China Politics

China has criticized President Joe Biden’s statement that American forces would defend Taiwan if Beijing tries to invade as a violation of U.S. commitments about the self-ruled island.

A possible visit by the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives to Taiwan that has fueled tension with Beijing, which claims the island democracy as its own territory.

The founder of Hayman Capital Management took a different view than BlackRock’s Larry Fink on the future of the idea of an interconnected global economy.

More Chinese people wanted to save in the first quarter, rather than spend or invest their money, according to a People’s Bank of China survey.

Beijing is expected to continue doing business with Russia but is unlikely to support Moscow militarily, says Li Daokui, former advisor to China’s central bank.

While China tries to shake off omicron, the country’s zero-Covid policy sets small businesses up for a third year of stop-and-start uncertainty.

European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are speaking Friday with China’s Prime Minister Li Keqiang and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Manufacturing growth in China is slowing, while retail businesses are struggling as Covid-related restrictions take their toll, according to China Beige Book.

The operator of Domino’s Pizza stores in China, DPC Dash, applied Monday to go public on the Hong Kong stock exchange, according to an online filing.

Hong Kong intends to ease a travel ban on flights from nine countries, including the U.S. and U.K. and Australia from April 1.

Huawei’s business has been hurt by U.S. sanctions, which have sought to cut it off from key software and components like semiconductors.

China’s biggest city of Shanghai began a two-stage lockdown Monday as authorities try to control the country’s worst Covid-19 outbreak since the pandemic began.

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s “no limits” strategic bromance with Russian President Vladimir Putin marks the most dangerous gamble of his nine years in power.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday said she does not believe the U.S. should impose sanctions on China as a partner to Russia.

In a visit shrouded in secrecy, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi flew to India and met his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar for three-hour-long talks on Friday.

As mainland China battles its worst Covid-19 outbreak since early 2020, local governments increasingly say the new omicron BA.2 variant is to blame.

Duterte’s presidency marked a dramatic shift in the Philippines’ foreign policy when he declared a “separation” from the U.S. and sought closer ties with China.

“Oil reserves have defined geopolitics for the last five decades. Where the fabs [factories] are for a digital future is more important,” Intel’s Pat Gelsinger told CNBC.

One of the two black boxes containing data from Monday’s plane crash has been found, Chinese state media said Wednesday.

More than 24 hours after a China Eastern Airlines Boeing flight crashed with 132 people on board, authorities said they aren’t much closer to understanding why.