Over the past year, the People’s Bank of China, which manages the renminbi’s exchange rate, has allowed a gradual appreciation of the currency against the dollar. At the end of 2025 it crossed the level of Rmb7 to the dollar for the first time since 2023 and is now trading at about Rmb6.99.

China’s access to Japan’s coveted industrial-use goods – especially a critical chipmaking ingredient – may face hurdles if Tokyo imposes export restrictions in the event of a prolonged political dispute,

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said he wants to open a “new phase” for relations with China during his first trip to Beijing since he took office in June.

They’re at it again. China and Japan are frenemies, trading partners and uneasy neighbors with a tortured and bloody history they’re still working through.

Foreign ministers from Cambodia and Thailand have convened with their Chinese counterpart to discuss the border dispute between the two Southeast Asian countries.

COMING SOON — MARK CARNEY said “by-elections,” plural. There aren’t any vacant seats in the House — yet. But that didn’t stop the prime minister from casually anticipating multiple races during a rendezvous with Canadian media in Paris.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has begun his visit to China as Beijing aims to strengthen ties amid heightened tensions with Japan over Taiwan.

China introduced a 13% tax on contraceptives while exempting childcare services as the global superpower battles sustained population decline and aging demographics.

New Yorkers with ties to Beijing have tried to carve out lucrative sidelines on marijuana farms in America’s heartland, where immigrant workers have often been treated like indentured servants.

Beijing’s air pollution continued to get worse for some years after the games as China continued to industrialize, grow, and urbanize, but since reaching it’s peak in 2013, the city has seen a drastic drop in pollution.