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US-China relations
Breaking news and analysis on US-China relations, including trade war, talks, and tensions between Washington and Beijing.
Open Questions series

Scholar Jing Qian on right-sizing China’s economy in the age of Trump

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US-China rivalry doesn’t have to be a zero-sum game: Jessica Chen Weiss

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Illustration: Victor Sanjinez

China’s rise, potential recession, no WWIII yet: 11 key interviews from 2024

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Why eco-warrior Ma Jun sees hope for China’s role in Cop29 amid US uncertainty

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Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

Historian on why we aren’t heading towards WWIII yet and how wars have changed

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Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

China’s evolving role in Middle East conflicts, according to an academic

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Illustration: Victor Sanjinez

Scholar Jing Qian on right-sizing China’s economy in the age of Trump

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Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

US-China rivalry doesn’t have to be a zero-sum game: Jessica Chen Weiss

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Illustration: Victor Sanjinez

China’s rise, potential recession, no WWIII yet: 11 key interviews from 2024

Illustration: Victor Sanjinez

Why eco-warrior Ma Jun sees hope for China’s role in Cop29 amid US uncertainty

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Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

Historian on why we aren’t heading towards WWIII yet and how wars have changed

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Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

China’s evolving role in Middle East conflicts, according to an academic

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Illustration: Victor Sanjinez
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Left to right: National Security Agency Director General Timothy Haugh, FBI Director Kash Patel, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe, and Defense Intelligence Agency Director Jeffrey Kruse appear during a Senate Committee on Intelligence Hearing on Tuesday in Washington. Photo: AFP
War and conflict

Democrat warns Signal chat may push fired US workers to China’s side

Senate intelligence committee vice chair says China is ‘luring individuals with national security clearance who’ve been pushed out’.

China shipbuilding

‘Extremely disruptive’: US plan to tax Chinese ships sparks industry backlash

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South China Sea

US military seen as stretched but South China Sea activity rose: paper

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China-EU relations

Fractured by Trump, an ensemble of European diplomats heads to China

EU officials and European national representatives are on overlapping visits but each will be asking for something slightly different.

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European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Maros Sefcovic will arrive in China on Thursday. Photo: EPA
Hong Kong politics

Hutchison’s Panama ports exit inevitable: analysts

CK Hutchison has kept silent on the sale but defends the move via a column on news website using a property agent’s byline, says the agent.

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TikTok ban

Senators urge Trump to seek authority from Congress for TikTok sale extension

Trump in January extended sale deadline to April 5 by delaying law requiring China’s ByteDance to sell majority stake to US owner or face ban.

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China-Canada relations

Canada files WTO trade action against Chinese agriculture, fishery import duties

Tariffs place a 100 per cent surcharge on rapeseed oil, peas and oil cakes for animal feed. Aquatic products will face a 25 per cent levy.

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Canada has launched a dispute against China at the World Trade Organization over extra tariffs on agricultural and fishery products. Photo: AFP
China’s anti-sanctions law

China issues regulations to boost implementation of anti-sanctions law

Regulations elaborate on scope of items and punishments included in measures to counter external hostilities.

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China-Philippines relations

US won’t ‘live fire’ Philippine-based Typhon missile system that angered China

US Army statement comes with Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth set to visit Manila this week to ‘advance security objectives’.

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Hong Kong politics

Devil in the details of the Hutchison-BlackRock Panama ports deal

Hong Kong-based port operator has to contend with local politics and mounting pressure from US, which wants to reduce mainland Chinese influence.

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Sailors wave the China and Panama flags during a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to the Latin American country in 2018. Photo: Reuters
China's economic recovery

Is AstraZeneca’s new US$2.5 billion plan a blueprint for foreign firms in China?

British-Swedish drug maker has gone from Beijing’s scrutiny to its praise, hailed as a sign of doing business in China.

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AstraZeneca’s first vaccine-manufacturing facility in China will be located in Beijing BioPark and offer the opportunity for joint ventures with local tech and medical start-ups. Photo: AFP
China GDP

What tariffs? Another China GDP forecast rises on fast start, capital outlays

Morgan Stanley joins others in growing more bullish on China’s economy for the year, but US tariffs seen biting amid ‘supply-chain rewiring’.

