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China’s economy grows at 5% in first quarter, shrugging off initial impact of Iran war

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Vietnam elects Communist Party chief as president, echoing China’s power structure

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A ethnic minority delegate stand near Mao Zedong's portrait on Tiananmen Square before a plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Monday, March 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China is expected to approve a law promoting ‘ethnic unity’

2 months ago012 mins

BEIJING (AP) — China is moving to approve a sweeping law to promote what it calls “ethnic unity,” a measure that critics say would further erode the rights of some minority groups as authorities cement a push toward assimilation. The law, expected to be approved by the country’s ceremonial legislature Thursday, is designed to foster…

People carry their toddlers by a toy store in Beijing, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China’s population falls as births drop 17%

3 months ago011 mins

BANGKOK (AP) — How do you persuade a population to have more babies after generations of limiting families to just one? A decade after ending China’s longtime one-child policy, the country’s authorities are pushing a range of ideas and policies to try to encourage more births — tactics that range from cash subsidies to taxing…

Canadian leader Mark Carney visits China to mend economic relations

4 months ago09 mins

BEIJING (AP) — A leader of the Canadian government is visiting China this week for the first time in nearly a decade, a bid to rebuild his country’s fractured relations with the world’s second-largest economy — and reduce Canada’s dependence on the United States, its neighbor and until recently one of its most supportive and…

Aficionados fret as Trump moves to make pasta great again

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PHILADELPHIA — Steel: 50%. Copper: 50%. Cars: up to 25%. But an even bigger Trump-era levy looms: 107 % on Italian pasta. Mamma mia. It started with the U.S. Commerce Department launching what it says was a routine antidumping review, based on allegations Italian pasta makers sold product into the US at below-market prices and…

Japan’s Toyota, hurt by President Trump’s tariffs, reports a drop in profit

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TOKYO — Toyota reported a 7% year-on-year drop in its profit for April-September on Wednesday, as President Donald Trump’s tariffs slammed Japanese automakers, but it raised its forecast for the full fiscal year. Net profit for the April-September period at Toyota Motor Corp. totaled 1.77 trillion yen ($11.5 billion), down from 1.9 trillion yen a…

US defense secretary urges Southeast Asia to counter China’s actions

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday urged Southeast Asian nations to stand firm and strengthen their maritime forces to counter China’s increasingly “destabilizing” actions in the South China Sea. Speaking at a meeting in Malaysia with his counterparts from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Hegseth reiterated U.S. concern…

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China and ASEAN sign expanded free trade pact

Cs news6 months ago07 mins

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — China signed an expanded version of a free trade agreement Tuesday with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, with Chinese Premier Li Qiang pitching expanded economic ties with his country as an alternative to the protectionist policies of U.S. President Donald Trump. Li Qiang told an ASEAN-China summit meeting after…