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Intercept of Russian intelligence shows Beijing wanted to disguise lethal aid as civilian items, says report
China approved the provision of lethal aid to Russia for its war in Ukraine but wanted any shipments to remain a secret, according to leaked US government documents.
A top-secret intelligence summary dated 23 February states that Beijing had approved the incremental provision of weapons to Moscow, which it would disguise as civilian items, .

War in region would send shock waves around the world, says Annalena Baerbock on visit to China
Germany’s foreign minister has described a military conflict in the Taiwan strait as a “horror scenario” that would directly affect her own country, striking a different tone to the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who recently faced criticism for saying Europe must not get involved in US disputes.
After meeting the Chinese foreign minister, Qin Gang, in Bejing, Annalena Baerbock said a confrontation between China and Taiwan would send “shock waves” around the world.

China’s foreign minister has said Beijing will not sell weapons to parties involved in the conflict in and will regulate the export of items with dual civilian and military use.
Qin Gang was responding to concerns that China was considering providing military assistance to , which Beijing has backed politically and rhetorically in the conflict while formally saying it remained neutral.
Speaking at a news conference with his visiting German counterpart, Annalena Baerbock, Qin reiterated China’s willingness to help facilitate negotiations to find a peaceful resolution to the conflict and said all parties should remain 'objective and calm'

International Energy Agency’s expectation for 2023 is 2m bpd higher than last year’s figure
Global demand for oil this year is on track to rise to a record 101.9m barrels per day as China leads an economic surge among developing nations, the world’s leading energy body has forecast.
The International Energy Agency’s predicted daily average for 2023 is 2m bpd higher than last year’s figure.

Defence ministry says it cannot rule out ‘cognitive warfare tactics’ after disinformation during Chinese drills
Taiwan’s defence ministry has raised the alarm about disinformation attacks during the recent Chinese military drills and alerted local media to the dangers of helping spread disinformation.
Last week Beijing launched , in retaliation for President Tsai Ing-wen’s meeting with the US House speaker, Kevin McCarthy, in the US. Taiwan’s military and civilian analysts confirmed that Taiwan was also targeted with information warfare. “Last year’s military exercise and this year’s military exercise both used a combination of information and military actions to affect our morale,” a defence spokesperson said on Wednesday.

Former Michigan gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon slammed Democratic lawmakers for funding a over half a billion dollar Chinese-owned factory in Michigan.

Despite an overcount of Asian Americans across the country as a whole, advocates say several communities are still overlooked and lack engagement.

Despite an overcount of Asian Americans across the country as a whole, advocates say several communities are still overlooked and lack engagement.

US Soybean Export Council, with 105 members, will share soy secrets with farmers via an agricultural cooperation centre in China Soybean traders in the US are hoping the new joint venture will help ...

China’s ruling Communist Party is engaged in systematic efforts to undermine American and Western societies through the operations of a party organ called the United Front Work Department, according to an extensive new think tank report.

Sandstorms whipped up from the Gobi desert have spread from northern China to and South Korea and as far east as Japan, causing a reduction in visibility and an increase in respiratory illness. There have been four sandstorms in the space of a month in China this year