Facing a Flurry of U.S. Sanctions, China Prepares to Hit Back
With days until Donald Trump is sworn in, China is bracing for a trade war, aiming at industries as diverse as semiconductors, apparel and industrial plastic.
China Says 'Forced' To Acquire Nuclear Weapons as US Sounds Warning
The Chinese government has claimed that it has been "forced" to develop nuclear weapons as a United States official issued a warning about China's weapons of mass destruction program. Newsweek has emailed the Pentagon out of hours and the defense ministry in Beijing for comment.
Biden says he ‘managed’ frosty China relations. Critics say management was the problem.
Biden says his administration successfully ‘managed’ frosty China relations to prevent outright conflict. Critics say he didn’t go nearly far enough.
Trump sees a new threat on the Mexican border. It’s called China.
Chinese exports and investment in Mexico are quickly rising. The Trump team fears its neighbor could be used as a backdoor to the U.S. market.
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America’s China Strategy Is Incomplete
Elizabeth Economy is Co-Director of the US, China, and the World Project and Hargrove Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. From 2021 to 2023, she was Senior Adviser for China at the U.S. Department of Commerce. She is the author of The World According to China.
China says it will send its vice president to Trump's inauguration
The reported attendance of Vice President Han Zheng will mark the first time a senior Chinese leader has attended a new U.S. president’s swearing-in.
TikTok ban complicates strained US-China relations
Chinese social media apps are aimed at hurting Americans, President Biden's Ambassador to China Nick Burns tells FOX Business as he prepares to leave his post.
China’s $1 Trillion Trade Surplus: What to Know as Trump Takes Office
Only a third of China’s trade surplus was with the United States, and only a third of the U.S. deficit was with China. That makes for tricky math for the president-elect.
Trump’s tariffs brought China and Mexico closer. Will his second term change that?
China has strengthened trade with Latin America at the expense of the U.S. But Donald Trump, who threatens to raise tariffs on Mexico, could upend those ties.
TikTok: Should China's RedNote Face Ban Too?
RedNote, known as Xiaohongshu in China, is owned by a Shanghai-based company and raises similar questions as TikTok.
Reactions to China economic data
China's economy ended 2024 on better footing than expected helped by a flurry of stimulus measures, although the threat of a new trade war with the United States and weak domestic demand could hurt confidence in a broader recovery this year.
The market’s data king says politics trumps economics
Jens Nordvig built his macro research firm on sourcing and crunching data. He’s detecting profound shifts in behaviour as markets and politics intersect.