U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with members of Congress as he departs following his State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on Feb. 24, 2026. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images BEIJING — U.S. President Donald Trump avoided directly naming China in his State…
Greer said Feb. 25 that the U.S. is seeking to maintain levies on Chinese goods within a range of 35% to 50%, depending on the product. (Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg) February 25, 2026 9:30 AM, EST Key Takeaways: U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the administration plans to keep tariffs on Chinese goods at 35% to 50%…
Japan’s plans to deploy missiles on its westernmost island, close to Taiwan, within five years will further add to the growing tensions with China, analysts say. Japanese defence minister Shinjiro Koizumi said the surface-to-air systems – designed to intercept aircraft and ballistic missiles – will be deployed to Yonaguni island, located about 110km (68 miles)…
[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] Achievements of the Hong Kong Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan In 2016, the Government launched the Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (BSAP), working in concert with all sectors of the community to protect Hong Kong’s precious ecological resources and advance sustainable development. The…
Hong Kong is aiming to sharpen its competitive edge as an offshore yuan hub, an asset and wealth management base, and a digital-asset front runner under Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po’s budget released on Wednesday. Market participants largely welcomed Hong Kong’s renewed push to strengthen its position as an international financial centre, after Chan highlighted…
ByteDance’s Doubao AI chatbot (Source: Shutterstock) ByteDance’s AI chatbot Doubao drew more than 100 million daily active users (DAU) during China’s Lunar New Year holiday, emerging as the clear winner in a fierce user-acquisition battle among the country’s biggest tech firms, according to private survey data. Doubao surpassed 100 million DAUs on February 16, roughly…
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief. The highlights this week: China considers a sweeping cybercrime law, a date is set for a summit between Trump and Xi, and a plagiarism scandal rocks the Chinese literary scene. Sign up to receive China Brief in your inbox every Tuesday. China Mulls Cybercrime Reform After changes to existing…
Hong Kong’s finance chief will earmark substantial funds for a new innovation hub near the border with mainland China and include incentives to attract more aerospace players to the city in his budget, government sources have said. Highlighting innovation as a key theme of Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po’s budget speech to be delivered on…
China’s online transactions saw a remarkable increase in both volume and value during the just-concluded Spring Festival holiday, data from the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) showed on Tuesday. From Feb 15 to 23, Chinese online payment-clearing house NetsUnion Clearing Corporation and card payment giant China UnionPay processed approximately 39.3 billion online transactions totaling 13.12…
The maxim, “The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must”, attributed to the Athenian historian Thucydides, described the reality of world politics for millennia. Today there are forces that wish to see a return to a world where “might equals right”. The European Union, born out of the ashes of…