The country’s commerce ministry called President Trump’s threat to escalate tariffs on China by another 50 percent “blackmail.”

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The country’s commerce ministry called President Trump’s threat to escalate tariffs on China by another 50 percent “blackmail.”

Faced with economic disruption, Beijing is presenting itself as too powerful to succumb to U.S. pressure. It is also censoring criticism at home.

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Faced with economic disruption, Beijing is presenting itself as too powerful to succumb to U.S. pressure. It is also censoring criticism at home.

Faced with economic disruption, Beijing is presenting itself as too powerful to succumb to U.S. pressure and casting itself as a responsible champion of fair trade.

The barges, which link up to form a bridge, could give China a way to land large numbers of vehicles and troops on Taiwan, solving a major logistical problem.

It could take months for agreement on a meeting between President Trump and Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, as Chinese officials seek a scripted encounter.

German investment in China’s auto industry has been one of the few bright spots as foreign investment has slowed to a crawl.

We need the two superpowers to get serious about devising a regulatory and technological framework that keeps A.I. under human control.

We need the two superpowers to get serious about devising a regulatory and technological framework that keeps A.I. under human control.

The release of the five employees, detained during a crackdown on foreign due diligence, comes as Beijing is trying to bring back overseas investment.

Senator Steve Daines said in an interview that in meetings with Chinese officials, he called for talks between President Trump and China’s leader, Xi Jinping.

Tax revenues have fallen, leaving the government with less money to help consumers or exporters as Beijing braces for President Trump’s tariffs.

Chinese experts say Beijing is open to talks but is being stonewalled by the State Department and other official channels.

Progress on battling fentanyl trafficking could be lost, and so could American lives.

Government bodies nationwide have been eager to show they are using DeepSeek’s A.I. technology since the company’s founder met with Xi Jinping, China’s leader.

Xi Jinping wants China to surpass rivals as a tech superpower, undeterred by economic woes or trade wars. Critics ask if this focus neglects struggling citizens.

China’s top foreign affairs official, Wang Yi, cast his country as a force for peace and order even as Beijing provokes its neighbors and fuels trade tensions.

People in China are expressing alarm at what looks like a familiar authoritarian turn in the United States, their longtime role model for democracy.

The country’s top leaders set an optimistic growth target but gave few hints of how to achieve it as their export-led strategy is challenged by rising tariffs on Chinese goods.

The organizing principle of Putin’s reign has been the restoration of Soviet power at the expense of people power.

China is still cautiously trying to figure out what Trump wants. The president has threatened big tariffs in response to the inaction.

There is excitement about the potentially lucrative resources scattered around the island, especially the rare earths. But extreme weather, fired-up environmentalists and other factors have tempered hopes of a bonanza.

China has embraced a plea deal system, but lawyers and scholars fear that it is being abused to further erode individual rights — and for shakedowns.

Decisions on U.S. policy toward China are being made based on diminishing insight into the country’s internal dynamics.

A China-led crackdown on online fraud rescued thousands from Myanmar this month. But this massive business of grift keeps growing.

The administration is positioning itself to clamp down on Chinese investment and access to technology. But the wild card may be the president himself.

As President Trump turns toward Russia, Taiwan grapples with its reliance on U.S. support in the face of conflict with China.

The Chinese and Russian leaders reaffirmed their relationship in a video call on Monday, an apparent rebuff to the idea that the Trump administration could drive a wedge between them.