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China’s surveillance balloons have flown over more than 40 countries and are directed by the Chinese military, the State Department said. The F.B.I. is studying debris.

Minister says payment will ‘draw a line’ under 2017 case related to claims of fraudulent textile imports
The UK government has paid £2.3bn to the EU as part of a long-standing dispute over textiles and footwear imported into the UK from China.
The final payment of £1.1bn, made this week, brings the case to a close.

The communist party’s propaganda machine pulled out all the stops to ensure the public opinion was in accordance with party narrative
Amid the diplomatic spat over the high-altitude balloon that flew across North America before being shot down by the US air force, China is taking the opportunity to drum up nationalistic fervour among its citizens – and the tactic appears to be working well.
The balloon incident has burst the facade of a three-month, uneasy peace between China and the US since the summit between Xi Jinping and Joe Biden in November.

Chinese sensor maker Hesai Group's shares closed 10.8% percent higher on their first day of trade in New York after it raised $190 million in an upsized initial public offering (IPO), the largest U.S.

Also, new U.S. information about China’s spy balloon and North Korea’s newest missile.

Sens. Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) said no one in the briefing clarified whether American companies helped build the Chinese surveillance balloon, but the question was raised in the ...

Lawmakers in Texas, Florida, Arkansas and in Congress have proposed laws banning citizens of China from buying land, homes and other buildings in the United States.

State department source says balloon was carrying equipment capable of intercepting communications
The Chinese balloon that flew over North America for more than a week before being was carrying equipment capable of intercepting and geolocating communications, the US government has claimed.
A senior state department official said on Thursday that equipment was identified by a U-2 spy plane sent up to scrutinise the balloon.

Chinese military scientists have been looking for ways to make them more durable, harder to detect and even to serve as platforms that fire advanced weapons.

The Biden administration is preparing new rules that would restrict U.S. dollars from flowing to China.