The United States and China found a rare common ground in their trade talks in Madrid this week, agreeing to work together to crack down on money laundering from illegal fentanyl sales. After the talks ended on Monday,

China has invested heavily in electronic warfare, cyber operations, and space denial capabilities—all of which threatens to disrupt the communications, GPS, and intelligence of an adversary like the United States.

Most Republicans and many Trump-administration officials believe that the stakes of America’s competition with China are all but existential. Apparently, Donald Trump is not among them. The president talks about China as an economic rival but rarely as a strategic one—a view neatly encapsulated by his decision last month to ease export controls on advanced chips,

China significantly escalated its trade standoff with the United States Monday, saying that tech giant Nvidia, the most valuable company on the US stock market and a key provider of artificial-intelligence chips,

Top economic officials met in Madrid for a second day, with deadlines looming on tariffs and a ban on TikTok in the United States if it is not sold by its Chinese owner, ByteDance.

The final terms of the deal, which is expected to close in the next 45 days, could change, but agreement on the app’s algorithm has reportedly been reached.

Russia will help China overtake the United States as the world's biggest producer of nuclear power, the chief of Russia's Rosatom state nuclear corporation said in comments broadcast on state TV on Wednesday after talks in Beijing.

On August 6, the China Manned Space Agency successfully tested a high-fidelity mockup of its 26-ton "Lanyue" lunar lander. The test, conducted outside of Beijing, used giant tethers to simulate lunar gravity as the vehicle fired main engines and fine control thrusters to land on a cratered surface and take off from there.

Nvidia stock slid 3% after China reportedly told its companies to avoid purchasing some of the AI giant's chips.