What Happened in Markets Today Trade tensions between the U.S. and China exploded back into the open. On Thursday China announced new, wide-ranging export controls on rare earths, which are vital components for high-tech manufacturing.

Commerce Department sanctions on iFLYTEK came into force in 2019 over its alleged role in the oppression of Muslims in China’s far-western Xinjiang region using high-technology surveillance. China rejects the U.S. accusations.

Beijing is stacking up its bargaining chips ahead of expected U.S.-China talks when Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping visit South Korea's Gyeongju, announcing new export controls to tighten its grip over high-tech manufacturing supply chains.

China’s strategy of civil-military fusion requires the United States to adopt a more integrated technology policy.

The vast Global Digital Trade Expo in Hangzhou stood as a rebuke to U.S. efforts to hem in China’s technology. But the real competition is internal, and profits are hard to find.

President Donald Trump threatened "massive" increases in tariffs against China on Friday after China announced new restrictions on crucial rare earth minerals used in high-tech manufacturing.

China's technology industry, one of President Donald Trump's main targets in Washington's tussles with Beijing, hopes Joe Biden can create a more constructive relationship - but few think the rivalry will deescalate,

Chinese shipments of tech products to the US plunged 70% in August compared to the fourth quarter of 2024, before the latest tariffs.

China is using the high-altitude expanse for immense solar panel farms and wind turbines and has begun work on the world’s largest hydroelectric dams.

Tourists explore the Confucius Temple scenic area in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu Province, on October 2, 2025. Children compete in a race to climb the Great Wall at the Badaling section, as the scenic spot bustles with visitors during the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays in Beijing on October 2, 2025.

Beijing is stacking up its bargaining chips ahead of expected U.S.-China talks when Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping visit Seoul this month, announcing new export controls to tighten its grip over high-tech manufacturing supply chains.