In a world rattled by President Trump’s tariffs and his scorn for Western allies, the defense secretary struck a rare note of continuity on security partnerships.
Protecting the borders from espionage is essential. It’s something else to deny students because they are Chinese and hope to pursue a STEM degree in the United States.
Beijing has high hopes for its C919 single-aisle jet after years of delay, but the plane depends on engines, avionics and other gear from Western companies.
President Trump said that Beijing was not honoring the terms of a temporary agreement and warned of further confrontation.
The 1970s era of academic exchange began as a form of diplomacy. “People were curious about us, inviting us to their homes,” one former student remembers.
El piloto chino de 55 años voló a una altura casi a la par que la cumbre del Everest al ser víctima de un fenómeno conocido como “succión de nubes” mientras practicaba maniobras en tierra.
Qian Xuesen was a Chinese rocket scientist whose work was central to American military power. His exile had world-altering effects.
Beijing has intervened significantly in Myanmar’s civil war to protect its substantial investments in the country, handing a setback to resistance forces.
Students said the latest move had upended their plans and intensified their fears.
After video of the incident went viral, showing a face and body covered in ice, the local sporting authority said it had banned the paraglider from the sport for six months.
Trump administration officials are getting a second chance to try to sever ties with China by starting a trade war, imposing export controls and revoking student visas.
Just two-and-a-half weeks after agreeing to suspend tariffs, both countries are using export controls to disrupt each other’s key industries.
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State labor programs were aimed at lifting one of the nation’s poorest regions out of poverty, but they have also served as a tool to erode resistance to Chinese rule.
The Chinese government is finding a way around the U.S. ban on imports from Xinjiang — by moving Uyghurs to jobs in factories outside the region. David Pierson, a foreign correspondent for The New York Times, investigated — alongside the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and Der Spiegel — how workers are being moved to factories producing goods for major global brands.
China’s persecution of Uyghurs prompted the U.S. to ban Xinjiang imports. China found a way around it — by shipping more Uyghurs across the country.
Helplessness and frustration are setting in as student applicants in China wait to see how sweeping the new U.S. action might be.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the students who will have their visas canceled include people with ties to the Chinese Communist Party and those studying in “critical fields.”
President Trump has stopped some critical products and technologies made only in the United States from flowing to China, flexing the government’s power over global supply chains.
The company continued to grow fast in its most recent quarter despite new rules restricting the sale of A.I chips to China.
The robotic Tianwen-2 spacecraft will collect samples from Kamoʻoalewa, which some scientists suspect is a fragment of the moon.
European companies operating in China say the market has become increasingly challenging because of weak economic demand and opaque government rules on business.
EE. UU. y China están negociando de nuevo los aranceles. Esta vez, la economía china atraviesa dificultades.
A small Vermont business that sells water bottles used by cyclists and others is struggling to adapt to President Trump’s tariffs even after they were temporarily lowered.
President Trump and members of Congress want to revive U.S. shipbuilding with subsidies and penalties against Chinese-built ships. But there are obstacles.
A chronic housing slowdown and high youth unemployment rate have made China more vulnerable than it was in President Trump’s first term.
Domestic factories that make batteries to store power to meet America’s rising energy demand depend on Chinese components and federal subsidies.
President Trump’s recent actions and statements suggest he might want an arrangement where the United States, China and Russia each dominate their sphere of influence.
College officials fear that President Trump may use international enrollment as leverage to demand changes on campuses elsewhere.
In her entrancing, disturbing “Daughters of the Bamboo Grove,” Barbara Demick traces the wildly divergent paths of twins born in China under the one-child rule.
Al presionar al presidente panameño para obtener concesiones, Trump debilita a un aliado clave de Estados Unidos
Among dozens of countries that were hit with steep tariffs, Vietnam was among the most publicly willing to meet the demands of the Trump administration. But China is a sticking point.
Apple has resisted pressure to make its most important product in the United States since 2016, and instead has moved some production to India.
The president escalated battles with prominent American companies and institutions, as well as a key trading partner. The damage could be extensive.
The measure, passed by the House, would roll back incentives for people to buy electric vehicles and for automakers to make them in the U.S.
Beyond the shock for students, President Trump’s moves against higher education are being seen in China as a blow to one of the last admirable American institutions.
Wellington Koo says the Trump administration has a shared interest in security in the region, but Taiwan must also ready its own forces for asymmetric warfare.
The Drum Tower in Fengyang County, which dates to the 14th century, is one of many historical sites that have been renovated as cultural tourism has boomed.
By pushing Panama’s president for one concession after the next, Trump is weakening a government closely aligned with the United States.
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Once derided for its slower pace, Chengdu has a surging population and booming real estate market as workers look beyond China’s major coastal cities.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will meet his international counterparts at a G7 finance ministers meeting in Canada.
Shares of the company, CATL, surged in their first day of trading. Onshore U.S. investors were blocked from buying its stock as a “decoupling” of finance continued.
Mientras Europa abraza el tren nocturno, Estados Unidos parece caminar como sonámbulo hacia un callejón sin salida en el transporte.
