It seems that some US politicians have become increasingly inclined to exploit the island of Taiwan's reliance on Washington in an attempt to gain both geopolitical and economic interests from this strategic pawn. However, this deepening reliance could potentially expose the Taiwan region to greater risks in the future, making it more easily fall victim to America's pursuit of its own economic and strategic interests.
Global investors are treasure-hunting in China's undervalued capital markets. On Monday, Wall Street traders spent approximately $55 million to buy call options on a leveraged ETF tracking the benchmark CSI 300 Index, which tracks the top 300 shares on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges, the Shanghai Securities News reported on Tuesday. Typically, the trading volume of long options on the CSI 300 Index on Wall Street is significantly lower than this figure.
Despite the growing complexity of economic and trade relations between China and the EU, European companies remain steadfast in their confidence in the Chinese market, as evidenced by their continued investments and firm business choices.
The potential wheat deal between Argentina and China indicates that Argentina's wheat exports are poised to explore new and promising market avenues, but also presents a valuable opportunity for China to further diversify its grain import strategy.
If the US imposes high “dumping tariffs” on photovoltaic products imported from Southeast Asian countries, it is likely to further push up the prices of domestic products. Tariff barriers will ultimately stifle the long-term growth potential of the US photovoltaic industry.
China will keep the exchange rate of the yuan basically stable at an adaptive and balanced level to effectively mitigate external shocks while minimizing the negative impacts of significant exchange rate fluctuations on the economy.
If the EU can reconcile its internal division and establish a more unified investment policy framework by prioritizing economic rationality over political or ideological biases, its position as a more solid independent pole in a multipolar world will be consolidated.
The importance American companies attach to the Chinese market exemplifies the profound potential for mutual benefit and win-win cooperation that arises from China's commitment to opening up its economy.
The continuous rise in US debt is no longer merely a short-term trend, but a significant long-term challenge that has far-reaching spillover effects on the global economy.
Themed "Connecting the World for a Shared Future," the second China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE) is scheduled to take place in Beijing from Tuesday to Saturday.
The committee creates a new platform and opportunities to enhance international governance and cooperation on AI, as well as promoting the global sharing of AI development achievements. It also echoes the common desire of the international community to strengthen governance and cooperation in AI.
Although the EU news regarding EV technology transfers may raise concerns, there is no reason to adopt a pessimistic outlook on the potential for China-EU cooperation.
A balanced diplomatic strategy, which aims to strengthen its alliance with the US without compromising its relationship with China, is the most effective approach in safeguarding South Korea's interests.
Through a combination of policy guidance, financial assistance and technological collaboration, China actively fosters global agricultural development, making contributions to poverty alleviation.
China has deepened cooperation with the other five Lancang-Mekong countries, enhancing trade and investment, improving customs efficiency and promoting people-to-people exchanges. These efforts have made a positive contribution to the region's economic growth.
The extreme volatility of cryptocurrency prices has had a significant impact on international financial markets, increasing the fragility and instability of the financial system. That is also why China takes a cautious approach toward cryptocurrency trade.
The EU needs to pursue a pragmatic approach to cooperation with China in order to maintain its flexibility in economic and trade relations. A hardline economic and trade policy stance toward China will only further restrict the EU's maneuvering space in economic cooperation, which will, in turn, exacerbate the EU's economic difficulties.
Despite challenges posed by the US-led technological blockade and various forms of international pressure, confidence in China's semiconductor industry has markedly strengthened, driven by encouraging developments and substantial policy support.
The gains of American agricultural companies at the CIIE underscore the vast potential and open attitude of the Chinese market while highlighting the complementarity and cooperation space between China and the US in the agricultural sector.
India's ambitious initiatives in the renewable energy sector are attracting considerable global attention. The Indian government and various companies are promoting the growth of this sector with great intensity, leading some Western media outlets to view these efforts as a challenge to China's dominance in the green supply chain.
