Dorothy Li

Outbound shipments to the United States fell 35 percent in May, China’s data showed on June 9, hours before a new round of trade negotiations began in London.

Critical metals are expected to be on U.S. officials’ agenda when they meet their Chinese counterparts in London on June 9.

‘The CCP is not only a regional troublemaker but a common threat to the global internet,’ Taiwan said.

Japan also confirmed the incident, which is the latest in a series of attacks on Japanese nationals living in China.

Adm. Miao Hua is one of the most senior military figures ensnared in a renewed anti-graft campaign that began in the summer of 2023.

‘China has been persistently trying to undermine our resilience and democracy,’ the Czech foreign ministry said.

Reports of fatal shootings are rare in China, where the CCP generally bans civilian gun ownership and tightly controls information deemed harmful to its image.

Despite announcing the removal of non-tariff countermeasures targeting the U.S., China appears to be keeping its export controls on rare earths in place.

Analysts say U.S. skepticism toward communist China stems from Beijing’s history of promising reforms but failing to deliver on them.

The buzzword reflects a sense of widespread pessimism and resignation among China’s young adults, observers say.