Hacker News with Generative AI: International Relations

RedNote may wall off "TikTok refugees" to prevent US influence on Chinese users (arstechnica.com)
Just a few days after more than 700 million new users flooded RedNote—which Time noted is "the most apolitical social platform in China"—rumors began swirling that RedNote may soon start segregating American users and other foreign IPs from the app's Chinese users.
China, Social Media, Censorship, International Relations
9 points by LorenDB 1 day ago | 2 comments
China's Bad, No Good Trillion-Dollar Trade Surplus (paulkrugman.substack.com)
Last year China ran history’s first trillion-dollar trade surplus.
China, Trade, Economics, International Relations
11 points by paulpauper 1 day ago | 5 comments
Russia is being set aflame by arson attacks (economist.com)
Russia, Arson, Politics, International Relations
14 points by DyslexicAtheist 4 days ago | 8 comments
China Discusses Sale of TikTok US to Musk as One Possible Option (bloomberg.com)
Chinese officials are evaluating a potential option that involves Elon Musk acquiring the US operations of TikTok if the company fails to fend off a controversial ban on the short-video app, according to people familiar with the matter.
China, TikTok, Elon Musk, Social Media, International Relations
31 points by gnabgib 4 days ago | 35 comments
Syria flooded with Pepsi and Pringles as rulers open economy (ft.com)
Syria, Economy, International Relations, News
40 points by JumpCrisscross 4 days ago | 56 comments
"Project Russia," Unknown in the West, Reveals Putin's Playbook (washingtonspectator.org)
Between 2005 and 2010, a set of books called “Project Russia” was distributed to high-ranking officials in the Russian government and other influential thought leaders. The books offered a detailed program of spiritual warfare against Western democracies culminating in “controlled global collapse” and the establishment of a “supranational” state headed by a Prince-Monk who “best understands the world.” The plan described is ultimately a program for subjugating the world, which would also be united together in a single religion.
Politics, Russia, International Relations, Conspiracy Theories, Religion
41 points by api 5 days ago | 34 comments
US-owned Greenland and Gulf of America? What a weird week (theregister.com)
We all know the US's incoming president, Donald Trump, has gone off-script in a way that is almost comical. Gulf of America? Make Greenland great again? Taking over the Panama Canal?
Politics, US Politics, International Relations, Current Events
23 points by rbanffy 5 days ago | 76 comments
China building new mobile piers for possible invasion of Taiwan (ft.com)
China, Taiwan, Military, Geopolitics, International Relations
5 points by zerosizedweasle 5 days ago | 0 comments
Sweden neither at war nor at peace, says PM (theguardian.com)
The Swedish prime minister has said that his country is neither at war nor at peace as he announced that Sweden would be sending armed forces into the Baltic Sea for the first time as part of increased surveillance efforts amid a spate of suspected sabotage of undersea cables.
Politics, Sweden, Military, Security, International Relations
14 points by belter 5 days ago | 2 comments
How China could quarantine Taiwan: Mapping out two possible scenarios (csis.org)
China has significantly increased pressure on Taiwan in recent years, stoking fears that tensions could erupt into outright conflict.
China, Taiwan, Geopolitics, Military, International Relations
21 points by lawrenceyan 5 days ago | 2 comments
Sweden neither at war nor at peace, says PM, as warships sent to Baltic Sea (theguardian.com)
The Swedish prime minister has said that his country is neither at war nor at peace as he announced that Sweden would be sending armed forces into the Baltic Sea for the first time as part of increased surveillance efforts amid a spate of suspected sabotage of undersea cables.
International Relations, Military, Sweden, Security
7 points by howard941 5 days ago | 0 comments
Germany battles to secure 'Russian shadow fleet' oil tanker adrift (theguardian.com)
Germany is battling to secure a heavily loaded tanker stranded off its northern coast, which it says is part of Russia’s sanctions-busting “shadow fleet”.
Germany, International Relations, Shipping, Sanctions, Russia
6 points by howard941 6 days ago | 1 comments
Petrostate USA vs. Electrostate China: Who Will Win the Climate Race? [video] (youtube.com)
Climate Change, International Relations, Energy, Geopolitics, Technology
4 points by hunglee2 7 days ago | 0 comments
Von der Leyen has decided to pause ongoing investigations against US platforms (lemonde.fr)
While French President Emmanuel Macron has accused the boss of X of supporting 'a new international reactionary movement,' EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has, so far, remained silent.
