The Latest Breaking News from China

Thanks to new techniques, some Chinese companies say they can recover 99.6% of the key battery materials like nickel, cobalt and manganese.

In a tense context for European companies, European Commissioner for Trade Maroš Šefčovič held a phone call on Tuesday with his Chinese counterpart Commerce Minister Wang Wentao over rare earth export restrictions.

The ‘996’ work schedule is gaining traction in the U.S. AI sector, even though it has been banned in China

China is one of the key markets for Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) moving forward. With fears of tariff pressure from China and the United States, the technology giant now faces a new antitrust suit in China that could slow down its progress in the region.

The iPhone 17 is selling well, research suggests, while the iPhone Air isn’t nearly as popular.

Chinese automaker Chery is gearing up for a fight with CATL and BYD in the solid-state battery race.

The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is up by +0.30% at a four-session high. The dollar is moving higher today on weakness in the yen, which has fallen to a one-week low against the dollar, as expectations rise that new Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi will maintain an expansionary fiscal policy....

“Higher business uncertainty in the U.S. is also pushing gold prices up,” according to Apollo chief economist Torsten Slok.

China is tightening its grip on rare-earth exports in a high-stakes economic play, threatening global supply chains in sectors like technology, defense and semiconductors, yet analysts warn the move could backfire by accelerating diversification efforts and provoking harsher U.S. tariff retaliation.