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China needs to take a long-term view and let the renminbi rise
12:00:32 Jun 23 2025
The writer is an economist and also sits on the board of the Bank of China (UK). He writes in a personal capacityChina faces......
Gerard Lyons
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Chinese factories rush to reduce reliance on Donald Trump’s US
12:00:07 Jun 22 2025
Chinese manufacturers are racing to find buyers at home and abroad as trade tensions with the US threaten their single largest......
Ryan McMorrow and Nian Liu in Zhejiang and William Langley in Guangzhou
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China’s bet on Iranian oil and Middle East influence turns sour
12:00:17 Jun 20 2025
Israel’s attacks on Iran threaten to cut China off from critical oil trading partners, highlighting its need for greater......
Edward White in Shanghai
Economy
Labubu: the tiny elf doll driving China’s most valuable toy company
09:20:51 Jun 20 2025
A furry elf doll has turned a Chinese group into one of the world’s most valuable toy companies, triggering in-store fights......
William Langley in Guangzhou and Thomas Hale and Wang Xueqiao in Shanghai
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China needs to take a long-term view and let the renminbi rise
12:00:32 Jun 23 2025
The writer is an economist and also sits on the board of the Bank of China (UK). He writes in a personal capacityChina faces......
Gerard Lyons
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Chinese factories rush to reduce reliance on Donald Trump’s US
12:00:07 Jun 22 2025
Chinese manufacturers are racing to find buyers at home and abroad as trade tensions with the US threaten their single largest......
Ryan McMorrow and Nian Liu in Zhejiang and William Langley in Guangzhou
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Economy
Trade
China’s bet on Iranian oil and Middle East influence turns sour
12:00:17 Jun 20 2025
Israel’s attacks on Iran threaten to cut China off from critical oil trading partners, highlighting its need for greater......
Edward White in Shanghai
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Donald Trump plans to delay TikTok ban for a third time
07:12:32 Jun 18 2025
The White House has said it will allow TikTok to continue operations in the US for another 90 days, extending a deadline......
Alex Rogers and Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington and Hannah Murphy in San Francisco
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Donald Trump accuses China of violating US tariff truce
16:01:44 May 30 2025
Donald Trump has accused China of violating its two-week-old tariff truce with the US, threatening to reignite the trade......
Joe Leahy in Beijing
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Prague blames Beijing for cyber attack on foreign ministry
22:14:38 May 28 2025
Prague said on Wednesday that state-sponsored Chinese hackers had targeted its foreign ministry’s unclassified communications......
Raphael Minder in Warsaw and Henry Foy in Brussels
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China’s He Lifeng: Xi Jinping’s ally leading trade talks with US
12:05:20 May 09 2025
In Donald Trump’s first term, US trade negotiators encountered a familiar interlocutor in China: Liu He, a Harvard-educated......
Edward White in Shanghai and Joe Leahy in Beijing
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US and China to launch formal trade talks
06:42:59 May 07 2025
Washington and Beijing will this week hold their first trade talks since US President Donald Trump launched a trade war against......
Demetri Sevastopulo and Aime Williams in Washington and Ryan McMorrow in Beijing
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Tariffs are a bet on the free market rather than free trade
22:39:42 May 12 2025
The writer is an FT contributing editor, chief economist at American Compass and writes the Understanding America newsletter......
Oren Cass
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Trump’s China deal leaves world exposed to trade policy lottery
19:36:28 May 12 2025
Well, that didn’t take long. And there was me thinking that China’s resistance to being bounced into a deal — including the......
Alan Beattie
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China and US agree to slash tariffs
15:09:24 May 12 2025
The US and China have agreed a ceasefire in their trade war, fuelling a global market rally over hopes the deal will contain......
Joe Leahy in Beijing, Demetri Sevastopulo and Aime Williams in Washington and Mercedes Ruehl in Zurich
Economy
How Xi sparked China’s electricity revolution
12:00:21 May 12 2025
When Xi Jinping took over the leadership of the Chinese Communist party in late 2012 he quickly identified a national security......
Nassos Stylianou and Jana Tauschinski in London and Edward White in Shanghai
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China’s bet on Iranian oil and Middle East influence turns sour
12:00:17 Jun 20 2025
Israel’s attacks on Iran threaten to cut China off from critical oil trading partners, highlighting its need for greater......
Edward White in Shanghai
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Donald Trump plans to delay TikTok ban for a third time
07:12:32 Jun 18 2025
The White House has said it will allow TikTok to continue operations in the US for another 90 days, extending a deadline......
Alex Rogers and Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington and Hannah Murphy in San Francisco
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Trade war looms over voices of global business in China
07:01:13 Jun 18 2025
At the American Chamber of Commerce’s 110th anniversary ball in Shanghai this month, there were few initial signs that the......
Thomas Hale
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China demands sensitive information for rare earth exports, companies warn
12:00:52 Jun 12 2025
Western companies say China is demanding sensitive business information to secure rare earths and magnets, raising concerns......
Ryan McMorrow and Joe Leahy in Beijing and Kana Inagaki in London
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China needs to take a long-term view and let the renminbi rise
12:00:32 Jun 23 2025
The writer is an economist and also sits on the board of the Bank of China (UK). He writes in a personal capacityChina faces......
Gerard Lyons
Business
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Chinese factories rush to reduce reliance on Donald Trump’s US
12:00:07 Jun 22 2025
Chinese manufacturers are racing to find buyers at home and abroad as trade tensions with the US threaten their single largest......
Ryan McMorrow and Nian Liu in Zhejiang and William Langley in Guangzhou
Business
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Economy
Donald Trump plans to delay TikTok ban for a third time
07:12:32 Jun 18 2025
The White House has said it will allow TikTok to continue operations in the US for another 90 days, extending a deadline......
Alex Rogers and Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington and Hannah Murphy in San Francisco
Business
Politics & Policy
Economy
Trade war looms over voices of global business in China
07:01:13 Jun 18 2025
At the American Chamber of Commerce’s 110th anniversary ball in Shanghai this month, there were few initial signs that the......
Thomas Hale