Colum Murphy

Moscow and Beijing are driving closer collaboration between authoritarian states and such networks help advance repression globally, according to researchers who used AI to drill into the activities bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

There was much buzz in Beijing Station on Thursday for the departure of the first passenger rail service between China and North Korea in six years. But no one boarding in Beijing appeared to be heading to North Korea. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

With three weeks until Trump meets Xi Jinping, Beijing is frustrated by what it sees as insufficient US preparation that may limit the landmark summit to trade agreements and leave key diplomatic and security matters untouched. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

China may be defying Trump's tariffs but workers tell a grim story of falling wages and vanishing jobs bloomberg.com/news/features/…

China’s top diplomat called for an immediate end to hostilities in the Middle East, criticizing US actions while signaling that the turmoil won’t derail steadying ties with Washington bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s annual press conference kicks off in just over one hour. Already the room is buzzing with journalists setting up and conducting interviews. A topic I am hearing over again this morning is Iran. Let’s see how prominently Wang features it.

One month before President Xi Jinping and Donald Trump are set to convene at a much-touted summit in China, the toppling of another friend of China risks stoking tensions. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

China increased its support for Russia’s war in Ukraine in 2025 and is likely to deepen cooperation with Moscow further this year, Western officials said, casting doubt on efforts by European leaders to improve relations with Beijing bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The EU needs to implement new regulations to manage the growing security risks posed by intelligent vehicles, a think tank says bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

A group of Japanese businesses in China is urging Chinese authorities to reaffirm their earlier comments that fresh curbs on dual-use items won’t present problems for those who handle civilian items in the usual manner bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

日本に「核の野心｣、中国で批判広がる－非核三原則の見直しなど警戒 bloomberg.com/jp/news/articl…

President Donald Trump’s capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro sparked widespread discussion on Chinese social media, with some users saying the operation offered a template for how Beijing could handle tensions with Taiwan bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

China said it’s “deeply shocked” by the US’s military strikes on Venezuela and its capture of President Nicolas Maduro bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

A prominent group of Japanese executives has put its planned visit to Beijing on hold, a sign a diplomatic feud is chilling commercial ties bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Hong Kong authorities summoned international news organizations to a rare meeting on Saturday to warn against “false information and smear campaigns” surrounding the city’s deadliest fire in nearly eight decades and upcoming legislative elections bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

China has been seeking back up from France — one of five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council — in its recent dispute with Japan over Taiwan’s status bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

A Japanese singer was forced to stop her performance in Shanghai on Friday as the fallout from Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks on Taiwan continues to sour ties between Asia’s two largest economies bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The scale of Hong Kong's deadly apartment block fire presents an acute challenge to a city notorious for its housing shortage and sky-high rents, as elderly residents, families and migrant workers find themselves suddenly homeless bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Tragic. A major fire has engulfed an eight-tower, high-rise complex in Hong Kong, killing at least 13 people bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Emmanuel Macron, who once called NATO brain dead, is now predicting the end of the G-20 #G20SouthAfrica bloomberg.com/news/articles/…