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China’s Xi Courts Vietnam as Trade War With the U.S. Mounts
President Xi Jinping of China kicked off a weeklong tour of Southeast Asia Monday, landing in Hanoi and trying to rally other nations to Beijing’s […]
‘The Tsunami Is Coming’: China’s Global Exports Are Just Getting Started
For decades, the world’s largest car factory was Volkswagen’s complex in Wolfsburg, Germany. But BYD, the Chinese electric carmaker, is building two factories in China, […]
China’s New Barges Reveal How it Might Try to Seize Taiwan
In recent weeks, China has been practicing unusual maneuvers off its southern coast involving three special barges. The vessels have linked up one behind another, […]
China’s Military Drills Around Taiwan Are a Warning to Its President
China launched military exercises pressing in on Taiwan on Tuesday, in what Beijing said was a warning to the island-democracy’s president, Lai Ching-te, after he […]
Muhammad Yunus meets Xi Jinping, gets China’s backing for government
As Bangladesh seeks new partnerships to countervail its frosty ties with India, President Xi Jinping Friday assured China’s support to the interim govt in Dhaka […]
China’s Tax Revenue Declines as Its Leaders Brace for Trump’s Tariffs
Buried in China’s latest government budget were some numbers that add up to an alarming trend. Tax revenue is dropping. The decline means that China’s […]
Canada Condemns China’s Execution of 4 Canadians on Drug Charges
China has executed four Canadians over drug-related convictions, Canada’s foreign affairs minister said Wednesday, a development that threatens to worsen an already tense relationship between […]
Hong Kong Adds to China’s Growing Criticism of Panama Canal Deal
Political pressure is mounting over a plan by a Hong Kong conglomerate to sell its Panama ports to BlackRock, the American investor, raising questions about […]
‘Let’s Not Talk About It’: 5 Years Later, China’s Covid Shadow Lingers
Bit by bit, the traces of Shanghai’s coronavirus lockdown in 2022 have disappeared from around Fu Aiying’s stir-fry restaurant. The smell of rotten eggs, from […]