U.S.-China relations

China calls Anthropic CEO’s AI slowdown plan a ‘Cold War playbook’

China's state-backed Global Times on Monday published a sharp editorial denouncing Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's call for slowing the development of frontier artificial intelligence, labeling the proposal a "Cold War playbook" designed to curb Beijing's technological rise. The rebuke landed…

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Humanoid robots beat Bolt’s 100m record at Beijing games

Chinese humanoid robots shattered multiple human world records, including Usain Bolt's 100-meter sprint mark, on the opening day of the second World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Saturday, in a dramatic showcase of the country's accelerating robotics ambitions.

China grows anxious over Anthropic’s Mythos ahead of Trump-Xi summit

Chinese officials are growing increasingly anxious that Anthropic's advanced AI model Mythos could be deployed as a weapon against the world's second-largest economy, injecting a volatile new dimension into already-strained U.S.-China relations ahead of a planned summit between President Xi…

Alibaba surges after judge blocks Pentagon lobbying ban

Alibaba Group Holding shares surged on Wednesday, posting their largest single-day gain since September 2025, after a federal judge ordered the Pentagon not to enforce a lobbying ban tied to the company's designation as a Chinese military company.

Rubio says Taiwan will come up at Trump-Xi summit next week

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed on Tuesday that Taiwan will be a topic of discussion when President Donald Trump meets Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on May 14-15, warning against any "destabilizing" actions regarding the self-governing island…