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X suspends 13,000 accounts linked to China, Russia and Iran

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.

Explainer: Taiwan’s Alaska LNG Bet

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.

US races to build rare earth supply chain as China tightens controls

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.

Explainer: US and China take different paths on super intelligence regulation

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.

Taiwan envoy sees no shift in US policy after Trump-Xi summit

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.

Chinese military facility in Laos raises questions about Beijing’s Indo-Pacific reach

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.

US, China plan AI incident channel as fierce competition tests room for cooperation

President Trump says he raised wrongfully detained Americans with Xi

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.