In October, China intensified coercive activities in the South China Sea while expanding military sales, diplomatic engagement, and economic initiatives across various states in South and Southeast

With Japan’s new leader refusing to back down from China’s show of force and claims on Taiwan, Xi Jinping picks up the phone to try to pry the U.S.-Japan alliance apart.

We ended the week with more evidence that the world’s second-largest economy entered the final quarter on a weakening trajectory. China’s economic activity cooled more than expected at the start of the fourth quarter, with an unprecedented slump in investment and slower growth in industrial output adding to a drag from sluggish consumption.

In September, tensions escalated between Mexico and China over proposed tariff hikes. China denounced U.S. strikes in the Caribbean as a threat to regional security. Cuban President Miguel

China’s economic integration is irreversible — whether it fuels prosperity or disruption depends on countries' capacity to adapt.

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Economic Commission has approved the activation of Afghanistan’s joint economic commissions with Saudi Arabia and China, the awarding of a contract for nephrite deposits in Sarkano district of Kunar, and the construction of a five-storey commercial market in Balkh province.

China pitched stronger ties in its highest‑level talks with Germany's new government as Beijing's top European trade partner seeks to smooth tensions over rare-earth curbs that have choked German production lines and prompted calls for de-risking.

Japan will likely lean more heavily on the US and its allies if China escalates economic pressure, as Tokyo seeks to navigate the fallout from Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks linking Taiwan’s security to its own.

China and the EU are important economic and trade partners of each other, and China is willing to work with Europe to effectively implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of both sides,

China is trying to impose economic costs on Japan for wading into the issue of Taiwan. But experts say the escalating dispute could ultimately hurt China too.