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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

Start with the latest. Scroll back through time, or zoom in for more.

Year by yearUp to 5 stories per year
2026889 stories
Startup founders urge U.S. government not to shut off Chinese open weight AI↗ politico.com · HN · 889 comments · 1069 points · Jul 23, 2026
Who's afraid of Chinese models?↗ stratechery.com · HN · 910 comments · 995 points · Jul 20, 2026
China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes↗ bbc.com · HN · 491 comments · 353 points · Jul 07, 2026
Alibaba to ban Claude Code in workplace over alleged backdoor risks, source says↗ reuters.com · HN · 280 comments · 336 points · Jul 03, 2026
US holds off blacklisting DeepSeek, more than 100 firms deemed security risks↗ reuters.com · HN · 603 comments · 537 points · Jun 17, 2026
20251,604 stories
Pro-democracy HK tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national security trial↗ bbc.com · HN · 483 comments · 438 points · Dec 15, 2025
US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China, 20% on EU↗ bbc.com · HN · 3603 comments · 1877 points · Apr 02, 2025
China tells its AI leaders to avoid U.S. travel over security concerns↗ wsj.com · HN · 447 comments · 449 points · Mar 01, 2025
Suspension of inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong↗ about.usps.com · HN · 560 comments · 563 points · Feb 05, 2025
Akamai to shut down its CDN operations in China↗ content.akamai.com · HN · 143 comments · 327 points · Jan 05, 2025
20241,182 stories
How China turns members of its diaspora into spies↗ economist.com · HN · 220 comments · 228 points · Dec 29, 2024
China completes green belt around Taklamakan Desert↗ sand-boarding.com · HN · 148 comments · 193 points · Dec 08, 2024
Nvidia and its partners built a system to bypass U.S. export restrictions↗ twitter.com · HN · 214 comments · 324 points · Nov 05, 2024
Chinese-born chemist cleared of last conviction under US’s espionage probe↗ chemistryworld.com · HN · 100 comments · 158 points · Jul 23, 2024
American VC Firms Investing Billions into PRC Companies Fueling the CCP Military↗ selectcommitteeontheccp.house.gov · HN · 142 comments · 164 points · Feb 09, 2024
20231,675 stories
American Spies Confront a New, Formidable China↗ wsj.com · HN · 14 comments · 31 points · Dec 27, 2023
China bans export of rare earths processing tech over national security↗ reuters.com · HN · 1 comments · 20 points · Dec 22, 2023
China is calling in loans to dozens of countries from Pakistan to Kenya↗ fortune.com · HN · 8 comments · 40 points · May 21, 2023
Dutch journalist who writes critically on China targeted in intimidation scheme↗ nltimes.nl · HN · 1 comments · 28 points · Apr 09, 2023
Taiwan is a vital island that is under serious threat↗ economist.com · HN · 3 comments · 26 points · Mar 06, 2023
20221,550 stories
US Government Bans Export of Nvidia A100 and H100 GPUs to China and Russia↗ sec.gov · HN · 624 comments · 723 points · Aug 31, 2022
FBI investigation determined Huawei equipment could disrupt US nuclear comms↗ cnn.com · HN · 84 comments · 211 points · Jul 23, 2022
China mortgage boycott data erased by censors as crisis spreads↗ bloomberg.com · HN · 299 comments · 355 points · Jul 16, 2022
Homeland security workers indicted in scheme to silence China critics in U.S.↗ justice.gov · HN · 171 comments · 398 points · Jul 07, 2022
Shanghai video overwhelms Chinese censor, gets 400M views↗ austrianchina.substack.com · HN · 151 comments · 293 points · Apr 25, 2022
20212,044 stories
President Daniels responds to Chinese student's harassment↗ purdueexponent.org · HN · 964 comments · 867 points · Dec 17, 2021
Lithuania says throw away Chinese phones due to censorship concerns↗ reuters.com · HN · 403 comments · 786 points · Sep 22, 2021
Missing businesswoman urges ex-husband not to publish book critical of China↗ npr.org · HN · 290 comments · 590 points · Sep 07, 2021
Arm China Has Gone Rogue↗ semianalysis.substack.com · HN · 639 comments · 995 points · Aug 27, 2021
Swiss Ph.D student’s dismissal spotlights China’s influence↗ nzz.ch · HN · 332 comments · 694 points · Aug 07, 2021
20201,918 stories
Zoom executive charged with disrupting meetings commemorating Tiananmen Square↗ justice.gov · HN · 228 comments · 685 points · Dec 19, 2020
I am an Uighur who faced China’s concentration camps↗ varsity.co.uk · HN · 536 comments · 1242 points · Oct 24, 2020
US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days↗ asia.nikkei.com · HN · 1265 comments · 734 points · Aug 07, 2020
Zoom Acknowledges It Suspended Activists' Accounts at China's Request↗ npr.org · HN · 371 comments · 1069 points · Jun 13, 2020
Zoom closes account of U.S.-based Chinese activist after Tiananmen event↗ axios.com · HN · 517 comments · 2003 points · Jun 10, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Remember Hong Kong↗ thenextmove.org · HN · 108 comments · 72 points · Sep 11, 2026
One corner of China’s internet is insisting that the Tang Dynasty never existed↗ cnn.com · HN · 177 comments · 178 points · Aug 24, 2026
China's new travel rules unsettle tech giants and talent↗ dw.com · HN · 3 comments · 17 points · Sep 24, 2026
Startup founders urge U.S. government not to shut off Chinese open weight AI↗ politico.com · HN · 889 comments · 1069 points · Jul 23, 2026
Carnegie: China Passes US as Top AI Talent Hub, 40.6% to 34.2%↗ aiweekly.co · HN · 2 comments · 11 points · Sep 25, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Remember Hong Kong↗ thenextmove.org · HN · 108 comments · 72 points · Sep 11, 2026
New Zealand is determined not to keep China's espionage a secret↗ lowyinstitute.org · HN · 1 comments · 33 points · Sep 05, 2026
Chinese AI Companies Conducting Distillation Campaigns Against U.S. AI Companies [pdf]↗ media.defense.gov · HN · 20 comments · 19 points · Sep 08, 2026
China's new travel rules unsettle tech giants and talent↗ dw.com · HN · 3 comments · 17 points · Sep 24, 2026
Canada holds first defense talks with China in more than 8 years↗ scmp.com · HN · 12 comments · 16 points · Sep 08, 2026
US urged to consider military strikes to stop China achieving AGI first↗ scmp.com · HN · 8 comments · 12 points · Sep 04, 2026
Carnegie: China Passes US as Top AI Talent Hub, 40.6% to 34.2%↗ aiweekly.co · HN · 2 comments · 11 points · Sep 25, 2026
X.com busts Chinese bot farm, incl accounts making claims about AI data centers↗ tomshardware.com · HN · 1 comments · 11 points · Sep 13, 2026
Driscoll's Gave China Its Blueberries; China Swiped the Secret to Growing Them↗ wsj.com · HN · 5 comments · 10 points · Sep 15, 2026
Chinese Espionage Threat: Suspected Spy Drone Caught over Sensitive U.S. Missile↗ theyeshivaworld.com · HN · 7 comments · 10 points · Sep 04, 2026

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