Law & Courts Chinese national arrested and charged with stealing AI trade secrets from Google Prosecutors say at the same time that Linwei Ding was working for Google and stealing the building blocks of its AI technology, he was also secretly employed by two China-based tech companies. Ryan Lucas
World China says it plans to send more pandas to the San Diego Zoo this year In November, Chinese President Xi Jinping raised hopes his country would start sending pandas to the U.S. again after he and President Joe Biden convened in Northern California. The Associated Press
Elections Biden's campaign gives in and joins TikTok. Blame the youngs The White House has stayed away from TikTok because of national security concerns related to its Chinese parent company. But Biden's campaign has now jumped in because that's where young voters are. Elena Moore
Business Question marks over China's economy have stocks on a long downward slide Benchmark indexes are near a five-year low, after a rough start to the year. China's CSI 300 index is down nearly 20% over the past 12 months. Analysts say the malaise is a symptom of bigger problems. John Ruwitch
Politics Wray warns Chinese hackers are aiming to 'wreak havoc' on U.S. critical infrastructure The FBI director says Chinese state-sponsored hackers targeting of U.S critical infrastructure — including water treatment plants, pipelines and the power to grid — poses a national security threat. Ryan Lucas
Business Here's what to know about the collapse of China's Evergrande property developer In 2018, Evergrande was listed as the world's most valuable real estate company. But on Monday, a Hong Kong court ordered it to be liquidated. Scott Neuman
Business German government wants companies to 'de-risk' from China, but business is reluctant Tough new rhetoric on China from some members of Germany's governing coalition has led to disagreement rather than unity on what the government's policy should be. Rob Schmitz
World They flocked to build China's cities. Now builders are aging with little retirement A booming migrant workforce helped propel China's growth in the past four decades. Now those workers are approaching retirement age and straining local governments and social services. Emily Feng
World Affluent Chinese have been moving to Japan since the COVID lockdowns Middle- and upper-class Chinese are joining a migration wave to Japan. Anthony Kuhn
World Taiwan's China-skeptic ruling-party candidate wins presidential election Lai Ching-te of Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party is Taiwan's new president-elect, after a three-way election that will determine the self-ruled island's future stance towards China. Emily Feng