Emily Fang

Earlier, he had toyed with closing off the loophole because it's been criticized for allowing Chinese companies to essentially sell clothes and other low-cost goods through fast fashion platforms like Shein or Temu and also through Amazon and China's AliExpress to American consumers without paying import taxes, as long as the packages are worth less than $800.

The rise of fast fashion has led the volume of these de minimis packages from China to skyrocket from just over $5 billion worth of goods in 2018 to $66 billion of goods in 2023. Emily Fang, NPR News, Washington.

The rise of fast fashion has led the volume of these de minimis packages from China to skyrocket from just over $5 billion worth of goods in 2018 to $66 billion of goods in 2023. Emily Fang, NPR News, Washington.

The idea is to one day create an interface between the human mind and electronic systems by implanting a chip directly into people's heads. Chinese company NuCyber is aiming to implant its chips in 13 people by the end of the year. Right now, U.S. company Synchron, whose investors include billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, is running a trial with 10 patients.

The idea is to one day create an interface between the human mind and electronic systems by implanting a chip directly into people's heads. Chinese company NuCyber is aiming to implant its chips in 13 people by the end of the year. Right now, U.S. company Synchron, whose investors include billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, is running a trial with 10 patients.

Billionaire Elon Musk's company Neuralink currently has three people with its implants. China's NuCyber and U.S. companies hope that in implanting these chips in people's brains, they can help patients with paralysis improve physical mobility. Emily Fang, NPR News.

Billionaire Elon Musk's company Neuralink currently has three people with its implants. China's NuCyber and U.S. companies hope that in implanting these chips in people's brains, they can help patients with paralysis improve physical mobility. Emily Fang, NPR News.

There will be very real consequences to real people in Colorado, and we are not going to be able to pick up all of the pieces. And so it's frightening.

There will be very real consequences to real people in Colorado, and we are not going to be able to pick up all of the pieces. And so it's frightening.

C.K. Hutchinson Holdings Limited is one of Hong Kong's biggest family-run conglomerates, founded by the non-engineering billionaire Li Ka-shing. And it's their majority ownership in two port terminals in the Panama Canal that came under heavy criticism from President Trump, who cited the Hong Kong company's ownership as a sign of mainland Chinese government influence over the canal. C.K.

C.K. Hutchinson Holdings Limited is one of Hong Kong's biggest family-run conglomerates, founded by the non-engineering billionaire Li Ka-shing. And it's their majority ownership in two port terminals in the Panama Canal that came under heavy criticism from President Trump, who cited the Hong Kong company's ownership as a sign of mainland Chinese government influence over the canal. C.K.

Hutchinson owns stakes in logistics and transport businesses around the world and has no demonstrated ties to the mainland Chinese government. This week, C.K. Hutchinson said it sold its stakes in the canal for $22.8 billion to a consortium led by American group BlackRock in a, quote, rapid, discreet, but competitive bidding process. Emily Fang, NPR News, Washington.

Hutchinson owns stakes in logistics and transport businesses around the world and has no demonstrated ties to the mainland Chinese government. This week, C.K. Hutchinson said it sold its stakes in the canal for $22.8 billion to a consortium led by American group BlackRock in a, quote, rapid, discreet, but competitive bidding process. Emily Fang, NPR News, Washington.

NPR's Emily Fang has more. Jimmy Lai founded the now-shuttered news outlet Apple Daily that often criticized the Chinese government. He has remained in jail for nearly four years as a trial date for his national security case was set. Last November, he started giving his first oral testimony.

NPR's Emily Fang has more. Jimmy Lai founded the now-shuttered news outlet Apple Daily that often criticized the Chinese government. He has remained in jail for nearly four years as a trial date for his national security case was set. Last November, he started giving his first oral testimony.

This week, the court grilled him on two editorials he wrote criticizing Beijing and whether they, quote, incited public hatred towards the government.

This week, the court grilled him on two editorials he wrote criticizing Beijing and whether they, quote, incited public hatred towards the government.

This week, one of Hong Kong's biggest and last remaining opposition political parties also announced they were moving to shut themselves down after years of pressure from Beijing's national security law curtailed nearly all of their political activities. Emily Fang and Pure News, Washington.

This week, one of Hong Kong's biggest and last remaining opposition political parties also announced they were moving to shut themselves down after years of pressure from Beijing's national security law curtailed nearly all of their political activities. Emily Fang and Pure News, Washington.

Well, part of the reason given by Musk and other people close to Trump is that the agencies that fund these groups you're talking about are wasteful. Musk has accused specifically the aid agency USAID of being behind a, quote, hoax about Russian influence in the Trump administration without giving evidence. The U.S.