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APEC

White House confirms Trump, Xi and Putin will meet in Shenzhen on Thursday to discuss nuclear weapons

The Great Hall of the People in Beijing, where Xi Jinping delivered the speech, pictured in October 2025.

China

Xi says reunification with Taiwan "will certainly be achieved" and offers talks under the one-China principle

Nvidia

Jensen Huang resigns from Nvidia after 33 years, and the board hands the company to CFO Colette Kress

The Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning in Hong Kong waters in July 2017.

Indo-Pacific

Taiwan says China is running "area denial" drills in the Western Pacific with the carrier Liaoning

The container terminal at the Yangshan deep-water port in Shanghai, photographed in 2013.

Global trade

China's trade surplus tops $1 trillion for a second straight year, with semiconductor exports up 137%

Nvidia

Nvidia's board opens an investigation into Jensen Huang after he admits an affair with a woman accused of spying for China

Strait of Hormuz

Iran exempts Chinese, Indian, Iraqi and Qatari ships from Hormuz restrictions, where 10.23 million barrels a day transited

An ABB industrial robot in operation in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, northern France, in 2008.

Robotics

China blocks SoftBank's purchase of ABB's robotics business in the country, stalling a $5.375 billion deal

Hong Kong

Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 more years in prison in Hong Kong for colluding with foreign forces

The Great Hall of the People in Beijing, where China receives state visits, in October 2025.

Diplomacy

China and Oman call for shipping to resume through the Strait of Hormuz and sign 14 agreements in Beijing

The Berlaymont building, headquarters of the European Commission, in the European quarter of Brussels, in 2015.

European Union

Brussels accepts Temu's plan against illegal products five months after fining it €200 million

The Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge over the Yalu River, linking Dandong, in China, to Sinuiju, in North Korea, seen from the Chinese side in 2011.

North Korea and China

Kim Jong Un walks across the new Yalu River bridge on his first trip to China in a year

The Treasury Department building in Washington, D.C., with the Washington Monument behind it, in 2015.

Capital controls

Treasury would ban some US investments in Chinese AI and chips, and require notice on anything above $50,000

Artistic gymnastics

China ends US dominance at the Gymnastics World Championships, and Brazil climbs from 8th to 5th in the team final

Chinese Army armoured vehicles during an exercise at the Korla military base in Xinjiang, in August 2019. The same city is now hosting Karakoram 2026.

Asia

China and Pakistan open the first joint exercise between their armies, with all-Chinese equipment

Trade

EU and China agree to cap hybrid car imports into the bloc at 350,000 a year

Nelore cattle in Campos Belos, Goiás, in February 2014.

Trade

Brazilian beef now faces a 67% duty in China after the annual quota ran out

Donald Trump greets Xi Jinping before their bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, in October 2025 — the summit that produced the truce now extended.

US-China trade

White House confirms Trump, Xi and Putin will meet in Shenzhen on Thursday to discuss nuclear weapons

Xi says reunification with Taiwan "will certainly be achieved" and offers talks under the one-China principle

Jensen Huang resigns from Nvidia after 33 years, and the board hands the company to CFO Colette Kress

Taiwan says China is running "area denial" drills in the Western Pacific with the carrier Liaoning

China's trade surplus tops $1 trillion for a second straight year, with semiconductor exports up 137%

Nvidia's board opens an investigation into Jensen Huang after he admits an affair with a woman accused of spying for China

Iran exempts Chinese, Indian, Iraqi and Qatari ships from Hormuz restrictions, where 10.23 million barrels a day transited

China blocks SoftBank's purchase of ABB's robotics business in the country, stalling a $5.375 billion deal

Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 more years in prison in Hong Kong for colluding with foreign forces

China and Oman call for shipping to resume through the Strait of Hormuz and sign 14 agreements in Beijing

Brussels accepts Temu's plan against illegal products five months after fining it €200 million

Kim Jong Un walks across the new Yalu River bridge on his first trip to China in a year

Treasury would ban some US investments in Chinese AI and chips, and require notice on anything above $50,000

China ends US dominance at the Gymnastics World Championships, and Brazil climbs from 8th to 5th in the team final

China and Pakistan open the first joint exercise between their armies, with all-Chinese equipment

EU and China agree to cap hybrid car imports into the bloc at 350,000 a year

Brazilian beef now faces a 67% duty in China after the annual quota ran out

The US and China push their tariff truce to January 10, and Xi leaves Washington without a broader deal