The Latest Breaking News from Beijing

The PBOC slashes banks’ forex risk reserve ratio to zero, Apple plans product launches, and Beijing prepares for major political and bond-market events

Sources told Reuters that some U.S. chipmaking firms are running low on scandium — a crucial rare earth material for making 5G chips — as they suffer delays from acquiring export licenses from Beijing.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang on Wednesday to deepen ties between two of the world's leading economies.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Wednesday called for closer cooperation with China while pressing for fairer trade rules and urging Beijing to use its influence to help end the war in Ukraine.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will visit China as Germany worries about rising Chinese competition and Beijing’s stance on Ukraine

China has put 20 Japanese companies on an export control list and 20 others on a watchlist, as tensions continue over the Japanese leader’s previous comments on Taiwan, the self-governed island Beijing claims as its own

A US official has presented evidence of a secret Chinese nuclear test, raising tensions in global arms control discussions.

A U.S. official focusing on arms control has provided what he called new, declassified details of a Chinese underground nuclear test nearly six years ago

Washington has accused Beijing of a rapid, secret nuclear build-up, urging China's inclusion in future arms control talks. Citing China's expanding arsenal and fissile material production, the US believes a new treaty is necessary following New START's lapse. This development raises concerns about a potential arms race, with the US…