Iranian forces are using AI-processed satellite imagery from a Chinese company to improve targeting of US military installations in the Middle East. We bring you stories from the ground. Your support keeps our team in the field. DONATE NOW According to ABC News on April 5, officials from the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) assess that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is using

Taiwan opposition leader visits China for first time in a decade The leader of Taiwan’s main opposition party landed in China today, marking the first rare visit in a decade. Cheng Li-wun who took over as Kuomintang (KMT) chairperson last year, gladly accepted the invitation of President Xi Jinping’s and became the party’s first incumbent

Kuomintang (KMT) chairwoman Cheng Li-wun sees her visit as laying the foundation for “peace and stability” with Beijing, which claims Taiwan is part of its territory and threatens to use force to annex it. Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te’s government and his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which reject China’s claims of sovereignty and are detested by

More than 3,100 exhibitors across battery, materials, equipment, and recycling segments, highlighting solid-state, sodium-ion, and carbon tracking TIANJIN, China, April 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — China’s battery sector closed out 2025 with steady shipment volumes and climbing prices, a clear sign of improving quality and efficiency across the sector. Full-year exports totaled 37.896 billion battery units,

Ukraine has officially opened its wheat flour exports to China following the signing of a bilateral protocol on sanitary and phytosanitary requirements. Serhii Tkachuk, head of the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection, announced this in a Facebook post on April 6. We bring you stories from the ground. Your support

Gatestone Institute senior fellow Gordon Chang joins ‘Mornings with Maria’ to break down China’s ties to Russia and Iran amid Strait of Hormuz tensions and warn of rising threats to US national security. Unidentified, sophisticated drones flying over a handful of U.S. military bases could be a warning sign from China, Gordon Chang warned Monday,

China is advancing plans for a space-based solar power station that could serve both civilian and military applications. New updates to the project suggest that the future orbital station could function as an electronic warfare tool, according to NV on April 6. We bring you stories from the ground. Your support keeps our team in

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has proposed a new law that would impose an almost blanked ban on exports of advanced wafer fabrication equipment (WFE) to select entities in adversary nations, a rule that would complement the existing fab-based bans. If imposed, leading China-based chipmakers like CXMT, Hua Hong, SMIC, and YMTC would lose

Revvity, Inc. RVTY is well positioned for growth, thanks to its strong product portfolio. The company benefits from a strong diagnostics franchise driven by newborn screening, TB testing and specialty immunodiagnostics, complemented by the rapid expansion of its high-margin Signals Software business. However, near-term challenges persist, including China’s reimbursement reforms pressuring immunodiagnostics, weak academic/government demand

China’s 15th Five-Year Plan marks a significant shift in China’s ODI strategy, emphasising security, risk management, and the overseas expansion of high-tech sectors, particularly AI and digital technologies. The plan also reaffirms the Belt and Road Initiative and positions Hong Kong as a comprehensive services hub for Chinese companies going global. The Chinese government is