G2 — Rival Hegemons
66 stories US charges California executive in $300 million Nvidia server smuggling case Prosecutors say AI servers were routed to China through Malaysia and Singapore using false paperwork about their destination.
Sunday, October 4, 2026 · Morning edition · 12 outlets · 12 sources
Russia's draft budget raises military spending to 17.1 trillion rubles Moscow plans higher defence outlays, lower education funding and new taxes next year, with billionaires asked for a voluntary levy.
Saturday, October 3, 2026 · Evening edition · 7 outlets · 7 sources
US charges California executive over a $300 million Nvidia chip smuggling scheme Prosecutors say restricted AI servers were routed through Malaysia and Singapore to buyers in China.
Saturday, October 3, 2026 · Morning edition · 9 outlets · 9 sources
China's central bank trims its policy lending rate and discounts mortgages The People's Bank of China joined other agencies in a pro-growth package that cuts the pledged supplementary lending rate, widens relending quotas and subsidises home loans.
Thursday, October 1, 2026 · Evening edition · 11 outlets · 11 sources
PBOC adds targeted rate cut and mortgage subsidies as China's PMIs return to growth Beijing announced a package of strengthened financial support measures, including mortgage interest subsidies aimed at reviving housing demand.
Wednesday, September 30, 2026 · Evening edition · 8 outlets · 8 sources
China cuts a policy rate and subsidises mortgages as factory activity returns to growth The People's Bank of China lowered its pledged supplementary lending rate by 25 basis points as September surveys improved across sectors.
Wednesday, September 30, 2026 · Morning edition · 12 outlets · 15 sources
Russia plans a record 2027 defence budget as its deficit widens Budget documents show military spending rising 27% next year, funded by higher taxes and more borrowing.
Wednesday, September 30, 2026 · Morning edition · 10 outlets · 10 sources
Anthropic's IPO prospectus pairs record losses with warnings about existential risk The filing devotes almost a third of its pages to risk and discloses a buildout commitment that the company says largely cannot be cancelled.
Tuesday, September 29, 2026 · Evening edition · 9 outlets · 10 sources
China's central bank cuts its policy lending rate and adds mortgage subsidies The People's Bank of China lowered the pledged supplementary lending rate, widened the facility's scope and raised relending quotas in a targeted easing package.
Tuesday, September 29, 2026 · Evening edition · 8 outlets · 8 sources
China cuts its policy-bank lending rate and subsidises first-home mortgages The People's Bank of China lowered the rate on pledged supplementary lending by 25 basis points and expanded relending quotas in a targeted package aimed at property and state arrears.
Tuesday, September 29, 2026 · Morning edition · 10 outlets · 13 sources
China runs joint naval and air drills near Scarborough Shoal The PLA Southern Theater Command flew its WZ-7 reconnaissance drone near the contested feature for the first time.
Monday, September 28, 2026 · Evening edition · 8 outlets · 8 sources
Beijing said to weigh letting Alibaba and ByteDance buy new Nvidia chips A reported green light for the RTX PRO 5500 would partly reopen a market Nvidia has written down to nothing.
Monday, September 28, 2026 · Morning edition · 11 outlets · 11 sources
Washington and Beijing set up an AI channel while export controls go unmentioned The two governments agreed to a dialogue on what the White House now calls super intelligence, but chip export controls were absent from the summit's readouts.
Sunday, September 27, 2026 · Evening edition · 8 outlets · 8 sources
Appeals court upholds Pentagon's supply-chain-risk designation of Anthropic A federal appeals court found the Defense Department had ample support for excluding the AI company from military work, a ruling the department celebrated publicly.
Sunday, September 27, 2026 · Morning edition · 10 outlets · 10 sources
US and China agree to cut tariffs on $30 billion of goods and open an AI channel A three-day Washington summit produced reciprocal tariff relief, a channel for handling AI incidents and an extension of the trade truce, with the detail promised on Monday.
Sunday, September 27, 2026 · Morning edition · 10 outlets · 10 sources
Taiwan calls Xi's reunification remarks a distortion as Washington says nothing has changed Taipei labelled Beijing a true disruptor of the status quo after Xi pressed Trump on the island, while the US ambassador to China said American policy is unchanged.
Saturday, September 26, 2026 · Evening edition · 12 outlets · 12 sources
Washington and Beijing open an AI channel and leave the chip controls alone The White House fact sheet from the Xi summit creates a standing dialogue on what it now calls super intelligence, but semiconductor export controls were never on the table.