Canada's recent hardline approach to economic and trade relations with China, fueled by short-sighted and speculative geopolitical calculations, is unlikely to yield any additional benefits in its trade with the US and may even jeopardize the prospects for economic cooperation with China.
Western countries, leveraging their economic and political advantages, have long held a dominant position in climate change, which allows them to adopt protectionist measures in the development of the global green industry. Such a model has become increasingly unsustainable.
At a juncture when China-EU trade relations are facing challenges, the latest remarks by the EU's trade chief-in-waiting apparently add uncertainty and complexity into the future of China-EU economic and trade relations.
If the US really continues on this approach, the negative consequences of its “decoupling” policy with China will extend beyond the two nations, leading to widespread trade restrictions that affect developing countries worldwide.
The recent deadly floods in Spain have once again raised the alarm about climate change. This disaster represents not only a significant test for Spain but also a severe challenge to the global community's ability to cooperate and respond effectively to climate change.
Made-in-China is not only adapting to the development of the e-commerce sector but is also actively expanding into global markets, demonstrating an unstoppable momentum for growth, even amid ongoing geopolitical tensions.
Given concerns about the potential for further trade conflicts between China and the EU, it is particularly necessary and urgent for China to take necessary measures to remind the EU to rein in the trend of escalating trade disputes.
The trouble faced by German car giant Volkswagen not only represents a blow to Germany's industrial prowess, but also serves as a reminder of the pressing need for the EU to find a balanced way to improve industrial competitiveness.
The pragmatic approach of American businesses toward China highlights the growing divide between these companies and Washington regarding China policy, an issue that is increasingly hard to overlook.
In an interview with Reuters on Friday, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves said that the UK needs to take a "hard-headed, economic realist" approach to its ties with China in order to do a better job of boosting trade, while minimizing risks to national security.
It is no surprise that the resolution of issues concerning the border area between China and India has generated market optimism so quickly, based on the recognition of their complementary strengths and the vast opportunities for collaboration.
Despite intense pressure from the US on China's semiconductor sector, the progress demonstrated by China's chip industry underscores its unwavering determination to overcome external obstacles.
The progress made by BRICS countries in transitioning to green energy not only helps mitigate global climate change but also serves as an inspiring example for other developing nations, showcasing an approach to energy development that diverges from old Western practices.
The growing US politicization of trade and the alarming rise of protectionism will compel countries in Southeast Asia and elsewhere to more actively explore new markets and forge alternative trade partnerships.
China's infrastructure investments in Latin America sometimes raise concerns in the US. However, from a broader perspective, cooperation between China and regional countries actually presents more opportunities for collaboration for the US rather than rivalry.
In a joint statement made public on Wednesday in Islamabad, China and Pakistan agreed to work together to build the "upgraded version" of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and make it into a demonstration project for cooperation under the high-quality Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
Problems encountered by iPhone factories in India have raised significant concerns about the viability and reliability of Apple's strategy to move a proportion of production from China.
Britain "needs more engagement with China," the country's Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds told POLITICO on the sidelines of the recently elected UK Labour government's International Investment Summit. If "more engagement" allows more room for economic cooperation to grow, it will almost certainly bring positive contributions to inbound investment in the UK.
As some US politicians intensify efforts to fabricate and spread claims of a “national security threat” posed by vehicles from China, the Mexican economy may suffer losses if the country is swayed by those politicians, given the importance of the auto sector to Mexico.
Although China is sincere in advancing consultations, the EU side has kept making unreasonable demands, which, combined with other factors, makes consultations difficult.
While AI has significantly advanced scientific progress, its rapid development has also stirred debates and concerns about the potential risks and challenges, which necessitates the collective efforts and cooperation of the international community.
At a time when the US and its allies are ramping up lithium production, accusing China of excessively supplying lithium is clearly untenable and unreasonable.
The US has fabricated the so-called issue of "forced labor," attempting to coerce American companies into joining the bandwagon of suppressing the development of China's Xinjiang region. This is the root cause of the dilemma faced by American enterprises today.
