As the United States and its allies escalate their trade war with China over its technology industries, the Netherlands has joined the fray by imposing new limits on its exports of electronic chip equipment to China in late June.

A Chinese research team claimed that they had simulated a successful attack on a US aircraft carrier group using hypersonic missiles, raising new concerns about the vulnerability of American naval power in the Pacific.

China is being accused of operating more than 100 secret police stations around the world, aimed at silencing dissidents and spying on foreign countries.

China is expanding its ambitions to challenge the U.S. in the digital domain, building a network of undersea Internet cables that will connect Asia, the Middle East and Europe.

There is a huge Chinese expansion to deal with the yuan and local currencies, the latest of which is Kenya, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iran, Russia, and the UAE.