China
Chinese leader Xi Jinping urged U.S. President Donald Trump to curb arms sales to Taiwan during a phone call, after earlier speaking with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
French authorities arrested four people in Gironde who were suspected of spying for China after they installed a two‑metre satellite dish to capture sensitive military data.
Chinese authorities detained two investigative journalists in Chengdu on Wednesday after they published reporting accusing a local Communist Party official of corruption, rights groups said.