3 h. ago Female engineer leads China’s challenge to Boeing and Airbus widebody airliners

Zhao Chunling has been lead designer for ambitious programme aimed at challenging Western duopoly since 2023.

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4 h. ago News Highlights: Trump says US having good conversations privately with China amid the two countries' tra...

News Highlights: Trump says US having good conversations privately with China amid the two countries' tra...  The Economic Times

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16 h. ago Tesla can’t make Optimus robot for US$20,000 without China, humanoid experts say

As US-China trade war tariffs bite, mass production of Tesla’s Optimus ‘likely to be put on hold’, threatening Elon Musk’s plans, according to Chinese industry insiders.

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18 h. ago As trade war heats up, China’s premier wants focus on positive market expectations

Li Qiang tells State Council study session in Beijing that market economy is ‘largely an expectation economy’.

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21 h. ago Can Southeast Asia shield industries from a surge in China’s exports, post

Facing reduced domestic demand and increasing trade barriers, Chinese manufacturers are turning to Southeast Asia to export their surplus goods.

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21 h. ago Can Southeast Asia shield industries from a surge in China’s exports, amid Trump tariffs?

Facing reduced domestic demand and increasing trade barriers, Chinese manufacturers are turning to Southeast Asia to export their surplus goods.

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22 h. ago Myanmar earthquake may have disrupted China’s rare earth supplies, analysts say

The disaster may have damaged mines and transport routes in Myanmar, which is China’s main supplier of rare earth elements, analysts say.

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30 h. ago Trump adviser Stephen Miran demands other nations pay up for ‘global public goods’

Chairman of US president’s Council of Economic Advisers also wants multilateral ‘Mar-a-Lago Accord’ to weaken US dollar.

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39 h. ago TikTok craze offers hope to Chinese exporters caught in trade war crossfire

With tariffs at record levels, mainland suppliers to US market get creative – but industry insiders remain cautious as duties bite.

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41 h. ago Watch: BBC joins retirees aboard China's 'silver trains' that aim to boost economy

Watch: BBC joins retirees aboard China's 'silver trains' that aim to boost economy  BBC

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43 h. ago Desperate for sales, China’s traders chase risky deals in emerging markets

With the US market closed off, Chinese exporters are scouring the globe to find new buyers – with mixed results.

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44 h. ago Trump’s tariffs fuel China’s dream of railway link with Southeast Asia

During Chinese President Xi Jinping’s trip to Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia, intraregional rail transport was at the top of the agenda.

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45 h. ago China open to negotiations with the US in economic & trade areas, says commerce ministry

China open to negotiations with the US in economic & trade areas, says commerce ministry  The Economic Times

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45 h. ago China’s Xi wraps up Malaysia visit with jet, chip deals before heading to Cambodia

The Chinese president’s tour through Southeast Asia comes as Beijing seeks to position itself as the region’s most dependable trade partner.

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46 h. ago Chinese developers of drones, flying taxis set sights on US, even with high tariffs

China’s ambitions have set off a production boom that may be too much for today’s domestic market, says Fudan University finance professor.

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48 h. ago Xi says China will stand with Southeast Asian countries in face of economic shocks

Xi says China will stand with Southeast Asian countries in face of economic shocks  AP News

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51 h. ago Trump’s tariff war is ‘hurting all US assets’, investor warns

The trade war ‘puts the US in a bad situation’ as it accelerates a shift away from the dollar, veteran investor Mark Dowding says.

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57 h. ago Trump tariff war: WTO slashes trade growth forecast, warns of deeper slump

Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala says her greatest fear is the economies of China and the US decoupling from one another.

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63 h. ago China’s container bookings to plunge up to 60% as US tariffs wipe out trade: report

But shipping traffic in the rest of Asia is bouncing back as traders rush to take advantage of US ‘reciprocal’ tariff pause.

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63 h. ago America is turning away China’s goods. Where will they go instead?

America is turning away China’s goods. Where will they go instead?  The Economist

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