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US-China tech war
China’s lagging basic research calls for core tech pivot, economic adviser urges
Wang Yiming says Beijing must innovate from the ground up to create deterrents against foreign supply cuts, citing missed R&D spending target.
30 Dec 2025 - 3:12PM
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US Federal Reserve
Trump says preferred Fed pick is ready, again teases firing Powell
30 Dec 2025 - 4:38PM
US-China relations
Deal breaker? Record Taiwan arms deal complicates Trump’s 2026 Beijing visit
27 Dec 2025 - 7:52AM
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US-China trade war
US labels Chinese chips an economic threat, but delays tariff impact until 2027
Timeline reflects effort to preserve trade truce with Beijing rather than build leverage through faster import duty escalation, analysts say.
24 Dec 2025 - 5:23AM
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The USTR said China’s industrial plans target “every major segment of the semiconductor supply chain,” including fabrication, design, assembly, testing and packaging. Photo: Shutterstock
US-China trade war
‘Bad policy’: China’s drone makers to shrug off US ban, analysts say
The addition of foreign drone makers, including those from China, to a US trade blacklist is unlikely to heat up relations, observers said.
24 Dec 2025 - 4:28AM
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US-China trade war
US adds new models of China’s DJI and all other foreign drones to its blacklist
The FCC move, which does not affect existing DJI models, is a significant escalation in Washington’s battle to crack down on Chinese drones.
23 Dec 2025 - 8:54AM
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Nvidia
Lawmakers want US to disclose any approvals of Nvidia H200 China licences
Democrats Elizabeth Warren and Gregory Meeks also asked for an assessment of the military potential of the AI chips approved for export.
23 Dec 2025 - 3:44AM
Nvidia’s logo. Photo: Reuters / Dado Ruvic / Illustration/ / File Photo
China-South Korea relations
Blackpink for Ayumi? Why China may reward South Korea’s soft stance on Japan row
Beijing is reviving stalled trade talks with Seoul as the Lee administration breaks with Tokyo on Taiwan, and analysts say Chinese market access could be the geopolitical prize.
22 Dec 2025 - 10:44AM
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United States
Are Trump loyalists struggling in US rural heartland ready to say ‘enough’?
Hammered by crippling costs and precious revenue lost to China, Midwest farmers’ loyalty to the US president will be tested in 2026 midterms.
21 Dec 2025 - 7:35AM
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Semiconductors
US launches review of Nvidia’s H200 chip sales to China: sources
The inter-agency licensing review involves the US departments of Commerce, State, Energy and Defence.
19 Dec 2025 - 3:35PM
US-China relations
China cuts US Treasury holdings to lowest level since 2008
The stockpile has now fallen to nearly half its November 2013 peak, financial data shows, as long-term sell-off continues.
19 Dec 2025 - 1:09PM
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China is now in third place among foreign US Treasury holders, behind Japan and the United Kingdom. Photo: dpa
US-China relations
US arms deal supports Taiwan’s effort to reassure Trump on defence burden
Weapons package underpins Taipei’s move towards an asymmetric ‘porcupine’ strategy as Washington presses allies to do more.
19 Dec 2025 - 10:30AM
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US-China trade war
Trump signs defence bill restricting investment in Chinese tech, military firms
Key provisions target contracts with Chinese biotech companies and outbound investment in technologies with military applications in China.
19 Dec 2025 - 2:54PM
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US-China trade war
TikTok reaches deal on new US venture with American investor group
The deal was signed on Thursday, with the landmark move ending years of legal and political uncertainty.
19 Dec 2025 - 11:23PM
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US-China trade war
China reportedly sticking to its soybean deal with US, but worries remain
Beijing secures 7 million tonnes of soybeans, passing halfway mark of its US purchase agreement. However, little has been shipped so far.
19 Dec 2025 - 10:36AM
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China secures 7 million tonnes of soybeans, passing halfway mark of its US purchase agreement. Photo: The Minnesota Star Tribune/TNS
US-China relations
US highlights Panama security ties as China-linked canal ports deal stalls
US envoy’s coastguard visit near Panama comes as Beijing presses for Cosco control and Washington pushes back.
19 Dec 2025 - 4:59AM
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China food security
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What does future hold for Brazil, US in China’s soybean balancing act?
The two countries remain top suppliers, but efforts to promote self-sufficiency are set to reduce reliance on imports.
18 Dec 2025 - 1:12AM
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China trade
China bets big on copper processing, but ‘weaponisation’ risks are low: analysts
Beijing views copper as critical for EVs and AI, but a reliance on imported ore limits China’s ability to use the strategic metal as leverage.
17 Dec 2025 - 6:00PM
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A coil of copper rod sits on the production line for copper flat wire at a factory in China’s Jiangxi province in August. Photo: Reuters
US-China trade war
Surviving the shocks: what China and the US learned from 2025’s trade war
Businesses and officials faced a year of disruption – and in some cases, resilience – as tariffs and export controls roiled global markets.
17 Dec 2025 - 8:07AM
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Artificial intelligence
Sea change: China narrows AI gap with US 3 years after ChatGPT shock
The turning point came when DeepSeek released its V3 and R1 models, which were on par with OpenAI’s GPT and Meta’s Llama models at the time.
14 Dec 2025 - 12:57AM
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US-China trade war
China-free supply chain? US firm has a rare earth strategy – but can it work?
Backed by Washington, REalloys seeks to break dependence on China but says achieving fully self-sufficient supply chain will take time.
12 Dec 2025 - 10:30PM
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China trade
China’s food-security push to slash soy imports by two-thirds: Goldman Sachs
Beijing is lowering feed content and making related advancements that analysts say could reduce China’s foreign-soybean dependence dramatically within a decade.
12 Dec 2025 - 11:00AM
Soybeans are loaded into a truck in August so they can be hauled to an elevator in the US state of Illinois. Photo: TNS
China-India relations
Trump, Modi have ‘warm’ phone call – but 2025 unlikely to end with a trade deal
Even after calls for India to contribute more in the Indo-Pacific to counter China and deepen defence ties, Trump refuses to budge on trade concessions.
12 Dec 2025 - 7:07AM
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US-China trade war
China may buy Nvidia’s H200 – but homegrown chip strategy here to stay: analysts
Despite Trump easing curbs, domestic chipmakers expected to remain central to Beijing’s tech ambitions.
11 Dec 2025 - 9:00PM
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Cryptocurrency
Bitcoin drops below US$90,000 as AI worries sour risk appetite
The fall signals renewed market jitters after the historic crypto crash in October.
11 Dec 2025 - 4:03PM
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