China has already been caught attempting to access critical infrastructure sectors like our power grid, water systems, and oil pipelines as recently as last year.
China has already been caught attempting to access critical infrastructure sectors like our power grid, water systems, and oil pipelines as recently as last year.
At least 127 people have been killed in an earthquake in a mountainous region of northwestern China, officials said this week.
A respiratory virus has been surging in Northern China, primarily affecting children.
Chip designer Nvidia has said it will stop sending high-end artificial intelligence chips to China after the U.S. accelerated a deadline for shipping the chips.
An Australian journalist whose 2020 arrest in China sparked outrage around the world was released this week and has been reunited with her family.
Americans have made great progress in many ways across recent generations. The average size of our homes has nearly tripled since 1950, for example. Technological innovations, from air conditioning to the internet, have greatly enhanced our daily lives. By contrast, our greatest geopolitical competitor has fallen on significant hard times in recent years.
More than 40,000 prayer groups in Taiwan have arisen amid threats of war from China.
Persecuted church bodies are not merely to be objects of our mercy and care. When they suffer, we suffer. They are our fellow laborers and members of the same Body. We may not be able to share in their suffering, but we do have the honor of learning from their struggles. Our trials, at present, are not as extreme or dramatic as theirs. However, the wisdom they offer may well be the insight we will need to face down the challenges of our own times and the times that may come. Let us continue to pray for our brothers and sisters in China and elsewhere, aiding them however and whenever we can. Let us be grateful for the gifts of their hard-earned wisdom.
It is far easier to face challenges if we trust that they are being used for a greater purpose. As New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman points out in his fascinating recent article, "America, China and a Crisis of Trust," this is a principle of enormous geopolitical significance.
Thai immigration officials have detained 28 Chinese adults and 35 Chinese children.