Artificial intelligence will play a critical role in shaping China's fortunes as a great power. Yet Beijing’s attempt to translate wins by today’s innovators like DeepSeek and others into wider gains for the $18 trillion economy will be challenged not just by the United States but also by the Chinese Communist Party’s own desire to maintain control.

The United States is set to cut the size of its diplomatic mission in China by up to 10%, the South China Morning Post reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the situation. American diplomats working in mainland China and Hong Kong as well as local employees might be given notice as early as Friday in a round of downsizing that the media outlet described as unprecedented.

China held a defense meeting on Monday with Australia, a major ally of the United States in the contested Western Pacific Ocean, just days after encounters involving their militaries. Australia accused China of an "unsafe and unprofessional" encounter after one of its warplanes intercepted an Australian Defence Force helicopter on May 4,

China has rebuked the United States after the U.S. State Department remove a statement from its website declaring it does not support Taiwan independence.

The United States condemned the "dangerous" manoeuvres of a Chinese navy helicopter that endangered the safety of a Philippine government aircraft patrolling a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, its ambassador to Manila said on Wednesday.

Ark., joins ‘Life, Liberty & Levin’ to discuss his new book ‘Seven Things You Can’t Say About China,’ which breaks down the growing global threat to the United States.

China will not "sit idly by" as it is threatened by a United States missile system deployed in the Philippines that can target the country from the South China Sea, Beijing warned. Newsweek has contacted the Pentagon and the Philippine military for comment by email.

China on Monday (February 17) urged the United States to "correct its mistakes" after the U.S. State Department removed previous wording on its website about not supporting Taiwan independence, which it said was part of a routine update.

The United States has “gravely backpedaled” on its position on Taiwan and sent the wrong message to “separatist forces" on the island, ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said. Taiwan and China split in 1949 during the civil war that brought the communists to power in China.

Ark., hopes his latest book serves as an "alarm bell" that China poses a growing threat to the United States, as well as the country's international standing as the dominant power.