Dog in Shelter for 495 Days Finds Unexpected Forever Home With Celebrity

An influencer shared a teary video after she gifted her foster dog who spent 495 days in the shelter the ultimate Christmas ...
The New York Times

From Chips to Security, China Is Getting Much of What It Wants From the U.S.

For China, President Trump’s moves to loosen chip controls, soften U.S. rhetoric and stay silent on tensions with Japan amount to a rare string of strategic gains. By Lily Kuo In its rivalry with the ...
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How Roblox adoption stories simulate social class

GamingWithKev discusses how rich parents change the Roblox adoption game and the social dynamics involved. Hawaii board votes to change official name of Hawaii Island D**k Van Dyke turns 100 years old ...
Reuters

China's major commodities tell a story of prices and inventories

LAUNCESTON, Australia, Dec 8 (Reuters) - China's imports of major commodities were on divergent tracks in November, with crude oil and iron ore powering ahead but copper and coal losing steam. The ...
NPR

China's trade surplus hits $1 trillion for first time ever

China's exports to the United States dropped sharply this year in the face of President Trump's tariffs — but the country is still finding plenty of customers elsewhere around the world. Customs data ...
The New York Times

China, Japan and a New Narrative About World War II

Arguments about history are proliferating as the postwar order led by the United States crumbles. By Katrin Bennhold I’m the host of The World. In September, China held a military parade to ...
NPR

How China, not the U.S., became the main climate solution story in 2025

EUREKA, Calif., and ZHANGBEI COUNTY, China– Twenty miles off the misty northern coast of California, off of Humboldt Bay, there's a plan to build offshore wind turbines to power more than two million ...
War on the Rocks

Decline of Operational Art: The Story of A Strategic China Wargame

Planners today struggle to properly apply operational art in large scale war — and they don’t fully realize why. It takes something like firsthand experience in a strategic level wargame against a ...
CNN

China’s censorship and surveillance were already intense. AI is turbocharging those systems

China’s ruling Communist Party is using artificial intelligence to turbocharge the surveillance and control of its 1.4 billion citizens, with the technology reaching further into daily life, ...
TheWrap

‘Zootopia 2’ Is A Huge Hit in China, and Disney Exec Jared Bush Knows Why

TAIYUAN, CHINA – NOVEMBER 29: The promotional board and poster of film "Zootopia 2" are on display at a cinema on November 29, 2025 in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province of China. Disney's smash-hit animated ...

South Korea vows to end foreign adoptions as U.N. presses Seoul to address past abuses

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s government said it plans to end its waning foreign adoptions of Korean children, while ...