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9 articles matching “China”
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Sep 23, 2026
The Foreign Dependencies Inside China’s State AI Clouds
China can build domestic AI switches, but advanced silicon, optical components, and software integration still create a narrow foreign dependency… -
Sep 14, 2026
What breaks if China stops exporting rare-earth magnets tomorrow
One component, sintered NdFeB magnets, sits inside missiles, fighter jets, EVs, and surgical robots, and China makes over 90% of them. If exports… -
Sep 05, 2026
U.S.-China AI talks could make autonomous cyberattacks a matter of strategic stability
Reuters reports the U.S. and China are preparing a mid-September AI safety dialogue. What it can realistically deliver: an incident channel, shared… -
Sep 02, 2026
China's Solar Capacity Crown Is Real. The Grid Beneath It Isn't.
China's installed solar capacity has passed coal, but the grid cannot store, transmit or dispatch sunlight on demand, so coal still supplies the… -
Sep 12, 2026
China's Supply Chain Chokepoints: What De-Risking Costs, and Whether It Works
Export controls on minerals, medicines, circuit boards, and legacy chips have turned supply chains into instruments of coercion. Here is what… -
Sep 02, 2026
Orbital Grappling: Inside the Quiet U.S.–China Race to Build Maneuverable Spacecraft
A Chinese tug towed a dead satellite out of geostationary orbit in 2022. Both Washington and Beijing are now building spacecraft that can grab… -
Aug 26, 2026
The Quiet Relay: How China-Linked Hackers Turned IoT Devices Into Espionage Highways
The QScan and QTRouter takedown reveals how ordinary routers, cameras, and other connected devices can become hidden relay points for foreign cyber… -
Sep 05, 2026
China's quiet rare-earth chokepoint on U.S. defense and chip supply chains
Chinese rare-earth exporters are reportedly refusing U.S. orders even where licenses exist. Inside the licensing, sanctions, and fear that built the… -
Aug 26, 2026
The wall of mud that crossed a border: inside the August 26, 2026 Nepal-Tibet flood disaster
Before anyone understood what was coming The clearest record of the disaster's first seconds comes from a fixed security camer…
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