Japan’s defence minister said on Tuesday tensions over Taiwan may heighten as he presented an annual defence white paper that again singled out mainland China as Japan’s “greatest strategic challenge”.

Nvidia Corp. announced it will resume sales of its H20 AI chips to China and unveiled a new RTX PROPU tailored for the Chinese market, according to Benzinga. CEO Jensen Huang stated that the company had received assurances from the U.

Beijing will now require government licenses for any effort to transfer abroad the technologies crucial for producing inexpensive electric cars.

In May EU leaders said they were ready to “work hand in hand” with China to deal with “common challenges”. But the Europeans’ short-lived friendliness was as much an attempt to manipulate the Americans as it was an attempt to woo the Chinese,

The US Navy is plagued by shipbuilding and maintenance issues, and faces a rising China that is rapidly modernizing its naval force.

The research center said its survey also found a "marked departure" from the results of a 2023 survey, with more people seeing China as the world's leading economic power. A median of 41 percent saw China as the top economy, compared with a 39 percent median who named the United States.

U.S. President Donald Trump ratchet up tariffs on Chinese imports to a prohibitive level of 145%, spurring a round of stimulus measures from Beijing.

BEIJING — China’s economy slowed less than expected in the second quarter in a show of resilience against US tariffs, though analysts warn that weak demand at home and rising global trade risks will ramp up pressure on Beijing to roll out more stimulus.