Saturday, September 26, 2026 · Evening edition · 12 outlets · 12 sources
US and China agree to cut tariffs on $30 billion of trade and extend the truce into 2027 Beijing confirmed a reciprocal tariff reduction and a new dialogue on artificial intelligence as the Washington summit closed.
Saturday, September 26, 2026 · Morning edition · 8 outlets · 9 sources
Washington and Tokyo reaffirm that the yen is too weak Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama held a call on the currency a day after Trump raised the weak yen directly with Japan's prime minister.
Friday, September 25, 2026 · Evening edition · 7 outlets · 8 sources
Xi presses Trump to oppose Taiwan independence and Taipei pushes back Beijing used the White House summit to ask for a change in US declaratory policy on Taiwan; Taiwan's foreign ministry called the account a distortion of facts.
Friday, September 25, 2026 · Morning edition · 7 outlets · 7 sources
Chinese carmakers cut charging to minutes as US senators push a permanent import ban Geely showed a battery charging from 10 to 70 percent in under five minutes on the same week that a bipartisan bill to bar Chinese vehicles from the United States was pushed toward a vote.
Thursday, September 24, 2026 · Evening edition · 7 outlets · 7 sources
US and China extend their trade truce to 10 January Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a two-month extension of the Busan agreement as Xi Jinping arrived in Washington.
Thursday, September 24, 2026 · Morning edition · 12 outlets · 12 sources
Bessent and He Lifeng Meet Twice in a Week as Xi Arrives in Washington The US Treasury secretary says Washington is open to extending the China trade truce or striking a bigger deal.
Wednesday, September 23, 2026 · Evening edition · 8 outlets · 9 sources
Alibaba Unveils the Zhenwu V900 Chip and a 20GW Cloud Target as China Builds Around Export Controls The Chinese group used its Apsara conference to claim the country's most powerful chip and to set a data centre capacity goal stretching to 2032.
Wednesday, September 23, 2026 · Morning edition · 8 outlets · 8 sources
Xi Arrives in Washington With Energy Leverage as the Summit Agenda Narrows Analysts expect tariff relief at best from the Trump and Xi meeting, with no movement on semiconductor export controls or rare earths.
Wednesday, September 23, 2026 · Morning edition · 8 outlets · 10 sources
China Slows Humanoid-Robot IPOs as Valuations Outrun Revenue Regulators are using informal window guidance to hold back listings after Unitree's slide from its post-debut peak.
Tuesday, September 22, 2026 · Evening edition · 7 outlets · 7 sources
Washington and Beijing Weigh an AI Hotline Before the Trump-Xi Summit A narrow notification mechanism, not a broad accord, is emerging as the likeliest deliverable of this week's summit.
Tuesday, September 22, 2026 · Evening edition · 9 outlets · 9 sources
US proposes an AI incident hotline with China before the Trump-Xi summit Washington has offered Beijing an emergency notification channel for artificial intelligence failures, and trade talks alongside it went further than expected.
Tuesday, September 22, 2026 · Morning edition · 7 outlets · 7 sources
Washington Pitches an AI Incident Alert System to Beijing Before the Summit Treasury and the US trade representative came out of New York talks with a proposed AI notification mechanism, a "Board of Trade" and the prospect of tariff cuts on non-critical goods.
Monday, September 21, 2026 · Evening edition · 15 outlets · 18 sources
PBOC holds loan rates a 16th month as the yuan reaches a multi-year high Beijing left benchmark lending rates unchanged and eased its guard on the currency, which strengthened to its firmest level against the dollar since mid-2022.
Monday, September 21, 2026 · Morning edition · 13 outlets · 13 sources
Tech chiefs get seats at the Trump-Xi state dinner as chips top the summit agenda The guest list for the White House dinner is drawn from the companies whose export licences are the substance of the meeting.
Sunday, September 20, 2026 · Evening edition · 9 outlets · 9 sources
China holds its lending benchmark for a sixteenth month as property demand stays weak The People's Bank of China left the one-year loan prime rate at 3.0% and the five-year at 3.5%, matching consensus and extending the longest pause on record.
Sunday, September 20, 2026 · Morning edition · 9 outlets · 10 sources
Beijing rejects secondary sanctions after the Russia and Iran act becomes law China's commerce ministry says it opposes measures aimed at third countries and reserves the right to respond.
