The view that the Chinese leadership was desperate to negotiate a trade deal, to avoid economic pain that could destabilize Chinese society and threaten the Chinese Communist Party’s monopoly on power …
Monthly Archives For April 2025
Trump’s Tariffs Put China’s E-Commerce Superpowers to the Test
Companies like Alibaba that built China’s world-leading online shopping sector are now helping its sellers find markets beyond the United States.
FirstFT: China says it can do without US farm and energy imports
We start in Beijing, where China’s top economic officials yesterday used a press conference to reassure the public about the state of the economy amid a trade war with the US. Here’s more on what…
China says its airlines and Boeing have been severely affected by tariffs
Chinese airlines and Boeing have been severely impacted by U.S.-imposed tariffs, disrupting regular trade and investment activities of many businesses, the Chinese commerce ministry said in a …
China issues local gov’t bonds worth 1.24t yuan in Q1
BEIJING — China’s local governments issued new bonds worth nearly 1.24 trillion yuan ($172 billion) in the first quarter of this year, data from the Ministry of Finance showed on Monday. Of the total …
4 Former Hong Kong Lawmakers Freed After Years in Prison Under a Beijing-Imposed Security Law
Four former Hong Kong lawmakers have been released after spending more than four years in prison for their conviction under a Beijing-imposed law that crushed a once-thriving pro-democracy movement
U.S. tariffs will hasten, not slow, China’s drive for tech self-sufficiency
The next time the U.S. tries something like the H20 chip ban, it may mean very little to the China AI ecosystem.
Exclusive: China’s Xi to visit Shanghai in show of strength amid trade war
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared a three-day ceasefire in the war with Ukraine next month to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union and its allies in World War…
Amid Trump tussle with China, state attorneys general target Beijing over fentanyl, TikTok
Kentucky GOP Attorney General Russell Coleman and other attorneys general have written to the Trump administration asking it to close a federal loophole that reportedly allows fentanyl into the U.S. more easily.
Former ASML head scientist Lin Nan drives China’s latest EUV breakthrough
Research team achieves world-class results in photolithography research with solid-state laser-driven approach, paper shows.
China’s food, energy supplies secure without US imports, official says
Beijing says it has self-sufficiency in staple crops and energy, and enough alternative import sources to offset even a total loss of US goods.
With China and the US at intense economic odds, other nations are being forced to choose sides
As President Donald Trump’s trade war locks the world’s two largest economies on a collision course, America’s unnerved allies and partners are cozying up with China to hedge their bets.
Temu customers in the U.S. hit with steep import charges due to tariffs
Chinese online retailer Temu, known for its ultra-low prices, is hitting U.S. customers with hefty import charges due to President Donald Trump’s trade war. Tariffs imposed by the Trump administration have in some cases more…
