Congressional Defense and Foreign Policy Lunch Forum on North Korea’s Future
The Defense Forum Foundation and the North Korea Freedom Coalition, two Washington-based think tanks, hold a congressional defense and foreign policy lunch forum on...
Education Department Investigates Foreign Funding at University of Michigan After Arrests of Chinese Scholars
The U.S. Department of Education has launched an investigation into the University of Michigan (UM) over concerns about undisclosed or improperly disclosed foreign funding....
Japan Flags China as Biggest Threat to World Order Since World War II
Japan labeled China as “the greatest strategic challenge” since World War II in its 2025 defense white paper, highlighting geopolitical flashpoints as the rationale...
New Zealand Aims to Double International Education Sector Within Next Decade
New Zealand has unveiled an ambitious strategy to significantly expand its international education sector, aiming to double its economic contribution to $7.2 billion (US$4.3...
China Faces ‘Critical Chokepoint’ in Advanced Chipmaking Tools, Think Tank Says
China made little progress in advancing its semiconductor lithography technology over the past five years, despite a government effort to support its domestic semiconductor...
China Finalizes New Export Control on Crucial Mine Processing Technologies
China has finalized new export controls on technologies crucial to making batteries and processing critical minerals, materializing a threat made in the earlier stage...
Nvidia Says Washington Has Given Nod to Sell H20 AI Chips to China
Nvidia said on Monday that it expects to resume sales of its H20 graphics processing units to China as the U.S. government has given...
Trump’s Potential Secondary Tariffs on Russia Would Clobber China, India
President Donald Trump said on July 14 that he will impose “very severe” secondary tariffs on Russia if Russian President Vladimir Putin does not...
5 Years After National Security Law, Many Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Groups Have Disbanded
News Analysis Five years after the implementation of Beijing’s national security law (NSL), many pro-democracy political parties, trade unions, professional groups, and civic organizations...