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China tries to stoke domestic demand as tariffs hit. It won’t be easy.

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Christian Shepherd |Vic Chiang

China tries to stoke domestic demand as tariffs hit. It won’t be easy. (washingtonpost.com) China tries to stoke domestic demand as tariffs hit. It won’t be easy. By Christian Shepherd; Vic Chiang 2025041608011100 China's economy got off to a strong start in 2025, growing at a faster-than-expected annual rate of 5.4 percent in the first three months of the year — a clip that will be difficult to sustain as the trade war with the United States intensifies.
Tariffs put Taiwan on shaky ground with U.S., may open door for China

2 weeks ago | detroitnews.com | Katrina Northrop |Vic Chiang

Katrina Northrop, Vic ChiangWashington PostTAIPEI, Taiwan - President Donald Trump’s effort to remake the global trading system has sent shock waves through Taiwan - first, with the announcement that its exports to the United States would be hit with a 32 percent tariff, except for its computer chips. Then came the market reaction, as the Taipei stock exchange recorded its single largest one-day drop in history, nearing 10 percent.
Tariffs put Taiwan on shaky ground with U.S., may open door for China

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Katrina Northrop |Vic Chiang

Tariffs put Taiwan on shaky ground with U.S., may open door for China (washingtonpost.com) Tariffs put Taiwan on shaky ground with U.S., may open door for China By Katrina Northrop; Vic Chiang 2025040909000800 TAIPEI, Taiwan — President Donald Trump's effort to remake the global trading system has sent shock waves through Taiwan — first, with the announcement that its exports to the United States would be hit with a 32 percent tariff, except for its computer chips. Then came the market...
Por que a China intensificou exercícios militares em Taiwan e ataques pessoais ao seu presidente?

3 weeks ago | estadao.com.br | Christian Shepherd |Vic Chiang

Com navios de guerra e uma saraivada de propaganda, os militares chineses lançaram exercícios em larga escala na terça e na quarta-feira para protestar contra a rejeição cada vez mais enérgica do presidente taiwanês Lai Ching-te à reivindicação de Pequim de governar a democracia autônoma da ilha.
China targets Taiwan’s president with military drills, calls him ‘parasite’

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Christian Shepherd |Vic Chiang

China targets Taiwan’s president with military drills, calls him ‘parasite’ (washingtonpost.com) China targets Taiwan’s president with military drills, calls him ‘parasite’ By Christian Shepherd; Vic Chiang; Lyric Li 2025040108110700 With warships and a barrage of propaganda, the Chinese military launched large-scale military drills on Tuesday to protest Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te's increasingly forceful rejection of Beijing's claim to rule the self-governed island democracy. The...
Soldados taiwaneses que custodiaban la oficina presidencial espiaban para China: fueron condenados

3 weeks ago | infobae.com | Lily KuoyVic Chiang |Lily Kuo |Vic Chiang

El espionaje chino en Taiwán ha alcanzado nuevos niveles, afirman analistas y funcionarios, después de que tres soldados encargados de proteger la oficina presidencial taiwanesa fueran encarcelados por fotografiar y vender información clasificada. Los tres ex miembros de un batallón militar responsable de la seguridad del edificio presidencial, así como un soldado de una unidad especializada en guerra de información, fueron condenados esta semana a hasta siete años de prisión.
Taiwanese soldiers guarding president’s office were spying for China

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Lily Kuo |Vic Chiang

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Chinese espionage in Taiwan has reached new levels, analysts and officials say, after three soldiers responsible for guarding the Taiwanese president’s office were jailed for photographing and selling classified information. Three former members of a military battalion responsible for the security of the presidential building, as well as a soldier from a unit focused on information warfare, were sentenced to up to seven years in prison this week.
Taiwanese soldiers guarding president’s office were spying for China

3 weeks ago | stripes.com | Lily Kuo |Vic Chiang

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te speaks at a press conference in Taipei on Feb. 14, 2025. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP) TAIPEI, Taiwan — Chinese espionage in Taiwan has reached new levels, analysts and officials say, after three soldiers who were tasked with guarding the Taiwanese president’s office were jailed for photographing and selling classified information.
This Chinese city grew its birthrate. It won’t be easy to copy.

4 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Christian Shepherd |Vic Chiang

TIANMEN, China — There is a lot riding on the shoulders of toddlers being wheeled around the lakeside parks and fluorescent-lit shopping malls of this city in the plains of central China. Tianmen, population 1 million, is being held up as proof that this country of 1.4 billion — and falling — can spend its way out of a looming demographic crisis. The city’s birth rate suddenly grew by 17 percent last year, the first rise in eight years and well above a national increase of 5.8 percent.
Thailand repatriates 40 Uyghurs to China, despite human rights concerns

1 month ago | msn.com | Christian Shepherd |Vic Chiang |Caleb Quinley

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