Amber Casino and former scam center, owned by Chen Zhi, a Chinese businessman who was deported to China, is seen in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, on Jan. 18, 2026. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Chinese-language money laundering networks funneled an estimated $16.1 billion in illicit funds through cryptocurrency transactions in 2025, according to a report released … Read more
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) and Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Yvan Gil shake hands before their meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on May 12, 2025. FLORENCE LO / POOL / AFP BEIJING — Even as China eyes new opportunities to build global influence in the wake of the U.S. attack on Venezuela, … Read more
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (L) and China’s President Xi Jinping wave during a meeting in Miraflores Presidential Palace, in Caracas on July 20, 2014. Leo Ramirez | Afp | Getty Images The ancient Greek historian Thucydides once wrote that “the strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must.” On Jan. 3, … Read more
South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung (R) and his wife Kim Hea Kyung (L) board their plane to depart for China at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam on Jan. 4, 2026. Jung Yeon-je | Afp | Getty Images South Korean President Lee Jae Myung began a state visit to China on Sunday, hoping to promote peace on … Read more
A woman cycles pass a billboard encouraging couples to have only one child, along a road leading to a village in the suburb of Beijing, 25 March 2001. Goh Chai Hin | Afp | Getty Images The death of a former head of China’s one-child policy has been met not by tributes but by castigation … Read more