US could burn through key missiles in ‘a week’ if war with China erupts, top security expert warns
“The U.S. struggle with China is the single greatest competition the United States has ever faced,” defense analyst Seth Jones writes in his new book
China sharpens confrontation with Japan following reported radar run-in
Beijing escalated its war of words with Tokyo after Japan said Chinese fighter jets aimed a fire-control radar at Japanese F-15s flying near Okinawa, an action Tokyo
Minnesota’s anti-fraud spending has quietly ballooned, leaving taxpayers to pay for failure twice
In the wake of a years-long $250 million welfare fraud scheme, Minnesota taxpayers will now finance a pricey state-level cleanup effort, effectively paying for the failure
Eye on mainland China as Taiwan passes stiffer penalties for undersea cable damage
Taiwan has moved to deter what it sees as an alarming rise in deliberate damage to its undersea cables, revising its laws to impose stiffer prison
Japan Builds Up ‘Missile Archipelago’ Near Taiwan to Counter China
As military tensions between China and Japan reach the highest level in more than a decade, the sparsely populated island of Yonaguni finds itself right
Tech war: China’s AI developers to welcome Nvidia’s H200 chip shipments
China’s artificial intelligence developers are expected to welcome Washington’s go-ahead for Nvidia to ship its H200 AI chips to approved customers on the mainland, according to analysts, even as Beijing continues
US Congress unveils defence bill with curbs on China tech investment, biotech ties
The US Congress is readying votes on a sprawling bill that would restrict US outbound investment to China in sensitive sectors as well as federal
Taiwan’s status ‘locked in by seven layers of confirmation’; pursuit or support of independence violates constitution and international law
Attempts to pursue “Taiwan independence” mean splitting China’s territory, and supporting “Taiwan independence” amounts to interference in China’s internal affairs, which violates both China’s constitution
China will destroy US military in fight over Taiwan, top secret document warns
China would defeat the US military in a war over Taiwan, according to a top-secret US government assessment. US reliance on costly, sophisticated weapons leaves
China faces 2026 marked by economic strains and uneasy rivalry with US
BBeijing and Washington will continue to circle each other warily in 2026 even as China’s leadership struggles to balance economic growth against its control fixation,