China could pose a national security risk to the United States with its escalating purchase of gaming designing companies, warns Anders Corr, publisher of the Journal of Political Risk. Tencent Holdings Ltd. and NetEase Inc., both Chinese mega-tech companies, have expanded their gaming studios in the United States, Canada, Japan, and France. Last year, NetEase…

Commentary Tencent Holdings and NetEase Inc.—both Chinese mega-tech companies deeply involved in gaming design and distribution—were hit hard over the last year and a half. Arbitrary rule in Beijing, decoupling, and a downturn in tech stocks walloped them, along with other Chinese companies that lost trillions of dollars from market selloffs. But now big China…

The latest round of the COVID-19 outbreak in China’s capital Beijing is spreading rapidly, with cases popping up in more districts. A local hospital was locked down, and hundreds of residents were urgently relocated for quarantine. The Epoch Times spoke with some Beijing residents who expressed frustration over the government’s handling of the situation and…