Workers said poor-quality materials were used during construction by a Chinese developer as it sought to cut costs. Investigators also said they found substandard steel bars in the rubble.
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The barges, which link up to form a bridge, could give China a way to land large numbers of vehicles and troops on Taiwan, solving a major logistical problem.
The state-owned automakers, longtime joint venture partners of Ford and Nissan, might combine operations as Beijing consolidates its sprawling car sector.
A popular electric vehicle made by the Chinese consumer electronics giant Xiaomi crashed into a concrete guardrail while deploying its autonomous driving feature. Three people died.
President Trump’s policies are straining trade ties and challenging a long-held truth in China about the centrality of the U.S. market.
The drills came after Taiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te, announced measures to counter China’s influence and espionage. Beijing also wants to send a message to Washington, analysts said.
Wen Han is intent on listing Windrose’s stock in New York. He is fueled by $300 million, Chinese technology and a belief that “China doesn’t have to be the enemy forever.”
It could take months for agreement on a meeting between President Trump and Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, as Chinese officials seek a scripted encounter.
Markets around the world tumbled as investors braced for market turmoil. The S&P 500 is on track for its worst month since 2022.
The collapse of a 30-story building under construction was “not normal,” an engineering expert said. It was one of the biggest projects ever done by a Chinese state-owned company.
The private equity giant is considering investing as the video app works to follow a law that requires it to separate from its Chinese owner, ByteDance, by next week.
Se informó de la muerte de más de 140 personas en todo el sudeste asiático.
The death toll in Myanmar has exceeded 1,600, the country’s military government said. The powerful earthquake also jolted other parts of Southeast Asia.
At his first stop in the Philippines, the U.S. defense secretary promised to strengthen deterrence against Chinese “threats” in the region. He also plans to visit Japan.
German investment in China’s auto industry has been one of the few bright spots as foreign investment has slowed to a crawl.
Generations of Chinese, including our columnist, turned to U.S. government-run outlets for an education in democracy, rights and the English language.
Even as China offers itself to nations like Japan as a more reliable partner, its ships are pushing into their neighborhoods — sometimes on the very same day.
The social media app could shut down on April 5 unless it is sold to a new non-Chinese owner. Mr. Trump issued an order delaying the enforcement of a federal ban, and told reporters he could extend that delay, if necessary.
The additions included companies that are customers of Intel and Nvidia, and one firm that was the focus of a New York Times investigation last year.
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The release of the five employees, detained during a crackdown on foreign due diligence, comes as Beijing is trying to bring back overseas investment.
A new report illustrates a concerning dynamic: Record heat last year pushed countries to use more planet-warming fossil fuels to cool things down.
Lai Ching-te, the president of Taiwan, may be betting that China’s appetite for retaliation will be limited by Beijing’s interest in containing tensions with the Trump administration.
Senator Steve Daines said in an interview that in meetings with Chinese officials, he called for talks between President Trump and China’s leader, Xi Jinping.
The Department of Government Efficiency is shuttering organizations that Beijing worried about most, or actively sought to subvert.
The president also denied a report that such a briefing had been planned to be held at the Pentagon on Friday.
Dar a Musk acceso a algunos de los secretos militares más celosamente guardados de EE. UU. sería una ampliación dramática de su extenso papel en el gobierno.
The billionaire was set to be briefed on the military’s closely guarded playbooks on China, raising new questions about his power and access.
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Tax revenues have fallen, leaving the government with less money to help consumers or exporters as Beijing braces for President Trump’s tariffs.
Beijing’s threat to stop a tycoon’s sale of his ports business has dealmakers wondering if they can still operate without political interference.
The access would be a major expansion of Elon Musk’s government role and highlight his conflicts of interest.
La ministra de Asuntos Exteriores de Canadá dijo que ella y el ex primer ministro habían pedido clemencia a Pekín en los últimos meses para impedir las ejecuciones.
Nearly 60 days in, the president is failing to engage in long-term thinking.
Canada’s foreign minister said the government would continue to ask for leniency from China for other Canadians in similar situations.
An Quanzhong, who will spend 13 months behind bars, harassed a resident whom China’s government wanted back home. His conviction was one of several that prosecutors have won against operatives in New York.
Chinese experts say Beijing is open to talks but is being stonewalled by the State Department and other official channels.
El dirigente de Hong Kong se sumó a las críticas de China sobre el acuerdo entre CK Hutchinson y BlackRock, una empresa de EE. UU., sobre el canal de Panamá.
The Justice Department is pushing to drop corruption charges against Eric Adams in Manhattan while federal authorities in Brooklyn have been investigating his top fund-raisers.
The city’s chief executive said a deal between the Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison and BlackRock, a major American investment firm, requires “serious attention.”
Con el tiempo nos hemos enterado de que, para promover la apariencia de consenso, algunos funcionarios y científicos ocultaron o subestimaron hechos cruciales.
