US-China relations

Why national security – not market forces – will define the US-China AI race

2026-07-16T23:00:00.000Z
While global views of China’s Xi (left) and US’ Trump are generally negative, Xi’s favourability has overtaken Trump’s.

China overtakes US in global favourability for first time: Pew

2026-07-16T01:33:36.000Z
Trump, who is set to give his speech to the General Assembly on Sep 22, typically spends a few nights in New York to meet other world leaders. 

Trump says he expects to host China’s Xi in US around Sep 24

2026-07-06T22:04:25.000Z
Chancay port is operated by Chinese-owned Cosco Shipping Ports, which was designed to cut shipping times between Latin America and Asia.

Peru court restores state oversight over China’s Cosco mega-port in win for US

2026-07-02T23:47:31.000Z
A view of Earth, partially hidden behind the Moon, captured through the Orion spacecraft window.

AI’s next frontier? China and the US look to space in the computing race

2026-06-29T03:41:02.000Z
The US Federal Communications Commission said ​it would allow Americans to continue to use equipment they already own.

US bans imports of more Chinese technology goods

2026-06-27T01:33:02.000Z
China wants international influence to counter Western biases, so as to win the “battle for global public opinion” and “safeguard national interests”.

China can be a useful bogeyman in American politics

2026-06-23T23:00:00.000Z
Even as the world plans for an unreliable US in everything from defence to trade, it now has to cope with a new way of being captive to the world’s biggest economy.
THE BROAD VIEW

AI has granted America vast new power

2026-06-19T23:00:00.000Z
DeepSeek was approved by an interagency committee in 2025 for addition to the Commerce Department’s Entity List.

US holds off blacklisting China’s DeepSeek, more than 100 firms deemed security risks: sources

2026-06-17T01:26:59.000Z
News that SpaceX would bar Chinese investors from its IPO was reported earlier by Bloomberg.

China investors being shut out as some American AI firms, including SpaceX, go public: sources

2026-06-12T04:57:04.000Z