https://www.voanews.com/z/8553 VOA Mandarin content in English. https://www.voanews.com/Content/responsive/VOA/en-US/img/logo.png https://www.voanews.com/z/8553 en 2026 - VOA 60 Tue, 27 Oct 2026 13:22:05 -0400 Pangea CMS – VOA The Department of War has designated Chinese-funded Confucius Institutes on American university campuses as a national security threat. China's Foreign Ministry responded Monday, saying it opposed what it called “smears and stigmatization” targeting the institutes. https://www.voanews.com/a/pentagon-designates-confucius-institute-in-us-as-national-security-threat-20261026/8215393.html https://www.voanews.com/a/pentagon-designates-confucius-institute-in-us-as-national-security-threat-20261026/8215393.html Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:35:27 -0400 VOA Mandarinwebdesk@voanews.com (VOA Mandarin) The U.S. has rejected China's claim that a U.S. warship trespassed its territorial waters and urged Beijing to halt its "aggressive" maneuvers in the South China Sea. https://www.voanews.com/a/us-rejects-chinas-claim-of-unauthorized-trespassing-after-warship-sails-through-disputed-reef-20261022/8214168.html https://www.voanews.com/a/us-rejects-chinas-claim-of-unauthorized-trespassing-after-warship-sails-through-disputed-reef-20261022/8214168.html Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:55:47 -0400 VOA Mandarinwebdesk@voanews.com (VOA Mandarin) The U.S. State Department has added a wrongful detention warning to its travel advisory for mainland China, cautioning that Americans face a serious risk of being detained without a fair legal process. https://www.voanews.com/a/us-adds-wrongful-detention-warning-to-china-travel-advisory/8213783.html https://www.voanews.com/a/us-adds-wrongful-detention-warning-to-china-travel-advisory/8213783.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:49:30 -0400 VOA Mandarinwebdesk@voanews.com (Sharon Wu) With two weeks until the November 3 midterm elections, the U.S., and China’s relationship is on the ballot in some closely contested races nationwide — from soybean exports and factory jobs to the cost of powering data centers. https://www.voanews.com/a/from-soybeans-to-data-centers-china-debate-hits-us-midterm-campaigns-20261020/8213314.html https://www.voanews.com/a/from-soybeans-to-data-centers-china-debate-hits-us-midterm-campaigns-20261020/8213314.html Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:12:33 -0400 VOA Mandarinwebdesk@voanews.com (Lin Feng) The Philippines has summoned China’s ambassador to protest remarks suggesting Beijing could easily defeat Manila in a conflict, escalating a diplomatic dispute amid tensions over the South China Sea. https://www.voanews.com/a/china-philippines-war-of-words-raises-south-china-sea-tensions-20261019/8212818.html https://www.voanews.com/a/china-philippines-war-of-words-raises-south-china-sea-tensions-20261019/8212818.html Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:15:21 -0400 VOA Mandarinwebdesk@voanews.com (VOA Mandarin) Social media platform X says it has suspended more than 13,000 accounts involved in suspected foreign influence operations linked to China, Russia and Iran that targeted U.S. political discourse ahead of the November 3 midterm elections. https://www.voanews.com/a/x-suspends-13-000-accounts-linked-to-china-russia-and-iran-10162026/8212051.html https://www.voanews.com/a/x-suspends-13-000-accounts-linked-to-china-russia-and-iran-10162026/8212051.html Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:49:13 -0400 VOA Mandarinwebdesk@voanews.com (Guofu Yang) Taiwan is looking to Alaska for more than natural gas. U.S. President Donald Trump announced this week that Taiwan had agreed to buy 30 percent of the output from a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Alaska over a 20-year period. https://www.voanews.com/a/8211677.html https://www.voanews.com/a/8211677.html Thu, 15 Oct 2026 18:23:10 -0400 VOA Mandarinwebdesk@voanews.com (VOA Mandarin) The United States is stepping up efforts to build an independent rare earth supply chain, as tensions with China over the issue of critical minerals threatens to complicate the two countries’ trade relationship. https://www.voanews.com/a/us-races-to-build-rare-earth-supply-chain-as-china-tightens-controls-20261014/8211313.html https://www.voanews.com/a/us-races-to-build-rare-earth-supply-chain-as-china-tightens-controls-20261014/8211313.html Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:47:44 -0400 VOA Mandarinwebdesk@voanews.com (Joyce Huang) The United States and China are both moving to address risks posed by increasingly powerful super intelligence, commonly referred as artificial intelligence, systems, but their approaches reflect sharply different political systems and strategic priorities. https://www.voanews.com/a/explainer-us-and-china-take-different-paths-on-super-intelligence-regulation/8210828.html https://www.voanews.com/a/explainer-us-and-china-take-different-paths-on-super-intelligence-regulation/8210828.html Tue, 13 Oct 2026 14:05:51 -0400 VOA Mandarinwebdesk@voanews.com (Lin Feng) With the recently concluded U.S.-China summit still top of mind, Alexander Yui, representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States, told Voice of America (VOA) in an interview that he does not expect any changes regarding Washington’s policy toward Taiwan. https://www.voanews.com/a/taiwan-envoy-sees-no-shift-in-us-policy-after-trump-xi-summit-20261012/8210363.html https://www.voanews.com/a/taiwan-envoy-sees-no-shift-in-us-policy-after-trump-xi-summit-20261012/8210363.html Mon, 12 Oct 2026 14:20:41 -0400 VOA Mandarinwebdesk@voanews.com (Daphne Fan) New satellite imagery shows Chinese-made light attack aircraft and military vehicles deployed at a newly opened Chinese-supported air facility in Laos, fueling debate among security analysts over whether the site could eventually expand Beijing’s military reach in mainland Southeast Asia. https://www.voanews.com/a/chinese-military-facility-in-laos-raises-questions-about-beijings-indo-pacific-reach/8209292.html https://www.voanews.com/a/chinese-military-facility-in-laos-raises-questions-about-beijings-indo-pacific-reach/8209292.html Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:04:07 -0400 VOA Mandarinwebdesk@voanews.com (Joyce Huang) Washington — Editor's note: this story was translated from the original VOA Mandarin article. Washington and Beijing are racing to dominate the next generation of artificial intelligence. But as the two rivals compete for technological supremacy, they are also trying to build a hotline if a super intelligence system goes dangerously wrong. President Donald Trump has made clear he does not want the United States sharing its technological lead with China. Yet the two governments have agreed... https://www.voanews.com/a/us-china-plan-ai-incident-channel-as-fierce-competition-tests-room-for-cooperation/8208082.html https://www.voanews.com/a/us-china-plan-ai-incident-channel-as-fierce-competition-tests-room-for-cooperation/8208082.html Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:25:23 -0400 VOA Mandarinwebdesk@voanews.com (Lin Feng) President Donald Trump said on September 30 that he raised the cases of Americans detained in China and Chinese political prisoners during his meeting last week with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. https://www.voanews.com/a/president-trump-says-he-raised-wrongfully-detained-americans-with-xi/8207650.html https://www.voanews.com/a/president-trump-says-he-raised-wrongfully-detained-americans-with-xi/8207650.html Sun, 04 Oct 2026 20:58:03 -0400 VOA Mandarinwebdesk@voanews.com (Sharon Wu)