China has been a fierce critic of sweeping U.S. tariffs that Trump announced on April 2. He later delayed the implementation of most but China, which has said it will respond with its own tariffs on U.S. imports, now faces a deadline next month to negotiate a deal.

China's economy is expected to have slowed down in the second quarter from a solid start to the year as trade tensions with the United States added to deflationary pressures, reinforcing expectations that Beijing may need to roll out more stimulus.

Chinese research ships are studying the seas for science and resources, but the data they gather could also be useful in a conflict with Taiwan or the United States.

The U.S. Pacific Fleet commander says China has failed to intimidate rival claimant states into surrendering their sovereign interests in the South China Sea despite its intensifying “bullying tactics” and the United States and other allied countries

Even today, in the throes of a norm-busting trade war with China, there is talk of some kind of leader-to-leader grand bargain between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the nation’s food supply was a national security issue on par with energy and water supplies.

China's June new yuan loans tripled compared with a month ago, likely supported by front-loaded public funding and strength in corporate loans against the backdrop of a sustained trade truce between China and the United States.

Beijing has repeatedly accused the Philippines of being in a pawn in U.S. efforts to contain China's rise and touted bilateral dialogue with its neighbor as the only solution to their territorial dispute.

The average car price in China is around $22,900 (165,000 yuan). BYD Co. Ltd., the world's largest EV maker, announced discounts of 30% or more on 20 models in late May. Its budget-friendly electric Seagull compact car saw its starting price drop to $7,750 (55,800 yuan).

China has considerable advantages, and neither superpower seems eager to cooperate to avoid catastrophe. And given AI’s world-changing potential, the stakes are profound: losing risks relegating the United States to economic dependence,