Chinese fishing vessels are going scorched earth and pumping cyanide into contested waters, Philippine fishing authority says

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This photo taken on February 15, 2024, shows an aerial view of a China Coast Guard vessel and China Coast Guard personnel on a rubber boat over Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea.
This photo taken on February 15, 2024, shows an aerial view of a China Coast Guard vessel and China Coast Guard personnel on a rubber boat over Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea.

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A broke Chinese real estate developer left Los Angeles with empty, graffiti-covered towers and a billion-dollar bill

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27 Floors Of Unfinished L.A. Luxury Skyscraper Tagged With Graffiti
An aerial view of graffiti spray painted by taggers on at least 27 stories of an unfinished skyscraper development located in Downtown Los Angeles, California.

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US warships are shooting down weapons no one's ever faced in combat before, and a Navy commander says it's a 'great opportunity'

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A missile launches from a US Navy destroyer in the Red Sea earlier this month.
A missile launches from a US Navy destroyer in the Red Sea earlier this month.

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China is heading for a 'lost decade' if it doesn't reform and grow, an analyst says

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Xi Jinping
Chinese President Xi Jinping appears to be of the view China must endure some painful structural reforms before stimulating the economy.

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Chinese hackers' cyberattacks are reaching a 'fever pitch': FBI director

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Christopher Wray (left) and a masked hacker (right).
On Thursday, FBI director Christopher Wray said that cyberattacks by Chinese hackers are reaching a "fever pitch." Wray made the remarks while he was in Germany, attending the Munich Security Conference.

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Xi Jinping's high-rank purges show a 'systemic rot' in China's military that could threaten its readiness for war: senior US official

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Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu attends the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting in New Delhi on April 28, 2023.
Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu attends the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting in New Delhi on April 28, 2023. He was replaced in October 2023.

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OpenAI says it thwarted malicious state actors out of China, Russia, and North Korea, and one of them's called Salmon Typhoon

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ChatGPT (left) and Pacific Rim's Gypsy Danger mecha (right).
The five threat actors had names just like the mechs seen in Guillermo del Toro's "Pacific Rim."

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China is learning to prepare for a drawn-out war after watching Russia struggle for years in Ukraine: think-tank

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Armed police officers and soldiers conduct intensive training in high temperatures in Beihai city, Guangxi province, China, July 13, 2023.
Armed police officers and soldiers conduct intensive training in high temperatures in Beihai city, Guangxi province, China, July 13, 2023.

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Your next Tesla could be made by China

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billboard of Tesla's new factory in Mexico
Tesla seeks to import Chinese auto-parts made in Mexico to make cheaper electric vehicles.

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China's crashing birthrate will leave millions of teachers jobless in the coming years

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Chinese students at school with a teacher
China could face a surplus of nearly 2 million teachers in the coming years.

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