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China’s copper boom under threat as miners test bargaining power
BEIJING] The unrelenting expansion of Chinese copper processing capacity over the past few years has now become a global ...
Asian markets set to open higher as investors await Beijing-Washington trade meeting and China data
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 was set to open higher, with the futures contract in Chicago at 37,975 while its counterpart in Osaka last traded at 37,980, against the index's Friday close of 37,741.61.
BYD unleashes an EV industry reckoning that alarms Beijing
Chinese government trying to prevent price cuts by market leader BYD from turning into a vicious spiral. Read more at ...
North Korean spy drama in China may signal Beijing’s unease over growing Pyongyang-Moscow ties
China has traditionally viewed North Korea as a security buffer and an ideologically aligned neighbor it can dominate.
Trump says Xi agreed to restart flow of crucial minerals, but analysts say China won’t give up its ‘rare earth card’
US President Donald Trump said Chinese leader Xi Jinping has agreed to restart the flow of crucial rare earth materials, ...
Secret Russian Intelligence Document Shows Deep Suspicion of China
Secret Russian Intelligence Document: Russia’s domestic security agency says that China is spying on the Russian military’s ...
China Is Putting Aside Its Self-Sufficiency Push for American Medicine
Beijing has continued to welcome U.S.-made medical supplies despite a drive for economic independence.
China-appointed Panchen Lama vows to make religion more Chinese in meeting with Xi Jinping
A young Tibetan appointed by China’s atheist Communist Party as the second-highest leader of Tibetan Buddhism has pledged to ...
Japan Flexes Its Military Muscle at China, and Trump
A highly visible missile base on Okinawa is part of a Japanese defense buildup made amid fears of Beijing’s growing power and ...
China’s rare earth weapon changes contours of trade war battlefield
China has signalled for more than 15 years that it was looking to weaponise areas of the global supply chain, a strategy ...
China's rare earth controls aren't going away despite Trump-Xi call
Beijing insists it has met its commitments to “suspend or cancel” its nontariff retaliatory measures to Trump’s April 2 ...
‘China is the enemy’: Leaked Russian intelligence reveals Kremlin's actual view of Beijing; accuses it of espionage
A leaked FSB document exposes Russia's deep-seated distrust of China, viewing it as a significant espionage threat despite ...