China News Brief – Tuesday, 24 February 2026
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US accuses China of 'massively' expanding nuclear arsenal amid fears of new arms race China has opposed the ‘smearing of its nuclear policy’ while insisting Beijing would not ‘engage in any nuclear arms race’. China Slaps Export Controls on Japanese Entities Tied to Military – WSJ Entities included several Mitsubishi subsidiaries, the National Defense Academy of Japan and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Anthropic Slams China for AI Theft, But Critics Say the Outrage Is Hypocritical | PCMag The San Francisco lab calls out Chinese AI developers for using ‘sprawling networks of fraudulent accounts’ to extract Claude’s secrets.
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US accuses China of 'massively' expanding nuclear arsenal amid fears of new arms race
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China Slaps Export Controls on Japanese Entities Tied to Military – WSJ
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