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Report: Iran Is Importing Key Missile Chemicals From China

Ammonium perchlorate shipments are set to arrive in coming months, per WSJ

(Newser) - Iran is importing thousands of tons of ballistic missile ingredients from China, according to sources familiar with the transactions, with shipments of ammonium perchlorate, a key missile propellant, set to arrive in Iran in the coming months, reports the Wall Street Journal . The materials could produce hundreds of ballistic...

Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump's Latest Move Against Harvard

School files a legal challenge, and judge issues temporary restraining order

(Newser) - Harvard is fighting the Trump administration's latest attempt to block it from enrolling international students, filing a legal challenge to President Trump's order Thursday, the AP reports. The university claims the order is illegal retaliation against the school because it has refused to comply with White House demands,...

Trump Finally Gets Xi on the Phone
Trump Finally Gets
Xi on the Phone
Jun 5, 2025 10:00 AM CDT

Trump Finally Gets Xi on the Phone

President calls it a 'very good' talk

(Newser) - President Trump reportedly believes he can bring about a breakthrough in trade talks by getting China's president on the phone, and now, he has his chance. The leaders spoke Thursday morning on a call initiated by Trump, according to China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Chinese Embassy...

Rubio: 'The World Will Never Forget' Tiananmen Square

China has been trying to erase June 4, 1989, massacre from history

(Newser) - For most Chinese, the 36th anniversary of a bloody crackdown that ended pro-democracy protests in China passed like any other weekday. And that's just how the ruling Communist Party wants it. Security was tight Wednesday around Beijing's Tiananmen Square, where weeks of student-led protests shook the party in...

Trump Discovers It's Not So Easy Making a Deal With China

Xi Jinping is 'extremely hard to make a deal with,' he complained at 2am

(Newser) - President Trump may have authored The Art of the Deal, but he's having trouble keeping up his dealmaker reputation when it comes to China. "I like President XI of China, always have, and always will, but he is VERY TOUGH, AND EXTREMELY HARD TO MAKE A DEAL WITH!...

How a 'Potential Agroterrorism Weapon' Allegedly Got Into US

Officials say Chinese couple smuggled the crop-killing fungus into the country

(Newser) - Two Chinese nationals are facing federal charges after allegedly smuggling a crop-destroying fungus—deemed a potential agroterrorism weapon—into the United States. Yunqing Jian and Zunyong Liu are facing federal charges in Michigan over the fungus, Fusarium graminearum. Authorities allege Liu attempted to bring the fungus through Detroit's...

Tourist Jumps Into Display of Clay Warriors, Damaging 2

Security personnel stop attack on China's 2,000-year-old army

(Newser) - Two clay warriors that survived more than 2,000 years without incident have been damaged by a Chinese tourist who jumped into an 18-foot-deep pit to reach them. The 30-year-old "climbed over the guardrail and the protective net" on Friday, took his leap, then "pushed and pulled" the...

Amid Threat of Tariffs, a New Wave of Customs Fraud

Fraudulent schemes offer US importers ways to sidestep steep duties

(Newser) - As the US prepares to ( maybe ) ramp up tariffs on foreign goods, a surge of shadowy offers from overseas shippers promising to make the taxes "disappear" has ignited a new wave of customs fraud—leaving honest American businesses scrambling to keep up. As tariffs imposed by...

Chinese Ship Asks Japan's Help
Chinese Ship Asks
Japan's Help
May 31, 2025 1:42 PM CDT

Chinese Ship Asks Japan's Help

Coast guard picks up injured man in contested waters

(Newser) - Japan's coast guard dispatched a patrol vessel to rescue an injured crew member of a Chinese survey ship in the contested waters in southwestern Japan, officials said Friday. The Chinese survey ship Ke Xue requested the rescue on Wednesday, saying that one of the crew members suffered a hand...

