TikTok to die? Xi Jinping flexes muscles, takes a hard-line approach, and wants popular social media platform's U.S. operations to die rather than approving a sale
Xi Jinping might let TikTok’s US operations die rather than approve its sale as China holds out for a “grand deal” with the Trump administration that includes larger concessions on trade and tech ...
DeepSeek’s big-picture message: Embrace the open-source movement for wider benefits
The US may want to ban DeepSeek’s apps, as we saw with TikTok, but it should ponder the risks of closing itself off by ...
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TikTok Sale Reportedly Getting ‘Slow-Rolled’ By the Chinese Government Amidst Broader Trade Negotiations
President Trump gave ByteDance a 75-day stay to find an American buyer for TikTok. But the company appears to be slow-rolling ...
Trump says China ‘operates’ the Panama Canal – how deep are Beijing’s ties to the key waterway?
Donald Trump has begun his second term as president by ramping up pressure on Panama – threatening to “take back” the Panama ...
DeepSeek is a sign of China’s structural shift, not decline
Contrary to the narrative that China’s private sector has been squeezed into irrelevance, major developments in new ...
DeepSeek ban on government devices? US lawmakers introduce proposed law
US lawmakers propose banning the Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek from government devices, citing national security risks and ...
House lawmakers push to ban AI app DeepSeek from US government devices
Lawmakers in the House are proposing to ban the Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek from U.S. government devices.
Western TikTok users mimic serpents, spit on annoying people to celebrate Year of Snake
Elaborate ‘gleeking’ practice which involves flicking one’s tongue sweeps the internet as Westerners imitate venomous spitting of serpent.
Why do US politics affect the rest of the world?
On one level, the answer to this question is very simple: The United States is the most powerful country in the world. So what happens in Washington matters to the world in the same way that decisions ...