President Trump said his planned meeting with President Xi Jinping would be a grand display, but tensions over trade and defense could dampen the mood.
La decisión de la Corte Suprema de invalidar gran parte de los aranceles del presidente Trump genera interrogantes sobre el futuro de los acuerdos alcanzados con los principales socios comerciales de Estados Unidos.
The exemption was shut down last year by President Trump based, in part, on the same legal grounds as the tariffs that were invalidated by the Supreme Court.
While the vast majority of Canadian exports were exempt from the tariffs now struck down, the ruling does not effect duties harming several key industries.
Over three decades, he reported from Moscow, Beijing, Tehran and elsewhere and wrote well-received books based on his reporting, including one about his globe-trotting cat.
From earthquake warnings to bear attack alerts, Beijing is deploying a campaign of exaggeration and disinformation to punish Tokyo’s support for Taiwan.
Los inversionistas están perdiendo el entusiasmo por las empresas chinas de vehículos eléctricos, ante la preocupación de que los años de crecimiento fácil hayan llegado a su fin.
Acclaimed overseas for defying censors, Lou Ye is more interested in reaching Chinese audiences, as he holds up a cinematic mirror to their lives in modern China.
It all comes down to a love of wordplay.
“Americans don’t know much about India,” says the international relations scholar Amitav Acharya. He tells Ross Douthat on “Interesting Times” that Indian dominance in Silicon Valley is another major factor.
India is the major power with the fastest-growing economy and the world’s largest population, but the international relations scholar Amitav Acharya argues on “Interesting Times” that the country doesn’t get the respect it’s looking for.
Why the next 30 years belong to a deal-making great power.
Investors are selling shares of Chinese E.V. companies, concerned that intensifying competition and shorter production cycles mean the years of easy growth are over.
In 1994, the Olympics were rocked by a giant skating scandal. When it was all over, three athletes waited for their medals.
In the oceans and on land, scientists are discovering rare, transitional organisms that bridge the gap between Earth’s simplest cells and today’s complex ones.
China parece estar ganándose más corazones y mentes en el extranjero. ¿Ha mejorado su poder blando?
As we lose our alliances and instability spreads, America is headed for more, not fewer, international entanglements.
China seems to be winning more hearts and mind abroad. Has it gotten better at soft power?
El Año Nuevo lunar, la fiesta más importante en muchos países asiáticos, ha sido recibido entre más de mil millones de personas.
The Lunar New Year, the most important holiday in many Asian countries, is being celebrated around the world.
El líder de China considera que la adhesión total es vital para construir una fuerza del siglo XXI preparada para el combate y capaz de defender los intereses del país.
By reaching back to Maoist tactics of “rectification,” the Chinese leader is signaling that control over the gun requires a state of perpetual cleansing.
A standoff over the security of Taiwan has led to a steep decline in the number of Chinese visitors to Japan, which is heavily dependent on the tourists.
She was repeatedly drugged by her husband and raped in a series of crimes that shocked the world. Pelicot talked to us about her new memoir.
Satellite imagery of secretive nuclear facilities reveals Beijing’s efforts to expand its arsenal, just as the last global guardrails on nuclear weapons vanish.
He speaks English. She speaks Mandarin. The secret to their happy marriage: Microsoft Translator.
The captain’s arrest had raised fears of a broader diplomatic confrontation between Japan and China, which have been at odds for months.
A Chinese king’s infatuation with a woman was seen as the reason that a golden age collapsed. Evidence suggests climate change and internal strife played bigger roles.
More than a decade into Beijing’s push for self sufficiency, Chinese firms are producing fewer, lower-performing chips than their foreign competitors.
The agency is seeking Chinese officials who are frustrated with corruption in the People’s Liberation Army.
A Times correspondent talks about life in China as it outpaces the United States in developing clean energy technology, self-driving cars and other innovations.
Think of the meme as an absurdist joke, a wellness goal or an ironic expression of protest — or all of the above. Your ethnicity is beside the point.
As Russia displays military might in the Arctic Circle, the Western alliance is preparing a mission to increase its presence in that area.
They churn out research papers at a rapid pace, but the quality of these publications has too often been in question.
In her first interview about her father, the exiled Hong Kong activist Anna Kwok said the authorities were targeting her family to try to silence her.
On Jimmy Lai and the future of freedom.
Malaysian durian farmers saw immense profits over the last decade as China snapped up their produce. But tastes have shifted.
