China

Xi Jinping, left, with Vietnam's President Luong Cuong in Hanoi on April 14.Photographer: Athit Perawongmetha/POOL/AFP/Getty Images via Bloomberg
Global Economy

Xi seeks to win over allies as Trump pauses some tariffs

Xi landed in Vietnam on Monday (14 April) days after Trump raised tariffs on China but gave everyone else a 90-day pause

Representational image. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

China to build 3 hospitals in Bangladesh, including 1,000-bed facility as gift

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) flag (R) leads the flags of the 10-member countries during the ASEAN Regional Forum meeting in Singapore July 23, 2008. The ASEAN members are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Photo: REUTERS/Romeo Gacad/Pool/File Photo
Asia

China, ASEAN media and think tanks urged to embrace AI, address its challenges: Forum participants

The Model S and Model X account for only a fraction of Tesla's sales in China. Photo: Shoko Takayasu/Bloomberg
World+Biz

Tesla stops taking orders in China for models imported from US

US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff speaks to members of the news media with White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt outside of the West Wing at the White House in Washington, US, 6 March 2025. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Trump envoy flies into Russia, likely to meet Putin as Iran, China tensions flare

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during a bilateral meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (not photographed) at Diaoyutai Guest House in Beijing, China, 11 April 2025. Photo: Reuters
Global Economy

In trade crisis, China courts the EU as a hedge against Trump

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (L) arrive to a bilateral meeting at Diaoyutai Guest House in Beijing, China, 11 April 2025. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

China, EU must oppose tariff 'bullying', Xi tells Spanish PM

US President Donald Trump attends a bilateral meeting with China's President Xi Jinping during the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, 29 June, 2019. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Trump and Xi are preparing for a war nobody wants

A drone view shows containers at the terminals at the port in Kwai Chung in Hong Kong, China, April 3, 2025. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

China hits back to US by increasing tariffs to 125%

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, visiting Spainish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, second right, chats with Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, as they tour the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, Sept. 9, 2024. Photo: UNB Via AP
World+Biz

Spanish PM in China to boost ties amid Trump tariffs

FILE PHOTO: Chinese President Xi Jinping meets the media following the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China October 23, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
World+Biz

Xi Jinping set to visit Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia amid US tariff escalation on China

Flags of China and US are displayed on a printed circuit board with semiconductor chips, in this illustration picture taken February 17, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/File Photo
World+Biz

US-China relations at stake as Trump escalates trade war

Ships and shipping containers are pictured at the port of Long Beach in Long Beach, California, US, 30 January 2019. Photo: REUTERS
World+Biz

Facing Trump tariffs, Vietnam eyes crackdown on some China trade