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#theguardian.com. × China looks south as it seeks to reduce reliance on a capricious United States. China wants to protect against the volatility of Trump’s tariffs, and now has more than a dozen free trade agreements with global south countries

#theguardian.com. × Taiwan jails four soldiers, including three who worked in presidential office, for spying for China. Soldiers had worked for ‘extremely sensitive and important units’ and ‘their acts betrayed the country’, Taipei court says

#theguardian.com. × China remains top military and cyber threat to US, intelligence report says. Annual report says Beijing making ‘steady but uneven’ progress on capabilities to capture Taiwan

#theguardian.com. × Chinese state media celebrates Trump’s cuts to Voice of America and Radio Free Asia. Chinese state media hails US president’s order to strip back government funding to news organisations he deems ‘radical’

#theguardian.com. × Taiwan’s president labels China a ‘foreign hostile force’ and ramps up security measures citing ‘infiltration’. Lai Ching-te’s speech – which included a proposal to set up military courts – prompted an angry reaction from Beijing, which called him a ‘creator of crisis’

#theguardian.com. × Dalai Lama says his successor will be born outside China in the ‘free world’. New book by spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism will raise the stakes in a dispute with Beijing over control of Tibet

#theguardian.com. × Trump pick for Pentagon says selling submarines to Australia would be ‘crazy’ if Taiwan tensions flare. Nominee for under secretary for defense policy says Aukus deal to deliver Virginia class submarines could leave US sailors ‘vulnerable’

#theguardian.com. × Taiwan hails ‘historic’ TSMC deal with US, but will it lose the ‘silicon shield’ protecting it from China?. The producer of the world’s most advanced chip technology is investing on US soil but some fear that could reduce the leverage Taiwan holds to ensure its future security

#theguardian.com. × Taiwan vows most advanced tech will not go to US under $100bn Trump deal. Country’s government says deal with TSMC needs assessment as opposition claims it will reduce defences

#theguardian.com. × Taiwanese chip giant to announce $100bn investment in US plants. CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) to discuss deal with Trump at White House on Monday

#theguardian.com. × ‘America is going down’: China can capitalise on damage caused by Trump, former PLA colonel says. Exclusive: Zhou Bo says harm done to US image may make Taiwanese reconsider their attitude towards Beijing but says he sees Trump as overall being ‘rather friendly’

#theguardian.com. × China’s defence ministry warns Taiwan ‘we will get you, sooner or later’. Threat after Taipei announces bigger military drills appears to mirror a line from children’s film Ne Zha 2

#theguardian.com. × Taiwan detains Chinese-crewed cargo ship after undersea cable damaged. Taiwan’s coastguard says it ‘cannot be ruled out that it was a grey zone intrusion by China’

#theguardian.com. × China berates US for changing state department language on Taiwan. US state department last week removed line from fact sheet saying ‘We do not support Taiwan independence’

#theguardian.com. × OpenAI to release new artificial intelligence model for free. Move to issue 03-mini model follows sudden arrival of much cheaper Chinese rival DeepSeek’s R1

#theguardian.com. × We tried out DeepSeek. It worked well, until we asked it about Tiananmen Square and Taiwan. The AI app soared up the Apple charts and rocked US stocks, but the Chinese chatbot was reluctant to discuss sensitive questions about China and its government

#theguardian.com. × How ChatGPT, Gemini and DeepSeek deal with Tiananmen Square and Taiwan questions – video. Chinese generative AI must not contain content that violates the country’s 'core socialist values', according to a technical document published by the national cybersecurity standards committee

#theguardian.com. × DeepSeek hit with ‘large-scale’ cyber-attack after AI chatbot tops app stores. Attack forces Chinese company to temporarily limit registrations as app becomes highest rated free app in US

#theguardian.com. × Mike Pence to Trump: cutting Taiwan support would ‘likely spark a new nuclear arms race’. Former vice-president makes surprise visit to Taipei and predicts that if China annexes its neighbour other Asia-Pacific countries will build nuclear arsenals

#theguardian.com. × TikTok ban: company urges supreme court to scrap law it says would violate free speech of 170m Americans – live. Justices hear arguments after app’s Chinese-based parent company ByteDance asked justices to review case

#theguardian.com. × Taiwan investigating Chinese vessel over damage to undersea cable. Shunxing 39 was briefly detained by coastguard on Friday on suspicion of dragging anchor over cable running to US

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