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Britain's domestic intelligence agency, MI5, faces alarming threats from foreign powers and terrorist organizations according to its director's annual assessment briefing on October 16, 2025.
We start with the Chinese espionage drama unfolding in the UK. Beijing has condemned evidence released by Sir Keir Starmer from an alleged Chinese espionage case, denouncing “British politicians’ attempts to smear and defame China”.
Top U.S. officials on Wednesday blasted China's major expansion of rare earth export controls as a threat to global supply chains, but said Beijing could still change course and avoid steps by Washington to decouple from the world's second-largest economy.
Chinese state media is rallying the public and posting old propaganda footage, but officials are also careful to leave room for talks with President Trump.
President Trump tried to reduce tension with China after threatening 100% tariffs on imports over rare earth export restrictions and after China warned it will take corresponding measures.
Micron plans to stop supplying server chips to data centres in China after the business failed to recover from a 2023 government ban on its products in critical Chinese infrastructure, two people briefed on the decision said.
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U.S. will 'neither be commanded nor controlled' by China, Bessent says as trade standoff deepens
Beijing has yet to approve the sale of TikTok U.S., increase soybean purchases or ease export controls, despite several rounds of U.S. trade talks.
In an era of multipolar competition, CPEC has evolved into a strategic lifeline for Pakistan and a pivotal foothold for China in South Asia.
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The gathering reminds the U.S. government, on the verge of possibly its longest shutdown in history, that China is a big believer in planning. Beijing has held the strategy-setting meeting twice every decade since the 1950s to rally the country around specific social and economic goals.