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Foreign interference can be hidden in plain sight. Here’s how countries use ‘sharp power’ in Australia

Last week, Australian authorities arrested a woman for foreign interference. The Chinese citizen and Canberra resident is just the third person ever charged under our foreign interference laws.

The Conversation

China's exports and imports picked up in July, helped by the pause in Trump's higher tariffs

China has reported its exports surged 7.2% in July from a year earlier while its imports grew at the fastest pace in a year, as businesses rushed to take advantage of a truce in President Donald Trump's trade war with Beijing

The Independent UK

Angela Rayner calls on China to explain redacted images in super-embassy plans

Ms Rayner has given Beijing two weeks to explain why parts of its plans for the sprawling new embassy site are blacked out.

Evening Standard

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Angela Rayner demands China explain redacted blueprint for London 'mega-embassy' amid security fears

The Deputy Prime Minister has told Beijing to explain why it has redacted drawings of areas in the proposed building near the capital’s financial district

Evening Standard

China Warns Nvidia Over Tracking Tech—Are Semiconductor ETFs At Risk?

A new development in the U.S.-China chip impasse is causing ETF investors to re-evaluate exposure to top semiconductor stocks. China has imposed a red line in a meeting with Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) executives, expressing concerns about U.S. proposals to install tracking technology in high-end chips. Though Beijing hasn’t issued a precise…

Benzinga

Trump Targets Tariff Evasion, With Eye On China

As the United States ramps up tariffs on major trading partners globally, President Donald Trump is also disrupting strategies that could be used -- by Chinese companies or others -- to circumvent them.

International Business Times

China and Russia conduct joint naval drills in the Sea of Japan

The Chinese and Russian governments have deepened ties in recent years, with Beijing refusing to place sanctions on Moscow over its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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Beijing Lifts Rain Alert After Evacuating Over 80,000

Beijing lifted a severe weather alert on Tuesday but warned residents to stay vigilant against natural disasters after authorities evacuated more than 82,000 people over fears of more deadly floods in the Chinese capital.

International Business Times

Nvidia claims H20 chips do 'not have backdoors' after reportedly being summoned by 'Beijing authorities' for a quick word

China could start to adopt Nvidia's H20 chips going forward.

PC Gamer

From Royal Mint to Spy Hub? Row Erupts Over UK's Biggest Chinese Embassy

Plans to convert London's historic Royal Mint site into the UK's largest Chinese embassy have sparked fierce political backlash. Critics warn the development could pose a national security threat, while Beijing insists it's standard diplomacy.

International Business Times UK

Australian Police Charge Chinese National With 'Foreign Interference'

Australian police said Monday they had charged a Chinese national with "reckless foreign interference", accusing the woman of spying on local Buddhists for Beijing.

International Business Times

Chris Arnade on China, Wall Street, and Walking Around the World

"I walked the entire length of the New York subway system above ground. I've always been into walking," says the author of the Chris Arnade Walks the World newsletter.

Reason

Cruel summer turns up heat on Ursula von der Leyen’s second mandate

From a motion of censure to a lopsided trade deal, the events of July threaten to derail the trajectory of Ursula von der Leyen's second term in office.

Euronews

What will it take for China to arrest its declining birth rate?

China’s central government introduced a childcare subsidy on July 28 that will provide families with 3,000 yuan (around £312) a year for each child under the age of three. The announcement came days after plans were unveiled to roll out free preschool education across the country.

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Euronews

FBI opens first office in New Zealand, sparking backlash in China

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said in June that China posed an imminent threat and urged Indo-Pacific countries to increase military spending to 5% of GDP.

The Independent UK

Satellite images reveal alarming scale of China’s military build-up in disputed South China Sea

Latest satellite images of Mischief Reef show sprawling runways, missile shelters, and large aircraft hangars

The Independent UK

FBI director says a new office in New Zealand will counter China's sway, provoking Beijing's ire

FBI Director Kash Patel has provoked diplomatic discomfort in New Zealand by saying the opening of a new office in Wellington aims to counter China's influence

The Guardian - UK

Weather tracker: deadly floods devastate northern China

Torrential rain batters Beijing and surrounding areas, while intense heat lingers in parts of Scandinavia

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International Business Times

Nvidia Says No 'Backdoors' In Chips As China Questions Security

Nvidia chips do not contain "backdoors" allowing remote access, the US tech giant has said, after Beijing summoned company representatives to discuss "serious security issues".

Fortune

Beijing officials warm to the idea of a yuan stablecoin, driven by the 'fear of missing out'

Some Chinese officials worry that the U.S.'s decision to embrace stablecoins through the Genius Act might reverse the trend of de-dollarization.

The Conversation

By building the world’s biggest dam, China hopes to control more than just its water supply

China’s already vast infrastructure programme has entered a new phase as building work starts on the Motuo hydropower project.

Euronews

Beijing officials say 31 people died in care home during floods

The facility sat on low-lying ground near a river that had flooded after the unusually intense rains.

The Independent UK

Beijing officials say 31 older people trapped in a senior center died in floods

Beijing officials say a group of older people trapped in a nursing home that flooded were among the dead in powerful storms that lashed the city and neighboring provinces

The Guardian - UK

Chinese official makes rare admission of failings over deadly Beijing floods

Local Communist party secretary says there were ‘gaps’ in city’s readiness for extreme weather after at least 40 killed

International Business Times

Beijing Officials Admit 'Gaps' In Readiness After Rains Kill Dozens

Beijing city officials admitted on Thursday they had not been prepared for heavy rains that soaked swathes of the capital, killing 44 people and leaving nine still missing.

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