Following a spate of criticism and reported fatalities, China has become the first nation to ban electric vehicles with concealed door handles, according to overseas reports. Bloomberg reports the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has set new requirements which dictate EVs sold in the nation will need to have mechanical releases both inside and

Xi Jinping had a busy January. First came the Irish taoiseach, Micheál Martin. Then it was Mark Carney of Canada’s turn. He was followed by the Finnish prime minister, the Uruguayan president and then, last week, Keir Starmer. But what does this rush to China mean? The Guardian leader writer Tania Branigan says much of

Beijing  —  As US President Donald Trump takes a sledgehammer to longstanding alliances with a volatile foreign policy that’s included threats to take control of Greenland and a spiraling feud with Canada, he’s also creating a significant opening for China. Look no further than the revolving door of Western leaders hosted by Xi Jinping in

On February 2, 2026, Yu Yonghe, head of the Network Management Technology Bureau at China’s Cyberspace Administration, published a signed article explaining how China built its labeling system for AI-generated content. Yu argues that as generative AI has rapidly moved into the mainstream, China has used content labeling to turn long-standing governance questions—what content is

Europe’s ‘strengths cannot protect weaknesses’ as global economic order rapidly changes, ex ECB chief Draghi warns Speaking of ideas for Europe to get out of its current geopolitical position, the former Italian prime minister and European Central Bank president Mario Draghi is seen by some as a leading thinker on the issue. Former Italian prime

Russia has tripled its monthly production of 9M723 ballistic missiles used in its Iskander-M systems, largely due to exports from China, according to a January report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), cited by Defense Express on February 1. The CSIS study, titled Russia’s Grinding War in Ukraine, identifies Chinese-sourced components as critical to sustaining and accelerating Russian missile production. These include ammonium

Published Mon, Feb 2, 2026 · 04:02 PM [GUANGZHOU] China’s annual Spring Festival travel rush, a 40-day period commonly referred to as the world’s largest annual human migration, kicked off on Monday (Feb 2) ahead of an extended Chinese New Year holiday. This year’s Chinese New Year, ushering in the Year of the Horse in

Russian Security Council’s Secretary Sergei Shoigu attends a meeting dedicated to the situation in the south of the country following an incursion of Ukrainian troops, at a residence outside Moscow, Russia August 12, 2024. Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS – THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY./File Photo MOSCOW – Russian Security Council Secretary

The essential takeaway: Washington’s containment strategy has fractured as Nvidia’s restricted technology explicitly powered DeepSeek’s R1 model, directly feeding the People’s Liberation Army’s military capabilities. This systemic failure exposes a critical loophole where American silicon inadvertently accelerates Beijing’s weaponized intelligence and surveillance apparatus, effectively turning US innovation against its own national security interests. With the

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