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News China: What's at stake in the fraying of US.-China soybean trade

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/what-s-at-stake-in-the-fraying-of-us-china-soybean-trade/ar-AA1REiMN
Published on: Thursday 04 December 2025

Trump's tariffs may threaten Chinese imports of U.S. soybeans. It took decades of diplomacy to establish these ties.

News China: Japanese fandom is having a moment in China – and not in a good way

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/japanese-fandom-is-having-a-moment-in-china-and-not-in-a-good-way/ar-AA1RB2MQ
Published on: Tuesday 02 December 2025

As China-Japan diplomatic row ripples into entertainment, over 30 Japanese performances have been abruptly cancelled, leaving millions of fans of Japanese culture in China worried about a potential ...

News China: FirstFT: US bipartisan bill seeks to block Nvidia sales of advanced chips to China

News channel or source: https://www.ft.com/content/298999fb-b598-430d-8f55-7643639fdf79
Published on: Thursday 04 December 2025

Also in today’s newsletter: investors fret over Japan’s spending plans and Meta plans to slash spending on metaverse ...

News China: Macron arrives in China for talks with Xi on trade ties and Russia’s war in Ukraine

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/macron-heads-to-china-for-talks-with-xi-on-trade-ties-and-russias-war-in-ukraine/ar-AA1RARml
Published on: Wednesday 03 December 2025

French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting China for three days to focus on trade talks and the global crisis.

News China: A Newly Confident China Is Jockeying for More Global Clout as Trump Pulls Back

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/a-newly-confident-china-is-jockeying-for-more-global-clout-as-trump-pulls-back/ar-AA1RAWWV
Published on: Tuesday 02 December 2025

Feeling empowered after a clash over trade, Beijing is looking to exploit America’s inward turn.

News China: US senators seek to block Nvidia sales of advanced chips to China

News channel or source: https://www.ft.com/content/0e4e4799-b340-4cee-bdbc-6a6325f77eac
Published on: Thursday 04 December 2025

Nvidia would be blocked from selling advanced chips to China under a bipartisan bill that US senators plan to introduce on Thursday as part of an effort to make it harder for Beijing to obtain ...

News China: China chipmaker Moore Threads soars 469% after $1.1 billion IPO

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/china-chipmaker-moore-threads-soars-469-after-1-1-billion-ipo/ar-AA1RKdWp
Published on: Thursday 04 December 2025

Moore Threads Technology Co., a leading Chinese artificial intelligence chipmaker, surged in its Shanghai trading debut after raising 8 billion yuan ($1.13 billion) in the year’s second-largest ...

News China: US trade with China probably needs to be smaller, USTR's Greer says

News channel or source: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/us-trade-with-china-probably-needs-be-smaller-ustrs-greer-says-2025-12-04/
Published on: Thursday 04 December 2025

U.S. trade with China needs to be balanced and probably needs to be smaller, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Thursday, adding that he viewed a 25% drop in goods trade with China as ...

News China: Taiwan unveils $40B defense spending plan to counter China military threat over next decade

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/taiwan-unveils-40b-defense-spending-plan-to-counter-china-military-threat-over-next-decade/ar-AA1RCz37
Published on: Tuesday 02 December 2025

Taiwan President William Lai unveils $40 billion defense spending proposal to counter China military pressure as U.S. offers cautious support.

News China: China Makes Condoms More Expensive To Boost Birth Rates

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/china-makes-condoms-more-expensive-to-boost-birth-rates/ar-AA1RzLgw
Published on: Tuesday 02 December 2025

China's government is imposing a value-added tax (VAT) on contraception as part of a policy to reverse the country's declining birth rates, according to reports. Under the plan, citizens would pay a ...

News China: Can golden toilets fix China’s economy?

News channel or source: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/12/04/can-golden-toilets-fix-chinas-economy
Published on: Wednesday 03 December 2025

Why are China’s leaders freelancing as retail consultants? It is not out of any great love for shopping. They are firm believers in China’s manufacturing base as the core driver of economic growth.

News China: Taiwan’s Opposition Leader, Once for Independence, Turns Toward China

News channel or source: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/world/asia/taiwan-opposition-cheng-china.html
Published on: Wednesday 03 December 2025

She says Taiwan must embrace its Chinese heritage to avoid war. Her critics say she wants to steer the island into Beijing’s orbit.