Bill to ban sale of key AI chipmaking equipment to China introduced in House

The MATCH Act would tighten existing restrictions on a critical choke point for the AI industry, banning exports of certain ...

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Bahrain hopes for Hormuz vote in UN, but China opposes authorization of force

Bahrain said on Thursday it hopes for a U.N. Security Council vote on Friday on a resolution to protect commercial shipping ...

China’s Iran war strategy, Trump’s Hormuz ask: 7 global relations reads

Israel call on Iran to an unlikely nuclear deal, here are highlights from the SCMP’s overseas correspondents in March 2026.

Is China positioning itself to become a US-Iran peace broker?

As the war in the Gulf careens into its second month, dragging down the global economy with no off-ramp in sight, questions ...

China calls for promoting Middle East ceasefire in talks with EU, Germany

China on Thursday repeated calls for a ceasefire in the Middle East and safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz in ...
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China is planning to land people on the Moon — and might beat the United States to it

The United States has been vocal about wanting to beat China back to the surface of the Moon. In February, NASA administrator ...

As arms agreements fray, China secretly expands its nuclear weapons infrastructure

When three villagers from China’s Sichuan province wrote to local officials in 2022 asking why the government was ...