China has criticised the United States’ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) over its recent social media campaign aimed at recruiting Chinese nationals, calling the effort “absurd” and a sign of American “paranoia.” The Ministry of State Security (MSS), China’s top intelligence agency, issued a strongly worded statement on Wednesday, June 25, ridiculing the CIA’s attempt to

China on Wednesday strongly criticised Taiwan’s decision to include two major Chinese tech companies, Huawei and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC), on an exports blacklist, labelling the move “despicable” and pledging to defend its interests. Huawei and SMIC were among 601 entities from various countries added this month to Taiwan’s “strategic high-tech commodities entity list.”

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Chinese economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. China’s premier Li Qiang has said the country would “open its doors still wider to the world” as he warned of the risk of “fragmentation” of global supply chains amid trade tensions. Li, Beijing’s second-highest