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US President Donald Trump will meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in South Korea on 30 October on the sidelines of a summit in Asia, the White House has confirmed. The meeting between Xi and Trump has been in the works for weeks but was called into question as tensions between the world’s two largest economies continued to rise. It will be the first face-to-face meeting for both leaders since Trump’s return to office. Trump has threatened to impose an extra 100% tariff on Chinese goods from November if China…

China’s economic growth slowed in the three months to the end of September as trade tensions with the US flared up. The world’s second-largest economy grew by 4.8% compared to the same period in 2024, its weakest pace in a year, official figures released on Monday show. The data comes after China imposed sweeping controls on its exports of rare earths – minerals essential for the global production of electronics, a move that rocked its fragile trade truce with the US. The third quarter gross domestic product (GDP) growth will…

A cargo plane has skidded off a runway at Hong Kong International Airport and landed in the sea, killing at least one person, local media have reported. The Emirates flight, operating as Aerotranscargo, was arriving from Dubai just before 04:00 local time when it hit a vehicle on the north runway, local media reports. Four crew members on board have been rescued and taken to hospital, but two ground staff “fell into the sea”, a statement from the Civil Aviation department says. Their condition is unclear. The affected runway is…

Chen Ning Yang, Nobel laureate and one of the world’s most influential physicists, has died at the age of 103, according to Chinese state media. An obituary released by CCTV cited illness as the cause of death. Yang and fellow theoretical physicist, Lee Tsung-Dao, were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1957 for their work in parity laws, which led to important discoveries regarding elementary particles – the building blocks of matter. Yang was also a professor at Beijing’s prestigious Tsinghua University and an honorary dean of the…

It’s known to be China’s biggest online shopping event – taking place on 11 November each year. But this year, Single’s Day sales have already begun in mid-October, as part of efforts by Chinese retailers to boost spending in a sluggish market. China has been plagued with issues like growing youth unemployment , a prolonged property crisis, steep government debt and an ongoing trade war with the US – all of which is making the country’s consumers cut back on spending. The Chinese government has been spending billions – through…

The US has called for the release of 30 leaders of one of China’s largest underground church network who were reportedly detained over the weekend in overnight raids in various cities. The list includes several pastors and Zion Church founder Jin Mingri who was arrested in the early hours of Saturday after 10 officers searched his home, said US-based non-profit ChinaAid. The Chinese Communist Party promotes atheism and tightly controls religion – still, some Christian groups are calling this the most extensive crackdown against the faith in decades. Christians have…

Donald Trump’s latest threat to impose an additional 100% tariff on Chinese goods is “a typical example of US double standards”, China’s government has said. A commerce ministry spokesperson also said China could introduce its own unspecified “countermeasures” if the US president carries out his threat, adding it was “not afraid” of a possible trade war. On Friday, Trump hit back at Beijing’s move to tighten its rules for rare earths exports, accusing it of “becoming very hostile” and trying to hold the world “captive”. He also threatened to pull…

The Dutch government said on Sunday that it had taken the “highly exceptional” decision to intervene at Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia over a potential “risk to Dutch and European economic security.” The Netherlands-based firm’s owner Wingtech said on Monday that it will take actions to protect its rights and will seek government support. The development threatens to raise tensions between the European Union and China, which have increased in recent months over trade and Beijing’s relationship with Russia. Nexperia was forced to sell its silicon chip plant in Newport, Wales after…

China has tightened its rules on the export of rare earths – the elements that are crucial to the manufacture of many high-tech products. New regulations announced by the country’s Ministry of Commerce formalise existing rules on processing technology and unauthorised overseas cooperation. China is also likely to block exports to foreign arms manufacturers and some semiconductor firms. Rare earth exports are a key sticking point in the months-long negotiations between Beijing and Washington over trade and tariffs. The announcement comes as China’s President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart…

Watch: We told China that Australia is our ‘partner of choice’, says Papua New Guinea PM Australia will gain access to Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) military facilities and troops under a new deal that will see both nations come to each other’s defence if either is under attack. Australia’s leader Anthony Albanese and his PNG counterpart James Marape signed the security pact in Canberra on Monday. It comes as China’s influence in the Pacific grows. But Marape said the pact was not born out of geopolitics “but out of geography,…