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China’s State Council has unveiled an action plan to attract more foreign investment, as the world’s second largest economy scrambles to shore up...
Official economic data out of China for the January and February period came in better than expected. Industrial output rose 7%, higher than the 5%...
“Rare earth elements are not rare.” So goes the much-quoted adage, and while true, it doesn’t quite explain all the fuss around the group of 17...
Italy’s relationship with China illustrates the strong push and pull that the world’s second largest economy exerts on global geopolitics. Read...
A Chinese state-owned maker of heavy industrial equipment, including cranes used to move cargo on and off ships, has denied that its cranes pose...
Google has opened its first Asia-Pacific cyberdefense hub in Tokyo as worries grow over cyber threats posed by hostile actors including China,...
Taylor Swift’s concerts move local economies. The tens of thousands who descend on a city to see the mega star perform can boost spending at local...
A new government funding bill includes a measure that would prohibit China from buying oil from the U.S. strategic petroleum reserve. The provision...
A decade and billions of dollars later, Apple is reportedly axing its electric car project. Read more...
Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD delivered its first batch of EVs to customers in Hungary last week. The company called it “a new chapter in...
Powered by surging demand from generative AI models, Nvidia late Wednesday reported a quarterly revenue increase of 265% compared to the prior year,...
China’s massive surveillance state is well known. Public spaces are blanketed with CCTV cameras that record details like clothing, gender, age, and...
Foreign business investments in China fell to a three-decade low in 2023, a sign that global commerce is wary of doing business with the country amid...
Last month, the US-EU Trade and Technology Council — a forum focused on deepening transatlantic cooperation on things like supply chains, export...
China dominates clean energy technologies. That makes it difficult—and costly—for the west to de-risk from China in products required for the...
Palantir has long positioned itself as a leader in technologies that will define the modern battlefield. The contours of that battlefield are now...
Understanding China’s economy often entails decoding oblique ideological jargon. Here’s a new one to add to the glossary: “new quality...
Three-and-a-half years after sweeping, Beijing-imposed national security legislationtook effect in Hong Kong, remaking the city in the authoritarian...
The European Union this week published a raft of proposals aimed at bolstering the bloc’s economic security, including how to better scrutinize...
In a clear sign of Beijing’s efforts to speed up the development of its homegrown semiconductor industry amid Washington’s intensifying technology...
Intermediate goods are inputs used to produce a final product. Think textiles to make a coat, metals to make a car, and computer chips to make an...
As global trade flows shift amid an intensifying great power competition between Washington and Beijing, the US is moving to import less from China in...
It is the irony of our new economic age. Globalization brought with it elongated supply chains, as manufacturing and production were moved across...
Electric truck maker Rivian’s shares fell as much as 11% on Tuesday (Jan. 2), after the company reported fewer-than-anticipated deliveries in the...
As tensions over the future of water consumption hit their boiling point, a new working paper published through the National Bureau of Economic...
Chip maker Intel announced its latest ambitions in artificial intelligence: It’s establishing an independent company dedicated to generative AI. The...
You may remember the chip shortage that afflicted the automotive industry. Now, Chinese electric vehicle makers are facing a ship shortage.Read...
China kicked off the new year with the maiden voyage of its first domestically built large cruise liner. State media outlets hailed the feat as a...
Japan’s Nippon Steel, the world’s fourth-largest steelmaker, announced on Monday (Dec. 18) that it’s acquiring US Steel for $14.9 billion in...
Chinese leader Xi Jinping makes a trip to Vietnam this week, visiting the Southeast Asian country’s capital of Hanoi starting Tuesday (Dec. 12)....
The global shipping industry is in a decidedly gloomy mood. Read more...
Supply chain disruptions of the past several years—caused by a global pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war, as well as ongoing US-China trade...
China and Australia are making significant efforts to repair relations, more than two years after Beijing ratcheted up its trade conflict with...
Last year, Chinese EV champion BYD dethroned Tesla as the world’s biggest seller of electric vehicles, counting both full-electric and plug-in...
Stellantis, the Netherlands-based Jeep and Chrysler maker, is making a big bet on China: It’s shelling out €1.5 billion ($1.6 billion) for a 21%...
China’s total energy demand could peak “around the middle of this decade” as the country’s economic growth slows, according to the...
China is removing restrictions on foreign investment in the domestic manufacturing sector, according to state media. Read more...
Ford is halting work on its $3.5 billion electric vehicle battery factory in Michigan, The Detroit News reported on Monday (Sept. 25). But Ford’s...
The US is making a major investment in ramping up domestic production of rare earth magnets to reduce its reliance on China. But in a reminder of how...
Outwardly, Beijing criticizes the West’s attempts to de-risk and decouple from China. Read more...