The U.S.-China relationship has long been a fulcrum of global economic and technological competition. The 2025 Xi-Trump summit, marked by a 90-day tariff truce extension and conditional trade agreements, underscores a pivotal shift in how these two powers are recalibrating their rivalry. For investors, the implications are profound: supply chains are fracturing, tech sector dynamics…
By Liam Mo and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s Alibaba is likely to highlight its artificial intelligence strategy with its quarterly results on Friday, but in line with its peers Tencent and Baidu, may struggle to show that its big AI investments are paying off. The companies have invested billions of dollars into AI over…
China has lodged a protest with Japan after Tokyo reportedly asked foreign leaders not to attend next month’s parade in Beijing to mark the end of World War II. Citing anonymous diplomatic sources, Japan’s Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday that Japanese embassies abroad had been warning that the Victory Day events had anti-Japanese overtones….
The U.S.-China tech rivalry has entered a new phase, with artificial intelligence (AI) at its epicenter. Nvidia, the dominant force in AI chip manufacturing, has navigated a volatile geopolitical landscape in 2025, adapting to shifting U.S. export policies and recalibrating its China strategy. This evolution offers critical insights into how U.S. tech firms can balance…
Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email Laura Loomer has hit out at President Donald Trump over his pledge to allow 600,000 Chinese students into the U.S. — and claimed that the…
Heightened tensions between Beijing and Washington have many investors waiting to allocate capital to Chinese assets. In a recent interview at his New York office, Brendan Ahern, chief investment officer at Krane Funds Advisors LLC, explains how geopolitics and shifting market narratives influence inflows. The specialist asset manager, which focuses on China, climate and alternatives,…
Shanghai — A Chinese woman trapped in a locked room for 30 hours was finally rescued after she flung a pillow bearing a message written in her own blood out of a window, according to a local government statement. The woman, only identified by her surname Zhou, was cleaning a guesthouse in western China’s Sichuan…
Stephen McDonell China correspondent Reporting fromShennongjia, China Watch: The BBC visits golden snub-nosed monkeys at Shennongjia National Park, China Until the 1980s people roamed the mountains of Shennongjia in central China hunting monkeys for their meat and fur. Poor farmers were still clearing vast areas of trees, and as their environment collapsed around them, so…
President Donald Trump’s latest comments about allowing hundreds of thousands of Chinese international students into the U.S. have drawn criticism from some of the most outspoken members of the Republican Party. Ahead of his meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung at the White House on Monday, Trump told reporters that he plans to…
Nvidia (NVDA) will close out Big Tech’s earnings season when it reports its second quarter results after the bell on Wednesday. The report comes after a flurry of moves between the company and the Trump administration, which saw Trump revoke his prior ban on the sale of Nvidia’s chips to China but will now require…