While recent shifts in US trade policy have created opportunities for companies from countries like India to gain greater access to the US solar market, ongoing protectionist challenges confronting the global photovoltaic industry underscore the necessity for collaboration and engagement among key solar industry players, particularly those from China.
Amid the turbulent external market environment, the promotion of regional economic cooperation between China and South Korea for high-end development depends on their ability to resist external interference disrupting regional industrial and supply chains.
Rather than focusing solely on the short-term fluctuations of the exchange rate, investors are advised to pay more attention to the long-term steady trend of the yuan's value and the stable economic development in China that underpins its value.
Some Canadian politicians may not be aware that they are playing a dangerous game, in which the Canadian economy, particularly the country's auto industry, will suffer losses as a result of the irrational synergy with US protectionist trade policies.
While the US has rallied its allies to form a so-called mineral-security alliance under the banner of "breaking China's grip on supplies of critical minerals," this initiative does little to mask its own ambitions and strategic maneuvers aimed at establishing a global monopoly in key mineral sectors.
China's steel exports periodically capture the attention of the Western public. While Chinese steel exports to Europe and the US remain limited, Western narratives often emphasize external factors as the primary contributors to their companies' challenges. This perspective may inadvertently distract from the critical and urgent efforts that are truly necessary to address the underlying issues facing the industry.
For US political elites, some of whom rashly advocate for economic “decoupling,” America's shipbuilding industry should serve as a lesson. It demonstrates that revitalizing US manufacturing requires global cooperation and fair competition, rather than trade protectionism and geopolitical games.
Clean energy offers the EU a chance to boost its energy independence and sustainability, but to achieve a real energy transition, the EU needs to demonstrate greater determination to fostering robust clean energy cooperation with China.
Western media outlets' attempt to interpret China's grain trade solely through the lens of economic slowdown overlooks China's prioritization of food security and its increasing flexibility in grain trade.
Global financial markets are poised at a historic juncture, with investors around the world closely watching the coming interest rate decisions from the US Federal Reserve. However, this is unlikely to affect the Chinese economy's ability to develop and grow steadily at its own pace and according to its own planning. Increasingly, investors are recognizing that the resilience China demonstrates in maintaining stable expectations at all times is particularly appealing in volatile market conditions.
While the China-US relations may be fraught with complexities and challenges, non-governmental commercial exchanges between the two countries continue to demonstrate remarkable vitality. These economic interactions serve as a vital foundation for fostering mutual understanding and cooperation, ultimately contributing to the development and stability of bilateral relations.
With the 2024 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) set to be held in Beijing from September 12 to 16, the opening-up pace of China's services sector has once again become a focus of attention, sparking discussion about its potential implications for global services trade and investment dynamics.
Taiwan's heavy reliance on a single industry and market for its exports highlights the fragility and substantial risks inherent in its economic structure. The uncertainties in AI chip demand in the US could jeopardize the sustainability of the island's export growth.
The fact that a significant portion of Apple's industrial chain remains anchored in China underscores the country's continued advancement toward high-end production capabilities.
The situation surrounding Nippon Steel's proposed purchase of US Steel reveals Washington's disregard for Japan's interests in favor of its own and underscores Japan's shortsightedness and miscalculations in its trade strategy toward the US.
Agricultural cooperation between China and Africa has greatly enhanced the agricultural production capacity of African countries and transformed the production methods and concepts of African farmers, bringing revolutionary changes to the local agricultural industry.
As it is the shortest maritime passage linking northeast Asia and western Europe, the development of the Northern Sea Route holds significant implications for trade between China and Russia, as well as between China and Europe.
Under pressure from the US to further tighten restrictions on exports to China, Japan's concerns about China's potential response appear to be mounting. It will be hard for Japan to avoid bearing the costs if it cooperates with the US in further suppressing China's semiconductor sector.
