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.

BEIJING: 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.

China will launch the unmanned Shenzhou-22 spacecraft on November 25, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Monday, a move that will help return the country's space station and manned flight programme to normality after a vessel was damaged in early November.

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

Japan's new leader prime triggered the dispute by saying Japan could intervene in a confrontation between China and Taiwan.

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) holds transformative promise for public health. For China, with its uniquely centralised public health infrastructure and access to vast, national-scale health data,

President Trump said he accepted an invitation from Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit China in April and invited Xi to the US for a state visit.

Analysts told CNBC that Beijing’s reaction has been unusually swift and far-reaching. George Chen, partner at The Asia Group, noted that the speed and scale of China’s response are rare, warning that Japanese brands could face the risk of widespread consumer boycotts, even though such behaviour has not yet emerged significantly.