Saturday, September 19, 2026 · Evening edition · 7 outlets · 7 sources
Washington and Beijing stage the Xi visit as the yuan hits a four-year high Treasury and the trade representative meet He Lifeng in New York on Sunday, with AI, rare earths and the tariff truce on the agenda.
Saturday, September 19, 2026 · Morning edition · 12 outlets · 12 sources
Chinese coast guard rams a Philippine government vessel in the South China Sea Manila says its resupply boat was struck inside its own exclusive economic zone; Beijing says the Philippine vessel caused the collision.
Friday, September 18, 2026 · Evening edition · 8 outlets · 8 sources
US auto groups ask Trump to keep Chinese carmakers out before the Xi summit Industry bodies wrote to the president days before next week's meeting, warning that market access for Chinese vehicles could be traded away.
Friday, September 18, 2026 · Evening edition · 8 outlets · 8 sources
Trump and Xi meet in Washington with tariffs, chips and Taiwan on the table The two leaders hold their second face-to-face meeting of the year on 24 September, with agriculture and non-tariff barriers flagged for announcements.
Friday, September 18, 2026 · Morning edition · 12 outlets · 12 sources
Huawei pulls its next AI chip forward by nine months and tells Chinese labs to accelerate The Ascend 960DT is now promised for the first quarter of 2027, three quarters earlier than planned.
Thursday, September 17, 2026 · Evening edition · 10 outlets · 10 sources
House passes Russia sanctions bill, handing Trump a 100 per cent tariff weapon The measure clears Congress 262 to 159 and authorises secondary tariffs on the largest buyers of Russian oil and gas.
Thursday, September 17, 2026 · Morning edition · 11 outlets · 11 sources
Beijing reframes its credit slump as the new normal The central bank governor told China's flagship party journal that slower loan growth is a structural adjustment, not a failure to be fixed with more lending.
Wednesday, September 16, 2026 · Evening edition · 10 outlets · 10 sources
Trade chiefs meet this weekend to set up the Trump-Xi summit Treasury and the US trade representative will host China's vice premier days before the two presidents meet in Washington, with tariffs, farm goods and AI risk all on the agenda.
Wednesday, September 16, 2026 · Evening edition · 9 outlets · 10 sources
China's New Exit Rules Take Effect, Barring Travel Over Tech and Security Violations Beijing can now block citizens from leaving the country over national security or technology export violations, under rules that reach private citizens and lower-level officials.
Tuesday, September 15, 2026 · Evening edition · 9 outlets · 9 sources
Treasury Sanctions Russia's VTB Over Iran Ties, Putting Foreign Banks on Notice The designation targets Russia's second-largest bank for helping Iran evade sanctions and exposes institutions that keep dealing with it to secondary measures.
Tuesday, September 15, 2026 · Evening edition · 10 outlets · 10 sources
China's August Data Show Weak Consumption and a Deepening Property Slump Factory output held up while retail sales barely grew and property investment fell close to a fifth, prompting Goldman Sachs to cut its growth forecast.
Tuesday, September 15, 2026 · Morning edition · 8 outlets · 8 sources
Beijing calls the AI slowdown plan a Cold War tactic China's first official reply rejects pacing outright, even as its own security ministry lists six principal AI risks.
Monday, September 14, 2026 · Morning edition · 10 outlets · 10 sources
BRICS closes in New Delhi with five Chinese initiatives and a push to rally the Global South Xi Jinping used the summit's final day to propose a wider bloc, an open-source AI community and a larger role for emerging economies.
Sunday, September 13, 2026 · Evening edition · 8 outlets · 8 sources
Beijing threatens to cancel the Xi-Trump summit over Taiwan arms sales China has told Washington it will drop this month's leaders' meeting if new weapons sales to Taiwan are approved, putting the main channel for trade and technology bargaining at risk.
Sunday, September 13, 2026 · Morning edition · 14 outlets · 14 sources
Seoul nears the first project under its 350 billion dollar US investment pact South Korea's industry minister returned from New York without a signature, but the first project under the tariff settlement is set to be announced this week.
Sunday, September 13, 2026 · Morning edition · 10 outlets · 10 sources
BRICS declaration condemns unilateral tariffs and secondary sanctions The New Delhi text calls for WTO and IMF reform and expands local-currency settlement, while stopping short of a common currency.
