The Latest Breaking News from Beijing

Chinese restrictions could affect more than a dozen defence and aerospace firms and give Beijing ‘crucial advantage’

Xi’s visit to Malaysia is part of a regional diplomatic charm tour amid stinging US tariffs.

Chinese President Xi Jinping met Malaysia's king on Wednesday in a state visit analysts said was aimed at burnishing Beijing's credentials as a reliable partner and "not a hegemon".

Li Chenggang, a former assistant commerce minister, will replace Wang Shouwen as trade tensions heat up between Beijing and Washington.

The US President has ordered a probe into potential new tariffs on all US critical minerals imports

China told Washington on Wednesday to "stop threatening and blackmailing" after US President Donald Trump said it was up to Beijing to come to the negotiating table to discuss ending their trade war.

China Daily, the Communist party’s English-language mouthpiece, says US ‘has been living beyond its means for decades’

Forecast-beating growth in China's first quarter may have offered Beijing's economic planners some much needed good news -- but analysts warn they should strap in for tariff-induced woes further down the line.

Beijing expects Trump tariffs to put ‘certain pressures’ on its trade and economy

US President Donald Trump has launched an investigation into critical minerals, signalling further tariffs in the natural resources sector. The move follows Beijing’s announcement of export restrictions on rare earths, marking an escalation in the trade war between the world’s two largest economies.

"The ball is in China's court. China needs to make a deal with us. We don't have to make a deal with them," said a statement from Trump read out by Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. "There's no difference between China and any other country except they are much larger," she…