It remains to be seen whether the three big nuclear powers are headed into a new arms race, or whether President Trump is trying to spur negotiations on a new accord now that a last Cold War treaty has expired.
Researchers and volunteers in Texas documented birds of different species preening one another. Experts say the behavior may be more common than documented.
Mathilde Gremaud edges out Eileen Gu to win slopestyle gold.
Por primera vez desde 1972, las superpotencias no tienen límites sobre el tamaño o la estructura de sus arsenales.
The sentence for the media mogul, along with long prison terms for his editors, shows how Hong Kong enforces Xi Jinping’s red lines with a new severity.
Two editors and an opinion writer from Jimmy Lai’s now-shuttered newspaper were each sentenced to 10 years in prison, a significant escalation in media prosecution in the once freewheeling city.
The heavy sentence for the Hong Kong publisher aligns with mainland cases where influential critics of the Communist Party have been sent to prison for many years.
For the first time in decades, the U.S. and Russia no longer have a nuclear arms control agreement.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s handling of bilateral relations has become a campaign issue. Her earlier comments on Taiwan brought reprisals from Beijing.
The president’s new plan is aspirational at best and, at worst, disingenuous.
The ruling by China’s highest court followed a recent meeting between China and Canada’s top leaders led to a thaw in the two countries’ relations.
The real threat to a secure and sustainable supply of rare earths is not that they are scarce, but that so much is wasted.
In Mississippi, neighbors of a Chevron plant worry that an influx of Venezuelan oil could increase pollution. They want the company to pay to move them out.
¿Qué significa para la humanidad estar disminuyendo? ¿Podrá eso resolver el cambio climático o las alteraciones que trajo consigo la IA?
A recent production of “Othello” proves that small creative flowers can grow between the dreary slabs of cultural concrete laid by the Communist Party.
Both leaders gave versions of what they discussed, but the Chinese president’s take made clear the issue of the island was front and center.
A year into President Trump’s second term, his threats, retreats, twists and turns appear to be wearing on allies and adversaries.
It’s often assumed that lower birthrates could help slow climate change and A.I. disruption. The reality is more complex.
The move against the men, who wrote an article that was critical of a local official, demonstrates how the space for independent voices has shrunk in China.
Even as American automakers have scaled back their ambitions for electric vehicles, some are pivoting to a technology that could help boost renewable energy.
Su amplia reorganización militar puede parecer debilidad, pero está despejando el camino a una fuerza más peligrosa bajo su pleno control.
U.S. intelligence analysts say that Xi Jinping, China’s leader, has a remarkable level of fear. He has carried out mass purges, and surprised many by removing his top general.
His sweeping military shake-up may look like weakness but it’s clearing the way for a more dangerous force under his full control.
For three years, Xi Jinping has been cleaning out the Chinese military elite, bringing high-level dismissals and disappearances to nearly every arm of the military.
The “Project Vault” initiative is intended to reduce U.S. reliance on China for key technology components.
After Chinese swimmers won Olympic gold in 2021 despite having tested positive for a banned substance, the World Antidoping Agency is considering whether to have an independent body handle testing before major events.
Beijing wants to lead the world in developing cutting-edge artificial intelligence, but it also wants companies to adhere to an increasingly complex set of rules.
Hidden cameras capture women in intimate moments without their consent, yet the authorities do little to stop it.
Ma Ruilin worked as a Communist Party cadre helping fellow Muslims navigate their country as religious minorities, until the official hostility became too great to bear.
Davos may have felt like the end of the old world order, but the historian Adam Tooze isn’t confident that what comes next will be either stable or orderly.
Buffeted by tariffs and trade tensions, Prime Minister Keir Starmer took British business leaders to China and emerged with deals on visas and Scotch whisky, as well as pledges to deepen ties.
La sentencia de una corte local supone una victoria para el presidente Trump, quien dijo que quería el control de EE. UU. en el canal.
A manufacturing error turned a Lunar New Year toy into an unlikely emblem of workplace fatigue.
The leaders of both countries have recently visited Beijing seeking to strengthen economic ties, as tensions with the United States rise.
The historian Adam Tooze discusses Davos, China and the fading of an old world order.
A frowny-faced horse plushie, the result of a factory mistake, has become the internet’s unofficial mascot for the Lunar New Year. Fans say it resonates with overworked office employees.
El viaje del primer ministro británico a Pekín es la más reciente de una serie de visitas de dirigentes a China, diseñadas para proyectar al país como la alternativa estable a un Estados Unidos impredecible.
