Day: December 16, 2025

China Update provides the most up to date political, economic, and geopolitical news and analysis on China. Videos are based on hundreds of articles, think tank reports, government statements and other resources in English and Chinese. China Update is fully independent and I make the videos. X (Formerly Twitter): / tonychinaupdate Channel email: [email protected]:00 Introduction00:30 Hong Kong: Jimmy Lai Found Guilty02:50 Tech War: $70 Billion Chip Subsidies 06:02 Chinese Billionaires Buying American Babies

Taiwan’s National Security Bureau is set to report to lawmakers on regional tensions and the country’s military preparedness. The report connects Chinese aggression toward Taiwan to similar problems faced by other countries and highlights US and allied deployments to counter it.📹 Reporter(s): Devin Tsai/Lery Hiciano#TaiwanPlus #TaiwanPlusNews #TaiwanNews-

U.S. Forces Raid Ship, Seize Cargo Headed to Iran From ChinaOff the coast of Venezuela, US forces have seized an oil tanker suspected of smuggling oil to China in violation of international sanctions. The seizure highlighted the links between Venezuela and not just China, but the Indo-Pacific region. As an energy-rich socialist dictatorship, Venezuela is key political partner of Beijing and Moscow in Latin America, as well as a major recipient of Chinese aid, investment and weapons. The US raid come as the Trump Administration moves to reassert American hegemony over the region. How important is Venezuela to China? Is Trump attempting to reimpose the Monroe Doctrine? And what does the new “China Policy Paper on Latin America and the Caribbean” tell us about Beijing’s plans for the region? In this episode, we discuss Venezuela’s Indo-Pacific ties, Trump and Xi’s policies toward Latin America, and what it means for the Taiwan Strait and beyond.

Forbidden Homecomings: CCP’s War on Rural Returns to Avert a Peasant Uprising | Digging into ChinaChina’s streets feel eerily empty outside megacities—subways have seats, malls echo, and crowds have vanished. Where’s the 1.4 billion gone? High unemployment and economic woes are key culprits, slashing jobs and spending: box offices tanked 50%+ in 2025 holidays, while new resident loans plunged to a record -360 billion, signaling fear-driven debt payoffs over consumption.Pandemic losses and emigration play minor roles. The real driver? Migrant workers’ mass exodus home—fridges in tow, three months early—fleeing urban despair for rural limbo. Beijing’s flipping scripts: from 2020’s “return and build” push to 2023’s crackdown on “scale returns,” fearing idle youth breeding unrest like historical drifters. This risks fiscal black holes, wasted infrastructure, and simmering rural revolts—China’s ticking time bomb.

China-Japan Clash LIVE: Pacific On Edge As Tensions Push Both The Countries On Brink Of War | WIONTwo powerful militaries, China and Japan, nearly came to confrontation in the skies over the Western Pacific. Japan has claimed that Chinese fighter jets had aimed their radar at Japanese military aircraft in two ‘dangerous’ incidents near the Okinawa islands, an account Beijing has disputed. Join us live to know more on this!#china #japan #chinajapanwar #wion #live