hina’s market regulator is investigating Meituan unit Beijing Sankuai Information Technology for suspected violations of unfair competition laws, the country’s official CCTV broadcaster reported on Saturday. China has been cracking down on monopolistic behavior, most recently fining Trip.com 5.2 billion yuan (US$776.41 million) over what the regulator said was its online hotel-booking monopoly, as Beijing…
Beijing: Top US and Chinese negotiators will hold final preparatory talks in Washington from Saturday, including on tariffs, ahead of President Xi Jinping’s expected visit to the United States for a summit with his counterpart Donald Trump, the commerce ministry here said. Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng will lead a delegation to Washington from September…
Sensitive components of the F-35 fighter jet were unexpectedly diverted to Hong Kong while being shipped from Australia to the United States for repairs, prompting a US investigation and congressional briefings over the possibility that highly classified technology could have fallen within China’s reach.The shipment was rerouted while crossing the Pacific, according to three people…
Offered through Trip.com’s luxury travel brand HHtravel, the package includes four days of training in the U.S. before a 90-minute suborbital flight operated by Virgin Galactic from New Mexico. Passengers will experience several minutes of weightlessness and view Earth through the spacecraft’s 17 windows during the flight, scheduled for the fifth day. The price covers…
Sept. 19, 2026, 12:01 a.m. ET A Canadian defense manufacturer is the leading suitor to buy Stellantis NV’s idled Brampton Assembly Plant, but Chinese automakers and other foreign companies have also kicked the tires on the car factory, the city’s mayor said this week, warning that a Chinese entry could devastate the Detroit Three’s business…
Gasgoo Munich- NIO announced China Huaneng Group’s marketing department and NIO Power have signed a “Virtual Power Plant Collaborative Cooperation Work Plan” in the Xiong’an New Area. Prior to the signing, the two parties held discussions focusing on virtual power plants, power trading, and cooperation on green power and certificates. They identified strong complementarity and synergy…
The US military swung into action to intercept a Chinese ship in West Asia earlier this year, which, according to an intelligence report circulated at the time, was transporting components of a nuclear weapons program. Neither the US Special Operations Command Pacific nor the Pentagon has issued any official statement on the issue. (Representational Image)…
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Ministry of National Defense tracked 20 Chinese military aircraft, 11 naval vessels and three official ships between 6 a.m. on Friday and the same time Saturday. In response, aircraft, naval ships, and coastal-based missile systems were deployed. Thirteen of the People’s Liberation Army aircraft crossed the Taiwan Strait median line…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The first state visit by the leader of China in more than a decade takes place next week when President Xi Jinping arrives in Washington for high-stakes talks — and a little schmoozing — at the White House with President Donald Trump. When Xi’s plan lands at Joint Base Andrews just outside…
Key Takeaways: Washington is trying to block foreign—especially Chinese—advanced robots before they sit inside U.S. factories and ports. In July the FCC put them on its Covered List over surveillance, cyberattack, supply-chain disruption, and remote compromise, the same logic used on TikTok and Huawei. A robot stores what it sees and hears; the fear is…