Trump Says China Approves TikTok Deal After Call With Xi
President Donald Trump and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping began talks on Sept. 19 about a deal that would allow China-based ByteDance...
China Threatens Papua New Guinea Over Defence Pact With Australia
China is pressuring Papua New Guinea not to agree to a mutual defense pact with Australia. In a post on X on Sept. 18,...
China’s Coercive South China Sea Strategy Threatens to Destabilize Indo-Pacific: Experts
China is using water cannon attacks and an environmental guise in an attempt to legitimize its de facto control over parts of the South...
China Exports ‘Village Surveillance’ Model to Solomon Islands
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is exporting its village surveillance model from Mao Zedong’s era to the Solomon Islands, Beijing’s security partner in the...
New Zealand Moves a Step Closer to Single App for All Government Functions
New Zealand’s Minister for Digitising Government Judith Collins has unveiled the prototype of an app that she hopes will bring together all government services...
Pope Listening to Persecuted Catholics, Signals Potential Change to China Deal
In Pope Leo XIV’s first interview, he signaled a potential change to the Vatican’s China deal, saying he is listening to persecuted Catholics in...
Chinese Cyberactors Who Impersonated Lawmaker Part of Indicted Group: Researchers
Cybersecurity researchers with Proofpoint on Sept. 16 detailed a spear phishing campaign that targeted the U.S. government, a think tank, and academic organizations, which...
Saudi Arabia, Nuclear-Armed Pakistan Sign Mutual Defense Pact
Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a strategic mutual defense agreement on Sept. 17 that commits the two longtime allies to treating any attack on...
US Deploys Typhon Missile System in Japan Amid Tensions With China
The U.S. Army has deployed its midrange Typhon missile system to Japan for the first time, as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continued to...