2 h. ago PLA patrols in the South China Sea as Philippines, Japan hold joint drills

The Chinese military carried out patrols in the South China Sea on Saturday, as the Philippines and Japan held a joint drill in the disputed waters. China’s People’s Liberation Army joint sea and air patrols were conducted by the Southern Theatre Command, its spokesman Senior Colonel Tian Junli said in a statement on Sunday. The PLA patrols were a response to the Philippines-Japan joint maritime drills – their second since August – which Tian called a threat to regional peace. “The Philippines...

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4 d. ago Trump admin races to break China's hold on rare earth magnets

Trump admin races to break China's hold on rare earth magnets  Axios

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6 d. ago US, China Hold Trade Talks in London to Address Export Curbs

US, China Hold Trade Talks in London to Address Export Curbs  Yahoo Finance

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6 d. ago Import cargo levels may surge during tariff pause with China, others

Import cargo levels may surge during tariff pause with China, others  Talk Business & Politics

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6 d. ago US, China hold trade talks in London amid high tensions over tariffs

US, China hold trade talks in London amid high tensions over tariffs  NewsNation

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6 d. ago Live updates: U.S. to hold trade talks with China as Trump seeks concessions

Live updates: U.S. to hold trade talks with China as Trump seeks concessions  The Washington Post

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8 d. ago How Ukraine’s Operation Spider’s Web attacks hold important lessons for China

Ukrainian attacks targeting airbases deep inside Russian territory despite lacking long-range missiles or bombers could offer important lessons about modern warfare in the event of any conflict in the Taiwan Strait. Under the operation, code-named Spider’s Web, Ukraine smuggled drones into Russian territory undetected and hired unwitting drivers to transport them in modified containers to locations near airbases, some of them thousands of kilometres from Ukraine’s border. The drones were then...

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9 d. ago US, China to hold trade talks on June 9 in London, Trump says

US, China to hold trade talks on June 9 in London, Trump says  Reuters

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1 week ago Trump And Xi Jinping Hold Highly Anticipated Call, China Says

Trump And Xi Jinping Hold Highly Anticipated Call, China Says  Forbes

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1 week ago Australia’s Albanese to meet China’s Xi in Beijing this summer: source

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to become the latest world leader to travel to Beijing for trade talks, as countries around the world scramble to navigate the turbulence unleashed by US President Donald Trump’s tariff policies. The Australian leader is expected to arrive in the Chinese capital in July or August, a source with knowledge of the situation told the Post on condition of anonymity, with the European Union also scheduled to hold a crunch summit with China during the...

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1 week ago Xi Tells Lukashenko China Will Hold Military Parade on Sept. 3

Xi Tells Lukashenko China Will Hold Military Parade on Sept. 3  Bloomberg

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1 week ago China and EU schedule crunch talks to resolve economic deadlock

China and the European Union have agreed to hold a new round of trade talks to pave the way for a high-level leaders’ summit next month, but analysts said it remained to be seen whether the two sides could resolve the impasse in their bilateral economic relations. The talks were announced by the European Commission following a meeting between China’s commerce minister, Wang Wentao, and EU trade chief Maros Sefcovic on the sidelines of a World Trade Organization event in Paris on Tuesday. They...

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1 week ago Global alarm as China's critical mineral export curbs take hold

Global alarm as China's critical mineral export curbs take hold  Reuters

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1 week ago Global alarms rise as China's critical mineral export curbs take hold

Global alarms rise as China's critical mineral export curbs take hold  Reuters

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1 week ago Global Alarms Rise as China's Critical Mineral Export Ban Takes Hold

Global Alarms Rise as China's Critical Mineral Export Ban Takes Hold  U.S. News & World Report

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2 w. ago UBS upbeat on China stocks, citing tariff pause with US and potential Beijing stimulus

UBS upbeat on China stocks, citing tariff pause with US and potential Beijing stimulus  MSN

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2 w. ago UBS upbeat on China stocks, citing tariff pause and possible Beijing stimulus

UBS upbeat on China stocks, citing tariff pause and possible Beijing stimulus  South China Morning Post

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2 w. ago Legal action over DR Congo lithium project on hold as US challenges China

Perth-based AVZ Minerals has suspended its arbitration case against the Democratic Republic of Congo until later this month, following US encouragement to resolve the dispute over the massive Manono lithium project. The suspension, announced last week, comes as the US backs start-up KoBold Metals – funded by tech billionaires including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos – to acquire AVZ’s stake in Manono. If successful, KoBold will pledge US$1 billion (7.2 billion yuan) to develop the project, countering...

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2 w. ago Live updates: Stocks fall on Trump's China criticism; president and Elon Musk to hold press event

Live updates: Stocks fall on Trump's China criticism; president and Elon Musk to hold press event  NBC News

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2 w. ago ‘Signature tactics’: why Trump may change his China strategy after tariff pause

Beijing should be ready for Washington to adopt alternative pressure tactics in future tariff negotiations, according to a renowned Chinese scholar who noted that the Trump administration had recognised the limitations of imposing heavy tariffs. Wu Xinbo, dean of the Institute of International Studies at Fudan University in Shanghai, said that while US President Donald Trump might continue using tariffs as a negotiating tool, he was likely to show more restraint after seeing their mixed...

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