Donald Trump has damaged the US's reputation in China. Since the financial crisis in 2008, the default perspective that a life in the US would be better has shifted. Consumerism, once one of the major draws of the capitalist west, is the engine of China's big cities. Mexico's proximity to the US has meant constant entanglements.
China is willing to increase purchases of EU goods to help pare a massive trade gap. EU has set an October target for "tangible" progress on tackling the trade gap, which has surpassed €1 billion (US$1.14 billion) per day. Germany this week signalled support for a tougher EU policy towards China. German trade delegation will visit China next week.
Andrej Babiš's government has cooled the rhetoric but left most of the substance in place regarding Czech-Taiwanese relations. The economic core of the relationship survived the change of government and is expanding. Taiwan’s drone exports in the first quarter of 2026 exceeded US$100 million to Czechia. Czechia and Poland are the leading destinations for Taiwan's drones.
In the past three decades, observers have become better at documenting the Chinese Communist Party's global espionage and influence activities. Chinese intelligence officers recruit agents, acquire technology, conduct cyber intrusions, and pursue influence operations around the world. The Ministry of State Security (MSS), the Ministry of Public Security, and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) are indispensable components of a party-state system that integrates political authority, intelligence collection, influence operations, technology acquisition, and selected elements of Chinese society.
Germany's ruling coalition has pledged to take a tougher line on defending trade at the continental level. The pledge formed part of a 34-point package to revive Germany’s ailing economy. The document did not mention China, but Lars Klingbeil said the government was adopting a tougher stance towards Beijing.
Attacks on Chinese citizens and businesses in sub-Saharan Africa tend to increase in the years following a rise in Chinese investment. The research team analysed 484 security incidents involving Chinese interests between 2013 and 2024. The study identified Chinese investment as the strongest statistical predictor of security incidents.
Raymond Greene is the top US diplomat in Taiwan. He wants to turn Taiwan into a "hornet's nest" of air, surface and subsurface drones. The US does not recognize Taiwan as a sovereign state but is Taiwan's main military backer and arms supplier. Beijing considers Taiwan an inalienable part of China under the One China principle.
The U.S. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party has launched an investigation into five major pharmaceutical companies over clinical trials conducted in China. Committee Chairman John Moolenaar wants them to provide detailed information by July 17 regarding due diligence, data security procedures, and research conducted at Chinese military hospitals and facilities in Xinjiang.
Supreme Court threw out President Trump's executive order directing federal immigration agencies not to grant citizenship to every child born to a foreigner on U.S. soil. Peter Schweizer's book exposed China's efforts to exploit birth tourism on an industrial scale. There are more than 1,000 Chinese companies operating in the US, and about 500 within China itself. The only way to fix the problem is to amend the Constitution.
Taiwanese lawmaker claims a military unit has only one of nine administrative vehicles usable under the Chinese-parts ban. Defense Minister Wellington Koo said he needed to investigate the claim during a July 1, 2026 Legislative Yuan hearing. The ban on Chinese-made equipment and components, in place since 2024, is driven by the same security logic pushing Taipei to reduce dependence on Beijing across its economy and technology sector.
Donald Trump has damaged the US's reputation in China. Since the financial crisis in 2008, the default perspective that a life in the US would be better has shifted. Consumerism, once one of the major draws of the capitalist west, is the engine of China's big cities. Mexico's proximity to the US has meant constant entanglements.
China is willing to increase purchases of EU goods to help pare a massive trade gap. EU has set an October target for "tangible" progress on tackling the trade gap, which has surpassed €1 billion (US$1.14 billion) per day. Germany this week signalled support for a tougher EU policy towards China. German trade delegation will visit China next week.
Andrej Babiš's government has cooled the rhetoric but left most of the substance in place regarding Czech-Taiwanese relations. The economic core of the relationship survived the change of government and is expanding. Taiwan’s drone exports in the first quarter of 2026 exceeded US$100 million to Czechia. Czechia and Poland are the leading destinations for Taiwan's drones.
In the past three decades, observers have become better at documenting the Chinese Communist Party's global espionage and influence activities. Chinese intelligence officers recruit agents, acquire technology, conduct cyber intrusions, and pursue influence operations around the world. The Ministry of State Security (MSS), the Ministry of Public Security, and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) are indispensable components of a party-state system that integrates political authority, intelligence collection, influence operations, technology acquisition, and selected elements of Chinese society.
Germany's ruling coalition has pledged to take a tougher line on defending trade at the continental level. The pledge formed part of a 34-point package to revive Germany’s ailing economy. The document did not mention China, but Lars Klingbeil said the government was adopting a tougher stance towards Beijing.
Attacks on Chinese citizens and businesses in sub-Saharan Africa tend to increase in the years following a rise in Chinese investment. The research team analysed 484 security incidents involving Chinese interests between 2013 and 2024. The study identified Chinese investment as the strongest statistical predictor of security incidents.
Raymond Greene is the top US diplomat in Taiwan. He wants to turn Taiwan into a "hornet's nest" of air, surface and subsurface drones. The US does not recognize Taiwan as a sovereign state but is Taiwan's main military backer and arms supplier. Beijing considers Taiwan an inalienable part of China under the One China principle.
The U.S. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party has launched an investigation into five major pharmaceutical companies over clinical trials conducted in China. Committee Chairman John Moolenaar wants them to provide detailed information by July 17 regarding due diligence, data security procedures, and research conducted at Chinese military hospitals and facilities in Xinjiang.
Supreme Court threw out President Trump's executive order directing federal immigration agencies not to grant citizenship to every child born to a foreigner on U.S. soil. Peter Schweizer's book exposed China's efforts to exploit birth tourism on an industrial scale. There are more than 1,000 Chinese companies operating in the US, and about 500 within China itself. The only way to fix the problem is to amend the Constitution.
Taiwanese lawmaker claims a military unit has only one of nine administrative vehicles usable under the Chinese-parts ban. Defense Minister Wellington Koo said he needed to investigate the claim during a July 1, 2026 Legislative Yuan hearing. The ban on Chinese-made equipment and components, in place since 2024, is driven by the same security logic pushing Taipei to reduce dependence on Beijing across its economy and technology sector.