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The Biden administration has banned approvals of new telecommunications equipment from China's Huawei Technologies and ZTE because they pose "an unacceptable risk" to US national security.

Antioch Mayor Lamar Thorpe has officially apologized to a Chinese American Navy veteran who experienced discrimination in the California city around 82 years ago. Thorpe met with Alfred Chan, a ...

Political editor Katharine Murphy speaks to foreign minister Penny Wong about the value of multilateral summits, how Australia is trying to stabilise its relationship with China, and the release of an Australian academic from prison in Myanmar

The world’s biggest single-building pig farm has opened in Hubei province, but critics say it will increase the risk of larger animal disease outbreaks
On the southern outskirts of Ezhou, a city in central China’s Hubei province, a giant apartment-style building overlooks the main road. But it is not for office workers or families. At 26 storeys it is by far the biggest single-building pig farm in the world, with a capacity to slaughter 1.2 million pigs a year.
This is China’s answer to its insatiable demand for pork, the animal protein in the country.

Beijing court finds Chinese-born singer raped three women in November and December 2020
A Beijing court has sentenced the Chinese-born Canadian pop star Kris Wu to 13 years in jail after finding him guilty of crimes including rape, just over a year after his arrest in China, where he was born and built a lucrative career.
The court in Chaoyang district said investigations showed that from November to December 2020, Wu, also known as Wu Yifan, raped three women.

Asian equities moved slightly higher in Friday trading as Tokyo inflation data hit its highest level in four decades in November due to elevated energy and food prices. The core consumer price index ...

Freeport McMoRan (FCX) has agreed with Chinese smelters for treatment and refining charges of $88/metric ton and $0.088/lb for copper concentrate supply in 2023, Reuters ...

Two European chip deals have run into trouble over their links with China, a sign of concern spreading in the West over potential Chinese control of critical infrastructure.

After his citizenship ceremony at Memorial Auditorium in 2015, YK Chalamcherla stepped out into downtown Sacramento, picked up a small American flag handed out by children and took a “fresh breath.” ...

China and the US are the two countries that are investing heavily in this race for achieving supremacy in the field of AI.