By ousting his top generals, Xi Jinping has secured absolute control, but has also hollowed out the command structure preparing for possible war over Taiwan.
El tráfico marítimo y las fábricas nunca cesan en la ciudad portuaria china de Ningbo, pero el mercado inmobiliario local se ha hundido y los restaurantes cercanos están vacíos.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain and President Xi Jinping of China met in Beijing on Thursday in a bid to reset ties as both countries seek a way around an increasingly volatile United States.
Trump’s special envoy to Greenland argues that the U.S. needs Greenland to defend it, American allies and American security.
The shipping traffic and factories never stop in China’s port city of Ningbo, but the local housing market has crashed and nearby restaurants sit empty.
A decision in China not to charge a man who fathered children with a woman with a mental illness has set off a debate about consent and the state’s push for babies.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain met with President Xi Jinping of China as he sought to promote business ties with the world’s second-largest economy.
Heng Guan, a Chinese national, will not be released immediately, as Homeland Security said it was reserving the right to appeal.
The exercises were the second time in six months that President Cyril Ramaphosa appeared to be blindsided by his own military regarding relations with Tehran.
Keeping Beijing off balance has advantages, but Trump may just be playing for short-term political gain.
Sites in China are selling test questions, and online forums offer software that can bypass test protections, according to tutors and testing experts raising alarms.
En medio de las tensiones políticas entre Tokio y Pekín, los osos emblema de la diplomacia de China abandonan su cargo.
La destitución del general de más alto rango de China ha desatado grandes especulaciones.
Farmers are critical to Iowa’s economy. They have been battered by President Trump’s tariffs and are not yet experiencing the “golden age” that the president promised.
Why the competition for, and control of, energy resources is central to global politics.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer hopes to boost his country’s lagging economy with a trip to Beijing. But he must carefully navigate between two superpowers.
As Japan and China feud, an animal long used in Chinese diplomacy has been summoned back home.
The ousting of China’s most senior general has set off fevered speculation.
Zhang Youxia, veterano de combate, fue considerado en su día el hombre de mayor confianza del ejército de Xi Jinping. Ahora ha sido acusado de deslealtad al líder del país.
A combat veteran, Zhang Youxia was once seen as the most trusted man in Xi Jinping’s military. Now he is the most public example of disloyalty to Mr. Xi.
The president’s approach is not just chaos or an updated version of 19th-century great-power competition.
Readers respond to a guest essay by a student at Harvard. Also: Our phone choices; falling behind China on energy.
The area most U.S. Arctic strategists think needs the most immediate development is not Greenland but the Bering Sea, almost 3,000 miles away.
Tras una cumbre de emergencia, la presidenta de la Comisión Europea declaró que “la firmeza, el acercamiento, la preparación y la unidad” habían sido eficaces al lidiar con Estados Unidos.
President Trump said he would impose tariffs if Canada made “a deal with China,” though there is no sign that those countries are discussing a broad trade agreement.
It might be worth considering the logic of the Carney doctrine.
The risk of Chinese aggression is hard to gauge, but it surely grows if we signal that Beijing has a free hand.
U.S. and European officials say they are unaware of any intelligence that shows China and Russia are endangering the island, which is protected by the NATO security umbrella.
U.S. trade policy has devastated the Canadian auto industry and pushed the country to reach an agreement that will make it easier for Chinese companies to sell cars there.
General Zhang Youxia had appeared to be President Xi Jinping’s trusted second-in-command. He has now joined the long list of generals and admirals under investigation.
Territorial integrity is a core tenet of Europe that is at risk from Russian and American imperialism. Brussels has fought back.
Chinese firms must contend with geopolitical tensions and mistrust to do business in the United States. Some are choosing to avoid the U.S. altogether.
En 2020, una viróloga china huyó a EE. UU., ayudada por aliados del presidente Trump que pretendían promover sus teorías no demostradas sobre los orígenes de la COVID-19. Su esposo sigue sin poder encontrarla.
In 2020, a Chinese virologist fled to the United States, aided by allies of President Trump who sought to promote her unproven theories about the origins of Covid-19. Her husband still can’t find her.
The church’s pastor, Ezra Jin Mingri, turned Zion Church into one of China’s largest unofficial congregations, even as government pressure on Christianity increased.
In a citywide campaign to curb a mosquito-borne virus, residents of Foshan face inspections and warnings for failure to comply.
The shifting consensus says more about our politics than the science of Covid.
The temporary lowering of tariffs may compel some U.S. businesses to order goods that they had held off buying after President Trump raised them to 145 percent.
