China

Chinese President Xi Jinping. File Photo: Collected
Asia

Xi urges 'Asian Family' unity as Trump seeks to confine China

Both China and the US appear to be digging in their heels after Trump hiked levies on Chinese goods to as high as 145% and Beijing retaliated with some 125% tariffs on US imports

Neodymium is used to make the powerful magnets used in loudspeakers and computer hard drives. Photo: Getty Images
World+Biz

China's rare earth export curbs expose US vulnerability in tech and defence sectors

A Cobalt nugget. Source: Bloomberg
World+Biz

How Trump's trade war is heating up fight for critical minerals

Malaysian King Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar, right, stands next to Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, behind, during official welcoming ceremony at national palace in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. Vincent Thian/Pool via REUTERS
World+Biz

China's Xi, in Malaysia, calls on Asian nations to resist confrontation and protectionism

Doctors at Union Hospital, affiliated with Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, performed the pioneering surgery earlier this month. Photo: UNB/Xinhua
Health

Chinese doctors implant world's smallest artificial heart in 7-year-old boy

Li Chenggang, China's Ambassador to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), gestures during an interview with Reuters aside of a ministerial meeting to discuss a draft agreement on curbing subsidies for the fisheries industry in Geneva, Switzerland, July 15, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
China

China unexpectedly anoints new trade negotiator amid US tariff war

A 737 Max 8 for China Southern Airlines. Photo: David Ryder/Bloomberg
China

China orders Boeing jet delivery halt as trade war expands

Visitors attend the China Import and Export Fair, also known as Canton Fair, in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China on 15 April 2024. Reuters File Photo/David Kirton
World+Biz

At China's largest trade fair, exporters say US markets are 'frozen'

US President-elect Donald Trump gestures as he meets with House Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, 13 November 2024. Photo: Reuters
Asia

Xi's Vietnam trip aiming to 'screw' US: Trump

Vietnam's communist party general secretary To Lam (R) shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) during a meeting at the office of the Party Central Committee in Hanoi on April 14, 2025. Photo: NHAC NGUYEN/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Asia

China, Vietnam to assess viability of new railways: document

TikTok is owned by China's ByteDance. Photo: Reuters
Global Economy

China suppliers mock tariffs with Nike, Lululemon deals on TikTok

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

Representational image. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

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