The US is turning up the heat on China
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Trade wars

The US is turning up the heat on China

When Donald Trump was taking aim at all things made in China,he left a back door open. It now appears likely that Joe Biden will slam it shut.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz

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The US dollar is making a comeback at China’s expense
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Currencies

The US dollar is making a comeback at China’s expense

The demise of the US dollar has been predicted so often it has been taken as an established truth. It may or may not be true in the long term – but for now,the greenback is back in favour.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
The West is completely unprepared for Xi Jinping’s next masterstroke
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Opinion

The West is completely unprepared for Xi Jinping’s next masterstroke

The US and its allies face a grim choice if China escalates tensions with Taiwan. It could lead to an economic catastrophe.

  • byPhilip Pilkington
Australian among 14 convicted in Hong Kong under national security law

Australian among 14 convicted in Hong Kong under national security law

It’s the former British colony’s biggest national security case under a law imposed by Beijing that has all but wiped out public dissent.

  • byLisa Visentin
The exiled Chinese tycoon with links to Trump’s inner circle accused of $1.5 billion fraud

The exiled Chinese tycoon with links to Trump’s inner circle accused of $1.5 billion fraud

The case involves the intriguing background and wealth of Guo Wengui,a billionaire who amassed a strong following criticising the Chinese government.

  • byAva Benny-Morrison
Named and shamed:The West just turned up the heat on China and Russia
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G7 summit

Named and shamed:The West just turned up the heat on China and Russia

It was an eventful meeting of some of the world’s leading finance ministers at a resort town in Italy.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
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Xi and Putin’s love-in is an ominous sign for the West

Xi and Putin’s love-in is an ominous sign for the West

Russia and China have traditionally treated each other with mutual suspicion and loathing. But now they are closer than ever.

  • byLiam Halligan
It’s defend yourself,or get crushed by China’s export tsunami

It’s defend yourself,or get crushed by China’s export tsunami

An open world economy cannot exist with a deformed Chinese economy that accounts for 13 per cent of global consumption but produces 31 per cent of all manufactured goods.

  • byAmbrose Evans-Pritchard
The US sends the world a China warning
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Trade wars

The US sends the world a China warning

The US wants a united front with Europe to respond to a flood of cheap imports from China,arguing the consequences of not doing so will be damaging.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
China just unveiled a ‘ground-breaking’ fix for its property crisis. It’s not enough
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Xi Jinping

China just unveiled a ‘ground-breaking’ fix for its property crisis. It’s not enough

Three years after China’s property sector started imploding,Xi Jinping is finally doing something meaningful to fix it. He needs to do more.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
China’s plan to buy millions of empty homes as it grapples with property crisis

China’s plan to buy millions of empty homes as it grapples with property crisis

China is considering a radical plan to tackle its ongoing property meltdown which has caused widespread damage to its economy.

  • byBloomberg News