India proposes reopening government bidding to Chinese firms as ties thaw
India plans to lift long-standing restrictions on Chinese companies bidding for government contracts, a move officials say is aimed at easing shortages and project...
DeepSeek stays mum on next AI model release as technical papers show frontier innovation
Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek continues to keep the world guessing on when its next major release – the much-anticipated updates to its V3...
Trump: US to Revoke Citizenship of Naturalized Immigrants Convicted of Fraud
President Donald Trump vowed to revoke the citizenship of naturalized immigrants from Somalia and elsewhere who are convicted of fraud during a speech in...
Shocking revelations from celebrity tragedies like Qiao Renliang and Yu Menglong
China Insights delivers sharp, data-driven analysis of China’s politics, economy, and society. We connect the dots behind breaking headlines — from Beijing’s power shifts...
US Gives Go-Ahead for Nvidia’s H200 Chip Sales to China
The United States has formally green-lit Nvidia’s H200 chip sales to China, despite concerns the communist country could use the technology to supercharge its...
Australia invests heavily in aircrew training for RAAF
On 12 December 2025, the Australian government announced investment of more than A$300 million (US$201 million) in air mission training for the Royal Australian...
The Chinese century may already be here
Some people wonder whether China could carry out a sophisticated state-sponsored kidnapping like the US capture of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife....
China warns of covert mapping by foreign forces to steal sensitive geodata
China’s top counter-espionage agency has warned that overseas entities are attempting to steal the country’s geographic data through covert mapping operations that threaten national...
China teen makes fraudulent returns on cosmetics platform, profiting US$570,000 from resale
A Chinese teenager has been sentenced to six years in prison after he exploited a loophole in an online shopping platform’s refund policy to...