Screenshot of a tweet from @WilliamYang120: 'I, along with more than 1000 colleagues at @VOANews, were forced to put on leave indefinitely yesterday. While we have been bracing for this to happen, the suddenness of this development was still shocking to all of us.' with the reply from @chenweihua: 'Good to know many who made a living by badmouthing and smearing China are likely to be jobless.'. Background: the header image from @VOAnews's X profile of Washington D.C.

Trump’s defunding of VOA praised by Chinese state media

Voice of America was accused of spewing ‘ridiculous anti-China propaganda detached from the truth.’

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‘I never thought he would tariff MY imports’: America is learning how tariffs work in real-time, and these 25 memes say it all

‘The tariffs mean a cool new job opportunity is opening up for the daring: smuggling!’

On by Anna Good
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Why is Xi Jinping a ‘Chad’? Inside the meme turning heads (and widening jaws)

Do nothing. Win.

On by Angela Andaloro
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Illustration showing an eye symbol with both the Chinese and United States flag in it. Surrounded by branching circuitry.

‘So what?’: Privacy warnings about DeepSeek fall on deaf ears

After years of TikTok fears, it’s hard to care.

On by Roy Canivel
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DeepSeek users jailbreak bot, trick it into defying Chinese censorship

Users are jailbreaking DeepSeek to discuss censored topics like Tiananmen Square, Taiwan, and the Cultural Revolution.

On by Mikael Thalen
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Two panel design with a woman looking and talking at the camera, next to an image of a logo for RedNote app

‘We petty af’: Expert shows her fellow Americans how to thrive on RedNote. But is it really safe to use?

‘They’re so nice.’

On by Diana Umana
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3 Women sharing their experience with Chinese App Rednote

‘I’m filled with the most impotent rage’: Americans are becoming radicalized after seeing grocery, healthcare costs in China

‘My suffering was at the expense of someone else becoming wealthy.’

On by Lindsey Weedston
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‘Worse than banning it’: TikTok gags over news Musk might buy it

TikTok has called the reports ‘pure fiction.’

On by Katherine Huggins
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‘Thank you for Hawk Tuah’: TikTokers deliver heartfelt goodbyes to their ‘Chinese spy’ ahead of app ban

‘You’re not just a spy, you’re family.’

On by Mikael Thalen
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Election 2024: The future of TikTok and tech policy under Trump versus Harris

The next president may decide the fate of TikTok, the FCC, Section 230, and more.

On by Douglas Lucas
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Does a Love Is Blind contestant have ties to the Chinese Communist Party?

Love Is Blind D.C. in full swing as contestant’s firm accused of secret ties to China

And what would be the implication?

On by Marlon Ettinger
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Harris’ COVID dig at Trump accidentally reinvigorates virus orgin truthers

RFK Jr. was among those claiming vindication.

On by Katherine Huggins
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Tim Walz over Chinese and American flags

MAGA convinces itself Tim Walz is a Chinese sleeper agent

Sure, why not?

On by Marlon Ettinger
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Glycine TikTok explainer

How a Chinese company making industrial-grade food additives accidentally took over TikTok

‘Waiter!! One industrial grade glycine please.’

On by Tricia Crimmins
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Republican Senator touts death threat voicemail from giggling caller over TikTok ban as evidence of danger of “Communist-Chinese aligned company”

Senator touts death threat from giggling TikToker as evidence of ‘Communist-Chinese’ brainwashing

‘The Communist-Chinese aligned company is proving just how dangerous their current ownership is.’

On by Mikael Thalen
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