Day: September 26, 2025

China launches sweeping probe into Mexican tariffs as trade war widens

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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Chinese trade myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. China has launched a sweeping probe into Mexico’s imposition of tariffs and other trade restrictions on its exports, as the global fallout from US President Donald Trump’s trade war widens. The investigation, which was accompanied by an anti-dumping probe into Mexican pecan nut exports to China, marked one of Beijing’s most significant actions to deter third countries from co-operating with Washington’s efforts to curb Chinese trade. China’s commerce ministry said…

South China Sea tensions downplayed as Manila warmly farewells Beijing envoy

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Beijing and Manila struck a rare conciliatory tone, downplaying their simmering maritime tensions in the South China Sea during a farewell meeting on Thursday between President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr and outgoing Chinese envoy Huang Xilian. Advertisement The South China Sea issues “are not the sum total” of relations between the two neighbours, the Philippine leader told Huang, according to a statement from the Presidential Communications Office. Chinese ambassador Huang Xilian and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr in Manila on Thursday. Photo: Handout “Let us not allow these differences to define…

Fujian carrier’s landmark jet launch, influencer marries fan: 7 highlights

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We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Landmark launch for China’s J-35 stealth jet from Fujian aircraft carrier China’s third aircraft carrier, the Fujian, has used its advanced electromagnetic catapults to launch all three types of fixed-wing aircraft developed for the vessel, passing another major test before commissioning. 2. Hong Kong back…

Diamonds, handbags and a peace park: South Korea’s Unification Church drawn into bribery scandal

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One week before South Korea’s presidential election in 2022, about 120 high-ranking officials from the Unification Church gathered at a Seoul hotel where the group’s leader Han Hak-ja declared her support for conservative candidate Yoon Suk Yeol. That endorsement formed part of what prosecutors said was a “systemic intervention” in South Korean politics by the wealthy and powerful church, which has become ensnared in a corruption investigation centred on Yoon’s wife, the country’s former first lady Kim Keon Hee. The church’s ties with Yoon, who was impeached and removed from…