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News Articles: China

A woman walks past Chinese and United States' national flags on display at a merchandise store in Beijing.

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  • Asia

The U.S. and China announce a deal to cut tariffs, temporarily easing trade war

U.S. levies on Chinese goods will drop from at least 145% to 30% for an initial period of 90 days, while Chinese levies are set to fall from at least 125% to 10% on American goods.

May 12, 2025
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By:
  • Willem Marx and
  • Emily Feng
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent leaves his hotel to attend a meeting with China's officials on tariffs in Geneva, on Saturday.

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  • World

U.S. and China begin talks amid tensions over Trump's tariff war

The meetings between top U.S. and Chinese officials in Geneva represent the first potential efforts to end a trade war that has frazzled financial markets.

May 10, 2025
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By:
  • Willem Marx
Chinese customers stroll past a clothing shop at Taikoo Li Sanlitun in Beijing.

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  • Asia

Chinese consumers are spending less amid trade war and economic headwinds

Chinese consumers have less and less confidence to splurge, which spells trouble for government efforts to jump-start consumer spending to offset deflation and mitigate the trade war with the U.S.

May 10, 2025
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By:
  • Anthony Kuhn
A woman passes by a stock index at a brokerage in Beijing, Wednesday.

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  • World

Ahead of trade talks, Trump says an 80% tariff on China 'seems right'

Trade negotiators from the U.S. and China are starting talks this weekend in Switzerland. These are the first high-level trade talks between the two countries since President Trump returned to the White House.

May 09, 2025
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By:
  • Emily Feng and
  • Steve Inskeep
Shipping containers are seen ready for transport at the Guangzhou Port in the Nansha district in southern China's Guangdong province in April 2025.

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  • Asia

U.S. and Chinese officials will meet in Geneva in first sign of thaw in trade war

The superpowers have been locked in a geopolitical blinking contest, waiting for the other side to reach out. The talks in Switzerland are the first concrete sign of a potential thaw in the deadlock.

May 07, 2025
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By:
  • Sherisse Pham
Shipping containers are seen ready for transport at the Guangzhou Port in the Nansha district in southern China's Guangdong province in April.

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  • Asia

China says it's considering trade talks with U.S., but demands canceled tariffs

Exporters, importers and recent government statistics all suggest that trade in both directions is slowing sharply as a result of the tariffs. Neither side appears willing to be seen giving ground.

May 02, 2025
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By:
  • John Ruwitch
Former Sen. David Perdue speaks during a gubernatorial Republican primary debate, Sunday, May 1, 2022, in Atlanta. Senate has confirmed Perdue as ambassador to China, just as the U.S. and China are locked in a tariff showdown that threatens to redefine diplomatic relations between the world's two largest economies.

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  • News

Senate confirms former Sen. David Perdue as Trump's US ambassador to China amid tariff showdown

The Senate has confirmed former Sen. David Perdue as ambassador to China, just as the U.S. and China are locked in a tariff showdown that threatens to redefine diplomatic relations between the world's two largest economies. Perdue is a former business executive who served one term as a Republican U.S. senator from Georgia.

April 29, 2025
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By:
  • Associated Press
Vehicles believed to be carrying former pro-democracy lawmaker Gary Fan, who was released after four years for his conviction under the national security law, leaves the Shek Pik Prison in Hong Kong on Tuesday.

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  • Asia

Four freed from prison in Hong Kong after national security convictions

The four were part of a group known as the "Hong Kong 47," and were rounded up for taking part in an unofficial primary poll in 2020 that drew more than 600,000 people.

April 29, 2025
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By:
  • John Ruwitch
People walk past a screen showing the CSI 300 Index at a shopping mall in Guangzhou, in southern China's Guangdong province.

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  • Business

China warns of 'countermeasures' against any deals that harm its interests

The comments come after reports that Trump is hoping to use tariff negotiations with other countries to isolate China.

April 21, 2025
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By:
  • John Ruwitch
Zelenskyy this week <a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/04/18/zelenskyy-says-he-has-information-that-china-is-supplying-weapons-to-russia"target="_blank"   >claimed</a> he had intelligence that China was sending <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/04/14/nx-s1-5361194/ukrainian-military-officers-attempt-to-dispel-what-they-call-myths-of-russias-war"target="_blank"   >weapons</a>, including gunpowder and artillery, to Russia.

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  • World

Ukraine sanctions 3 Chinese companies as tensions between Kyiv and Beijing rise

The sanctions mean the companies will not be able to do business with Ukraine and any assets they have in the country will be frozen.

April 18, 2025
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By:
  • Emily Feng
In this photo released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni, right, and Chinese President Xi Jingping attend a welcome ceremony at Phnom Penh International Airport in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AKP via AP)

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  • Asia

China's Xi Jinping arrives in Cambodia to wrap up 3-nation Southeast Asia tour

The visit, Xi's first since 2016, will conclude a three-nation Southeast Asian tour that included stops in Vietnam and Malaysia.

April 17, 2025
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang introduces new products during a keynote session at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif. on March 18, 2025.

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  • Technology

Nvidia discloses that U.S. will limit sales of advanced chips to China after all

NPR reported that the company would be allowed to keep selling chips used for artificial intelligence tools to China. After NPR's reporting, the Trump administration reversed course.

April 16, 2025
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By:
  • Emily Feng
China's economic growth in the first three months was driven in part by strong industrial activity and exports.

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  • World

China reports 5.4% GDP growth in 1st quarter, but analysts say tariffs will bite soon

Growth was driven partly by strong industrial activity and exports, before President Trump's punishing tariffs. Experts say these levies will hurt China's growth this year.

April 16, 2025
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By:
  • John Ruwitch and
  • Emily Feng
Containers pile up at Kwai Chung Container terminal in Hong Kong.

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  • Asia

Hong Kong post office will stop shipping parcels to the U.S. over tariffs

Hong Kong is caught in the middle of the trade disputes between the U.S. and China despite being a free port. The former British colony has trade and customs policies different from mainland China's.

April 16, 2025
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A seminar marking the 30th anniversary of the Guangcai Program, a public undertaking that aims to unite private entrepreneurs to promote common prosperity, in Beijing, Oct. 14, 2024.

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  • World

To instill confidence, China tries to reassure private entrepreneurs of support

As the country faces slowing economic growth and a trade war with the U.S., China has taken pains to reassure entrepreneurs by telling them they can start businesses, create jobs and benefit society.

April 11, 2025
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By:
  • Anthony Kuhn
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