For the first time in more than two decades, Mexico last year surpassed China as the leading source of goods imported by the United States. The shift reflects the growing tensions between Washington and Beijing as well as U.S. efforts to import from countries that are friendlier and closer to home.
Chinese and U.S. officials have met in Beijing for talks on tough issues dividing the two largest economies, as trade and tariffs increasingly draw attention in the
Senators this week confirmed a veteran of U.S.-Asian engagement and security as the State Department’s second-ranking diplomat, in an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote. The approval of
A Chinese state investment fund promised to expand its purchases of stock index funds, among other moves signaling Beijing’s resolve to stabilize markets that have been
Icy conditions trapped thousands of motorists on highways in central China as snow and freezing rain snarled travel by air, train and road during the annual Lunar
A Chinese court gave a suspended death sentence to a China-born Australian democracy blogger yesterday. The Australian government, which has repeatedly raised his case over the years,
Chinese shares gyrated yesterday, sinking to 5-year lows, after stock market regulators sought to reassure jittery investors with a promise to crack down on stock price
Hong Kong’s sports minister yesterday reiterated the government’s call for an explanation from the organizer of a soccer match between Inter Miami and a local
Markets in China sank Friday despite a fresh flurry of measures to help prop up the ailing property sector, as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecast
The United States will resume a long-suspended Peace Corps program in the North Pacific island of Palau as the Biden administration continues moves to counter growing Chinese
Han Kuo-yu of Taiwan’s pro-unification Nationalists was elected speaker of the island’s legislature yesterday, a sort of a prize for mainland China. The Nationalists, also known as
China’s central bank and the financial authority of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region have jointly rolled out new measures to strengthen financial cooperation, which
As the Spring Festival approaches, many people can’t wait to rush back home for a family reunion. A man from Lu’an city in East China’s Anhui province took
A Hong Kong court convicted four people yesterday for rioting over the storming of the city’s legislative council building at the height of the anti-government protests more than
A survey of factory managers in China released Wednesday shows manufacturing contracted in January for a fourth straight month, reflecting weak demand and a faltering recovery in
Almost every day, Chinese warships sail in waters around Taiwan and warplanes fly toward the island before turning back. What if they suddenly attacked? Taiwan’s military
Chinese government hackers are busily targeting water treatment plants, the electrical grid, transportation systems and other critical infrastructure inside the United States, FBI Director Chris Wray will
As the U.S. presidential campaign moves closer to a Donald Trump-Joe Biden rematch, China is watching uneasily. First, there are concerns about
Hong Kong began public consultation on a local National Security Law yesterday, more than three years after a similar law has all but wiped out dissent
Nicole Kidman’s latest project is set in Hong Kong, but people who live there are blocked fro`m seeing it, prompting speculation about censorship in a city
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