A person exploded a bomb just outside the U.S. Embassy in Beijing on Thursday, leaving the bomber injured but no others, the embassy said.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has signed a slate of investment deals during a weeklong tour of Africa, feeding into concerns in the West and on the continent over ballooning levels of indebtedness to Beijing and its expanding political footprint.
China bought a fifth of American crude-oil exports last year, leaving U.S. oil producers vulnerable in the escalating trade fight between the world’s two biggest economies.
To fund a 70-nation infrastructure initiative, Beijing has been extending loans in opaque deals often contingent on using Chinese contractors. Three years into China’s program in Pakistan, that nation is heading for a debt crisis, caused in part by a surge in Chinese loans and imports.
Ambassador Terry Branstad, raised on an Iowa farm, is caught in the middle of the trade fight between the U.S. and China, with his home state in Beijing’s crosshairs and his special relationships with Donald Trump and Xi Jinping put to the test.
As U.S. farmers found themselves this month at ground zero in the trade fight between Washington and Beijing, a group of Iowans barnstormed through China farm country, hoping to salvage relations with buyers who are already turning their backs on America’s harvest.
Christopher Balding, known as a prolific commentator on Chinese economic policy and an outspoken critic of state censorship, has left China after losing his academic post at a prestigious business school.
Fall-offs in factory output and investment in buildings, machinery and such are weighing on China’s growth, which came in at 6.7%, complicating Beijing’s task in managing the world’s second-largest economy amid a trade conflict with the U.S.
China courted the European Union as an ally in its trade conflict with the U.S., offering to improve access for foreign companies and work with the EU on reforming the WTO.
China’s economic expansion slowed a notch in the second quarter, as a top-priority government debt cleanup took its toll even before growth takes an expected hit from a trade fight with the U.S.
China is letting up on its drive to keep a lid on debt growth as it faces a softening economy at home and a trade conflict with the U.S.
China allowed the widow of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo to leave for Germany nearly a year after the dissident’s death, at a time when Beijing is seeking allies in Europe as part of its trade fight with the U.S.
China’s customs agency unexpectedly issued trade data that showed growth in exports to the U.S. slowing, though analysts dismissed the figures as part of Beijing’s messaging campaign in its tariff battle with Washington.
At least nine Americans have been medically evacuated from China, following complaints in recent months of “abnormal” aural sensations similar to those experienced by diplomats in Cuba last year.
Eric Branstad, a son of Ambassador Terry Branstad and until recently an administration official, touted his personal ties to Mr. Trump and plans for his firm to open a China office during a Shanghai event.
Beijing defended its record in fulfilling commitments to the World Trade Organization, while sidestepping U.S. criticisms that it has fallen short.
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in an attempt to find common ground on security issues, but appeared to agree to disagree over the South China Sea.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is responding to the Trump administration’s trade-clash escalations with a bare-knuckle approach that makes a bruising fight more likely.
The Chinese government’s plan to promote domestic high-tech industries, a prime target of the latest U.S. trade measures, is also stirring unease among European companies.
While a trade battle between the U.S. and China would inflict pain on businesses and consumers in both countries, in the crosshairs, in particular, are multinationals with a footprint in the mainland.
China’s former chief insurance regulator confessed in court to charges he took bribes worth $3 million, paving the way for the sentencing of an official whose downfall symbolized Beijing’s battle against financial risk.
The Trump administration is preparing to levy tariffs on tens of billions of dollars of Chinese goods in the coming week, perhaps as early as Friday—a move that’s likely to spark retaliation from Beijing.
China is setting its sights on a key role in North Korea’s future after emerging as a surprise beneficiary of the summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Truckers blocked roads over the weekend in spotty strikes across China, driven by frustrations over higher fuel costs, falling haulage rates and transportation apps that are squeezing their profits.