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Chen Jinping sits with attorney Susan Kellan after two New York residents were arrested for allegedly operating a Chinese "secret police station" in Manhattan's Chinatown, part of a crackdown on Beijing's alleged targeting of U.S.-based dissidents, during a hearing at a Brooklyn courthouse in New York, U.S., April 17, 2023 in this courtroom sketch.
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Crackdown on Chinese police station in NYC

In 2023, the United States became the first country to lay charges against individuals accused of running extraterritorial Chinese police stations. Now, they appear to be getting their first conviction.

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China’s leaders head for the beach

Elite-level politics in China almost always remains hidden, but the Communist Party’s annual summer gathering at the seaside resort at Beidaihe, 175 miles east of Beijing, is so secretive it’s hard to know even when the event begins and ends.

A police officer stands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
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China wants ChatCCP, not ChatGPT

Unlike most governments, the CCP is not waiting to see the consequences of AI before drawing stringent red lines.

Ukrainian service members fire a mortar towards Russian troops outside the frontline town of Bakhmut, in Donetsk region, Ukraine March 6, 2023.
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What We’re Watching: Battle for Bakhmut, Xi’s diplomatic muscle, AUKUS sub deal

The Bakhmut killing field; Xi’s upcoming Moscow trip; AUKUS phase two

U.S. President Joe Biden shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping as they meet on the sidelines of the G20 leaders' summit in Bali.
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Biden and Xi’s Bali face-off: Agenda, forecast, and sticking points

On Monday, US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are having their first face-to-face meeting since Biden was elected in 2020. Since they last met in 2011, when both were vice presidents, tensions between Washington and Beijing have only escalated.

The Graphic Truth: China's "Paramount Leaders"
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The Graphic Truth: China's "Paramount Leaders"

While two-party and/or multi-party democracies thrive on differing policies being pushed by fresh leadership in regular elections, what happens in the case of one-party rule? In China, the Communist Party changes hands through a selection of its “paramount leader'' who also espouses their own philosophy that evolves along with the Communist party. Still, the essential idea is consistent: preserve the party above all else. We explore the basic tenets of political theories of China’s five “Paramount Leaders.”

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives for the opening ceremony of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Beijing.
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What We’re Watching: China’s Communist Party Congress kickoff, fire at notorious Iranian prison

What We’re Watching: China’s Communist Party Congress kickoff, notorious Iranian prison in flames

Gasoline pump out of gas following the strike of the employees of the oil refineries in France.
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What We’re Watching: French fuel fury, China’s next premier, Putin's offer

What We’re Watching: French fuel fury, China’s next premier, Putin's offer

Beating China at AI
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Beating China at AI

The US and China compete on many fronts, and one of them is artificial intelligence. But China has a different set of values, which former Google CEO Eric Schmidts is not a big fan of — especially when those values shape the AI on apps his children use.

Xi Jinping goes full 1984
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Xi Jinping goes full 1984

"Who controls the past, controls the future," wrote George Orwell. That's happening right now in China.