China

• ‘Might makes right’? Why the U.S. strike on Venezuela won’t push China into a Taiwan gamble - Analysts say China is unlikely to change its Taiwan strategy after the U.S. arrest of Venezuela’s Maduro, despite renewed claims of Washington's double standards.
• What to Watch: China’s Evolving Luxury Market Reset - The meteoric rise of local heroes like Labubu, Laopu Gold and Songmont will continue to drive conversation around what luxury means for local shoppers in 2026, while global brands turn to one-of-a-kind experiences as the primary draw.
• China’s Russian Town Has Log Cabins and Cyrillic Signs, but No Russians - Enhe was once home to thousands of ethnic Russians. Under Xi Jinping’s push for ethnic unity, little remains beyond nostalgia and props for tourists.
• ‘Chinese Peptides’ Are the Latest Biohacking Trend in the Tech World - The gray-market drugs flooding Silicon Valley reveal a community that believes it can move faster than the F.D.A.
• China imposes curbs on beef imports to protect domestic industry - BEIJING/SAO PAULO, Dec 31 (Reuters) - China will impose an added 55% tariff on beef imports that exceed quota levels from key suppliers including Brazil, Australia and the U. in a move to protect its domestic cattle industry.
• China’s BYD poised to overtake Tesla as world’s top EV seller for the first time - The milestone would cap an extraordinary rise for BYD, a company Tesla's Elon Musk once dismissed by laughing at their products.
• China’s ‘Silicon Valley’ is building robots and fortune-telling AI apps at the same time - Hangzhou’s AI ecosystem now spans everything from cutting-edge robotics to experimental apps built by solo founders.
• In China, A.I. Finds Pancreatic Cancer That Doctors May Miss - A tool for spotting pancreatic cancer in routine CT scans has had promising results, one example of how China is racing to apply A.I. to medicine’s tough problems.
• Taiwan’s president pledges to defend island’s sovereignty after China’s military drills - Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te on Thursday vowed to defend the self-ruled island’s sovereignty in the face of China’s “expansionist ambitions,” days after Beijing wrapped up live-fire military drills around the island. “In the face of Ch
• How $160 million worth of export-controlled Nvidia chips were allegedly smuggled into China - The scheme involved falsifying shipping documents to misclassify the GPUs and hide their true destinations, including China and other prohibited locations.