Month: September 2025

As China drafts its 15th five-year plan – the next entry in a line of expansive blueprints that have set the tone for the country’s development over more than seven decades – we examine how these documents inform and reflect high-level policy priorities, what to expect in the coming iteration and how fine-tuning supply chains would work to China’s advantage. Advertisement For more stories in this ongoing series, click here. On paper, when Apple unveiled its latest flagship smartphone earlier this month, all US-bound models of the iPhone 17 were…

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US President Donald Trump on Thursday declared that a deal for TikTok satisfied the requirements of the US’ sale-or-ban law for the Chinese-owned short-video app, punctuating months of deliberations and years of angst in Washington over the app’s security implications. Advertisement “We have very good controls,” Trump said at the Oval Office on Thursday while signing an executive order on TikTok’s US operations, adding that Chinese President Xi Jinping had given him the “go ahead” on a deal in their call last week. Speaking at the Oval Office alongside Trump,…

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…