China

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

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