Weimin Chen

The Lede: On Monday, the Pacific island nation of Nauru announced that it would be abandoning diplomatic ties with Taiwan and shifting official recognition to China. This follows Taiwan’s latest presidential election over the weekend where the island’s pro-independence leaning party won for an unprecedented third term.  What

The Lede:  At a meeting on Sunday ahead of the upcoming World Economic Forum (WEF), Ukraine’s presidential chief of staff Andriy Yermak and Swiss Federal Councilor Ignazio Cassis mentioned China as a crucial player in future discussions to end the war with Russia as Kyiv courts support from the

The Lede: On Saturday, Lai Ching-te of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) defeated his opponents to become Taiwan’s next president. China expressed dissatisfaction with the results of the election as it favored Lai’s rival candidates for their more amicable positions on cross-strait relations amid stronger signals from Beijing

The Lede: According to a report from The Financial Times on Thursday, leading U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) companies recently held secret meetings with Chinese experts and institutions to discuss the responsible and safe future development of AI amid the intense rivalry that has developed between the two superpowers over

The Lede: The House Select Committee on the CCP sent a letter on Friday to the Biden administration’s top business and trade officials in which they recommend taking action against less-advanced legacy chips produced in China. It's another move aimed at breaking U.S. reliance on its

The Lede: China’s Ministry of Commerce announced on Friday that it was opening a trade investigation into the price of brandy imported from the European Union. The move is seen as a retaliatory measure following a decision by the European Commission to launch an investigation into Chinese state subsidies