September 18, 2026

03a China

U.S. Becomes Germany’s Top Trade Partner, China Falls to Number Two

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U.S. Passes China as Germany’s Single Biggest Trading Partner– www.breitbart.com
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Move over China, America is coming through. That was the message Wednesday when new figures showed Germany’s biggest single trading partner is now the U.S. for the first time since 2015, displacing China from the top spot as exports to the Asian power declined.

AP reports trade between the U.S. and Germany, which has Europe’s biggest economy, ticked up 0.1 percent compared with $264.3 billion in 2023, Germany’s Federal Statistical Office said.

Trade with China, which was Germany’s biggest trading partner every year from 2016 to 2023, dropped 3.1 percent to 246.3 billion euros.

The Netherlands took third place with a total trade volume of 205.7 billion euros, a 4.2 percent drop.

The AP report notes Germany hasn’t seen significant economic growth in five years. The country for years expanded exports and dominated world trade in engineered products like industrial machinery and luxury cars.

China Winning Space Wars? U.S. Space Force Claims it is

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Report: Space Force strategy, resources insufficient to counter China – SpaceNews
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The U.S. Space Force lacks the resources and warrior mentality needed to compete with China in an increasingly militarized space domain, according to a new report that challenges the service’s fundamental strategy.

The report, released Feb. 19 by the Mitchell Institute’s Spacepower Advantage Center of Excellence, takes direct aim at Space Force Chief Gen. Chance Saltzman’s “theory of success” framework, arguing that his emphasis on competitive endurance over victory could leave America vulnerable in the new space race.

“Systemic issues exist within the Space Force and Department of Defense that threaten the success of the Space Force in a long-term competition with China,” write authors Charles Galbreath and Jennifer Reeves, both retired military officers and senior fellows at the Mitchell Institute, a nonpartisan think tank affiliated with the Air & Space Forces Association.

At the heart of their criticism is what they see as a culture problem: While other military branches embrace their combat roles, the five-year-old Space Force has struggled to develop a similar war-fighting ethos among its guardians, as Space Force personnel are known.

CCP Accused of Funding U.S. Universities’ “Clean Energy” Projects

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Chinese Communist Party-linked group sends ‘clean energy’ money to American universities– www.thecollegefix.com
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UC Berkeley says foreign money doesn’t influence research, harm academic freedom

An energy foundation linked to Chinese Communist Party officials has poured $630,000 into four American universities for “clean energy” projects, according to a new report.

The University of California Berkeley, the University of California Los Angeles, the University of Maryland, and Harvard University all received a portion of $630,000 from the Energy Foundation, according to a Washington Free Beacon analysis.

The foundation opened in San Francisco decades ago but split into an American group and a Chinese group. The Energy Foundation China did not respond to an email on Friday seeking comment on the report and what it hopes to achieve with its grants. The Free Beacon identified a handful of foundation executives tied to the CCP, including CEO Ji Zou.

However, UC Berkeley said the money does not influence academic freedom.

“UC Berkeley has strict protocols and policies that protect the independence of university researchers, as well as their academic freedom,” Assistant Vice Chancellor for Executive Communications Dan Mogulof told The College Fix via email. “The terms in UC Berkeley’s research contracts reserve decision-making authority and freedom to publish for the university.”

China criticizes Trump’s tariffs at WTO, U.S. calls Beijing’s economy ‘predatory’ – Profit by Pakistan Today

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China criticizes Trump’s tariffs at WTO, U.S. calls Beijing’s economy ‘predatory’ – Profit by Pakistan Today
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China condemned tariffs imposed or threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump during a World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting on Tuesday, warning that such “tariff shocks” could destabilize the global trade system.

The U.S. dismissed the concerns as hypocritical, with U.S. envoy David Bisbee criticizing China’s economic policies.