Politics, Europe, Social Media, International Relations
5 points by coldpepper 7 days ago | 1 comments
Exclusive–Chinese Patents Reveal Aim to Cut Undersea Cables (newsweek.com)
With Chinese ships suspected to have cut key undersea communications cables around the world, a Newsweek review of Chinese-language patent applications shows that engineers in China invented devices to sever such cables quickly and cheaply.
Undersea Cables, China, Technology, Security, International Relations
7 points by thebeardisred 7 days ago | 0 comments
US announces $25M reward for arrest of Venezuela's Maduro (bbc.com)
The US has announced an increased $25m (£20.4m) reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on the day he was sworn in for a third six-year term in office.
Politics, Venezuela, International Relations, Rewards
6 points by belter 7 days ago | 0 comments
Greenland and the Coldest War (palladiummag.com)
Greenland has returned to the global spotlight as President Trump renews his interest in acquiring the northern island during his second term.
Greenland, Geopolitics, International Relations, United States, Cold War
4 points by havella 7 days ago | 0 comments
Yakuza Leader Pleads Guilty to Nuclear Materials Trafficking and Weapons Charges (justice.gov)
Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, of Japan, pleaded guilty in Manhattan, New York, today to conspiring with a network of associates to traffic nuclear materials, including uranium and weapons-grade plutonium, from Burma to other countries, as well as to international narcotics trafficking and weapons charges.
Nuclear Weapons, International Crime, Japan, Organized Crime, International Relations
8 points by impish9208 9 days ago | 0 comments
Greenland Is Not for Sale. But It Has Rare Earth Minerals America Wants (2019) (npr.org)
Greenland Is Not For Sale. But It Has Rare Earth Minerals America Wants
Politics, International Relations, Greenland
8 points by verdverm 9 days ago | 5 comments
What to know about Trump's calls to make Canada the '51st state' (thehill.com)
President-elect Trump has doubled down on his suggestion of a merged United States and Canada in the wake of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to resign.
Politics, United States, Canada, International Relations
6 points by bhouston 9 days ago | 2 comments
Visitors to the UK from 48 countries must now apply and pay a fee before travel (cnn.com)
Travel, UK, International Relations, Fees, Visas
18 points by teleforce 10 days ago | 7 comments
France warns Donald Trump against threatening EU 'sovereign borders' (theguardian.com)
France has warned Donald Trump against threatening the “sovereign borders” of the European Union after the US president-elect refused to rule out military action to take control of Greenland, an autonomous territory of EU member Denmark.
Politics, International Relations, Europe, United States
16 points by belter 10 days ago | 9 comments
Trump declines to rule out using military to control Greenland, Panama Canal (theguardian.com)
Donald Trump refused to say that he would not use military or economic measures to bring the Panama Canal and the island of Greenland under US control.
Politics, International Relations, Military, Geopolitics, USA
45 points by kasperni 10 days ago | 32 comments
Taiwan asks South Korea for help over Chinese ship after subsea cable damaged (ft.com)
Taiwan, South Korea, China, International Relations, Infrastructure
11 points by gslin 12 days ago | 7 comments
US Treasury dept sanctions Chinese cybersecurity company for multiple intrusions (treasury.gov)
WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Integrity Technology Group, Incorporated (Integrity Tech), a Beijing-based cybersecurity company, for its role in multiple computer intrusion incidents against U.S. victims.
Cybersecurity, China, Sanctions, US Government, International Relations
7 points by heresie-dabord 12 days ago | 0 comments
Biden blocks US Steel takeover by Japan's Nippon Steel, citing national security (cnbc.com)
Politics, International Relations, Business, National Security
11 points by donsupreme 14 days ago | 1 comments
Why Canada should join the EU (economist.com)
As international conflicts go, none did so little to disrupt the global order as the “whisky wars” that pitted Canada against Denmark for four decades.
International Relations, Europe, Canada, Economics
74 points by janandonly 14 days ago | 4 comments
Biden Blocks Sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel (wsj.com)
Politics, Business, International Relations, Steel Industry
23 points by impish9208 15 days ago | 13 comments
Biden Blocks Japan's Nippon Steel from Taking over US Steel (cnn.com)
Politics, International Relations, Business, Steel Industry, United States
6 points by wumeow 15 days ago | 0 comments
Palestinian Authority Suspends Al Jazeera Operations in the West Bank (aljazeera.com)
Al Jazeera has deplored the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) decision to close its office in the occupied West Bank, calling it a move that is “in line with the [Israeli] occupation’s actions against its staff”.
Palestine, Media, Politics, International Relations
8 points by nsoonhui 16 days ago | 0 comments