KAZAN, RUSSIA – OCTOBER 23: President of China Xi Jinping meets with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (not seen) within the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia on October 23, 2024. Iranian Presidency | Anadolu | Getty Images China’s President Xi Jinping gave his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian a brief, low-profile audience at a regional security…
Singapore-based Vertex Ventures, backed by Singapore state investor Temasek, has made investments in Chinese robotics startups, including Unitree Robotics. SINGAPORE — Chinese robotics companies shut out of the U.S. by new restrictions on advanced robots can still reach American buyers by building genuine operations in Singapore, according to a Temasek-backed venture firm that counts humanoid…
A Maersk container ship loaded with cargo containers sails out of port waters near the Kwai Tsing Container Terminals on March 19, 2026 in Hong Kong, China. Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images China’s crude oil imports climbed to the highest level in three months in July, though the recovery may be…
BEIJING, CHINA – NOVEMBER 11: The national flag of China flies in front of the headquarters of the Ministry of Commerce on November 11, 2025, in Beijing, China. Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images China unleashed its broadest package of trade countermeasures since last October’s truce, pushing back against a string of…
A general view of the office building of Baidu is in Pudong, Shanghai, on Feb. 9, 2026. Ying Tang | Nurphoto | Getty Images The Pentagon added a slew of Chinese companies, including Alibaba Group, Baidu Inc and carmaker BYD, to a list of entities it believes have aided the Chinese military, complicating the fragile…
SHENZHEN, CHINA – MAY 1: The Chinese national flag is seen in front of stacked shipping containers bearing MSC (Mediterranean Shipping Company), Maersk, and Hamburg Süd branding at Yantian Port on May 1, 2026, in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images China’s economy stumbled in April with consumption,…
Employees work on the production line of solar panels at a workshop of Jiangsu DMEGC New Energy Co., Ltd. on July 22, 2025 in Suqian, Jiangsu Province of China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Profits at China’s industrial firms grew at their fastest pace in six months in March, even as the…
FUYANG, CHINA – 2026/02/14: Shoppers push carts through festively decorated supermarket aisles, with red lanterns and “Golden Horse Welcoming Spring” banners hanging overhead. Sheldon Cooper | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images China’s consumer inflation recorded the biggest jump in more than three years, as an extended holiday bolstered spending while deflation in factory-gate…
TOPSHOT – Media tycoon Jimmy Lai (R) is escorted into a Hong Kong Correctional Services van outside the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong on February 1, 2021, after being ordered to remain in jail while judges consider his fresh bail application, the first major legal challenge to a sweeping national security law Beijing…
People celebrate the New Year at a ceremony at the Juyongguan Great Wall section, also known as Juyong Pass, in Beijing, China, January 1, 2026. Maxim Shemetov | Reuters Asia-Pacific markets mostly slipped Monday, as investors assessed threats from the Trump administration toward Greenland over the weekend, as well as key economic data from China…