Saturday, September 12, 2026 · Evening edition · 11 outlets · 11 sources
BRICS opens in New Delhi with Putin, Xi and Pezeshkian in the room and a war overhead The bloc's leaders urged maximum restraint in the Middle East while negotiators worked late to agree the text of a Delhi Declaration.
Saturday, September 12, 2026 · Morning edition · 8 outlets · 8 sources
House tees up a Russia sanctions vote that could put tariffs on buyers of Russian oil The Senate-passed bill reaches the House floor next week, with secondary measures aimed at third-country buyers the sharpest instrument in it.
Saturday, September 12, 2026 · Morning edition · 10 outlets · 10 sources
Anthropic says state-linked actors used Claude for weapons work and surveillance A threat report from the AI company describes attempts to build missile guidance software, run propaganda networks and compile dossiers on dissidents.
Friday, September 11, 2026 · Evening edition · 15 outlets · 15 sources
Chinese AI chip prices jump 50% as memory shortages bite Export controls meant to blunt China's AI build-out have made its domestic accelerators dearer rather than cheaper.
Friday, September 11, 2026 · Evening edition · 10 outlets · 10 sources
BRICS meets in Delhi with Putin and Xi present and the bloc under strain India is hosting a BRICS summit attended by both Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, while trying to steer the expanded bloc away from an explicitly anti-Western turn.
Friday, September 11, 2026 · Morning edition · 7 outlets · 7 sources
China's Car Exports Pass Last Year's Total in Eight Months August passenger-car exports jumped 67.1% from a year earlier, and new-energy vehicles took a record share of domestic sales.
Thursday, September 10, 2026 · Evening edition · 10 outlets · 10 sources
Xi Returns to India for a BRICS Summit Tested by the Iran War The Chinese president's first trip to India in seven years lands at a summit where payments, energy and the bloc's unity are all in question.
Thursday, September 10, 2026 · Evening edition · 12 outlets · 13 sources
PBOC Issues a Five-Year Finance Plan and Calls the Yuan's Global Rise Irreversible China's central bank released its plan for building a financial powerhouse and said overseas entities now hold more than 11 trillion yuan in Chinese assets.
Thursday, September 10, 2026 · Morning edition · 8 outlets · 9 sources
Washington Accuses Chinese AI Firms of Systematic 'Distillation' The US government says Chinese companies are extracting proprietary capabilities from American models, and Beijing has rejected the claim ahead of planned Trump-Xi talks.
Wednesday, September 9, 2026 · Evening edition · 7 outlets · 7 sources
China's exports jump 25% in August as consumer and factory prices tick higher Export strength widened the trade surplus while an energy-led price rebound left domestic demand looking no stronger.
Wednesday, September 9, 2026 · Morning edition · 8 outlets · 10 sources
US sanctions Iran's remaining airlines and widens the secondary net Treasury designated the country's last major carriers, exposing foreign firms that keep doing business with them.
Wednesday, September 9, 2026 · Morning edition · 9 outlets · 9 sources
Beijing puts $54 billion into state banks as August exports accelerate A capital injection for eight large state lenders and insurers lands in the same week that export growth again carries the Chinese economy.
Tuesday, September 8, 2026 · Evening edition · 7 outlets · 8 sources
Beijing Recapitalises Eight State Banks and Insurers China is injecting fresh capital into eight state-owned financial institutions as a property downturn keeps eroding credit demand.
Tuesday, September 8, 2026 · Morning edition · 8 outlets · 8 sources
China's August Exports Jump as the Trade Surplus Widens Again Dollar exports rose 25% year on year in August, powered by semiconductors and autos, while imports came in below forecast.
Tuesday, September 8, 2026 · Morning edition · 7 outlets · 8 sources
China recapitalises eight state banks and insurers as growth slows Beijing's finance ministry will issue special treasury bonds to inject capital into eight state-owned financial institutions, with the headline figure reported at $54 billion.
Monday, September 7, 2026 · Evening edition · 9 outlets · 9 sources
Beijing recapitalises eight state financial firms as the headline figure is disputed China announced a capital injection into eight state-owned banks and insurers, reported variously as 360 billion yuan, $54 billion and $45 billion.
Monday, September 7, 2026 · Morning edition · 12 outlets · 13 sources
China injects 360 billion yuan into eight state banks and insurers The Ministry of Finance is leading a recapitalisation worth about 54 billion dollars across the country's largest state lenders and insurers.
Monday, September 7, 2026 · Morning edition · 12 outlets · 12 sources