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China Denies Australia’s Claim That Warship Used Sonar Against Divers

Beijing calls Canberra irresponsible over allegations a Chinese ship targeted divers removing nets from the Australian navy frigate’s propellers.

Chun Han Wong

November 20, 2023

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FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Chinese Navy's nuclear-powered submarine Long March 11 takes part in a naval parade off the eastern port city of Qingdao, to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy, China, April 23, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo To match Special Report USA-CHINA-TECH/SURVEILLANCE/File Photo

The Era of Total U.S. Submarine Dominance Over China Is Ending

New Chinese vessels and sensors to catch American subs will alter the balance of power.

Alastair Gale

November 20, 2023

9 min read

Residential buildings at the Wangjiang Mansion project, developed by Country Garden Holdings Co., in Yangzhou, China, on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. Country Garden hasÂ avoidedÂ a default with last-minute bond interest payments, buying what was once the countryâ€™s biggest developer by sales a reprieve â€”Â if only a brief one.Â Source: Bloomberg

China’s Problem With Unfinished Homes Keeps Getting Bigger

Authorities have set aside billions of dollars to help developers complete and deliver apartments that were already sold, but the logjam is growing.

Rebecca Feng

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Cao Li

November 19, 2023

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Royal Australian Navy vessel, HMAS Toowoomba, is docked at Changi Naval Base at the display of warships during IMDEX Asia 2023, a maritime defence exhibition in Singapore May 4, 2023. REUTERS/Caroline Chia

Australia Accuses China of Injuring Naval Divers With Sonar Pulses

The divers were attempting to remove fishing nets from the propellers of a frigate in international waters when they were targeted by a Chinese naval destroyer.

David Winning

November 18, 2023

3 min read

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 21: Male giant panda Xiao Qi Ji walks to an ice cake for his third birthday celebration in his enclosure at the Smithsonian National Zoo on August 21, 2023 in Washington, DC. This is the last year that the National Zoo is celebrating the birthdays for the three giant pandas, Mei Xiang, Tian Tian, and Xiao Qi Ji as they are scheduled to return to China later in 2023, with no replacements expected to be exchanged. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Pandas Resurface as U.S., China ‘Envoys of Friendship’

The Chinese leader’s suggestion that China would send new pandas to the U.S. was a minor gesture in an otherwise bitter rivalry but symbolic of attempts by both governments to find areas to cooperate.

James T. Areddy

November 16, 2023

5 min read