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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China just revealed plans to take on Elon Musk's Neuralink

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China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology published a new policy document this week.

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China's economy is facing a nightmarish Year of the Dragon

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Evergrande buildings in Nanjing, in East China's Jiangsu province.
Evergrande buildings in Nanjing, Jiangsu province.

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Beijing is unlikely to rescue Evergrande's offshore creditors because it could make things worse at home

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A man walks past an Evergrande Group residential complex called Evergrande Palace in Beijing on January 29, 2024.
A man walks past an Evergrande Group residential complex called Evergrande Palace in Beijing on January 29, 2024.

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