Australia’s got reserves and mining expertise, and the United States is eager to invest in alternatives to China. But building mines, refineries and factories could take years.

In Washington, China hawks say its economy is too weak to withstand a tariff shock. In the city of Yiwu, factories are showing why, for now, that may be a miscalculation.

An interview with a 26-year-old entrepreneur, who has taken seven trips to China to buy handbags, clothes and jewelry. “China is the center of everything,” she said.

The United States hopes to become less dependent on China by increasing access to mineral-rich countries. Rare earth metals are vital to an array of modern industries.

The incident in the South China Sea on Sunday highlights tension in a region where China is demonstrating its growing military capabilities.

China’s escalating curbs on the critical minerals has given Australia, a longstanding U.S. ally, the opportunity to reposition itself to a transactional president.

Xi Jinping seems to believe that only his continued rule can secure China’s rise. But as he ages, choosing a successor will become riskier and more difficult.

A further increase in China’s trade surplus failed to fully offset the effects of a worsening housing market, which has left consumers wary.

A parade of scandals tarnished the prince’s reputation, long before he gave up using his title as Duke of York on Friday.

Shutting out China’s best minds will only push them into a homegrown Chinese research ecosystem that is eclipsing American universities.

The battery spontaneously combusted while stored in a luggage in the overhead bin. The airline said there were no injuries.

A last-minute cancellation led the nonprofit to pull together a timely new exhibition of contemporary Chinese works in just a few months.

Evidence prepared for a collapsed espionage trial was published by an under-pressure government in Britain, offering a window into Western countries’ struggle to define Beijing as friend or foe.

His televised address as prime minister, delivered 50 years to the day after Japan announced its surrender, set a marker for his country’s “deep remorse” over wartime atrocities.

With the fall of He Weidong, the No. 3 figure in China’s military hierarchy, Xi Jinping’s purges have reached the top of the People’s Liberation Army.

In Beijing this week, the company’s chief executive, Tim Cook, made promises similar to ones he’d made at the White House. He also got a custom Labubu.

Washington and Beijing both need a trade win as steep new tariffs and tough import limits on critical minerals loom.

Chinese state media is rallying the public and posting old propaganda footage, but officials are also careful to leave room for talks with President Trump.

Nexperia, a computer chip maker based in the Netherlands, was taken over by the Dutch government after pressure from officials in Washington.

Beijing’s latest effort to weaponize global supply chains is modeled on the American technology controls that it has long criticized.

The response to a new visa for skilled foreign workers has caught even the Chinese government by surprise.

Brazilian farmers are lobbying to roll back deforestation restrictions in order to sell more soybeans to the huge Chinese market.

Xi Jinping’s need to project strength before a crucial meeting of Communist Party leaders may help explain why Beijing announced new rare earth controls.

About 80,000 phones were stolen in the British capital last year. The police are finally discovering where many of them went.

Tariffs and other restrictions between the United States and China are reverberating in unpredictable ways.

Since Beijing announced a new visa to attract young science and technology graduates, a backlash has erupted online, forcing the government to respond.

The measure is aimed at countering China’s dominance of commercial shipbuilding and helping to revitalize the American industry.

The measure is aimed at countering China’s dominance of commercial shipbuilding and helping to revitalize the American industry.

The president’s bellicose vow of steep new tariffs, followed quickly by a more conciliatory message, pointed to an internal tug of war over his approach.