Chinese fishing boats have been making some unusual moves lately in the East China Sea, satellite images and shipping data show

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Three fishing boats sit in blue water with a clear sky in the background.
It appears China's Maritime Militia assembled in coordinated lines in the East China Sea.

JAM STA ROSA / AFP

Taiwan is reworking its ground forces. It could unlock new ways of fighting with new tech.

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A Taiwanese soldier wearing camouflage walks in front of two M1A2T Abrams tanks parked on red dirt. The sky is overcast in the background.
Taiwan announced the combined arms brigades earlier this month.

I-Hwa Cheng / AFP

How a $3.60 crying horse plushie became a symbol for Chinese corporate agony

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Crying horse plush toys sit on display ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, which will welcome the Year of the Horse, at Yiwu International Trade City in Yiwu, Zhejiang province, China January 21, 2026.
Sad horse toys have become popular in China ahead of Lunar New Year.

Nicoco Chan/REUTERS

I went to graduate school in China and the US. I had more educational freedom in Hong Kong.

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John von Seggern at the great wall of china
The author attended graduate school in China.

Courtesy of John von Seggern

Inside the fortune cookie factory supplying thousands of American Chinese restaurants

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America has more Chinese restaurants than McDonald's and Burger King locations combined. But many of the nation's favorite takeout dishes, such as fortune cookies and chop suey, were invented in the US, not China.

Trump threatens Canada with 100% tariffs over Beijing trade deal: 'China will eat Canada alive'

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President Donald Trump.
President Donald Trump is threatening Canada with another round of tariffs.

Harun Ozalp/Anadolu via Getty Images

China's AI push is about spreading economic gains, not enriching tech giants, a finance CEO says

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Workers at the AIpai video generation platform at their office in Beijing on October 15, 2025
A new Brookings study warns that AI could raise wages now — only to crush them later as machines take over.

PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images

The US has an Arctic warfare problem: not enough of the right kinds of weapons and tools

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A fighter jet takes off from a snowy landscape with trees and a cloudy sky in the background.
The US military's renewed focus on the Arctic is exposing the types of weapons it needs for the region.

US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nicholas Paczkowski

This is what BlackRock's Larry Fink said about the AI bubble debate in Davos

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BlackRock Chairman and CEO Larry Fink.
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said the long-term impact of AI will depend on how widely the technology spreads beyond the largest firms.

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

Russia's new Geran-5 turbojet drone looks like Iran's Karrar UAV and is souped up with American parts, Ukraine says

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A 3D sketch of the Geran-5 can be seen on a plain background.
GUR has uploaded a model of the Geran-5 and its foreign parts. The drone's warhead is shown mounted near the aircraft's nose.

Screenshot via the Ukrainian government "War & Sanctions" website

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