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A Chinese state-sponsored hacker broke into the US Treasury Department's systems and accessed some unclassified documents.

Claims a Chinese state-sponsored actor was behind breach this month are ‘groundless’, says foreign ministry
Beijing has hit back at accusations that a China state-sponsored actor was behind a at the US treasury department, calling the claims “groundless”.
The breach was orchestrated via a third-party cybersecurity service provider. Hackers were able to gain access to a key used by the vendor to override certain parts of the system, according to a letter the treasury department sent to lawmakers on Monday.

The episode comes at a particularly sensitive moment, just as the Biden White House is dealing with one of the most far-reaching, and damaging, hacks into American infrastructure in the cyberage.

The companies have found plenty of new channels to the U.S. market — demonstrating the potential limits of the tariffs Donald Trump has promised to impose.

‘This is a moral and scientific imperative,’ World Health Organization says in statement marking five years since Chinese authorities first alerted to ‘viral pneumonia’ in Wuhan
The World Health Organization has implored China to share data and access to help understand the origins of Covid-19, five years on from the start of the pandemic that upended the planet.
“We continue to call on China to share data and access so we can understand the origins of Covid-19. This is a moral and scientific imperative,” the WHO said in a on Monday.

Third-party cybersecurity provider was compromised after hackers obtained key to override certain systems
Chinese state-sponsored hackers breached the US treasury department earlier this month, accessing several employee workstations and unclassified documents, according to an agency spokesperson.
The breach was orchestrated via a third-party cybersecurity service provider, BeyondTrust. Hackers were able to gain access to a key used by the vendor to override certain parts of the system, according to a letter the treasury department sent to lawmakers on Monday that was reviewed by the Guardian.

It set the stage for China's economic ascent - and its rivalry with the US.

Last week, a group of students and teachers from the United States traveled to Hengshui, North China's Hebei province, to experience the charm of traditional Chinese culture and enhance friendship ...

Marking five years since Covid emerged, the WHO says China should share data as "a moral and scientific imperative".

Mizo Games wants players to have a chance to ‘experience war on the tabletop before it reaches us’
As families in Taiwan prepare to gather for lunar new year celebrations in January, a game that will be released that month promises to offer some war-themed fun over the festive period.
The board game 2045, developed by the Taiwanese company Mizo Games, invites players to participate in an imaginary 20 years in the future. Players are given roles that include Taiwanese army officers, Chinese sleeper agents and volunteer citizen fighters.

As the nation mourns the death of Jimmy Carter, Asian American and Pacific Islanders look back on the historic contribution the then-president made to the community.

Bumper grain crop set to weigh heavily as farmers count costs of seed, fertilizer – and effects of possible trade war
Many US midwestern grain farmers will lose money this year after reaping a bumper crop, and the outlook for their future income is bleak.
harvested some of the largest corn and soybean crops in history this year. Big harvests traditionally weigh on crop prices because of plentiful supply. And those price pressures comes at a time when costs remain persistently high to grow corn and soybeans, the US’s most valuable crops.