L.A.-China flight diverted, delayed after pilot forgets passport
Possessing valid documentation is the second item on the State Department’s checklist for U.S. tourists traveling internationally. It’s required for pilots, too, as an estimated 257 passengers found out the…
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China SPC Releases Fifth Batch of Typical Cases of Seed Industry
On March 19, 2025, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) released the Fifth Batch of Typical Cases of Seed Industry Intellectual Property Protection By People’s Courts (人民法院种业知识产权司法保护典型案例 (第五批)). The Fifth Batch includes 15…
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Voice of America has fallen silent. U.S. enemies are cheering
Almost 30 years ago, toward the end of President Clinton’s first term in office, Republicans in Congress forced a government shutdown that led some 800,000 nonessential federal workers to be…
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How Elon Musk’s DOGE Cuts Leave a Vacuum That China Can Fill
When President Trump announced on Friday that the United States would move ahead with a long-debated project to build a stealthy next-generation fighter jet, the message to China was clear:…
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Pentagon Set Up Briefing for Musk on Potential War With China
The Pentagon was scheduled on Friday to brief Elon Musk on the U.S. military’s plan for any war that might break out with China, two U.S. officials said on Thursday….
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USAID suspension will strengthen China and exacerbate suffering, former official says during UCI talk – Orange County Register
The effective dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development has dealt a major blow to American “soft power,” said Isobel Coleman, a former senior USAID official. Speaking at the…
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Taiwan has been important to the U.S. Here’s why
TAIPEI, Taiwan — China considers it a part of the Chinese nation. The United States considers it a roadblock to further Chinese influence in Asia. No wonder, then, that Taiwan has…
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5 Chinese satellites practiced ‘dogfighting’ in space, Space Force says
Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. Michael Guetlein speaks at the McAleese Defense Programs Conference in Washington, D.C., March 7, 2024. (US Air Force photo by Eric Dietrich) WASHINGTON —…
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Trump’s transactional diplomacy is reshaping U.S.-Taiwan relations
TAIPEI, Taiwan — For decades, the U.S. has played an important role in maintaining the delicate relationship between Taiwan and China, which considers Taiwan to be a part of its territory and…
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WIPO 2024 PCT Filing Report: China Leads Global Rankings
According to data released by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on March 17, 2025, China remained the top source of PCT applications in 2024. Reversing a slight decrease in Chinese-originated PCT filings in 2023,…
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Trump vows to ramp up U.S. production of ‘clean coal’
President Trump this week continued to make his environmental priorities clear by vowing to open up hundreds of coal power plants in the United States in an effort to advance…
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Belgium prosecutors conduct 21 searches in corruption investigation against China Huawei and MEPs – JURIST
The Belgian Prosecutor’s Office conducted 21 searches in the Brussels Capital, along with several regions in Flanders and Portugal. The Brussels Examining Magistrate initiated an investigation into corruption allegations within…
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Two-minute TV shows have taken over China. Can they take over the world?
TAIPEI, Taiwan — A small-town hockey player who’s become a national superstar, a high-school sweetheart who’s scrubbing toilets, and a secret that will change everything: “He can never find out that he…
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He helped smuggle turtles to China. A California judge gave him three years in prison
The packages in a California mail facility were labeled as almonds and chocolate cookies. But inside were dozens of turtles wrapped in socks to keep them from moving and alerting…
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California businesses reeling from Trump’s ever-changing tariffs
Tariffs haven’t yet hit the supply chain at Anawalt in Malibu, but the hardware store and lumber seller is bracing for steep price hikes in the coming weeks. The majority…
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Column: When it comes to Trump’s economy, the adults have left the room
The great and powerful Oz, as Donald Trump models himself, never warned Americans that the road to his promised Golden Age would be full of speed bumps, stops and starts…
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Trump’s Big Bet: Americans Will Tolerate Economic Downturn to Restore Manufacturing
President Trump’s simultaneous trade wars with Canada, Mexico, China and the European Union amount to a huge economic and political gamble: that Americans will endure months or years of economic…
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UN called to investigate possible affiliation of Special Envoy to Myanmar with China companies – JURIST
Justice for Myanmar (JFM) released a statement calling on the United Nations to investigate possible conflicts of interest with their Special Envoy to Myanmar due to her links with Chinese…
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DeepSeek isn’t taking VC money yet. Here are 3 reasons why.
DeepSeek’s founder Liang Wenfeng is in no hurry to get investment from outsiders, the WSJ reported Monday. DeepSeek is one of the hottest AI startups in the world right now…
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In dizzying reversal, Trump pauses tariffs on some Mexican and Canadian products
MEXICO CITY — The on-again, off-again threat of U.S. tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada took another dizzying turn Thursday, when President Trump declared that Washington would temporarily reverse some of…
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