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The Latest Breaking News from Beijing

Beijing attacks JD Vance’s ‘Chinese peasants’ remark in tariffs interview

Chinese foreign ministry calls comments by US vice-president ‘ignorant and disrespectful’

The Guardian - UK

‘Fight to the end’: Are the US and China rushing into a trade war?

China seems prepared for a showdown even as other countries scramble to re-negotiate new tariffs with Washington.

Al Jazeera

As China and the US spar, countries brainstorm over how to cope with the trade war

As President Donald Trump and China spar over tariff hikes and other retaliatory moves, governments elsewhere are brainstorming over strategies for coping with the trade war between the world’s top two economies

The Independent UK

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How China plans to bounce back from Trump’s tariffs

A meeting between Xi Jinping and 40 leaders of multinational companies reveals Beijing’s larger plan to sustain economic growth

The Independent UK

China vows to fight Trump tariffs to the end with more ‘strong measures’ to come

Beijing calls US president’s threat to impose yet more tariffs ‘a mistake on top of a mistake’

The Independent UK

Trump discusses ‘major’ tariffs on pharma imports at Republican dinner – as it happened

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The Guardian - US

Philippines Adds Speedy Warship To Maritime Arsenal

The Philippines took possession of the first of two corvette-class warships with "advanced weapons and radar systems" on Tuesday as it faces growing pressure from Beijing in the disputed South China Sea.

International Business Times

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Beijing vows to 'fight to the end' as Trump threatens 50% more tariffs

In response to Trump’s threat of an additional 50% in tariffs, China vowed to “fight to the end” while stepping in to stabilise its stock markets following a sharp plunge. Broader markets rebounded on dip-buying as investors await developments in trade negotiations.

Euronews

Asian Markets Stage Mild Rebound But Trump Tariff Uncertainty Reigns

Asian markets battled Tuesday to recover from the previous day's tariff-fuelled collapse, though Donald Trump's warning of more measures against China and Beijing's vow to fight "to the end" raised concerns the trade war could worsen.

International Business Times

Wall Street dives as hopes wane for tariff delays – as it happened

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The Guardian - UK

Trump threatens additional 50% tariffs on China over retaliatory levies

President poised to further impose taxes after Beijing announced a 34% tariff on US imports as global markets fall

The Guardian - US

China accuses US of 'economic bullying' as tariff dispute escalates

Beijing matched the 34% tariff rate and imposed countermeasures, including export restrictions on rare earth minerals and suspensions of select US agricultural imports.

Euronews

'Everyone Is Losing Money': Hong Kong Investors Rattled By Market Rout

Hong Kong small-time investors were left reeling on Monday as US President Donald Trump's punishing tariffs and Beijing's retaliation saw the city's stock market suffer its worst day in almost three decades.

International Business Times

China Vows To Stay 'Safe And Promising Land' For Foreign Investment

A top Chinese official has vowed to protect US firms and pledged his country will remain a "promising land" for foreign investment, Beijing said Monday, after it slapped 34 percent tariffs on US imports.

International Business Times

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Asian markets go into a 2008-style freefall, after Trump calls his tariffs needed ‘medicine’ for the U.S.

“I don’t want anything to go down, but sometimes you have to take medicine to fix something,” Trump told reporters on Sunday.

International Business Times

China Would Have Agreed TikTok Deal If Not For US Tariffs: Trump

US President Donald Trump said Sunday that China would have agreed to a deal on the sale of TikTok if it were not for the tariffs imposed by Washington on Beijing last week.

The Guardian - UK

The big picture: Clark Winter on the road in Beijing

The American photographer captured life behind the wheel across the US and elsewhere over three decades, using a vehicle’s angles to frame the world outside

The Independent UK

‘The police were scared there would be riots’: When Wham! took Western pop to China

IN FOCUS : The CIA wanted them to spy as well as perform. The Communist Party insisted that fans were not to dance to them or learn their ways. Forty years ago, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley were the first Western band to tour China – Mark Beaumont revisits an…

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The Guardian - UK

China needs friends in Trump’s trade war. But Xi may have to go it alone

Beijing has launched a charm offensive with other countries as US tariffs tighten. If they can’t be won over, it may have no choice but to stimulate its vast domestic market

The Independent UK

A timeline of US-China tit-for-tat tariffs since Trump's first term

China is retaliating in a determined and at times highly detailed manner to U.S. President Donald Trump’s new tariffs, with a 34% tax on all U.S. imports next week

International Business Times

Cambodia Hails Opening Of Naval Base Renovated By China

Cambodia's leader Hun Manet said Saturday there was "nothing to hide" as he inaugurated a naval base renovated in recent years by China, after Washington had voiced concern over Beijing's role in the upgrades.

International Business Times

US Soybeans, Energy: Who Is Hit By China's Tariff Retaliation?

US agricultural exports, fuels and manufactured goods are set to take a hit from China's blanket retaliation against President Donald Trump's sharp tariffs, with both sets of measures due to take effect next week.

International Business Times

Trump Tariffs Offer Opportunity For China

In unleashing global tariffs, President Donald Trump has vowed to remake the world to benefit US workers.

The Guardian - UK

China hits back hard at ‘bullying’ Trump tariffs as global recession fears grow

Beijing imposes punitive 34% extra tariffs on all goods imported from US, exacerbating stock market sell-off

International Business Times

Trump Goads China After Beijing Retaliates In Global Trade War

President Donald Trump goaded a "panicked" China on Friday after the chief US economic rival retaliated against his tariffs and he dismissed stock market panic over the growing global trade war, touting the chance to "get rich."

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