeek selloff: that cheaper Chinese models could erode America’s costly AI lead.

Prague’s new government calls its outreach to Beijing pragmatic, months after refusing the Senate leader a state plane to visit Taiwan.

Beijing’s campaign to wear down the Taiwanese public’s resolve is more dangerous than its warships and warplanes, a national security scholar said.

Scalpers and 45-hour queues greet Chinese seeking justice at the state petition office—where almost no grievance is ever resolved.

Once-packed weekend spots now sit empty, and owners say cash-strapped diners are a big reason the getaways are dying.

As China’s economy sinks, Xi is selling nationalism in place of prosperity and is staking his rule on grabbing Taiwan, analysts say.

Beijing is trading threats for farm deals, but Taipei says the appeals to kinship are an offensive strategy of ‘false integration, real pressure.’

Police ruled out a gas leak. Residents said they believe the blast was a ’revenge against society' attack and the true toll exceeds official figures.