The decision affects relatively few vehicles because the vast majority that General Motors sells there are made in that country.
Trump’s fixation on tariffs while he undermines America’s competitive strengths is hastening the onset of the “Chinese Century.”
His overhaul of the State Department’s human rights bureau will make the United States weaker.
It’s the quest for the handshake that guides Trumpian foreign policy on almost every front.
His style as a poet and artist was informed by his upbringing in Shanghai and his years in Paris. He then joined the Pop-fueled studios of New York.
Los grandes acuerdos para vender chips a Emiratos Árabes Unidos y Arabia Saudita han dividido al gobierno de EE. UU. sobre si podrían ser recordados por enviar al extranjero IA de vanguardia.
Fu Zai se ha ganado buenas evaluaciones en el trabajo como perro rastreador de una raza poco habitual en ese oficio. Pero su falta de autocontrol le ha costado su bonificación anual.
Fu Zai has won top workplace reviews as an unusual breed of sniffer dog. But his lack of self-control cost him his annual bonus.
Big deals to sell chips to the U.A.E. and Saudi Arabia have divided the U.S. government over whether they could be remembered for shipping cutting-edge A.I. overseas.
In “Apple in China,” Patrick McGee argues that by training an army of manufacturers in a “ruthless authoritarian state,” the company has created an existential vulnerability for the entire world.
Even as President Trump steps back from his larger trade war with China, he has closed a loophole that enabled $2 shirts and $3 bikinis.
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Lydia Polgreen and Nicholas Kristof discuss why other nations are picking up what the president is punching down.
As retailers slow down orders for foreign goods because of tariffs, companies that recirculate overstocked or returned items may help fill the gap.
The fast-moving conflict between India and Pakistan last week demonstrated the inherent dangers of the modern nuclear age.
A House Republican bill introduced this week would do away with tax credits that had encouraged Americans to buy electric vehicles and automakers to invest in new factories.
Beginning Wednesday, shipments arriving in the United States from China and Hong Kong worth less than $800 could face 54 percent tariffs.
Beijing is trying to win over other countries with vows of economic cooperation. But it won’t back down from its territorial claims, experts predict.
President Trump often takes maximalist positions, only to back down and declare a win. His opponents are catching on.
The firm, which produces content for TikTok, recorded no revenue last year, but it announced this week that a mysterious stock sale would allow it to invest heavily in the $TRUMP memecoin.
El éxito tecnológico que ha captado la atención de muchos en EE. UU. es un aspecto de la economía china. Pero hay otro, uno más sombrío.
El líder chino Xi Jinping sugiere ampliar la colaboración con América Latina en “áreas emergentes”, como la energía limpia, las telecomunicaciones y la inteligencia artificial.
The markets have come around to the Federal Reserve chairman’s cautious approach to lowering interest rates. President Trump could be a tougher convert.
China’s leader Xi Jinping suggests expanding trade ties beyond buying commodities, as he continues to rally nations in the face of Trump’s tariffs.
Al final, los aranceles del presidente Trump afectaron demasiado a las empresas estadounidenses como para que pudiera mantenerlos.
The technological success that has captured the attention of many in the United States is one aspect of the Chinese economy. There’s another, gloomy one.
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.
President Trump’s triple-digit tariffs on Chinese products disrupted global trade — but haven’t appeared to result in major concessions from Beijing.
La Casa Blanca dio marcha atrás en los gravámenes más elevados, ya que los costos de una guerra comercial total con Pekín amenazaban el crecimiento económico mundial.
El presidente de Brasil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, visitará Pekín esta semana, y Xi Jinping de China también se reunirá con altos funcionarios de otras naciones latinoamericanas y caribeñas para reforzar sus lazos.
Global markets are rallying on optimism over Washington and Beijing reaching a major, if temporary, détente in their tariff fight.
The negotiations between China and the U.S. will have implications for a global economy rocked by President Trump’s tariffs.
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A Harvard economist argues that a decline in manufacturing jobs is not what ails the United States.
Both countries promised to say more on Monday about what talks over the weekend achieved. Until then, investors and businesses are guessing.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil is visiting Beijing this week, and China’s Xi Jinping will also meet top officials from other Latin American and Caribbean nations to emphasize their ties.
Investors were optimistic after American officials touted progress in trade negotiations over the weekend, though details had yet to be released.
Durante años, el líder de China ha planeado hacer que el mundo dependa de sus exportaciones y conocimientos técnicos. Pero la estrategia también tiene costos para su propio país.
Top officials are scheduled to conclude their weekend of trade negotiations in Geneva on Sunday.
In terms of geopolitical bromances, this is it. David Pierson, a foreign correspondent for The New York Times covering China, explains how President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping, the leader of China, are closer than ever before.
Los estadounidenses consumen cantidades récord de res brasileña. Ahora, los aranceles y las guerras comerciales podrían hacer subir los precios en EE. UU. y enviar más carne a China.
Americans are eating record amounts of Brazilian beef. Now, tariffs and trade wars could push up U.S. prices and send more of it to China.
