The Chinese government is using an increasingly powerful tool to control and monitor its own officials: Surveillance technology, much of it originating in the United States, an Associated Press investigation has found.

Retired Chinese official Li Chuanliang fled to the U.S. seeking asylum, fearing persecution from the Chinese government. He was warned not to return to China after being accused of corruption.

Analysts see leadership’s language after central economic work conference as an admission that trade tensions are expected to endure.

The Trump administration may have softened its language on China to maintain a truce in their trade war, but Congress is pushing for more restrictions on Beijing

Exercise involves 2 US B-52 bombers and 6 Japan-operated fighter jets including F-35s and F-15s - Anadolu Ajansı

Japan has scrambled jets to monitor Russian and Chinese air forces conducting joint patrols around the country, the Japanese defense ministry said late Tuesday, amid rising tensions between Tokyo and Beijing.

China’s Commerce Ministry urged Mexico to rectify “unilateral, protectionist practices,” saying that the levies harm Chinese interests.

Report comes amid escalating tensions between Japan and China over remarks by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Taiwan - Anadolu Ajansı