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Why China’s rare earth exports are a key issue in trade tensions with US

Beijing has a virtual monopoly on supply of the critical minerals used to make everything from cars to wind turbines.

Al Jazeera

Trump’s ‘done deal’ with China just brings tariffs back to Liberation Day levels

The U.S.-China trade war appears to be on pause—again.

Fortune

Critical minerals give China an edge in trade negotiations

U.S. President Donald Trump wants China to lift restrictions on exporting rare earths and other critical minerals that Beijing imposed as part of a yearslong trade war

The Independent UK

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Pork, electric vehicles, and diplomatic reset: EU-China trade fight heats up

A new wave of trade tensions is unfolding between the European Union and China, just weeks ahead of a pivotal summit in Beijing set for mid-July 2025.

Euronews

Human-sized Labubu doll sells for staggering amount at auction

The Beijing auction house raised a total of 3.73 million yuan (£384,000) across 48 lots

The Independent UK

Trump–Xi call boosts Chinese president’s tough man image — and may have handed him the upper hand in future talks

On June 5, U.S. President Donald Trump held a phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping. It marked the first direct conversation between the two leaders since Trump began his second term — and the first since tensions sharply escalated in 2025’s U.S.-China trade war.

The Conversation

China’s carmakers are resorting to tricks to inflate their vehicle sales and Beijing has had enough

Beijing warned the practice of selling new cars with zero miles at a sharp discount in the used car market is just the latest example of the auto industry's race to the bottom.

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Filipino forces and villagers struggle to live in China's shadow in disputed waters

Filipino forces and villagers have been struggling to live in Beijing's shadow in the disputed South China while fighting isolation on remote islands

The Independent UK

Asian shares rally ahead of US-China trade talks

Asian stock markets have advanced ahead of the second round of trade talks between Washington and Beijing, following a solid report on the U.S. job market

The Independent UK

Chinese hackers and user lapses turn smartphones into a 'mobile security crisis'

Hackers tied to China's government have tried repeatedly to access the phones of prominent Americans, part of Beijing's sprawling cyberespionage efforts

The Independent UK

U.S., Chinese officials to meet in London next week for new round of trade talks

Senior U.S. administration officials will meet with a Chinese delegation on Monday in London for the next round of trade negotiations between Washington and Beijing, President Donald Trump said Friday

The Independent UK

China's Panchen Lama pledges loyalty to the Communist Party in a meeting with Xi

State media in China says that the man picked by Beijing as the second highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism has pledged adherence to the ruling Communist Party during a rare face-to-face meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping

The Independent UK

Beijing builds toward ‘regional propaganda monopoly’ after Trump administration guts U.S.-backed Asian news services

Winning the information war by forfeit.

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Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong charged under Beijing-imposed security law for second time

Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong has been charged with conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security under a Beijing-imposed law that critics say has crushed Hong Kong's once-thriving pro-democracy movement

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US declines to label China a currency manipulator, but blasts its transparency policies

The U.S. declined to label China a currency manipulator in a new Treasury report, but accuses Beijing of standing out among America’s major trading partners for lacking transparency

Al Jazeera

Beijing warns the EU to stop ‘provoking trouble’ in the South China Sea

The warning from China’s embassy in the Philippines follows criticism from a top EU official about Beijing’s conduct.

Evening Standard

Value of Stormont Executive’s office in Beijing questioned

The Executive also has bureaus in Washington DC and Brussels.

Fortune

Markets shrug off doubled U.S. steel tariffs and Trump complaints of Xi being 'hard to make a deal with'

“I like President Xi of China...but he is very tough, and extremely hard to make a deal with!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

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Voices: Tiananmen massacre: It’s time to wake up and stand up to the butchers of Beijing

COMMENT: On the 36th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, Benedict Rogers says that the question is not whether China has changed – it hasn’t – but whether the free world has the courage to wake up and act on its morals

The Independent UK

Trump is ‘obsessed’ about having a call with China’s Xi this week to hammer out trade deal, insiders reveal

A person familiar with the matter reportedly said the administration is “under a lot of pressure” following China’s critical minerals blockade

Fortune

Trump isn’t Beijing’s only trade headache, as the EU targets Chinese medical devices

Chinese companies are now blocked from bidding for public procurement tenders for medical devices for contracts valued over $5.7 million.

The Conversation

Robots run out of energy long before they run out of work to do − feeding them could change that

Earlier this year, a robot completed a half-marathon in Beijing in just under 2 hours and 40 minutes. That’s slower than the human winner, who clocked in at just over an hour – but it’s still a remarkable feat. Many recreational runners would be proud of that time. The robot…

The Independent UK

Australia demands China explain ‘biggest military build-up since Second World War’

Defence minister says recent Chinese military drill near Australia was ‘disruptive’ but ultimately ‘in accordance with international law’

Fortune

Stock markets dip as Beijing blasts Trump's ‘bogus charges’ that it’s violating the Geneva trade agreement

The U.S. and China are accusing each other of undermining an uneasy truce in their trade.

Euronews

China accuses US of violating trade truce and vows firm retaliation

Beijing’s remarks came after US President Donald Trump said on Friday that China had “totally violated” the agreement.

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