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South Korean President Lee Jae-myung arrives at Beijing Capital International Airport by plane on January 4, 2026, kicking off his four-day state visit to China. Photo: IC South Korean President Lee Jae-myung is scheduled to begin a four-day state visit to China from Sunday. At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung arrived in Beijing on Sunday ...

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s trip to Beijing this week—the first trip by a Canadian prime minister in more than eight years—signals a high-stakes attempt to reset Canada-China relations. This visit comes as pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai’s mitigation hearing reaches an end and as Ottawa looks to expand Canada’s oil exports to China. In a time of global volatility, closer partnerships with China may seem appealing.

Dennis Molinaro, author of "Under Assault: Interference and Espionage in China’s Secret War Against Canada," discusses decades of Chinese state interference targeting Canadian political and public life. He argues that Canada should understand China as an authoritarian system before engaging economically with it.

This marked the first time a Chinese developer publicly validated the feasibility of using only Huawei chips to train AI models with MoE architecture, which has become widely adopted because of its ability to deliver high performance with fewer computational resources. The Huawei stack was able to meet the “severe demands” of training large-scale MoE models across many different sizes, TeleAI researchers said.

Summary: Prime Minister Mark Carney's visit to Beijing aimed at easing agricultural tariffs for Canadian farmers but was criticized as a strategic miscalculation by Stephen Nagy in "Real Clear World." The article argues that Canada focused too much on short-term relief from Chinese restrictions, rather than building alternative alliances. It draws an analogy with Walter Mischel’s marshmallow experiment, suggesting Canada chose immediate rewards (Chinese flexibility) over long-term strategizing, leading to a dependence on Beijing's economic inducements.

Prime Minister Mark Carney's praise for China's "new world order" risks damaging Canada-US solidarity by aligning with Chinese strategic goals of displacing US power and imposing a hierarchical system under authoritarian control. This contradicts Canada’s historical relationship with the US and its own liberal norms, as evidenced by Beijing's actions in mass surveillance, censorship, and repression both domestically and internationally.

Summary: Stephen Nagy in the Japan Times argues that Canada's China engagement lacks sufficient groundwork due to insufficient partnership agreements before meetings in Beijing. Canada faces similar challenges to India, whose weak strategic position makes it structurally weaker when dealing with China. Without consolidated coalitions and credible alternatives, Canada risks being marginalized by Chinese influence under the Trump administration's emphasis on burden-sharing among partners.

Canada's strategic position suggests that diversifying economic relationships towards China is impractical and unsound given its deep relationship with the US. The Canadian-US bilateral relationship is unique, spanning over $900 billion in annual trade, integrated defense architecture, and extensive informal connections across various sectors. Canada lacks a comparable alternative for defense guarantees, intelligence cooperation, or market access from China.

The Carney government's proposed trade deal with China is seen as a dangerous retreat from Western alliances and reality. Critics argue it risks damaging Canada-US relations at a time when other allies are tightening containment frameworks against China, while ignoring historical, geographic, economic, and intelligence realities. Aligning Ottawa’s trade calculations with such an adversarial power could erode American confidence in Canada's reliability as an ally and disrupt continental security efforts.

Canada should not remain silent as tensions escalate between Japan and China over Japan's stance on a potential Taiwanese conflict. China has responded aggressively, including threatening to decapitate Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi with a consular official, and imposing travel bans and flight cancellations in retaliation. China views Japan’s comments as provocative, considering Taiwan closer to Japan (180 km) than to itself (390 km), raising concerns about potential military action encroaching on Japanese territories.

After purges, only two members remain in China's Central Military Commission: Chairman Xi Jinping and Zhang Shengmin. This has led to humorous online commentary suggesting they can no longer form a WeChat group. The military leadership losses have been severe with over 30% of top generals reportedly either purged or missing. Senior officers like Zhang Youxia, previously seen as close allies of Xi, are now under scrutiny and removal.

AMD saw $390 million in AI chip sales to China in the fourth quarter of 2025, but warned of future uncertainty due to Washington-Beijing tensions affecting American companies like Nvidia.

Comac, China's state-owned planemaker, has made significant progress since its C919 passenger jet flew to Singapore in 2021. Designed to compete with Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 MAX, the C919 aims to expand into markets beyond China amid supply chain disruptions and airline delivery delays. Analysts suggest Comac could become a global competitor, poised for growth in the fast-growing Asia-Pacific aviation market.

The Marine Corps presence in Okinawa is crucial for deterring China and North Korea. Originally planned to reduce US servicemembers on Okinawa due to political reasons, but now includes shifting 5,000 Marines and their dependents from Okinawa to Guam and other Pacific locations over the next decade. This move undermines deterrence by removing critical rapid-response forces from the First Island Chain. With China accelerating its dominance in the Western Pacific, especially regarding Taiwan, revisiting the US-Japan Defense Policy Review Initiative is essential for maintaining stability in the region.

President William Lai of Taiwan stated that his country should seek trade cooperation with fellow democracies rather than China. He highlighted efforts in areas like artificial intelligence, critical minerals, and semiconductor supply chains, noting positive discussions with US officials during a high-level forum convened by former President Donald Trump's administration. Lai emphasized Taiwan’s commitment to economic prosperity within the democratic world.

Hong Kong's privacy watchdog reported nearly 250 data breaches in 2025, a 21% increase from the previous year. A third involved hacking, with 81 incidents last year compared to 61 in 2024. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) received 246 notifications, up from 217 the year before. Schools and NGOs accounted for 37% of all breaches. Doxxing cases dropped by nearly a third to 308, but complaints fell by more than half over three years. The PCPD initiated 147 criminal investigations and referred 47 cases to police in 2025, with 18 suspects arrested. Ada Chung urged employers to strengthen privacy policies for employee data protection.

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China's "No. 1 central document" for 2026 outlines key tasks for agricultural modernization and rural revitalization. It aims to improve rural policy effectiveness, ensure national food security, support farmers' income growth through coordinated policies on prices, subsidies, and insurance, and promote green, high-quality agriculture with cultural and tourism integration. The document also emphasizes technological advancements in AI, IoT, robotics, and bio-manufacturing for agricultural innovation, while boosting rural consumption and enterprise competitiveness globally.

“We need to be capable of building and taking care of ourselves and making sure our allies are building and capable so that we can trust our supply chains,” he said. We’re going to create industrial policy.” Lutnick accused China of dominating various industries through “dumping” – by producing huge amounts of raw materials and then selling finished goods at below market price.