Trump has announced 10% tariffs on all Chinese imports, prompting Beijing to respond with retaliatory measures and a WTO dispute against Washington. At the closed-door meeting, China’s ambassador to the WTO Li Chenggang said, “These ‘Tariff Shocks’ heighten economic uncertainty, disrupt global trade, and risk domestic inflation, market distortion, or even global recession.”

China seeks cooperation with Japan amid tariff row with US – The Mainichi

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China seeks cooperation with Japan amid tariff row with US – The Mainichi
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 Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao on Tuesday urged Japanese business leaders to “join hands” with Beijing, as the world’s second-largest economy remains engaged in a tariff war with the United States following President Donald Trump’s return to the White House last month.

In talks with a Japanese business delegation led by Masakazu Tokura, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren, and other officials, Wang called for a “rules-based settlement” of the trade conflict between Beijing and Washington, apparently referring to a mechanism under the World Trade Organization.

The world’s two largest economies imposed additional tariffs on each other’s imports earlier this month, with China also filing a complaint with the WTO over the new U.S. duties.

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Is Trump Building a Tripolar World?

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In a recent press conference, President Donald Trump suggests Russia, China, and the U.S. could get together and come to some form of agreement that will all three nations to lower their overall military budget.

Trump proposes US, Russia, China scale back nuclear weapons and military budgets– www.lifesitenews.com
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(LifeSiteNews) — As the Trump administration’s foreign policy begins to take shape, political observers are looking for clues as to what the next four years will look like. Remarks Donald Trump made while in the Oval Office this week about Russia and China are helpful in this regard.

While seated behind the Resolute Desk — with a portrait of Ronald Reagan hanging over his left shoulder — Trump encouragingly told reporters that “one of the first meetings I want to have is with President Xi of China, President Putin of Russia, and I want to say, ‘let’s cut our military budget in half.’ And we can do that.”

Trump exuberantly added, “President Putin and I agreed that we were going to be (de-nuclearizing) in a very big way … we already have so many you could destroy the world 50 times over, 100 times over.”

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China’s Quantum Empire?

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How China’s lead in quantum computing puts us all at risk of being controlled by the CCP police state.

China’s Quantum Strategy and The Threat of Global Data-Centric Authoritarianism – The Quantum Insider
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China’s progress in quantum computing and communications could undermine encryption standards and accelerate the global spread of data-driven surveillance, according to a report from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). The report, Data-Centric Authoritarianism: How China’s Development of Frontier Technologies Could Globalize Repression, warns that emerging technologies, including quantum, artificial intelligence (AI), and digital currencies, are solidifying Beijing’s tech-enabled governance model while influencing authoritarian regimes worldwide.

The analysts suggest that China’s quantum advances could shift the balance of cybersecurity, particularly through the potential to break conventional encryption and the export of quantum-secured communication systems. The implications of this extends beyond espionage and state surveillance to corporate data security, financial transactions, and democratic resilience in an era of accelerating technological competition.

Data Security Under Threat

China has dedicated substantial resources to quantum research, arguably outpacing U.S. government funding in key areas of quantum computing and cryptography. The NED report states that China’s investment in quantum technology is times greater than the U.S. planned government spending as of 2023. Researchers at China’s Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences, alongside firms such as Origin Quantum and QuantumCTek, are leading efforts to build quantum processors and secure communication networks.

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Google Danced to the Censorship CCP Drum in China, as it continues to do

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Google complied with censorship requests from China, Russia, authoritarian regimes | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
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Since 2011, Google has engaged with 150 different governments that have requested content be scrubbed from public domains.

Google has cooperated with authoritarian regimes, including Russia and China, by complying with censorship requests and removing content critical of governments, according to an investigation by the Observer.

Since 2011, Google has engaged with 150 different governments that have requested content be scrubbed from public domains. These requests have come not only from democratic administrations but also from dictatorships and sanctioned regimes, including the police in Afghanistan.

The investigation found that Google has removed content, including YouTube videos, at the request of the Chinese and Russian governments. The removed content included videos of anti-government protests and material accusing politicians of corruption.

