New York Becomes First State to Mandate Gun-Blocking Tech on 3D Printers in FY2027 Budget
On May 7, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced an agreement on the state’s FY 2027 budget. Among...
Fei Tian College MFA Graduation Exhibition Blends Technical Excellence With Human Stories
The 2026 Fine Arts Exhibition at Fei Tian College opened this week at the college’s newly renovated Function...
California Mayor Eileen Wang Pleads Guilty to Acting as CCP Agent in the US
Federal prosecutors announced on May 11 (Monday) that Mayor Eileen Wang, representing Arcadia, California...
Trump-Xi Summit Looms as Sino-US Tensions Simmer Beneath Fragile Stability
On May 14-15, U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing,...
Deadly Hunan Factory Blast Raises Questions Over Military-Grade Materials
A massive explosion at the Huasheng Fireworks Factory in Liuyang, Hunan Province, during China’s May Day holiday has triggered backlash among analysts and netizens, with some questioning whether the blast involved materials far beyond ordinary...
Chongqing Police Chief Zhang Anjiang Dies at 55, Extending a Long Pattern of Fallen Officials in the City
Zhang Anjiang, vice mayor and public security bureau director of the southwestern Chinese megacity of Chongqing, died on Thursday, May 7, 2026, at the age of 55. State-run Chongqing Daily, citing official Chinese sources, reported...
Lu Jianwang Trial Could Set Global Legal Precedent on Beijing’s Transnational Repression, Experts Say
In May 2026, a federal criminal case that has shaken Chinese-American communities and drawn international diplomatic attention entered a decisive phase at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn....
FBI Recovers Deleted WeChat Records Showing Fuzhou Police Built New York ‘Overseas Police Station’
According to The Bureau, The federal trial of Lu Jianwang, also known as Harry Lu, the 64-year-old former chairman of the New York-based America ChangLe Association accused of acting as an undeclared agent of the...
Two Men Convicted by UK Court for Spying on Dissidents for the Hong Kong Goverment
A court in London, United Kingdom ruled on May 7 that two men are guilty of assisting Hong Kong and Chinese Communist Party authorities in monitoring pro-democracy dissidents in the UK, in violation of Britain’s...
Taiwan Warns of Military ‘Capability Gap’ After Legislature Caps Arms Procurement
Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan passed the third reading of a special defense bill on May 8, approving a ceiling of NT$780 billion for arms procurement from the United States, while completely excluding commercial purchases and commissioned...
Balikatan 2026 South China Sea Exercises Highlight Growing Indo-Pacific Integrated Deterrence
The 19-day Balikatan multinational military exercises, which concluded in the Philippine archipelago and the South China Sea on May 8 (Friday), reflected the growing emphasis on multi-domain coordinated deterrence in the Indo-Pacific region, according to...
Taiwan and Paraguay Sign Three Major Cooperation Agreements, Deepening Bilateral Partnership
Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on May 9 that President Lai Ching-te and Paraguayan President Santiago Peña jointly witnessed the signing of three cooperation documents. These include, "a treaty on mutual legal assistance in...