China has released new interim measures to tighten controls on mining and processing of rare earths that are used in many high-tech products including electric vehicles, smartphones and fighter jets.

Chinese equities are surging. The Shanghai Composite Index — dominated by retail investors — is up about 13% this year.

The rapprochement is not about Trump's tariffs, but easing tensions on the disputed Himalayan border, writes .

India's trade with China through these 3 border passes has been in its favour but their potential remains vastly under-realised.

Every few years, the issue of Lipulekh Pass returns to the forefront, as it has now with the resumption of India-China trade through the route.

BEIJING/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping is unlikely to attend a major summit of Asian leaders in October, two people familiar with the matter said, dashing expectations of a potential meeting with U.

China’s turn to Brazilian soybeans could cost U.S. farmers billions. Export sales of this fall’s U.S. soybean crop are down 81% from the five-year average.

"US soybean farmers are very appreciative of all of the past experience and partnerships that we've developed with China, especially when it comes to soybean trade," Janna Fritz, chair of the US Soybean Export Council and a sixth-generation farmer from Michigan, told China Daily on Thursday.

Chinese Ambassador Xu Feihong said that the US had long benefited from free trade but was now using tariffs as bargaining chips. He stated that the US had imposed tariffs of up to 50% on India and that China firmly opposed it.