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The two countries reaffirmed that peace and stability in the South China Sea are non-negotiable as they deepen defense and economic cooperation.

U.S. and Japanese defense chiefs called for allied burden-sharing, stronger deterrence, and expanded regional defense cooperation.

Regulators are tightening oversight of offshore brokerages and Hong Kong banking channels as concerns grow over capital outflows through financial markets.

Chinese regulators have intensified efforts to curb unauthorized overseas investing as mainland investors increasingly seek stronger returns outside China.

A Chinese coast guard vessel entered waters near the Pratas Islands on May 23, triggering a standoff.

The clampdown hits a route that Chinese investors use to trade U.S. and Hong Kong stocks, raising capital-control and other concerns.

The Russian leader’s trip to China is the second in less than a year, adding to the more than 40 encounters the pair have held.

Taiwan is the ‘most important issue’ in U.S.–China relations, Chinese leader Xi Jinping said during talks with Trump last week.

OFAC has sanctioned at least 95 Hong Kong entities since 2020 for helping with Iranian oil trades and sanctions evasion.

Manila reports a 41-ship Chinese swarm at a critical gas field, testing U.S. defense treaties and threatening regional energy independence.

Lai, 78, was sentenced to 20 years in prison earlier this year under the Beijing-imposed national security law and a colonial-era law.

Chong Wai-man, 61, was jailed for his Facebook posts criticizing the Chinese communist regime and its forced organ harvesting.

A subsidiary of Hong Kong-based company CK Hutchison said ‘extreme executive measures’ were used by Panama to expel it from two ports at each end of the canal.

Local authorities can also ’take and keep any personal devices, as evidence, that they claim are linked to national security offenses,' U.S. officials said.

The sentence is ’the latest act of the Chinese government reaching across borders to silence dissent, wherever it appears,' Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) said.

Sebastien Lai said that his 78-year-old father should be released immediately.

The defendants were among a group of opposition figures in a case called ‘Hong Kong 47.’