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1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | Cate Cadell

Under the Aukus deal Australia is expected to purchase as many as five Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines from the United States. Photo / Paul Hennessy, SOPA Images, LightRocket via Getty ImagesA Pentagon review of the multi-billion-dollar deal for the United States and Britain to supply Australia with nuclear-powered submarines has unsettled a key ally as China ramps up its naval ambitions for regional dominance.

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Cate Cadell

Pentagon review rattles submarine deal amid fears of China’s naval edge (washingtonpost.com) Pentagon review rattles submarine deal amid fears of China’s naval edge By Cate Cadell 2025061316100700 A Pentagon review of the multibillion-dollar deal for the United States and Britain to supply Australia with nuclear-powered submarines has unsettled a key ally as China ramps up its naval ambitions for regional dominance.

3 weeks ago | detroitnews.com | Sarah Ellison |Cate Cadell

Two months after the Trump administration all but shut down its foreign news services in Asia, China is gaining significant ground in the information war, building toward a regional propaganda monopoly, including in areas where U.S.-backed outlets once reported on Beijing’s harsh treatment of ethnic minorities.

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Sarah Ellison |Cate Cadell

Two months after the Trump administration all but shut down its foreign news services in Asia, China is gaining significant ground in the information war, building toward a regional propaganda monopoly, including in areas where U.S.-backed outlets once reported on Beijing’s harsh treatment of ethnic minorities.

3 weeks ago | myemail.constantcontact.com | Sarah Ellison |Cate Cadell |Joel Schectman |Shen Lu

Quotes of the Day:“An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex.”– Aldous Huxley“If you want to reach a large audience, appeal to idiots.”– Schopenhauer“The more intelligent a man is, the more he begins to notice suffering.”– Fyodor Dostoevsky1. Chinese propaganda surges as the U.S. defunds Radio Free Asia2. The Pentagon Disinformation That Fueled America’s UFO Mythology3. Chinese Student Trolled Over ‘Humanity’ Speech at Harvard4.