Paraglider Covered in Ice as Wind Sweeps Him to 27K Feet

Footage shows icy ordeal after unexpected updraft sends him skyward

(Newser) - A Chinese paraglider's routine equipment test turned extraordinary—and terrifying—when a powerful updraft swept him nearly 27,800 feet above China's Qilian mountains, leaving him covered in ice, disoriented, and battling for survival in thin air. His harrowing flight, captured on video, quickly became a viral...

Rubio: US Will Revoke Visas of Chinese Students

Targets will include those studying in 'critical fields,' he says

(Newser) - Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday the US will begin revoking the visas of some Chinese students, including those studying in "critical fields." China is the second-largest country of origin for international students in the United States, behind only India. In the 2023-24 school year, more than...

Roof of Reconstructed Ming Dynasty Tower Collapses

'If this were to happen during the ancient times, heads would roll'

(Newser) - One of the largest historic towers in China, a Ming Dynasty building reconstructed in 1995, is going to need more reconstruction. The roof of the Fengyang Drum Tower in Anhui province partially collapsed on Monday, with hundreds of falling tiles narrowly missing people in the square below, the BBC reports....

China Investigates Rare Case of Gun Violence
China Investigates
Rare Shooting
May 19, 2025 7:32 AM CDT

China Investigates Rare Shooting

One person dead, two injured at outdoor restaurant in Wuhan

(Newser) - It appears to be a rarity in China: a fatal gun attack. Police in Wuhan say one person was killed and two others injured Sunday night in an assault at an outdoor restaurant, reports the AP . Authorities did not specify that a gun was used, but social media posts...

We're Hearing Less and Less About What's Going On in Tibet

The Wall Street Journal reports China is making it harder to leave

(Newser) - It's getting tougher and tougher to learn about what's happening in Tibet from anyone actually living in Tibet—or who formerly lived there. As the Wall Street Journal reports, thousands of Tibetans used to flee to India annually; since 2020, there've been fewer than 100. While Tibet...

US, China Ease Trade War More Than Expected

World markets jump as nations slash tariffs

(Newser) - The US and China cooled off their trade war in a big way on Monday—more than expected—and the stock market was jumping in response:
  • Both nations agreed to cut the "reciprocal" tariffs on each other from 125% to 10%, reports the Wall Street Journal .
  • The US will
...

Coronavirus Likely Was Moved by Wildlife, Research Shows

Bats alone probably couldn't have transported it so far so fast in China, study says

(Newser) - Days after the US and China again took shots at each other over the origin of COVID-19, researchers have published a genetic study with new reasons to think it was distributed by wildlife. The team compared the development of the earlier SARS epidemic, which killed 774 people in 33 countries,...

Sudden Storm Capsizes 4 Boats on China River, Killing 9

84 swept into river as tourists caught in sudden storm

(Newser) - A sudden storm capsized four boats on the Wu River in southwestern China's Guizhou province Sunday, leaving nine dead and one person missing, according to state media. More than 80 people ended up in the water after strong winds and a fast-moving rain and hail storm struck the...

In China, 'Cyber Matchmakers' Hook Up Eager Singles

New trend arranges dates in livestreamed chatrooms with an audience

(Newser) - Steve Chen had never been in love. Last spring though, it happened, and the 25-year-old met his first girlfriend in a way he couldn't have imagined: a livestreamed video chat. Frustrated with traditional dating and apps, Chen—who once described himself as "mutai solo," Chinese slang for...

Amazon May Spell Out What Tariffs Are Costing You

Meanwhile, online retailer is bracing for price hikes on China-made products

(Newser) - Earlier this month, economic effects from the Trump administration's tariffs blitz hadn't yet made their way to Amazon, though that's been changing in recent days as vendors have started to raise their prices, stating that keeping their costs to consumers the same amid the trade war is...

After a Decade, Construction to Resume on 117-Story Tower

China's Goldin Finance 117 is the world's largest vacant skyscraper

(Newser) - A new permit suggests construction is about to resume on the world's tallest, vacant skyscraper that has stood unfinished in the city of Tianjin since 2015—a monument to that year's Chinese stock market crash. The 1,959-foot Goldin Finance 117 is just one of the unfinished skyscrapers...

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