China built a dominant strategic position in the region as the leading lender and trading partner. It is watching President Trump’s next moves closely.

China has begun restricting exports to Japanese companies of rare earths and powerful magnets containing them, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, after Beijing banned exports of dual-use items to the Japanese military.

A week in which longtime tensions between neighbors China and Japan ratcheted up economically and politically is drawing to a close with no sign of improvements.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit China next week where he will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping as Canada looks to reduce its over reliance on the United States

China plans to approve some imports of Nvidia Corp.’s H200 chips as soon as this quarter, according to people familiar with the situation, giving the company renewed access to a critical market.

China’s urban population surpassed 943m in 2024, say official statistics, an increase of 100m in just seven years. The government acknowledges that its cities will expand more slowly in the future. But it still expects the urbanisation rate to increase from almost 67% to nearly 70% by 2029.

The surprise raid to snatch President Nicolas Maduro out of Venezuela may have been a much higher-stakes operation than it seemed.

They’re at it again. China and Japan are frenemies, trading partners and uneasy neighbors with a tortured and bloody history they’re still working through.