Chinese hackers are preparing to 'wreak havoc' on US electrical grids, water treatment plants, and oil and gas pipelines: FBI director

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FBI Director Christopher Wray on Capitol Hill on January 31, 2024 in Washington, DC.

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China is stepping up to save its economy this year, but the data just doesn't seem to be getting much better

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Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

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We won't meddle in the 2024 election, China's Xi Jinping told Biden: report

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US President Joe Biden greets Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' week in Woodside, California on November 15, 2023.
US President Joe Biden greets Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' week in Woodside, California on November 15, 2023.

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China's defense budget was reported as 3 times smaller than America's, but 2 analysts say the Pentagon is underselling Beijing's true military strength

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Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission CMC, extends Spring Festival greetings to the country's military veterans when attending a gala held by the CMC for retired military officers of Beijing-based troops in Beijing, capital of China, Jan.

China is facing a brutal reality as it desperately tries to fix its population decline problem

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A medical worker takes care of newborns at Dongfang Hospital in Lianyungang, China, on January 1, 2024.

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Chinese hackers would outnumber FBI cyber agents by 50 to 1 even if the agency threw all its resources at China: FBI chief

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FBI chief Christopher Wray (left) and a hacker (right).
"If each one of the FBI's cyber agents and intelligence analysts focused exclusively on the China threat, China's hackers would still outnumber FBI cyber personnel by at least 50 to 1," FBI director Christopher Wray said at a congressional hearing.

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The world's 2 biggest economies are moving in starkly different directions

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The world's two largest economies are moving in different directions.

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Ken Griffin says Chinese invasion of Taiwan could spark a new Great Depression

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Citadel CEO Ken Griffin warned that a "rupture" over Taiwan would be "catastrophic" for the US and Chinese economies.

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China is a greater threat to the US than Russia and that's why the CIA doubled its budget for it, agency chief says

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Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (right).
"While Russia may pose the most immediate challenge, China is the bigger long-term threat," CIA director William J. Burns wrote in an op-ed for Foreign Affairs.

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China is building its own AI at a rapid pace

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Baidu CTO Wang Haifeng unveils the company's AI chatbot at an event in Beijing.

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