Day: September 25, 2025

Chinese Premier Li Qiang met with US business, academic and civic leaders on Thursday in New York, urging them to use their influence to help improve troubled relations between the two economic giants. Advertisement Speaking on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly at a private meeting, Li said bilateral ties needed to be actively fostered. Their “steady development requires our two governments to work in the same direction,” said Li, addressing representatives from the National Committee on US-China Relations and the US-China Business Council. “These are all very important…

The Trump administration pressed Argentina on Wednesday to dismantle its currency swap arrangement with China, tying future financial support to President Javier Milei’s willingness to distance his government from Beijing during a week of high-stakes diplomacy at the United Nations General Assembly. Advertisement The demand, first reported by the local newspaper Clarín and confirmed by the Post on Thursday, was delivered in meetings between the two delegations in New York, where senior US officials made clear that Washington expected Buenos Aires to reduce reliance on Chinese credit lines. They argued…

From funding Intel to eyeing a potential stake in Lithium Americas, the United States is increasingly wielding the government’s “visible hand” in its once-celebrated free market – a strategy long associated with China. Advertisement Analysts said Washington’s recent embrace of industrial policy – though limited to certain strategic sectors, such as semiconductors and critical minerals – reflects growing concern over the vulnerability of global supply chains amid rising US-China competition. “I believe the US government is trying to take a leaf out of China’s playbook,” said Brian Wong, a fellow…

Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Southern China cleans up after lashing from Super Typhoon Ragasa Workers cut and remove a fallen tree following the passage of Super Typhoon Ragasa in Yangjiang, Guangdong province, on Thursday. Photo: AFP Ragasa made landfall at Yangjiang, in western Guangdong, at around 5pm on Wednesday, bringing heavy rain and strong winds that caused flooding and disrupted transport in cities across the province. On Thursday,…

Advertisement The models unveiled at an event in Beijing were the standard Xiaomi 17 and flagship models, the Xiaomi 17 Pro and Pro Max – all of which run Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor. The standard Xiaomi 17 model starts at 4,499 yuan (US$632), while the 17 Pro and Pro Max models – both of which feature a back screen to display images or notifications – cost 4,999 yuan and 5,999 yuan, respectively. Xiaomi’s latest devices show the company’s sharpened focus to compete in premium-priced smartphones, handsets that…