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Reflections on the face-off between China and the US

July 31, 2026 by Yanzhong Huang
Xi | Trump | Face-Off

Beijing is now viewed more favorably than Washington in most nations surveyed in a major report

Categories Analysis Tags Beijing, Council on Foreign Relations, Pew Research Center, Soft Power, Splash, Washington Leave a comment

China’s ghost in the machine is haunting ASML 

July 29, 2026July 28, 2026 by China Factor Staff
ASML | Chips | Machine

Fears grow that a Chinese state-run group plans to mass-produce the tech that underpins the chip world

Categories Talking Point Tags AI Race, Beijing, Chip Conflict, News, Tech Theft, United States Leave a comment

China calls for a baby boom amid ‘AI lovers’ crackdown

July 24, 2026July 20, 2026 by China Factor Staff
AI Romance | China | Baby Boom

Beijing doesn’t ‘like the idea of a large portion of the population being in relationships with chatbots’

Categories Talking Point Tags AI Addiction, Beijing, News, Online AI Partners, Population Apocalypse Leave a comment

US-China the ‘fiercest Thucydian rivalry of all time’ 

July 17, 2026July 10, 2026 by Spencer Feingold

Trump and Xi will need to grapple with the contradiction facing them in a time of intense competition

Categories Behind The News Tags Beijing, Conflict Risks, News, Washington, World Economic Forum Leave a comment

Merz trades blows with Beijing over export flood

July 27, 2026July 3, 2026 by Tom Harper
Friedrich Merz | Germany | China

What is clear is that the relationship between Europe and China ‘is entering a contentious stage’

Categories Behind The News Tags Beijing, Currency Clash, European Union, The Conversation, The Long Read, Trade Tensions Leave a comment

Trump is pushing Asian allies into China’s arms 

July 6, 2026June 18, 2026 by Joshua Kurlantzick
Pete Hegseth | Secretary of Defense | United States

Beijing will seize on demands by US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in his Singapore speech

Categories Behind The News Tags American Bullying, Beijing, Council on Foreign Relations, Defense Risks, News, Taiwan Question, The Long Read, Washington Leave a comment

Mad, mad world of China’s AI rivalry with the US

May 28, 2026May 27, 2026 by China Factor Staff
China-US | AI Figures| World Dominance

President Xi has called science and technology the ‘main battlefield’ of international competition

Categories Talking Point Tags AI Conflict, Beijing, China-US Tension, News, Washington Leave a comment

President Trump must stop making China great again

May 7, 2026May 6, 2026 by China Factor Staff
Trump | Your Move | Xi

He needs to start acting like a shrewd statesman in his face-to-face talks with Xi after Iran fiasco

Categories Talking Point Tags Beijing, Iran War, News, Trade Tensions, Washington Leave a comment

‘Manusgate’, Trump’s trip and the big China rip-off 

April 30, 2026April 29, 2026 by China Factor Staff
AI | Theft | China | US

Cold War 2.0 explodes after war of words between Washington and Beijing over state-of-the-art AI heist

Categories Talking Point Tags Beijing, DeepSeek, High-Tech Heist, Manus, News, Washington Leave a comment

Taiwan’s infighting is playing into China’s hands

May 11, 2026April 24, 2026 by David Sacks

Political polarization threatens to stall Taipei’s resilience to Chinese military and economic coercion

Categories Analysis Tags Beijing, Council on Foreign Relations, Special Defense Spending, Taipei, Taiwan Threats, The Long Read, United States Leave a comment
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