China Using Financial Leverage to Expand Pacific Influence, Analysts Warn
The Chinese regime continues to weaponize its debt-trap diplomacy to displace Western influence and assert dominance in the Pacific, even though its new loan...
Hacktivists Claim Defacement of China’s Naval Aviation School Websites
Hacktivists using the Anonymous64 account claimed responsibility for defacing websites serving two Chinese high school naval aviation programs, displaying pages filled with messages criticizing...
China Touts Wider Deployment of Hypersonic Anti-Ship Missile; Analysts Skeptical of Impact
Chinese state media has featured footage of the country’s latest hypersonic anti-ship missile launched from a smaller destroyer, which it has said is “changing...
Chinese National Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison Over Fraud Scheme
A Chinese national has been sentenced to five years in prison in Florida over his role in a tech support scam. U.S. District Judge...
South Korean President Calls Heatwave a National Disaster
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung has called the record heatwave sweeping across the peninsula a national disaster, with the death toll reaching 19. “Considering...
Taiwanese President Calls for United International Response to China’s Ethnic Unity Law
TAIPEI, Taiwan—Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te is urging countries to be united against what he called China’s “malicious” law on ethnic unity. Lai sounded the...
US, Philippine Officials Challenge Beijing’s Maritime Lawfare
U.S. and Philippine defense officials challenged Beijing’s maritime lawfare on Monday at a regional security conference in Malaysia, accusing the Chinese regime of using...
Top US Admiral Warns Against Coercion, Says No Nation Will Dominate Indo-Pacific
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—The head of U.S. Pacific Command said Monday that coercive actions by Beijing and other actors are challenging regional stability, warning the...
China Has Favored Production Over Consumption for Decades, Economist Says
China’s economic weakness cannot be adequately measured by its monthly factory surveys, according to American Enterprise Institute economist Derek Scissors, who said Beijing’s decades-long...