Beijing has long criticized the outlet, as well as Radio Free Asia, for highlighting human rights abuses in China.
Progress on battling fentanyl trafficking could be lost, and so could American lives.
Government bodies nationwide have been eager to show they are using DeepSeek’s A.I. technology since the company’s founder met with Xi Jinping, China’s leader.
El enfoque de Trump hacia los aranceles ha inquietado a muchos líderes corporativos que creían que solo los usaría como una herramienta de negociación. Resulta que él los ve como un fin en sí mismos.
The “free speech” champion Mark Zuckerberg tries to shut up a critic.
His artwork paid tribute to its surroundings, in New York City and elsewhere, rendering nature at an oversized scale that made it unmissable.
President Trump’s approach to tariffs has unsettled many corporate leaders who believed he would use the levies as a negotiating tool. As it turns out, he sees them as an end in themselves.
Beijing’s leaders are ordering fiscally strapped local governments to spend more to help workers, consumers and businesses.
Five years after the start of Covid, we still don’t know the truth.
For years, the S&P 500 soared above the stock indexes of other countries. But since Trump’s inauguration, it has fallen 6 percent and is now trailing major markets in Europe and China.
The State Department said it was “combating China’s efforts to pressure governments to forcibly return Uyghurs and other groups to China.”
Las exportaciones chinas a los mercados en desarrollo se han disparado, abriendo rutas indirectas al mercado estadounidense que a los funcionarios de Pekín les preocupa puedan cerrarse.
CK Hutchison, un conglomerado de Hong Kong, planea vender los puertos en Panamá a un grupo dirigido por BlackRock, el gigante financiero estadounidense.
Beijing sought to position itself as a key player in negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program, as President Trump called for talks with Tehran.
The Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison’s planned sale of ports in Panama to a group led by BlackRock, the American finance giant, is under fire from Beijing.
Los conductores chinos que alguna vez acudieron en masa a Tesla ahora se decantan por marcas locales que ofrecen coches más eficientes, con mejor tecnología y, a veces, a la mitad del precio.
China’s exports to developing markets have soared, opening indirect routes to the U.S. market that officials in Beijing worry may be closed under pressure from President Trump.
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El presidente ofrece razones para imponer aranceles, como los ingresos, la influencia sobre los competidores y la creación de empleo. Pero el pasado sugiere una historia más compleja.
The president offers many reasons for imposing tariffs, including revenue, leverage over competitors and job creation. But history suggests a more complex history.
People who endured the longest Covid restrictions in the world are still grappling with what they lost: their loved ones, their livelihoods, their dignity.
Elon Musk, the company’s chief executive, is fast losing out to Chinese electric carmakers in Tesla’s second-most-important market.
Companies like East Goes Global serve as social media surrogates for players, expanding their reach, creating business opportunities and pushing for All-Star votes.
The unusual deployment by three navy ships over the past month has prompted a debate in Australia about its aging fleet and reliance on the United States.
“Careless People”, las memorias de una antigua ejecutiva de Facebook, es un retrato detallado y poco favorecedor de una de las empresas más poderosas del mundo.
The World Anti-Doping Agency will report to its board that federal officials questioned one of its U.S. employees last month in the inquiry into the agency’s handling of positive tests by Chinese athletes.
Xi Jinping wants China to surpass rivals as a tech superpower, undeterred by economic woes or trade wars. Critics ask if this focus neglects struggling citizens.
El presidente de EE. UU. aseguró que los beneficios se verían a largo plazo, y que los aranceles evitarían que el país fuera “estafado”.
La medida es en respuesta a los gravámenes que anunció el presidente Donald Trump y afecta a productos como el pollo, el trigo, la soya y la fruta.
The S&P skidded 2.7 percent, amid investor fears that tit-for-tat tariffs could raise prices, slow the economy and sow uncertainty among businesses.
“Careless People,” a memoir by a former Facebook executive, portrays feckless company leaders cozying up to authoritarian regimes.
The president still believes that his protectionist trade policies will be “great for us” in the long run, but won’t rule out short-term economic pain.
Al establecer fuertes impuestos sobre alimentos de origen canadiense, Pekín busca prevenir que Canadá y México cooperen con las medidas comerciales de EE. UU.
Europe, not Canada, Mexico or China, is most vulnerable to the fallout from Donald Trump’s mercantilist policies.
The action came in response to the higher levies on Chinese imports that President Trump announced last week.
President Trump said that Americans would be better off in the long run from his tariffs, which he said would prevent the country from being “ripped off.”
El máximo responsable de Relaciones Exteriores de China, Wang Yi, caracterizó a su país como una fuerza de paz y orden, incluso cuando Pekín provoca a sus vecinos y aviva tensiones comerciales.