The outcome of the trade negotiations could determine the trajectory of the global economy.
For years, the leader of China has planned to make the world dependent on its exports and know-how. But the strategy has costs for his own country.
A movement of manufacturing to Vietnam that began in President Trump’s first term is accelerating as sky-high U.S. tariffs block Chinese exports.
The Trump administration could use the investigation to impose new tariffs on imported planes, jet engines and other aerospace parts.
Los envíos de mercancías chinas a Estados Unidos cayeron un 21 por ciento en abril, después de los aranceles que les impuso el presidente Trump. Pero las exportaciones chinas a otros países asiáticos van en aumento.
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The president said reducing tariffs to 80 percent from the current 145 percent “sounds right,” as U.S. and Chinese negotiators prepare to meet in Switzerland.
President Trump hailed an agreement with Britain as a breakthrough — but far tougher negotiations, including with China, beckon.
Dispensary owners say a protracted trade war would harm a niche but popular sector in which imported herbs are prescribed to treat colds, pain and other ailments.
El creciente apoyo militar de Occidente a India, y de China a Pakistán, señala un cambio en los alineamientos globales y otro posible punto álgido de las tensiones internacionales.
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The Treasury secretary and trade representative plan to meet with Chinese officials this weekend to discuss trade and economic matters.
The chief executive of Detroit Axle, which sells car parts that are mostly imported from China, is adjusting his business and hoping for a new trade deal.
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.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will finally start negotiating with Chinese counterparts. But business leaders shouldn’t expect any sudden breakthroughs.
Beijing says it will meet with American officials to discuss trade, but warned Washington against using the engagement to ratchet up pressure on China.
Una interminable purga entre los altos rangos militares de China plantea serias dudas sobre lo preparado que está el país para una guerra ofensiva.
Xi Jinping, China’s leader, is reinforcing his bond with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. But that could hurt Beijing’s efforts to repair ties with Europe.
Increasing Western military support to India, and China’s to Pakistan, signals a shift in global alignments — and another potential flashpoint for international tensions.
Morocco is linked to Europe on the strength of its auto sector and a trade pact. But its status as a connector country has become precarious in the trade war.
China’s central bank acted shortly after news that officials from China and the Trump administration will hold their first formal trade talks since the punishing tariffs began.
Scott Bessent, the Treasury secretary, and Jamieson Greer, the United States trade representative, will discuss trade and economic matters with the officials this week.
While imports can swing with seasonal shifts, President Trump’s ratcheting up of U.S. tariffs on China has begun to cascade through supply chains, government data shows.
Pekín y Washington siguen sin llegar a un acuerdo, fotos de la Gala del Met y más para estar al día.
Mattel, the U.S. toy company, said it would increase prices of some U.S. toys, citing levies on Chinese imports.
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An unending purge in China’s top military ranks raises serious questions over the country’s readiness for offensive war.
President Trump has ended a tariff loophole that generated lots of business for delivery companies shipping inexpensive goods from China to the U.S.
Al terminar una laguna fiscal estadounidense, los fabricantes de ropa que venden a Estados Unidos se ven obligados a considerar mercados alternativos o ubicaciones más baratas dentro y fuera de China.
America must discard the belief that it is beating China in the innovation race.
As a U.S. tax loophole ends, the apparel makers that sell to America are forced to consider alternative markets or cheaper locations in and outside China.
U.S. oil prices fell to $57 a barrel after the OPEC Plus cartel said this weekend that it would pump more oil.
Para Meta, Alphabet y otras plataformas, la eliminación de la exención arancelaria para los productos baratos ya está disminuyendo los ingresos de publicidad.
The threat of 46 percent levies, among the highest for any country, is rattling Vietnam’s factory managers and workers, as well as thousands of exporters.
Chinese officials have long used their willingness to cooperate to stem the flow of fentanyl to the United States as leverage in talks over broader disputes.
For Meta, Alphabet and other platforms, the elimination of the tariff exemption for inexpensive goods is already cutting into advertising revenue.
Tariffs on imported parts will have a broad impact because all vehicles use components made abroad.
The e-commerce site acted after the Trump administration said it would close a loophole that allowed low-cost Chinese-made items to enter the U.S. without import fees.
Aunque el presidente Trump ha reducido algunos aranceles y ha puesto otros en pausa, las repercusiones ya afectan a los estadounidenses, que han notado un aumento de los precios de sus productos.
The standoff over terms of negotiations, and whether they are happening, signals that a protracted economic fight lies ahead.
Irish investigators said TikTok did not protect the data of users in the European Union, improperly transferring some of it to China. TikTok said it would appeal.
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President Trump’s trade policies are already starting to frustrate American consumers who have noticed higher prices in their shopping carts.
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Despite mounting financial pressure, China says it won’t negotiate until the Trump administration shows “sincerity” by canceling tariffs on its goods.
An exemption that allowed cheap Chinese goods to enter the United States duty free was eliminated on Friday, which could lead to higher prices and delays on purchases.
E-commerce trade in small parcels brought Chinese factories to American shoppers. Tariffs are severing the connection.
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.
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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.
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