12 h. ago US won’t change Taiwan policy for China deal, Rubio says before Trump

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Trump administration will not abandon long-standing US support for Taiwan in negotiations with China to reach a trade agreement. “If what people are worried about is we’re going to get some trade deal where we’re going to get favourable treatment on trade in exchange for walking away from Taiwan – no one is contemplating that,” Rubio told reporters on his plane Saturday en route from Israel to join President Donald Trump in Doha on their way to a...

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28 h. ago China expected to adopt more supportive fiscal and monetary policy, PBOC adviser says

China expected to adopt more supportive fiscal and monetary policy, PBOC adviser says  Reuters

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42 h. ago UK removed 'enemy' from China spy case due to former government policy

UK removed 'enemy' from China spy case due to former government policy  Reuters

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58 h. ago China’s rare earth export control regime is blowback from US policy

To justify his threat of a 100 per cent tariff on imports from China, US President Donald Trump framed China’s tightening of its export controls on rare earths as “hostile”. However, Beijing’s expanded rules are a direct and reasonable response to the Trump administration’s relentless campaign of ratcheting up restrictions on Chinese companies and exports. On September 12, just two days before US-China trade talks in Madrid, Spain, the US blacklisted 23 Chinese institutions. On September 25,...

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58 h. ago Opinion | China’s rare earth export control regime is blowback from US policy

Opinion | China’s rare earth export control regime is blowback from US policy  South China Morning Post

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3 d. ago China Council Discusses Policy Solutions for Green Transformation

China Council Discusses Policy Solutions for Green Transformation  SDG Knowledge Hub

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3 d. ago China toy platform refund policy requires parents slap child for unapproved spending

A major Chinese second-hand platform has sparked online controversy after allegedly requiring a mother to submit an uninterrupted five-minute video of herself slapping her child as a condition for processing a refund. The case drew public attention when Li Yun, the mother of an unidentified 11-year-old girl, tried to get a refund after discovering that her daughter had secretly spent over 500 yuan (US$70) on trading cards on the Qiandao app. Qiandao is widely regarded as China’s leading platform...

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3 d. ago Goldman sees 30% upside for Chinese stocks by 2027 on policy support, earnings

Goldman sees 30% upside for Chinese stocks by 2027 on policy support, earnings  South China Morning Post

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4 d. ago A Difficult, Necessary Response to China: Curb the National Environmental Policy Act

A Difficult, Necessary Response to China: Curb the National Environmental Policy Act  American Enterprise Institute

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4 d. ago Policy Updates: China skips U.S. soybeans in September for the first time since 2018

Policy Updates: China skips U.S. soybeans in September for the first time since 2018  Pro Farmer

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4 d. ago A ‘Pacific eyes’ intelligence body would offset China’s growing presence: report

Australia should lead the creation of a formal Five Eyes-style intelligence club in the Pacific amid the alleged threat of China’s growing presence in the region, a prominent foreign policy think tank suggests. Dubbed “Pacific Eyes”, the proposed intelligence-sharing alliance could help plug institutional gaps that “external powers” – particularly Beijing – were eager to exploit, the Sydney-based Lowy Institute argued in a report released on Tuesday. It recommended that the dedicated framework...

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4 d. ago Call for ‘Pacific Eyes’ intelligence body to offset China’s growing presence

Australia should lead the creation of a formal Five Eyes-style intelligence club in the Pacific amid China’s growing presence in the region, a prominent foreign policy think tank has suggested. Dubbed “Pacific Eyes”, the proposed intelligence-sharing alliance could help to plug institutional gaps that “external powers” – particularly Beijing – were eager to exploit, the Sydney-based Lowy Institute said in a report released on Tuesday. It recommended that the dedicated framework initially consist...

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6 d. ago China’s top leaders meet to set policy agenda for next five years

China’s top leaders meet to set policy agenda for next five years  https-//www.semafor.com

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9 d. ago IMF official urges China to shift fiscal focus away from industrial policy

IMF official urges China to shift fiscal focus away from industrial policy  Reuters

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9 d. ago Nvidia chief holds onto hope as China market share disappears

Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang said the company’s position in China has dropped from 95 per cent of the advanced chip market to zero, as the US semiconductor giant is not allowed to sell its advanced products to mainland companies under US export restrictions. “Hopefully, we will continue to explain and inform and hold on to hope for a change in policy”, he said at a Citadel Securities event in New York on October 6. A video of the interview was published on Wednesday. “At the moment, we’re...

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9 d. ago ‘Unnecessary panic’: China rebukes US officials’ comments on rare earths

Beijing on Thursday rebutted Washington’s characterisation of its recent rare earth export control measures as an action taken “against the world”, stressing it grants approval to compliant applications and is taking steps to expedite the review process, including the potential establishment of a green channel. Claims the policy will disrupt global supply chains “severely” distort and exaggerate China’s intent, “deliberately causing unnecessary misunderstanding and panic”, the Ministry of...

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1 week ago Australia urged to adopt guerrilla, Singapore’s ‘poisonous shrimp’ tactics

Australia must learn from past guerrilla insurgencies and adopt an “unconventional deterrence” policy in facing down threats from China, Russia and elsewhere, one of the country’s leading think tanks said on Wednesday. Australia, under the tripartite Aukus pact with the United States and the United Kingdom, will acquire at least three Virginia-class submarines from the US within 15 years, with an eye to eventually build its own. Until then, Canberra faces a major gap in its defences, warned the...

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1 week ago Watch China Rare Earths Policy Misunderstood, Think Tank Says

Watch China Rare Earths Policy Misunderstood, Think Tank Says  Bloomberg.com

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1 week ago Purges, personnel, and policy: a primer on China’s Fourth Plenum

Purges, personnel, and policy: a primer on China’s Fourth Plenum  Brookings

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1 week ago Policy Updates: Trump threatens China with 100% tariffs, escalating trade war

Policy Updates: Trump threatens China with 100% tariffs, escalating trade war  Pro Farmer

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