The electric car company led by Elon Musk builds all the cars it sells in the United States in California and Texas, shielding it from tariffs that could devastate competitors.
Beijing, which set steep duties on canola, peas and pork, wants Canada and Mexico to resist U.S. pressure to raise tariffs on Chinese goods.
The judgment was issued in a case brought by the Missouri attorney general. The Chinese government did not respond to the claims in court.
Corporate chiefs see “chaos,” and investors see red as the effect of President Trump’s shifting trade policy begins to weigh on board rooms and trading rooms.
Instead of reflexively condemning tariffs, Democrats should embrace them as part of a smarter strategy to revitalize American manufacturing.
China’s top foreign affairs official, Wang Yi, cast his country as a force for peace and order even as Beijing provokes its neighbors and fuels trade tensions.
Hay muchas personas en el país que expresan su inquietud ante lo que parece ser un giro autoritario en Estados Unidos, durante mucho tiempo su modelo de democracia.
The Taiwanese chip giant TSMC’s plan to invest $100 billion in the United States has been met with anxiety and criticism in its home country.
Hay una defensa del acercamiento de Donald Trump a Vladimir Putin, pero ignora que el presidente de Rusia no es el defensor agraviado de los intereses históricos de su país, sino un agresor que busca una ambición personal.
El martes entraron en vigor nuevos aranceles sobre productos procedentes de Canadá, México y China. Es probable que se traduzcan en precios más elevados para los estadounidenses.
People in China are expressing alarm at what looks like a familiar authoritarian turn in the United States, their longtime role model for democracy.
El presidente Trump ha ofrecido una serie de razones para trastocar las relaciones comerciales mundiales, desconcertando y enfadando a los principales socios de EE. UU.
The suspects were charged as part of what U.S. officials called a “hackers for hire” system whose primary customer was the Chinese government.
The international benchmark fell to its lowest point since 2021 after a decision by Saudi Arabia and other producers to pump more crude surprised the markets.
The accidental discovery of the woman led to a video that went viral, spurring public outrage. The Communist Party quashed the discussion, but the anger never went away.
The country’s top leaders set an optimistic growth target but gave few hints of how to achieve it as their export-led strategy is challenged by rising tariffs on Chinese goods.
In his address to Congress, the president made clear that his new trade levies were here to stay, acknowledging it might create “a little disturbance.” Analysts forecast what that might look like.
Officials in the Philippines say that President Trump will not pull back from defense commitments because Manila and Washington have a common adversary.
Mientras el gobierno chino se preocupa por el descenso de la natalidad, algunos empresarios privados han ordenado a los trabajadores que pongan de su parte.
Los recursos diseminados por la isla, especialmente las tierras raras, causan entusiasmo por su lucrativo potencial. Pero el clima extremo, los ecologistas enardecidos y otros factores moderan las esperanzas de una bonanza.
Trade wars during President Trump’s first term slashed billions of dollars in U.S. agricultural exports. Farmers and trade groups expect an even bigger hit this time.
President Trump has offered a mix of reasons for upending global trade relations, baffling and angering America’s biggest trading partners.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada warned that the Trump administration’s tariffs were leading to a trade war. Mexico’s leader vowed to impose countermeasures on Sunday.
The organizing principle of Putin’s reign has been the restoration of Soviet power at the expense of people power.
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Pekín impuso amplios aranceles a las importaciones de alimentos estadounidenses y dijo que 15 empresas estadounidenses ya no podrían comprar a China sin un permiso especial.
The decrease in fentanyl overdoses, drug policy experts have said, has more to do with public health measures than changes in border policies.
An investor group led by BlackRock will acquire two ports near the Panama Canal that are owned by CK Hutchison and have been the subject of a dispute between President Trump and Panama.
Liu, known for understated structures that respond to their surroundings, has been awarded the profession’s highest honor.
Some European executives see rising trade tensions as a potential opportunity, but they are watching warily for more moves in Washington.
Global leaders are retaliating and investors have sold off stocks in Asia and Europe.
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In a sign it is willing to go further in responding to President Trump’s tariffs, Beijing blocked more American companies from importing goods into China.
Beijing imposed broad tariffs on imports of American food and said 15 U.S. companies could no longer buy from China without special permission.
President Trump imposed hefty tariffs on the United States’ largest trading partners on Tuesday, roiling global relations and sending shock waves through industries that depend on trade.
As China’s government worries about the falling birthrate, some private employers have ordered workers to do their part, or else.
De manera cautelosa, el gobierno chino intenta averiguar qué quiere Trump. El presidente ha amenazado con aranceles significativos en respuesta a la inacción.
Tuesday night’s address will be a remarkable return to a chamber that President Trump last addressed five years ago, before voters ousted him from office.
The S&P 500 fell 1.8 percent on Monday after President Trump doubled down on plans to impose 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico starting Tuesday.
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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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.