In the second part of a Fox News interview, the US president said tariffs were their “one very big power” over China.
Monthly Archives For January 2025
China readies for Lunar New Year, amid worries about the economy
Travellers thronged railway stations and airports on Friday, clutching large suitcases and gifts such as boxes of fruit as they joined millions of Chinese returning to their hometowns to celebrate the …
Huawei reclaims top spot, Apple slides in China mobile market
Huawei has recaptured the leading position in China’s smartphone market for the first time since facing US sanctions, marking a significant shift in market dynamics. According to the latest report …
China narrows gap on US in AI arms race as Australia stands idle
Donald Trump’s Stargate announcement promised big bucks for development of artificial intelligence as advancing Chinese capability underlines America’s determination to preserve its leadership.
Thailand to lose $29 million from China’s syrup import ban, industry group says
Thai businesses are expected to incur up to 1 billion baht ($29.5 million) in losses from China’s ban on sugar syrup and premixed powder exports from the Southeast Asian nation, with shipments left stranded in…
Trump again argues for tariffs on foreign goods
President Trump and his advisers are working on plans to put tariffs on foreign goods, arguing that doing so will boost manufacturing in the U.S. and balance trade with countries like China. However,
China’s social media under fire over xenophobic content after stabbings
The algorithms used by Chinese platforms, which are optimised to maximise user engagement, contribute to the spread of controversial content, including hyper-nationalistic posts
On This Day, Jan. 23: China puts Wuhan in lockdown over COVID-19
On Jan. 23, 2020, the Chinese government issued a travel ban for all residents of Wuhan, the epicenter of a novel coronavirus outbreak that would come to cause a pandemic.
China: Five years after Wuhan’s Covid-19 lockdown
The residents of Wuhan bitterly remember the more than two-month lockdown they were subjected to five years ago, during the early stages of the COVID pandemic, which China confronted with a strict …
China stimulus scheme lifted 2024 consumption growth by 1 pct point
China’s stimulus scheme for consumer goods trade-ins boosted last year’s consumption growth by more than 1 percentage point, Vice Commerce Minister Sheng Qiuping said on Friday, as authorities steer …
Major Chinese port hit by congestion ahead of holiday, Trump tariff threat
Exporters this week jostled to load and ship cargo from Shenzhen’s Yantian Port, one of the world’s largest container ports, before an eight-day Lunar New Year holiday and ahead of a potential wave of …
This titanic project: a “great solar wall” to power Beijing with electricity ⚡
In the heart of the Kubuqi Desert, in Inner Mongolia, a titanic project is taking shape. A 250-mile-long (400 km) solar farm, capable of producing 100 gigawatts of electricity, aims to meet
China sentences man to death over attack on Japanese school bus
A Chinese man who attacked a Japanese mother and child with a knife and killed a Chinese woman who tried to protect them has been sentenced to death, according to the Japanese government.