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Video | Chinese Premier Li Qiang meets US Republican senator

Hong Kong

Letters | Hong Kong could preserve Fulbright scheme spirit with a new programme

Readers discuss a possible use of the funds allocated for the stalled programme, and improving medical communication.

Students at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University campus in Hung Hom on July 10, 2024. Photo: Sun Yeung
Taiwan

Renewed civil war over Taiwan may be option for Beijing: researcher

Article in journal from key Taiwan-related think tank also suggests ‘direct governance during wartime’, followed by ‘appointed governance’.

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Beijing has said that it will do its best to achieve peaceful unification with Taiwan. Photo: Elson Li
US-China trade war

‘No one wins in a trade war’: China urges frankness, deeper trust with US

‘We must protect and develop economic and trade cooperation’ in the face of challenges, Premier Li Qiang tells US Senator Steve Daines.

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Hong Kong politics

City Beat | Beijing is upset, but why is it limiting criticism of Hutchison’s Panama deal?

Closer look at Beijing’s mixed ‘semi-official’ approach to voicing disapproval shows what is at stake in saga involving Li Ka-shing’s conglomerate.

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Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong tech start-ups eyeing US should ‘talk less’ about AI: Science Park CEO

Albert Wong urges start-ups to focus on pitching practical applications of products, amid Sino-US tensions and rivalry over AI.

The Science Park brought five of its start-ups to Silicon Valley in June last year for a six-month tour. Photo: Yik Yeung-man
Donald Trump

Letters | Trump’s chaos holds a silver lining for China and others

Readers discuss the impact of the US president’s moves, and the country’s Arctic policy.

China's economic recovery

China is prepared for bigger than expected external shocks: Premier Li Qiang

Li says Beijing will roll out measures to ensure the smooth operation of the economy, if needed.

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China society

Opinion | China’s economic successes are reshaping the Western media narrative

Beijing’s economic strategy, technological prowess and climate policies are prompting a reassessment of the country’s media profile.

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A journalist asks a question at a press conference attended by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the National People’s Congress in Beijing on March 7. Photo: Xinhua
Li Qiang

China against ‘weaponisation’ of trade, open to candid talks, US senator told

Vice-Premier He Lifeng makes China’s stand clear during talks with Senator Steve Daines, says Premier Li Qiang will meet him on Sunday.

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Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng greets US Senator Steve Daines ahead of their meeting at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing on March 22. Photo: AFP
South China Sea

Don’t expect the US to scale back its Asia-Pacific military presence, analysts say

Trump may not have spelled out his South China Sea position but deployments are peaking and only likely to be maintained, according to observers.

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Asean

Macroscope | Southeast Asia’s new arms race undermines its regional strengths

As Asean members modernise their militaries, the bloc could be sacrificing its cherished norms of stability and consensus.

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Artificial intelligence

Opinion | A nuclear war started by AI sounds like science fiction. It isn’t

Humans have perhaps five to 10 years before algorithms and plutonium could reduce us to skeletons and skulls.

Major powers are already planning to enhance missiles with AI to locate and instantly destroy moving targets, shifting the kill decision from humans to machines. Photo: Shutterstock
US-China tech war

US FCC probing if Huawei, other Chinese firms are seeking to evade curbs

Other companies under investigation include ZTE, Hikvision, China Mobile and China Telecom.

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Brendan Carr, chairman of the US Federal Communications Commission, delivers a speech at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on March 3. Photo: AFP
China-EU relations

Don’t expect Trump aggression to make Europe cosy up to China: EU official

European Commission’s deputy director general for trade called idea that Trump will drive Brussels and Beijing together ‘simplistic thinking’.

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China’s military

Western sanctions on China, Russia do little to change their minds: analysts

Punitive measures have neither led Beijing to slow its civilian-military integration nor convinced Moscow to roll back its war on Ukraine.

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