Defense One

Pentagon’s annual China-power report notes nuclear, influence threats—but also corruption

China is rapidly advancing in missiles, nuclear weapons, and influence operations—but endemic corruption is to some degree undermining its military ambitions, according to the new edition of the ...
The Washington Post

Pentagon says China’s nuclear warhead growth slows, commits to stabilizing tensions

The Pentagon assesses that China’s production of nuclear warheads has slowed after a rapid buildup since 2020, with fewer new weapons added to its arsenal. But China’s program continues to expand, ...
GCN

IEA notes China’s electrolyzer edge, SE Asia demand

The Global Hydrogen Review 2025, issued by the International Energy Agency, identifies the overwhelming role of China in the manufacturing of electrolyzers as well as the potential of the Southeast ...
Pew Research Center

Americans’ views of China have grown somewhat more positive in recent years

For the better part of a decade, most Americans have had negative views of China. This is still the case, but the share with a favorable view has ticked up, according to a Pew Research Center survey ...
The Economist

China could greatly reduce its reliance on coal. It probably will not

In Shuozhou, a nondescript city of 1.6m people in northern China’s Shanxi province, the veins of the local economy run black with coal. To the north of the city lies one of the largest open-pit mines ...