As China and the United States trade charges of a lab leak, researchers contend in a new paper that the Covid pandemic got its start, like a previous one, in the wildlife trade.
The White House has thrown its weight behind the lab leak theory, an idea that has divided intelligence agencies.
Con el tiempo nos hemos enterado de que, para promover la apariencia de consenso, algunos funcionarios y científicos ocultaron o subestimaron hechos cruciales.
Five years after the start of Covid, we still don’t know the truth.
People who endured the longest Covid restrictions in the world are still grappling with what they lost: their loved ones, their livelihoods, their dignity.
The judgment was issued in a case brought by the Missouri attorney general. The Chinese government did not respond to the claims in court.
Still recovering from heavy spending during the pandemic, hospitals are squeezed by a slumping economy and government efforts to curb health care spending.
President Trump’s decision to pull out of the international health agency could deprive the United States of crucial scientific data and lessen the country’s influence in setting a global health agenda.
A new analysis that began under the Biden administration is released by the C.I.A.’s new director, John Ratcliffe, who wants the agency to get “off the sidelines” in the debate.
Aunque los casos están aumentando en China, la situación es muy distinta a cuando surgió la COVID-19 hace cinco años, según los expertos médicos. El HMPV es común y tiene décadas de antigüedad.
While cases are climbing in China, the situation is very different from what it was when Covid-19 emerged five years ago, medical experts say. HMPV has circulated in humans for decades.
Trump ve los aranceles y la deportación como medios para fortalecer el país, y los votantes parecen estar de acuerdo. Pero corre el riesgo de socavar una de las mayores fortalezas económicas de EE. UU.
Trump’s immigration and tariff plans will strain American farming and raise the prices you see at the store.
China has been rolling out new visa-free programs and promising to make travel easier for foreigners. But challenges remain.
Across two new books, the ideal of a global free market buckles under pressure from protesters, politicians of all stripes and the Covid pandemic.
Was the pandemic started by a lab leak or by natural transmission? We look at the evidence.
Responses to a guest essay asserting that the pandemic likely began with a lab leak. Also: President Biden’s image problems; “junk fees” in restaurants.
The world must not continue to bear the intolerable risks of research with the potential to cause pandemics.
The coronavirus pandemic schooled the world in the essential role of global supply chains. Have we learned anything from it?
Reviving a Mao-era surveillance campaign, the authorities are tracking residents, schoolchildren and businesses to forestall any potential unrest.
Yet Zhang Zhan’s supporters and human rights activists who had followed her case said they could not reach her or her family members.
The Chinese president this week will be visiting France, Serbia and Hungary. His trip comes at a time of tensions with many European countries over trade and accusations of Chinese espionage.
A heated hearing produced no new evidence that Peter Daszak or his nonprofit, EcoHealth Alliance, were implicated in the Covid outbreak.
Despite its thirst for Australian wine, China had taxed the imports in 2020 over a dispute about Covid-19.
The social media movement is the latest sign that some of China’s young people are resisting the compulsion to strive.
En la Asamblea Popular Nacional de esta semana, los dirigentes chinos fijaron un ambicioso objetivo de crecimiento: exactamente el mismo que el año pasado.
At China’s big political show, nervous exchanges with journalists and the tightly scripted pageantry showed how Xi Jinping has centralized control.
At the National People’s Congress on Tuesday, China’s leaders set an ambitious goal for growth, exactly the same one as last year.
Hundreds of flights and trains have been canceled as China’s most important holiday approaches, and more bad weather is in the forecast.
Over a year after China opened its borders following the pandemic, international trips are still lagging, although domestic travel is more popular.
Newly released documents indicate that a U.S. genetic database had received the sequence of the coronavirus two weeks before it was made public by others.
Pessimism among investors was most pronounced in Hong Kong, where stocks have plunged by 10 percent so far this year.
Gross domestic product expanded 5.2 percent, as China worked to export more to make up for weak demand, high debt and a steep property contraction at home.
A surge of children has been hospitalized in China for respiratory illnesses, but international health authorities said the cause was common viruses and bacteria.
More than 24,000 Chinese citizens have been apprehended crossing into the United States from Mexico in the past year. That is more than in the preceding 10 years combined.
The W.H.O. had requested detailed information about a reported surge in respiratory illnesses in children in China. Chinese data suggested the surge was caused by known bacteria and viruses.
Reports of overcrowding at pediatric hospitals in China have raised concerns about a jump in respiratory illnesses affecting children.