It is not surprising to see some Western media outlets again targeting China's green cooperation with Africa, which actually reveals anxiety over China's growing influence in the global energy transition. However, these anxieties will not impede the progress of China-Africa green cooperation.
India's scrutiny of Chinese investments poses a dilemma for its own development, with political and economic considerations intertwined. It is imperative for India to strike a delicate balance between protecting national security and promoting economic development. Without enhancing mutual trust, India will struggle to boost Chinese investments that are vital for the advancement of its manufacturing sector.
Some Western media outlets and organizations never get tired of smearing the human rights situation in Xizang. Nevertheless, the tangible progress in Xizang's development serves as a powerful rebuttal to these baseless lies.
While the US "decoupling" push appears to be aimed directly at China, it is ultimately a form of trade protectionism intended to protect US domestic industries. In this light, even India, viewed as a potential alternative supplier for the US, is experiencing the strain.
At a time when the global high-tech industrial chain has been disrupted by US-led hegemonic acts, it is unreasonable and unfair for the West to expect China to maintain the West's supply chain interests while China's interests are being hurt.
The US may be on the brink of cutting interest rates, but the bigger challenges facing the US economy are only just beginning. The high-tech industry in the US has not fully shown its positive impact on the manufacturing sector, thereby constraining the overall growth potential of the US economy. This could be part of the backlash against Washington's efforts to contain or decouple with Chinese manufacturing.
Whether from the perspective of production or consumption, China and ASEAN are forming a closer industrial chain. It is necessary for China and ASEAN to upgrade the existing free trade arrangement and continue promoting mutual market openness.
China's efforts to boost international use of yuan are in line with the objective needs of global development to contain financial risks, diversify the world's payment system, and maintain financial stability.
With China-Africa trade cooperation deepening, China has proven through its practical support that it is truly helping Africa's development.
Amid a complex global economic environment, China's adherence to its opening-up policy and the stabilization of foreign investment holds immense importance in the establishment of a more robust supply chain system.
Despite facing geopolitical pressure, the joint efforts of China and the Maldives to pursue enhanced economic and trade cooperation will demonstrate that seeking common development and cooperation is an irreversible trend in the region.
The Global South, with its growing impact on the international global economic and political stage, has emerged as a pivotal force driving international open development and cooperation. Nevertheless, it is imperative to ensure that the development of the Global South is not derailed by any geopolitical game.
The restrictions on US technology exports to China are encountering mounting opposition due to the growing financial losses of American companies and the burgeoning independent innovation capabilities of Chinese companies, ultimately ruling out the possibility of the US being able to force allies into alignment on further export controls over China.
While the US policy of reshoring manufacturing has made progress, prioritizing the promotion of the US manufacturing industry completely over economic efficiency will inevitably pose challenges and uncertainties to the sustainability of its return.
Some media outlets in the US never tire of comparing the challenges of American manufacturing with the progress of Chinese manufacturing, even though such comparisons may not be meaningful. This approach is prone to causing unwarranted anxiety that could distract the US from addressing its manufacturing problems.
Canada's latest move to erect barriers against Chinese mining investment shows that the country is going to extreme lengths in terms of overstretching security concerns into normal economic issues, which sends a negative signal for the future of bilateral mining cooperation and hinders the development of global mineral resources.
Despite the strong complementarity of China-Germany trade relations, there are geopolitical factors that may affect the further growth of bilateral trade. With new changes emerging, the urgency to address these issues is increasing.
While economic indicators and recent turmoil in financial markets may not technically constitute clear signs of a recession, risks in the US economy and its financial markets are building up. These risk factors pose a threat to its own financial stability and that of the world from multiple aspects, calling for greater vigilance among global investors.
The US subsidy program is essentially about its technological hegemony and exposes protectionist tendencies toward its own chip industry. Its goal is to support domestic chipmakers while exerting control over foreign ones, concentrating the chip industry in the US.