Google’s own data shows that 5.6 million items of content have been “named for removal” due to government requests. According to the cybersecurity firm Surfshark, global content removal requests submitted to Google have more than doubled since 2020.

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Next BRICS Summit will be in Rio de Janeiro

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Brazil to host next BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro in July– abcnews.go.com
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SAO PAULO — The Brazilian government announced Saturday that the next BRICS summit will take place in Rio de Janeiro on July 6-7.

Brazil will chair the bloc of developing economies through 2025 and said it will focus on promoting global governance reform and cooperation among Global South countries, according to a statement from the federal government.

BRICS was established in 2009 by Brazil, Russia, India, and China, with South Africa joining in 2010 as a counterbalance to the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations.

Last year, the bloc expanded by adding Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates. Saudi Arabia has also been invited to join. Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Malaysia have formally applied for membership, and several other countries have expressed interest.

US-China dispute over Afghanistan resolutions intensifies at UNSC – News.Az

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US-China dispute over Afghanistan resolutions intensifies at UNSC – News.Az
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The US-China dispute over Afghanistan resolutions has intensified at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).

The disagreement, which has been simmering since late 2024, has intensified in recent weeks following the return of the Trump administration, News.Az reports citing foreign media.

The dispute could shape not only the U.N.’s engagement with the Taliban-led government in Kabul but also Beijing’s growing influence in the Security Council.

“While the Trump administration has made headlines by pulling out of U.N. mechanisms like the Paris climate pact and the World Health Organization, this argument in the council could be a harbinger of more Sino-American tensions over multilateral security,” the report stated.

At the center of the dispute is which country should serve as the Security Council’s “penholder” on Afghanistan. In U.N. terminology, the penholder is responsible for drafting resolutions, initiating negotiations, and shaping key mandates related to the country in question.

Rare earths, controlled by China, are increasingly driving US geo-strategy – Agencia EFE

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Rare earths, controlled by China, are increasingly driving US geo-strategy – Agencia EFE
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United States mediation in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine highlights Washington’s concern about the scarcity of rare earths, which have multiple applications in electronic and industrial materials and processes.

In the past five years, the market for critical minerals has doubled to 320 billion dollars and will likely double again by the end of the decade, according to a Goldman Sachs report.

Supply remains concentrated in China, which the same analysts estimate refines 85-90% of rare earths and produces 92% of rare earth magnets.

Enrique Feas, a researcher at the Real Instituto El Cano, told EFE that these materials are crucial for industrial production and that China has used its supply as a “warning” in the face of trade tensions.

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Ex-Federal Reserve Advisor Charged with Trading Secrets to CCP

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Under President Donald Trump, the DOJ arrested former senior Federal Reserve advisor John Harold Rogers, 63, for allegedly stealing trade secrets from the U.S. agency that controlled China’s access to U.S. markets. He took those trade secrets and gave them to his CCP handlers.

Former Federal Reserve Adviser Arrested for Allegedly Passing US Trade Secrets to China – NTD
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Prosecutors on Jan. 31 arrested a former senior Federal Reserve advisor, accusing him of stealing trade secrets from the agency that could allow China to manipulate the U.S. market.

John Harold Rogers, 63, worked for 11 years as a senior advisor for the international finance division of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, the main governing body for the U.S. central bank.

A federal indictment alleged that Rogers began working with Chinese conspirators since at least 2018. The Chinese handlers worked for the Chinese intelligence and security apparatus and posed as graduate students at a Chinese university, according to the filing.

Rogers, in the collaboration, allegedly solicited trade-secret information that included proprietary economic data sets, China tariff deliberations, and briefing books for specific board governors. He also allegedly solicited internal discussions and forthcoming announcements from the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), a 12-member body consisting of the seven Federal Reserve board of governors, the New York Federal Reserve Bank president, and four of the remaining 11 Reserve Bank presidents that rotate on an annual basis.