Updated May 30, 2026, 1:31 p.m. ET A former Southern California mayor has pleaded guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the government of China, according to court proceedings Friday reported by People and CNN. Eileen Wang pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to charges that she secretly carried out work directed by Chinese…
Updated May 14, 2026, 11:51 a.m. ET President Donald Trump is in China for a packed two-day trip, including one-on-ones with President Xi Jinping, in the first U.S. state visit to China in nearly a decade. In November, Trump announced he had accepted an invitation to visit China in April, but that was delayed as…
Updated May 14, 2026, 11:58 a.m. ET WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump got a grand welcome in Tiananmen Square from Chinese President Xi Jinping that included a red carpet arrival, boisterous flower-and-flag-waving schoolchildren and a 21-gun salute, as he officially began a two-day visit to Beijing. “That was an honor like few I’ve ever seen…
Updated May 9, 2026, 2:54 p.m. ET A former University of Michigan visiting scholar from China in 2012 has been charged with lying to U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents when he tried to leave the country in 2023. Chuan Wang, who was born in 1989, was charged Friday in U.S. District Court in the…
May 5, 2026, 12:01 a.m. ET Waymo LLC, Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous ride-sharing brand, plans to expand its service to Detroit later this year. But a recent vehicle sighting by The Detroit News suggests the Motor City fleet will include Waymo’s latest vehicle: a China-sourced minivan. Called the Waymo Ojai, the electric minivan shares the so-called…
Updated April 29, 2026, 7:06 p.m. ET Washington — Two emerging leaders on Capitol Hill are teaming up for a bipartisan push to keep Chinese cars and trucks out of the United States. Democratic U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan and Republican U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno of Ohio introduced a bill Wednesday to solidify barriers…
April 17, 2026, 10:32 p.m. ET Ann Arbor — University of Michigan community members and activists gathered on campus Friday evening to pay tribute to a Chinese researcher who killed himself in a UM research hall last month under mysterious and politically charged circumstances. Most of the attendees of Friday’s vigil did not personally know…
April 16, 2026, 11:02 a.m. ET Investors pressed Mercedes-Benz Group AG on its recovery plans for China on Thursday, warning that a luxury-focused strategy could hurt the German brand’s chances of winning back Chinese consumers after a slump in sales. Like rivals BMW AG and Audi, Mercedes has lost ground in the world’s largest car…
April 8, 2026, 2:49 p.m. ET Shangai/Milan — Stellantis NV is in advanced talks with Leapmotor to jointly develop an Opel-branded electric SUV that would use the Chinese automaker’s technology and be produced at Stellantis’ Zaragoza plant in Spain, three sources told Reuters. The deal, if finalized, would help Stellantis cut the cost and time…
March 3, 2026, 10:56 a.m. ET Recently, the head of antitrust for the Trump administration’s Department of Justice, Gail Slater, resigned from her post. Per reports, this stemmed in large part from tension with Attorney General Pam Bondi, who grew frustrated with Slater’s insistence on blocking a merger between Hewlett Packard Enterprises, or HPE, and…