Chengdu – A newly constructed bridge in China’s Sichuan province partially collapsed on Tuesday after a landslide struck the supporting hillside. The 758-metre-long Hongqi Bridge, located along National Highway 317, had been closed to traffic a day earlier following reports of visible cracks
Beijing’s Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China announced on Sunday that it will temporarily suspend the ban on exports of “dual-use” items including Gallium, Germanium and Antimony to the United States. The suspension took effect immediately and will remain in place until November 27, 2026. The original export curbs had been put […]
China’s exports fell by 1.1% year-on-year in October, marking the first drop since February and a sharp reversal after an 8.3% rise in September. This contraction exceeded analysts’ expectations for growth and highlighted weakening global demand and trade disruptions. Regional Trends and Causes Exports to the United States plummeted by over 25%, while sales to […]
Beijing has announced that starting November 10, 2025, it will suspend retaliatory tariffs on a range of American agricultural exports, including corn, wheat, sorghum and chicken. The decision follows a new round of high-level trade discussions between the United States and China aimed at easing tensions that have persisted since the original tariff war. Scope […]
Bitcoin prices hovered near a crucial support level on Wednesday after China announced it would suspend an additional 24% tariff on U.S. goods for one year, maintaining a lower 10% levy. The move, aimed at easing trade tensions, has triggered cautious optimism in global financial markets and offered temporary relief to risk assets. China’s Tariff […]
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said this week that China’s recent move to tighten export controls on rare earth minerals was a “real mistake” that alerted global supply chains to Beijing’s capacity and willingness to use these materials as economic leverage. He characterised the decision as a strategic misstep by China rather than an isolated […]
Xi Jinping used the Asia‑Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Gyeongju on November 1, 2025, to put forward a major initiative: the creation of a global body for artificial intelligence (AI) governance. He proposed the “World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization” to establish international rules and promote AI as a “public good”. The headquarters for
Shenzhou 21 launched from China’s Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre and carried three crew members — Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang — to the Tiangong Space Station. Wu Fei, aged 32 at the time of launch, became the youngest Chinese astronaut to fly into space. The mission will relieve the preceding crew and mark […]
Following a high-profile meeting in South Korea, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the United States will reduce some tariffs on Chinese goods. He said duties linked to chemical precursors for fentanyl will drop from 20% to 10%. At the same time, Trump stated that the overall U.S. tariff rate on Chinese imports will fall […]
The ongoing face-to-face negotiations between Eastern Ladakh border commanders of India and China have failed to produce a clear roadmap for demilitarised “buffer zones”, sources say. Although both sides continue to engage diplomatically, no agreement has been reached on pulling back frontline troops or creating neutral zones along the contested stretches of the frontier.















