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9 September, 2024
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives to meet US President Joe Biden at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Lima, Peru, on November 16. Photo: AFP
US-China relations

Opinion | 2024 shows US-China tensions no longer the biggest story

Unrestrained regional powers jostling for control, building weapons and taking bolder risks are influencing trajectory of world politics.

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US launches trade investigation into China’s ‘legacy’ chips

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United States

Outside In | Does Trump’s tariff-happy team realise China is playing weiqi, not chess?

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US-China relations

Superpower showdown: how US-China economic warfare could play out under Trump

As US president-elect Donald Trump forms his hawk-filled cabinet, what might China do to counter and deflect a barrage of blows?

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China economy

Opinion | In 2025, the only constant in China will be change

With China’s economic and social landscape set to be reshaped, businesses must stay agile and be prepared for change and uncertainty.

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US-China relations

Why China may be less patient with Trump the second time around

Beijing has signalled to the incoming government that it’s prepared to ‘resist and retaliate’, according to analysts.

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US-China relations

Opinion | Trump effect already felt as China scrambles to mend ties with US allies

Beijing’s moves to ease tensions with India, Japan and others appear to be part of strategy to avoid clash with Donald Trump’s White House.

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In his most recent meeting with US counterpart Joe Biden (left) in Peru last month, Chinese President Xi Jinping said that “a new cold war should not be fought and cannot be won”. Photo: TNS
US-China relations

US-China working groups on economy, finance meet as future in doubt under Trump

Dialogue set up last year as Biden and Xi sought to manage bilateral differences could fall off amid anticipated revival of trade war.

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US-China relations

US-China science pact renewed, sparking backlash from some in Trump’s party

Substantial revisions include enhanced inter-agency review, but backlash from some Republicans was swift.

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US-China relations

Chinese official praises Trump invitation but does not say if Xi will attend

Trump spokesman confirms inauguration invitation, but Qiu Wenxing of Chinese embassy does not discuss whether Xi Jinping will attend.

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Then-US President Donald Trump with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Osaka, Japan, on June 29, 2019. Photo: AP
China's economic recovery

How is China seeking to counterbalance trade tensions with US, EU?

Ministry of Commerce officials were active on a number of fronts early this week.

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The international container terminal at Yantai Port in Shandong province this month. Photo: Xinhua
US-China relations

Trump invites China’s Xi Jinping to attend his inauguration, US report says

Report says it is not clear if Xi has accepted the US president-elect’s invitation.

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US-China relations

US hits China with new tariffs on solar wafers, tungsten products

Steep duties taking effect January 1 meant to guard against Beijing’s rising clean-energy prowess.

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China’s Communist Party

China’s customs chief and trade warrior Yu Jianhua dies aged 63

Yu, who played a major role in Beijing’s response to Donald Trump’s trade war, had previously led the diplomatic mission at the UN in Geneva.

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Yu Jianhua was taken ill on Tuesday after meeting provincial officials. Photo: China News Service via Getty Images
China economy

Opinion | How China’s fast-transforming economy can avoid painful L-shaped growth

The country has all the tools – and resilience – it needs to adapt to its new geopolitical environment and accelerate the domestic transformation.

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An employee works at a car parts factory in Qingzhou, Shandong province, China, on December 9. China’s car industry is an example of “involution”: overcrowding caused by an influx of financial resources and factors of production. Photo: AFP
US-China relations

Biden, touting his economic legacy, calls Trump’s tariff plans a ‘major mistake’

Defending his economic record, the departing US president warns that his successor will ‘return the country to trickle-down economics’.

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US-China relations

US must engage China’s ‘wickedly competitive’ hi-tech firms: trade group leader

Mainland companies striving to overcome slower domestic growth and oversupply while multinationals need R&D talent to stay globally viable.

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US-China relations

My Take | How will China fight a new trade war under Trump 2.0?

With hindsight from Trump’s first term, Beijing could adopt a different approach this time around.

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US President Donald Trump meets Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan in June 2019. Photo: AP Photo
China's economic recovery

For China, ‘pivotal’ 2025 will put economic choices to the test: Asia Society

How China deals with simmering trade disputes, weak domestic consumption and advanced manufacturing hurdles ‘will shape its trajectory for years’.

China's economic recovery

China rallies world’s economic groups, decries protectionism at ‘1+10’ dialogue

With an eye on peaceful and sustainable economic development for the world, meeting addresses outsized threats and risks in a time of rising uncertainties.

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Hong Kong economy

Editorial | Hong Kong is counting on innovative investment

The HKIC has funded 80 start-ups and projects. These deals have come at a critical time for the city as it builds itself up as a hi-tech centre.

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China trade

What’s eating at Guangdong? For China’s economic champ, the hits keep coming

Malformed by manufacturing malaise, pummelled by property, and targeted by tariffs, the hits keep coming in the southern powerhouse region.

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US-China relations

Editorial | Metals ban by China reminds US two can play at costly game

Action by Beijing follows restrictions on semiconductor exports by Washington ahead of the return of Donald Trump.

China trade

China cutting e-commerce red tape to ease export of small packages, support jobs

New policies aim to shore up China’s competitiveness in global manufacturing and e-commerce while alleviating worrisome youth-unemployment pressure.

Banking & finance

The View | Trump could upend the US economy just as China is recovering

Trump’s economic strategy could change narratives not only about US markets but Chinese ones as well.

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Donald Trump, then Republican presidential nominee, listens as hedge fund manager Scott Bessent speaks on the economy in Asheville, North Carolina, on August 14. Bessent is Trump’s pick for Treasury secretary. Photo: AP
Business of climate change

China urges tie-ups for solar firms to navigate tariffs, trade tensions

Commerce ministry official asks companies to seek partnerships in belt and road countries and invest in solar power projects.

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A worker checks solar photovoltaic modules used in solar panels at a factory in Haian in eastern Jiangsu province. Photo: AFP
Diplomacy

Opinion | Trump’s victory a reminder the ‘end of history’ remains far away

As countries respond to global crises and challenges to multilateralism, a new era has dawned that cannot be understood using old precepts.

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US-China relations

Trump picks Peter Navarro, US-China trade war architect, for senior role

Beijing-sanctioned economist who spent time in federal prison tasked with advancing White House agendas on ‘manufacturing, tariff and trade’.

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