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The US Justice Department urged an appeal court to reject TikTok’s lawsuit challenge to a crackdown law that could see the app banned in the United States. Photo: Reuters

Justice Department claims TikTok collected US user views on abortion, gun control

The new court documents represent the US government’s first major defence in a consequential legal battle over the future of the popular social media platform.

The new court documents represent the US government’s first major defence in a legal battle over the future of the popular social media platform

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An America under Trump 2.0 makes Asia anxious – again

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Opinion | The world will look back on US foreign policy under Biden with nostalgia

27 Jul 2024 - 5:53AMvideocam

With Musk all in for Trump, what might that mean for US space policy?

A second Trump administration could not only feature much more work for the commercial rocket launcher SpaceX, but also a White House adviser role for Musk.

27 Jul 2024 - 5:28AMvideocam

Elon Musk, who relies on China as a core market for his business empire, has pledged to support Trump’s campaign, creating a complicated and geopolitically entangled path to these ambitions. Photo: @realDonaldTrump/Truth Social

Boeing seeks records for Chinese titanium, as check for forgeries widens

The company is asking suppliers for documents going back 10 years, amid a probe into files used to identify the authenticity of plane parts.

27 Jul 2024 - 3:51AMvideocam

Editorial | Games can shine for world badly in need of that Olympic spirit

Paris spectacle promises to be a sporting landmark with athletes from Hong Kong and mainland China among those going for gold at an event striving to bring nations closer together.

27 Jul 2024 - 12:41AM

China wants to be better prepared for strategic risks like economic sanctions

The top leadership vowed to improve ‘early warning’ systems to identify threats to its interests and investments overseas at last week’s third plenum.

26 Jul 2024 - 10:59PMvideocam

China’s top leadership made a number of policy decisions for the next five years at last week’s party conclave. Photo: Xinhua

As Micron president visits China, chip maker stays silent in US-China balancing act

Sanjay Mehrotra was among a group of American executives visiting China this week, but the memory chip maker avoided bringing attention to it.

26 Jul 2024 - 6:30PM

Russia, China should join forces in Southeast Asia, Lavrov says at Asean meeting

China’s foreign minister pledges to work with Russia to safeguard their ‘core interests’ and ‘always be a good partner’.

26 Jul 2024 - 7:50PMvideocam

Exclusive | Hong Kong’s crime fight hampered by geopolitics but crooks kept at bay: Chris Tang

Suspension of legal assistance deals has impacted city but officials can work with overseas agencies in other ways to bring criminals to justice, security minister says.

26 Jul 2024 - 12:05PMvideocam

Hong Kong security minister Chris Tang has also told the Post his bureau will work on improving the business environment by facilitating travel between Hong Kong and mainland China. Photo: Dickson Lee

US senator attacks Biden administration for failing to halt chip sales to China

John Kennedy, Republican of Louisiana, says Commerce Department has not done enough to keep Nvidia semiconductors, key to AI technologies, from Chinese entities.

26 Jul 2024 - 5:15AM

An Nvidia chip displayed at the Mobile World Congress in Shanghai on June 26. Photo: AFP

Editorial | Diplomatic approach by China a breath of fresh air amid gloom

Shift in strategy has led to an accord between Palestinian rivals, words of hope from Ukrainian foreign minister and earlier peace pact between Iran and Saudi Arabia.

26 Jul 2024 - 12:13AM

China Initiative a ‘significant push factor’ for Chinese scientists’ US exodus

The number of ethnic Chinese scientists leaving the US rose rapidly after the launch of the China Initiative, study finds.

25 Jul 2024 - 10:14PM

China, Russia bombers enter Alaska air defence zone in military first: Norad

The two countries’ warplanes entered the area at the same time and were intercepted in international airspace, the joint US and Canadian military command said.

26 Jul 2024 - 2:02AMvideocam

A Chinese H-6 bomber, similar to the PLA warplanes, was detected along with Russian aircraft in the Air Defence Identification Zone off the coast of Alaska on Wednesday. Photo: Handout

Macroscope | China’s uneven recovery risks more US protectionism, even if Trump loses

China’s trade surplus and deflationary policies propping up its push for hi-tech manufacturing mean a sharp US response is likely, whoever wins the November election.

