18 h. ago Feds seize 1,300 barrels stuffed with meth precursor chemicals shipped from China to Mexico

Feds seize 1,300 barrels stuffed with meth precursor chemicals shipped from China to Mexico  New York Post

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32 h. ago China’s ‘Arctic Express’ shows its ambitions at the top of the world

Could a single shipping route shift both trade flows and geopolitical influence? China’s new “Arctic Express” to Europe leverages melting ice to bypass chokepoints and challenge Western dominance. In a significant step for Arctic commercial shipping, China’s Haijie Shipping Company will launch the first regular container service linking Asia and Northern Europe via the Northern Sea Route on September 20. The Istanbul Bridge, with a 4,890 20-foot equivalent unit (TEU) capacity and a low ice...

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32 h. ago How China’s ‘Arctic Express’ poses challenge to Western dominance

Could a single shipping route shift both trade flows and geopolitical influence? China’s new “Arctic Express” to Europe leverages melting ice to bypass chokepoints and challenge Western dominance. In a significant step for Arctic commercial shipping, China’s Haijie Shipping Company will launch the first regular container service linking Asia and Northern Europe via the Northern Sea Route on September 20. The Istanbul Bridge, with a 4,890 20-foot equivalent unit (TEU) capacity and a low ice...

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49 h. ago As China exports to Russia dip on less car demand, new deals show ‘room to grow’

Despite a slowdown in automotive shipments from China to Russia, there is room for them to advance trade settled in yuan and roubles as both countries continue to be pressured away from the US market, analysts said on Tuesday during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to the world’s second-largest economy. Russians want consumer goods, personal electronics and common machinery that are difficult to import from the West because of trade sanctions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that began...

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59 h. ago China’s shipping firms lean on alliances to ride out US port fee storm

Chinese shipping companies are working with global partners to reduce their US exposure and explore more regional market opportunities, as the industry braces for the introduction of steep new US port fees in October. Washington plans to charge Chinese-linked vessels hefty fees to enter US ports as part of a drive to rein in China’s globally dominant shipyards, and the controversial new levies are already driving deep changes in the shipping industry. “The container shipping industry is...

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59 h. ago ‘Historical evolution’: China’s shipping firms pivot amid looming US port fees

Chinese shipping companies are working with global partners to reduce their US exposure and explore more regional market opportunities, as the industry braces for the introduction of steep new US port fees in October. Washington plans to charge Chinese-linked vessels hefty fees to enter US ports as part of a drive to rein in China’s globally dominant shipyards, and the controversial new levies are already driving deep changes in the shipping industry. “The container shipping industry is...

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4 d. ago Legacy of courage: remembering Chinese diaspora’s WWII sacrifices

In the struggle to keep the Chinese resistance movement supplied against the Japanese invasion, a dangerous, winding route was carved through the jungles and hills of eastern Myanmar into Yunnan province. The Burma Road, a 1,200km-long lifeline as it became known, allowed goods to be shipped from Yangon (then Rangoon) and driven across the country into the interior of China, while its ports were blockaded by Japanese ships. But the convoys needed drivers, mechanics and guides to make the...

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6 d. ago Satellite photos show China prepping to display a full lineup of anti

Satellite photos show China prepping to display a full lineup of anti-ship missiles for countering the US Navy  Business Insider

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6 d. ago Satellite Photos Show Chinese Ship Badly Damaged in South China Sea Crash

Satellite Photos Show Chinese Ship Badly Damaged in South China Sea Crash  Newsweek

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7 d. ago Chinese printing factories flock to US as tariffs shake up e

In late 2023, Kent Liu finally decided to take a leap of faith: it was time to move his customised printing business from China to the United States. Liu felt he needed to make a change. For years, his company had made money by printing T-shirts, hats and other apparel in China for a range of clients, which were then shipped to the United States. But that model was increasingly under threat. In 2018, America raised tariffs on Chinese goods, and tensions between the two powers had continued to...

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7 d. ago Australia, Canada, Philippine ships hold drills in tense South China Sea

Australia, Canada, Philippine ships hold drills in tense South China Sea  Al Jazeera

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7 d. ago China continues to dominate shipbuilding with latest amphibious assault ship

China continues to dominate shipbuilding with latest amphibious assault ship  Fox News

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9 d. ago Temu resumes direct shipping from China to US after Trump truce

Temu resumes direct shipping from China to US after Trump truce  Financial Times

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9 d. ago Temu resumes direct shipping from China to US after truce with Donald Trump

Temu resumes direct shipping from China to US after truce with Donald Trump  Financial Times

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1 week ago After Chinese ships ram each other, concern over dangerous encounters in South China Sea

After Chinese ships ram each other, concern over dangerous encounters in South China Sea  Breaking Defense

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1 week ago China smartphone shipments slumped in June on inventory overhang: Jefferies

China smartphone shipments slumped in June on inventory overhang: Jefferies  Investing.com

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1 week ago Shipping Nvidia's H20 chips to China was "great" for Beijing and Washington and not a security threat, the tech giant's chief Jensen Huang says

Shipping Nvidia's H20 chips to China was "great" for Beijing and Washington and not a security threat, the tech giant's chief Jensen Huang says  IslanderNews.com

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1 week ago US show of force could move Venezuela closer to China: analysts

While the deployment of US warships near the coast of Venezuela is intended to heap pressure on the government and limit its already strained capacity for oil shipments, the action would probably serve to bolster China’s extensive economic ties with the South American country, analysts said. Three destroyers and an amphibious squadron with about 4,000 US Marines were dispatched to the Caribbean Sea close to Venezuelan waters, the White House said this week, in an act they said was intended to...

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1 week ago South China Sea: Beijing asserts 'control measures' against Philippine ships at shoal

South China Sea: Beijing asserts 'control measures' against Philippine ships at shoal  yahoo.com

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1 week ago South China Sea: Beijing asserts 'control measures' against Philippine ships at Second Thomas Shoal

South China Sea: Beijing asserts 'control measures' against Philippine ships at Second Thomas Shoal  yahoo.com

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