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…
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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.
Gold Flirts With Record High as Trump China Comments Hit Dollar
Gold rose to near a record high as the dollar fell after President Donald Trump signaled a less aggressive approach to China.
Trump says he could reach trade deal with China, calls talk with Xi ‘friendly’
U.S. President Donald Trump said his conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping last week was friendly and he thought he could reach a trade deal with China.
China’s Exports of Solar Silicon Outpace Imports For First Time
China’s exports of polysilicon used by the solar industry exceeded imports last year for the first time, as panel manufacturers shifted more operations overseas to contend with a glut at home.
China’s imports to increase despite trade frictions
China’s total imports reached a record-breaking 18 trillion yuan ($2.47 trillion) in 2024, marking a 2.3 percent year-on-year increase and solidifying the country’s position as the world’s …
