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China's One-Child Policy: A Giant Mistake?

Birth rate plunges, and a generation of 'little emperors' face a challenging future

(Newser) - China's one-child policy, one of the harshest attempts at population control the world has seen, forced abortions on women, made sterilization widespread, and led to baby daughters being sold or even killed, because parents wanted their only child to be a male. Now, the question is whether it was...

Trump: I'll Sock Canada With 100% Tariffs Over China Deal

US president threatens retaliation after PM Mark Carney's announcement of trade agreement

(Newser) - President Trump on Saturday threatened to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if America's northern neighbor goes ahead with its China trade deal. Trump said in a social media post that if Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney "thinks he is going to make Canada a...

For That Diva Baby Who Has Everything: 'Silky' Diapers

Company is trying the idea in China

(Newser) - Silk diapers? Not quite. But Procter & Gamble's product in China can at least qualify as "silky." The consumer-goods giant has rolled out Pampers Prestige diapers lined with silk fibers in the nation, reports CNBC . It's part of a push to sell higher-end products even as...

China Gets OK for a 'Mega' Embassy in London

But proximity to key financial-data cables has some worried

(Newser) - China just got the green light for what will be its biggest embassy in Europe, right next to London's financial nerve center. The UK government has approved Beijing's long-stymied plan to turn Royal Mint Court, a historic former coin-minting site bought by China in 2018 for roughly $312...

Chinese Are Giving Birth Like It's 1738

Birthrate, still declining, is in line with a much smaller population

(Newser) - China's leaders are urging citizens to have more children, but the country's demographic slide is only getting steeper. Official data released Monday show China recorded just 7.92 million births in 2025, down 17% from 9.54 million the year before, for a birthrate of 5.63 per...

China's New Weapon Against US: 'Kill Line' Propaganda

Nation uses video game term to spotlight US inequality and poverty, distract from its own issues

(Newser) - China's propaganda machine has found a new way to talk about American hardship, and it comes straight out of gamer slang. State-linked outlets and online commentators are fixating on the idea of a US "kill line"—a term borrowed from video games to describe a point of...

Trump: Tariffs Over Greenland Start Feb. 1

Rate will rise to 25% unless a deal is struck for US takeover by June 1, post says

(Newser) - As demonstrators in Greenland and Denmark protested his coveting of their territory, President Trump announced Saturday that he's levying new tariffs on European nations that will remain in effect until the US takes ownership of Greenland. Posting on Truth Social, Trump said he's imposing a 10% tariff on...

Canada Reaches 'Landmark' Trade Deal With China

Mark Carney is trying to reduce dependence on US

(Newser) - Canada's prime minister is betting a trade deal with Beijing is worth a fight with Washington. Mark Carney, on a visit to Beijing, announced a "preliminary but landmark" deal that will reopen Canada's market to Chinese-made EVs, reversing tariffs that effectively shut them out in 2025. Ottawa...

Harvard Slips to 3rd in Global Rankings

Chinese universities are first and second in Leiden Rankings

(Newser) - Harvard is still churning out research, but the global leaderboard it once dominated now has a new country on top. In the latest Leiden Rankings, which track research volume and impact, China's Zhejiang University has edged into the No. 1 spot, with seven other Chinese institutions also in the...

Panama Weighs Control of Key Canal Ports

Top court's ruling likely to infuriate either Washington or Beijing

(Newser) - Panama's top court is about to decide who gets to run two ports that bookend one of the world's most strategic waterways—and the ruling could reverberate from Washington to Beijing. At issue is whether Hong Kong–based CK Hutchison can keep operating the container terminals of Balboa...

US Allows Nvidia to Sell Advanced AI Chips to China

Export cap, security checks aim to prevent military use, though critics worry about enforcement

(Newser) - Washington is cracking the door open for advanced AI chips headed to China—just not all the way. The Trump administration has formally authorized exports of Nvidia's H200, its second-most powerful AI chip, to Chinese buyers under a set of restrictions meant to ease national security worries while giving...

China's Trade Surplus Rewrites the Record Books
China's Trade Surplus
Rewrites the Record Books
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Jan 14, 2026 8:34 AM CST

China's Trade Surplus Rewrites the Record Books

Figure hit $1.19T in 2025

(Newser) - China just logged a trade gap so big it rewrites the record books: a $1.19 trillion surplus in 2025, the largest ever reported even after adjusting for inflation. Beijing's customs agency said the surplus—the difference between what China sells abroad and what it buys—jumped 20% from...

China Wants Canada to Get Out From Under America's Wing

State-run outlet encourages 'strategic autonomy' as PM Mark Carney visits Beijing

(Newser) - As Canadian leader Mark Carney arrives in China on Wednesday, his hosts see an opportunity to peel the longtime US ally away from their rival, at least a bit. China's state media is calling on the Canadian government to set a foreign policy path independent of the United States—...

Ex-Navy Sailor Gets 200 Months Behind Bars

Jinchao Wei, 25, was convicted of selling ship manuals to a Chinese intelligence officer

(Newser) - A former US Navy sailor convicted of selling technical and operating manuals for ships and operating systems to an intelligence officer working for China was sentenced Monday to 16-plus years in prison, prosecutors said. A San Diego federal judge sentenced Jinchao Wei, 25, to 200 months, reports the AP . A...

'Are You Dead' App Is a Smash Hit
'Are You Dead' App
Is a Smash Hit
Jan 12, 2026 10:44 AM CST

'Are You Dead' App Is a Smash Hit

Most downloaded paid app in China is now rising up the US charts

(Newser) - In a country where more people than ever are living on their own, a bluntly named app is turning fears of dying alone into a booming business. The app, called "Are You Dead?" in China and "Demumu" internationally, asks users to tap a large confirmation button every day...

China's Fentanyl Crackdown Tied to Drop in US Overdoses

'This demonstrates how influential China can be and how much they can help us—or hurt us'

(Newser) - Fentanyl deaths have been dropping sharply in the US over the last few years, and a new study suggests that China is a big reason. The study in Science points to a "major disruption in the illicit fentanyl trade" that led to a steep drop in fatal overdoses beginning...

China Just Put Its Astronauts Through Cave Boot Camp

Training in Chongqing caves tested emergency response, psychological resilience

(Newser) - Chinese astronauts just wrapped up a month or so spent largely underground, in an exercise meant to prep them for where Beijing wants to send them next. China's astronaut corps put 28 crew members through cave training in a mountainous part of Chongqing, with small teams rotating through six-day,...

Lost Phone Causing Big Headache for Japan's Nuke Regulator

(Newser) - Japan's nuclear watchdog is dealing with an embarrassing security lapse involving a lost work phone in China. Japanese media report that an employee of the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) misplaced a government-issued smartphone containing confidential contact information for staff of its nuclear security division, which handles protection of nuclear...

South Korean President Goes to China After Missile Test

North Korea fired several ballistic missiles toward sea, neighbors say

(Newser) - As its neighbors prepared for high-level diplomacy on Sunday, they said North Korea launched ballistic missiles toward the sea. South Korea's military said several missiles were fired from the Pyongyang area toward waters off North Korea's east coast at about 7:50am local time, Reuters reports. The test...

Tesla Is Dethroned as the World's Top EV Seller

BYD of China outsells Elon Musk's company for the first time

(Newser) - Tesla is no longer the world's leading seller of electric vehicles. Numbers reported by Elon Musk's company on Friday came in as expected: Tesla sold 1.64 million vehicles in 2025, reports the AP . Earlier in the day, China's BYD reported selling more than 2.2 million....

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