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Was Yu Menglong's Body Secretly Preserved? Shocking Report Links Late Actor to Beijing Art Museum Scandal

The death of Chinese actor Yu Menglong is shrouded in mystery. While the official cause is a fall, shocking reports allege his body was secretly taken to a Beijing art museum for a bizarre preservation process.

International Business Times UK

I Deliver Parcels in Beijing by Hu Anyan review – startling stories of China’s new precarity

The viral blog turned book details the exhausting life of a courier, but something may have been lost in translation

The Guardian - UK

US and Australia sign critical minerals deal as a way to counter China

Beijing recently said it would tighten rare earth exports, prompting the US to impose further tariffs on Chinese goods. Now, Australia and the US are looking to counter China's dominance of the critical minerals market.

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‘I wanted to do something more meaningful’: the Chinese nationals fighting for Ukraine

Volunteers defy their government and public opinion in China to risk their lives for an adversary of Beijing’s main geopolitical partner

The Guardian - UK

Australia protests after Chinese fighter jet releases ‘unsafe’ flares near its aircraft in South China Sea

Australia lodges diplomatic protest after Chinese fighter jet releases flares near Australian surveillance aircraft

The Independent UK

Trump’s hand in the tariff war he started gets weaker still, as Beijing comes in ahead of growth forecasts

President Trump’s tariff leverage over China faces new strain as Beijing’s economy posts stronger than expected growth and diversifies exports.

Fortune

China's economy grows at slowest pace in a year amid US trade war

Tensions between Beijing and Washington remain elevated, and it’s unclear if Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will go ahead with a proposed meeting during a regional summit at the end of this month.

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America's Coming Resource Crunch

The United States is facing a collision of two crises: China's tightening control over the minerals that fuel modern industry and America's exploding electricity demand from artificial intelligence. One is geopolitical, the other domestic, yet together they threaten to test the nation's economic and energy resilience in profound ways.

International Business Times

China's Rare Earth Policy Could 'Backfire', Warn Analysts While Highlighting Options Available To Trump: Beijing 'May Find Itself Cut Off…'

China’s recent move to tighten its rare earths export controls may not be as comprehensive as initially feared, but they could still pose a significant risk, according to a new analysis.

Benzinga

China's Economic Growth Slows Amid Sputtering Domestic Demand

China's economic growth slipped below five percent in the third quarter of 2025, the slowest pace in a year as trade headwinds and a domestic consumer slump continued to weigh.

International Business Times

The Beijing courier who went viral: how Hu Anyan wrote about delivering parcels – and became a bestseller

Like so many others, his days have been spent in the gig economy, moving from one precarious job to another, often tied to a gruelling 996 shift pattern. He discusses the harsh realities of modern working life in China, and far beyond

The Guardian - UK

To hit back at the United States in their trade war, China borrows from the US playbook

China has expanded its export rules on rare earths, requiring foreign firms to get approval for exporting products containing even small amounts of China-originated materials

The Independent UK

Xi Jinping is preparing to go toe to toe with Donald Trump – and there will only be one winner

Beijing has realised that reckless America First policies are alienating old and new friends alike, creating a vacuum it can fill, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

The Guardian - UK

China's Power Paradox: Record Renewables, Continued Coal

Call it the China power paradox: while Beijing leads the world in renewable energy expansion, its coal projects are booming too.

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Here's how Trump can hit China's economy where it really hurts as analysts say Beijing's rare earths gamble could backfire

"Perhaps of greatest concern for China is the software used in advanced manufacturing – Western companies control over 70% of the Chinese market for chip design software, for example."

The Independent UK

Taiwan's main opposition party elects new leader in a race clouded by claims of China meddling

Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party has chosen Cheng Li-wun as its new chairperson

The Independent UK

Chinese Nobel Prize-winning physicist Chen Ning Yang dies at 103

Chinese Nobel Prize-winning physicist Chen Ning Yang, a key figure in modern physics, has died in Beijing at 103

Evening Standard

Tories call for ethics investigation over China embassy application

Kemi Badenoch accused the Prime Minister of ‘being weak (and) kowtowing to China’.

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International Business Times

US Treasury Chief To Speak With China Counterpart As Tensions Flare

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is set to speak Friday with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, an official from President Donald Trump's administration told AFP -- as Washington works to rally allies to respond to Beijing's rare earth curbs.

The Guardian - UK

‘A high-level operator’: Cai Qi’s rapid rise to become Xi Jinping’s right-hand man

CCP official alleged to be leading a Westminster spy ring is the de facto gatekeeper to the Chinese president

The Independent UK

Trump admits that his 157% tariff on China is ‘not sustainable’ but shrugs off changing it

During a Fox interview, Donald Trump also criticized Richard Nixon for his landmark 1972 visit to Beijing

Tom’s Hardware

Micron is preparing to exit China’s data center memory market completely, report claims — Beijing banned company's chips from 'critical information infrastructure' in 2023

Micron is reportedly preparing to halt sales of server memory chips to data centers in mainland China, after its business there failed to recover from a 2023 cybersecurity ban.

The Independent UK

UK hits back after China warns of ‘consequences’ over London mega-embassy delay

Beijing says UK has failed to ‘honour its commitments’ over approval of new embassy, which No 10 denies

Evening Standard

UK rejects claims of ‘commitments’ over proposed Chinese embassy

Beijing has threatened ‘consequences’ if ministers reject planning permission for the new embassy in London.

Benzinga

US Chip Stocks Tumble As Trade Tensions With China Heat Up

Semiconductor equities faced sharp selling pressure on Friday, with shares of Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA), Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO), Marvell Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRVL), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (NYSE:TSM), Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), Arm Holdings plc (NASDAQ:ARM), and Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) all trading lower amid intensifying geopolitical friction between Washington and Beijing.

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