3 h. ago KPop Demon Hunters headed to toy stores as Netflix taps Mattel, Hasbro

Netflix is teaming up with Mattel and Hasbro to turn its blockbuster animated film KPop Demon Hunters into toys, deepening a consumer-goods push that could help diversify its revenue. The partnerships, announced on Tuesday, will produce toys, collectibles, games and role-play products based on the film, which follows a successful female K-pop trio that plays massive concerts while trying to save the world from sinister forces. The first products from the tie-up will be released next year. Since...

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5 h. ago South Korea trade envoy seeks removal of China curbs on Hanwha Ocean's US units

South Korea trade envoy seeks removal of China curbs on Hanwha Ocean's US units  Reuters

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9 d. ago US trade envoy says China ‘deferred’ when US tried to discuss export controls

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Sunday that the US reached out to China for a phone call following an announcement that it was expanding its rare earths export controls but Beijing deferred. “I can tell you that we were not notified, and quickly, as soon as we found out from public sources, we reached out to the Chinese to have a phone call, and they deferred,” Greer told Fox News’ Sunday Briefing, while calling China’s move “a power grab”. US President Donald Trump responded on...

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9 d. ago US trade envoy says China ‘deferred’ when US tried to discuss export controls expansion

US trade envoy says China ‘deferred’ when US tried to discuss export controls expansion  South China Morning Post

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9 d. ago US trade envoy Jamieson Greer calls China’s new rare earths curb a ‘power grab’

The outlook for US-China relations appeared to hit another snag on Sunday when the US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said that China had rebuffed an attempt to communicate, even as US President Donald Trump appeared to downplay the ongoing trade differences. This follows Trump’s threat on Friday to impose an extra 100 per cent tariff on all Chinese goods starting November 1 and to curb the export of “any and all critical software”, a doubling down on his China trade policy a day after...

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1 week ago Trump Picks Pal Who Counters China Influence as Philippine Envoy

Trump Picks Pal Who Counters China Influence as Philippine Envoy  Bloomberg.com

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2 w. ago China says top US envoy to Panama ‘spreading lies’ after his criticism

Another Sino-American diplomatic spat over Panama has flared, as the Chinese embassy in the Central American country accused Washington’s top envoy there of “spreading lies” to undermine Beijing’s regional ties. In an interview with the digital media outlet Contrapeso Panamá published on Sunday, the US ambassador to Panama, Kevin Cabrera, said Washington viewed China’s presence in the Panama Canal as “malign” and claimed Beijing was fooling Latin America with its investments. “They come in, give...

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2 w. ago China says top US envoy to Panama ‘spreading lies’ after ‘malign’ presence jibe

Diplomatic tensions between China and the United States over Panama have flared up once again, with the Chinese embassy in the Central American country accusing Washington’s top envoy there of “spreading lies” to undermine Beijing’s regional ties. This comes after the US ambassador to Panama, Kevin Cabrera, said that Washington viewed China’s presence in the Panama Canal as “malign”. Beijing was fooling Latin America with its investments, he claimed in an interview with digital media outlet...

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2 w. ago China accuses US envoy to Panama of 'lies' over its influence

China accuses US envoy to Panama of 'lies' over its influence  Nikkei Asia

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2 w. ago Beijing sets 4 red lines for US envoy in Hong Kong after opposition figures backlash

Beijing sets 4 red lines for US envoy in Hong Kong after opposition figures backlash  South China Morning Post

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2 w. ago China slams US over Mexico remarks as trade dispute escalates

China’s embassy in Mexico issued a sharp rebuke after a US diplomat urged Mexico to help Washington reduce reliance on Chinese-made semiconductors, calling the remarks coercive and accusing the United States of practising “economic bullying”. In a statement posted on Wednesday on X, the embassy said recent comments by Mark Johnson, the chargé d’affaires at the US embassy in Mexico, “revealed Washington’s true intentions”. Johnson had told the Mexico-US Semiconductor Forum that the United States...

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3 w. ago Envoy: China and US should be partners helping each other succeed

Envoy: China and US should be partners helping each other succeed  chinadailyasia.com

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3 w. ago China’s US ambassador chides Washington for ‘closing doors’, enacting tariffs

Beijing’s top US envoy on Monday presented China as a global leader in globalisation and multilateralism, taking a jibe at Washington for “closing doors” as the US under President Donald Trump imposes hefty unilateral tariffs on countries around the world and tightens its visa policies. Characterising China and the US as “two main builders of the post [second world war] international order”, and celebrating the economic relationship that grew once Washington reestablished official relations with...

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3 w. ago South China Sea tensions downplayed as Manila warmly farewells Beijing envoy

Beijing and Manila struck a rare conciliatory tone, downplaying their simmering maritime tensions in the South China Sea during a farewell meeting on Thursday between President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr and outgoing Chinese envoy Huang Xilian. The South China Sea issues “are not the sum total” of relations between the two neighbours, the Philippine leader told Huang, according to a statement from the Presidential Communications Office. “Let us not allow these differences to define our relationship,”...

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3 w. ago North Korean envoy due in China soon after Seoul sought help with Pyongyang

North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui will begin a four-day visit to China on Saturday, days after South Korea urged China to help broker inter-Korean talks. Choe will meet Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing, state-owned Xinhua News Agency and Pyongyang’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said on Thursday. Her trip closely follows leader Kim Jong-un’s appearance at China’s Victory Day parade on September 3 and his meeting with President Xi Jinping this month – his first since 2019....

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3 w. ago Boundary ‘legacy’ should not define ties, China envoy to India says

Beijing and New Delhi should maintain long-term strategic vision and make sure their boundary row does not define relations or hinder cooperation, China’s top envoy to India said on Wednesday during an event marking the 76th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. “As two major ancient civilisations and developing countries, the relationship between China and India has long transcended the bilateral scope, bearing global and strategic significance,” ambassador Xu Feihong...

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4 w. ago Delhi, Beijing should oppose tariff war, says China envoy Xu Feihong

Delhi, Beijing should oppose tariff war, says China envoy Xu Feihong  The Times of India

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4 w. ago China trade envoy meets US Midwest delegation as agriculture exports loom large in talks

China trade envoy meets US Midwest delegation as agriculture exports loom large in talks  Reuters

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