Through the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China has demonstrated a willingness to share its development dividends by actively engaging in practical cooperation and investing in Southeast Asia's infrastructure construction. This policy has provided tangible development opportunities for Southeast Asian countries and laid a solid foundation for long-term cooperation between China and Southeast Asian nations.
The refusal by the US to recognize Vietnam as a market economy appears to be both an economic decision and a political one, influenced by its domestic economic conditions and its strategy to counter China. Washington's increasing trend of politicizing its trade policy has become a source of growing uncertainty in the global economy.
The Sirajganj photovoltaic (PV) power station, the largest solar power project under construction in Bangladesh, has been connected to the power grid, Power Construction Corp of China said on its official WeChat account on Saturday.
Instead of truly driving reindustrialization in the US, policies aimed at boosting American manufacturing seem to only result in increased costs and rising debt, underscoring the irrationality of US politicians targeting Chinese manufacturing.
If Canada were to follow the protectionist path of the US in the EV sector, it should carefully examine the problems facing the American EV market and prepare to accept the even worse consequences of replicating American protectionist practices.
Despite Washington's efforts to relocate manufacturing industrial chains from China to India and some other Asian countries through coercion and inducement, challenges in implementation have revealed that the process is more complicated and thornier than anticipated.
Numerous factors contribute to the continued growth of China's foreign trade amid the West's trade protectionism, particularly the US-launched trade war against China. However, the primary reason is the increase in exports from China's western region.
About half of the members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) have reached a preliminary deal on e-commerce that would permanently ban tariffs on digital transactions, Bloomberg reported on Saturday. Although Washington reportedly signaled a reluctance to fully endorse it, the e-commerce deal is an important success story for the organization, underscoring the vitality of the multilateral trade mechanism.
The Italian government has sent signals about further promoting the development of China-Italy economic and trade cooperation, garnering great attention. In light of the trade dispute between China and the EU regarding tariffs on electric vehicles, any step taken toward pragmatic communication is commendable and valuable.
India seems to be changing its stance to attract more Chinese investment, but the success of this policy adjustment hinges on whether India still sees China as a strategic rival in geopolitics and security, which hinders trust between the two countries.
CrowdStrike's strategy of smearing and excluding China has unexpectedly made China one of the least affected major economies in the latest tech outage. The irony should spark a reflection on who is the real threat to cybersecurity in the world.
TSMC's strong second-quarter results didn't support its share price, which unexpectedly sank in the US and Taiwan island. This outcome is a warning to TSMC and underscores the growing disruptive impact of US geopolitical pressure.
The recent wave of failures in the US solar industry serves as yet another example of how protectionism impedes the sustainable development of a promising industry.
G7 appears to be using so-called economic coercion accusations to put pressure on China, but this only exposes its hypocrisy. The fact that the group itself is really the one engaging in economic coercion is evident in the statement.
The more the EU faces disagreement over protectionism and free trade, particularly in the EV sector, the more enhanced communication and mutual understanding between China and the EU are needed.
China requested WTO expert panel on dispute over NEV subsidies under the US IRA. This responsible approach demonstrates China's adherence to international trade rules. While criticizing others' trade practices, some countries like the US have turned a blind eye to their own protectionism, showcasing blatant double standards.
Amid growing trade protectionism, Western media outlets, which have deliberately played up China's strong exports as the cause of trade tensions, should think long and hard about why the West's erection of all sorts of trade barriers has still not been able to stop China's manufacturing from forging ahead in the global market.
Japan-Germany economic security framework is an overstretch of the security concept in their economic spheres, a trend that undermines mutual benefits and efficiency, and exacerbates uncertainty and risk in international markets.
The DPP authorities in China's Taiwan region seem to be making a fresh push to expand military collusion with the US under the guise of “trade and economic partnership,” but it is an extremely dangerous approach.
Despite the progress made in the internationalization of the Chinese yuan, it is crucial for China to maintain a clear perspective on the financial fluctuations and risks behind the hype over de-dollarization.