A sharp pullback in China’s export orders shows President Trump’s eye-watering tariffs are starting to squeeze the engine room of China’s economy, piling pressure on Beijing to boost its stimulus efforts.
Monthly Archives For April 2025
China Releases White Paper on COVID-19 Origins Tracing; What Does It Say?
China released a white paper on COVID-19 prevention, control, and origins tracing, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported, lauding its contributions while casting doubts on the United States. The …
China’s National Health Commission answers questions on white paper from press
The white paper contains a preface, the main body, and a conclusion, in total 14,000 Chinese characters. The main body has three chapters: “Contributing Chinese Wisdom to the Study of the Origins of …
China has created a list of US-made products exempted from 125% tariffs
China has begun discreetly notifying companies that certain US-made products will be exempt from its steep 125% retaliatory tariffs, meant to shield manufacturers from the consequences of a trade …
China’s factories take a big blow as Trump’s tariffs bite
China’s factory activity contracted at its fastest pace in 16 months in April, as steep US tariffs took a heavy toll on the manufacturing sector, adding urgency to Beijing’s efforts to roll out fresh …
China releases white paper on COVID-19 origins tracing, Xinhua reports
China released a white paper on COVID-19 prevention, control and origins tracing on Wednesday, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported, lauding its own contributions while casting doubts on the …
Why Is China Buying So Much Gold?
Experts told Newsweek that Beijing is responding to recent trade tensions, while also attempting to decouple its economy from the U.S.
China’s Shenzhou-19 spacecraft lands in country’s north
The spacecraft and its three crew were sent into space in October last year to work on China’s “Tiangong” permanently inhabited space station. Shenzhou crewed spaceflights have been a regular fixture of the country’s space…
China’s CATL to launch Hong Kong listing in week of May 12, sources say
Chinese battery giant CATL plans to launch its Hong Kong listing next month, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said, in what is set to be the city’s largest share sale in four…
China pledges to further bolster digital endeavours
CHINA will ratchet up efforts to speed up the construction of digital infrastructure and deepen reforms related to the market-oriented allocation of data elements, while advancing the building of a …
Expect a US-China deal to bring down tariffs ‘dramatically’: Deutsche Private Bank
Deutsche Bank Private Bank’s Stefanie Holtze-Jen notes that China doesn’t need overt trade moves against U.S., instead its readiness to fully decouple is enough to bring the U.S. to the negotiating …
China will quickly lose up to 10 million jobs due to tariffs – Bessent
At a White House briefing on Tuesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned that China could see huge job losses if it fails to roll back its high tariffs.
US tariff activity has slowed down China’s manufacturing industry
China’s factories hit the brakes in April as fresh U.S. tariffs cooled new orders and pushed manufacturers to cut jobs, a private survey showed Wednesday.
