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…
Updated Sept. 18, 2026, 6:10 p.m. ET WASHINGTON — The U.S. automotive industry’s top trade groups are urging President Donald Trump to “keep the door firmly shut” on Chinese automakers seeking to sell or build vehicles in the United States. “Chinese automakers have zero market share in the U.S. Allowing them to open a domestic…
Sept. 3, 2026, 8:29 p.m. ET The Chinese government has asked the United States to investigate the death of a 51-year-old Chinese national who died hours after being booked into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in the U.S. territory of Saipan, according to news reports. Lianyong Wei, who had been arrested on several charges…
Updated Aug. 31, 2026, 2:50 p.m. ET WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said American communities should accept data centers unless they want to be “backwards and poor” and warned “China could not be happier” as the massive facilities that power artificial intelligence face a bipartisan backlash across the country. Trump, who has stood firmly behind…
Updated Aug. 28, 2026, 1:40 p.m. ET The number of people missing after catastrophic floods swept through Nepal and part of China spiked to more than 1,900 people on Aug. 28, officials announced. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority of Nepal raised the number of those still unaccounted for to 1,924. At the…
Updated Aug. 28, 2026, 8:42 a.m. ET NUWAKOT, Nepal ― Nepal and China resumed rescue operations that had been suspended briefly in the flood-hit Himalayas on Friday after risks from an overflowing lake were found to be manageable, easing fears of fresh devastation. Wednesday’s catastrophic flood caused by a glacier collapse killed 547 people in…
Aug. 13, 2026, 9:05 a.m. ET Ford Motor Co. said it’ll end production of Lincoln vehicles in China for the U.S. market as a part of plans to grow the manufacturing of the luxury brand here starting in 2030. Lincoln has built the Nautilus SUV in China since 2024 when it moved production to its…
July 26, 2026, 11:46 p.m. ET The ads were reportedly delivered by GatherOne, one of Meta’s advertising partners based in China. Meta states it does not allow non-consensual intimate imagery or nudify apps and takes aggressive steps to combat them. Following inquiries, GatherOne suspended new ad accounts for these services and Meta banned several of…
July 22, 2026, 1:34 p.m. ET The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee approved legislation on Wednesday to toughen a U.S. government ban on Chinese automakers entering the American market that could bar German automaker Mercedes-Benz from selling vehicles in the United States. Senator Ted Cruz, the committee chair and a Texas Republican, warned the bill’s provision that would…
July 21, 2026, 3:04 p.m. ET WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on July 21 downplayed China’s meddling in United States elections ‒ suggesting the U.S. does similar things to them ‒ just five days after he accused Beijing of executing “the largest compromise of election data in history” in a primetime address to the nation….