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The country would run out within two months of a major disruption. Here are five ways to reduce vulnerability
China’s sabre-rattling about Taiwan underlines the need for Australia to be prepared for conflict in the .
With its growing navy and air force, and the bases it has built throughout the area, China is increasingly capable of disrupting shipping lanes crucial to Australia’s exports and imports.

A star University of Maryland (UMD) professor built a machine-learning software “useful for surveillance” as part of a six-figure research grant from Chinese tech giant Alibaba, raising concerns that ...

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyA star University of Maryland (UMD) professor built a machine-learning software “useful for surveillance” as part of a six-figure research ...

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyA star University of Maryland (UMD) professor built a machine-learning software “useful for surveillance” as part of a six-figure research ...

Between March 2020 and March 2022, there were 11,400 self-reported hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders across the country. Almost half of Asian Americans who reported hate ...

In the web browser used within the TikTok app, supplementary code lets the company track every character typed by users. The company said the capability was for troubleshooting.

Almost two and a half years after the COVID-19 pandemic started in the United States and despite all their efforts to stop anti-Asian hate incidents, people of Chinese and Asian descent in San ...

While Xi Jinping hasn’t visited another country in the pandemic, his foreign minister, Wang Yi, has been to dozens, extolling Beijing’s vision for the world.

For Corrine Parco and Andie Pangan, Head In The Clouds Festival in Pasadena on Saturday, Aug. 20 felt a little like home. Not that they’d ever attended the festival held at Brookside at the Rose Bowl ...

Biobank urged to review transfer of information for medical research
Rising political and security tensions between Beijing and the west have prompted calls for a review of the transfer of genetic data to China from a biomedical database containing the DNA of half a million UK citizens.
The UK Biobank said it had about 300 projects under which researchers in China were accessing “detailed genetic information” or other health data on volunteers.

Beijing is in a bind over harsh Covid lockdowns, a property crisis and tensions with western trading partners
On his tour of the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen last week, Li Keqiang, the premier, tried to send some positive energy at a time many citizens have been complaining of economic hardship.
“China’s opening will continue. The Yellow river and the Yangtze river will not flow backward,” Li said, striking an upbeat tone while visiting Yantian Port, a gateway to Europe and North America, two of China’s biggest markets.

Today, that history is largely forgotten. A bronze plaque embedded in the sidewalk outside the Chinese American Museum on Los Angeles Street stands as a rare memorial. It’s smaller than a pizza box.