China announces countermeasures to new US tariffs

Shanghai opened the seventh China International Import Expo, a state-backed platform for foreign firms and trade diplomacy. It projected China as a continuing market and “high-level openness” advocate...

Peru and China inaugurated the deep-water port of Chancay, in which Chinese company COSCO holds a majority stake. The project may shorten shipping routes and expand Pacific links with South America,...

The annual Central Economic Work Conference opened in Beijing, bringing senior officials together to set economic priorities for the coming year. It is a key venue through which Party leadership...

DeepSeek published a technical report describing R1, an open-weight reasoning model developed by a Chinese AI company. Its performance and lower reported training costs intensified global debate about...

DeepSeek-AI released a paper describing R1, an open reasoning model trained with reinforcement learning and related techniques. The release drew global attention to China’s AI research and the...

The annual session opened with the government work report setting economic and social priorities for 2025. Its targets and industrial policies offered a public account of how the party-state...

At his annual press conference, Foreign Minister Wang Yi criticized tariff pressure and called for a more representative global order. His appeal to countries of the Global South drew on anti-imperial...

The Boao Forum for Asia convened government and business representatives as tariff disputes and technology controls unsettled global markets. Chinese officials used the event to advocate openness...

The Ministry of Commerce and customs authorities announced licensing controls for specified rare-earth-related items. The measures came amid intensifying technology and trade restrictions and...

Xi Jinping began a state visit to Vietnam during escalating tariff tensions. Talks emphasized trade, infrastructure and supply-chain cooperation. The visit built on party-to-party ties and shared...