25 Jul 2024 - 4:30PMvideocam

An employee works in a specially lit area on a production line that produces printed circuit boards for export at a factory in Jiujiang, in central Jiangxi province, on July 24. The recently completed third plenum showed that the Chinese government continues to see high-end manufacturing and “new quality productive forces” as the path to economic recovery. Photo: AFP

Not yet clear skies for Boeing in China as Beijing focuses on ‘absolute safety’

Boeing Global president Brendan Nelson concluded a visit to Beijing on Tuesday, while deliveries of the troubled 737 Max jet to China also resumed this week.

25 Jul 2024 - 3:30PMvideocam

Letters | In the land of the free, there’s another side to free speech

Readers discuss what migrants find at the end of the rainbow, and the wisdom of the South Korean opposition on the Taiwan issue.

25 Jul 2024 - 2:30PM

China eyes ‘large scale’ Russian energy cooperation despite US sanctions calls

Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang made the comments at the Sixth China-Russia Energy Business Forum in Moscow on Tuesday.

25 Jul 2024 - 12:11PMvideocam

Chinese Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang delivers a speech while attending the opening ceremony of the sixth China-Russia Energy Business Forum in Moscow on Tuesday. Photo: Xinhau

South Korea accuses 3 Chinese students of illegal drone video of US carrier

The three, who allegedly photographed Naval Operations Command in Busan, could face three years in prison or a fine of US$21,000.

26 Jul 2024 - 1:11AMvideocam

Opinion | China cannot support Russia and hope to woo Europe away from the US

If China pressures Russia into ending its aggressive behaviour, it would weaken a key reason for European alignment with the US.

25 Jul 2024 - 5:30AM

US sanctions China-based network linked to North Korean missile programme

The targets include a half-dozen people and five firms in China, accused of supporting Pyongyang in defiance of United Nations actions.

25 Jul 2024 - 6:27AMvideocam

A file image of a North Korean missile launch is displayed on a screen at Seoul Railway Station in South Korea on July 2. Photo: AP

Editorial | Fiscal shake-up must be a success for sake of the China economy

Ambitious plan by third plenum aims to overhaul taxation system to help cash-strapped local governments and the people they serve.

25 Jul 2024 - 12:17AM

Expensive public services have cut into consumer spending as Chinese save to care for their children, elderly parents and themselves. Photo: Shutterstock

‘Go global or go bust’: Chinese firms urged to brace for tech-for-market swap

Chinese firms ambitious about going abroad urged to embrace ‘technology for market’ strategy that allowed China to obtain technologies since the 1980s.

24 Jul 2024 - 10:00PM

Chinese-born scientist in US tells of fear caused by Trump-era convictions

University of Kansas academic Franklin Tao speaks of charges amid China Initiative, ‘losing almost everything’ and bittersweet victory

24 Jul 2024 - 1:46PMvideocam

Whether Harris or Trump, the prospect of a China-US conflict is unlikely: expert

Political scientist Li Cheng says the candidates may take aim at Beijing on the campaign trail but what they do ‘will be different’.

24 Jul 2024 - 7:12PMvideocam

J.D. Vance (left) should learn from Mike Pence to be quiet and leave the limelight to Donald Trump, political scientist Li Cheng says. Photo: Reuters

US climate envoy to go to China as talks progress on greenhouse gas cuts

John Podesta says both nations are focusing on nitrous oxide, which is widely used in industry and has 300 times the warming potential of carbon dioxide.

24 Jul 2024 - 5:57AMvideocam

Smoke rises from a coal-powered power station in Datong, Shanxi province. The US climate envoy John Podesta said talks with China on greenhouse gases are advancing. Photo: AFP

US should fund ways to help Chinese get around ‘Great Firewall’, lawmakers hear

Washington is also urged to help Chinese students come to the US: ‘Some of the most sophisticated circumvention users in China are those who have spent significant time overseas.’

24 Jul 2024 - 4:38AM

Harris tipped to keep Biden’s foreign policy team in place – at least at first

The vice-president’s relative lack of foreign policy experience might prevent any sudden change towards China, according to one analyst.

23 Jul 2024 - 10:00PMvideocam

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