China posted a record overall trade surplus in July of over $101 billion, with exports up 18% from 2021, while imports rose 2.3%, which suggests consumption is soft.

Beijing separately announced that it would personally sanction Nancy Pelosi and her immediate family in response to her "vicious" and "provocative" actions.

China was the top buyer of US agricultural and related products in the first half of this year, according to US Census Bureau data

$15 million worth of public money was spent developing a battery that could power a house for three decades, but the tech ended up going to China, where backers were easier to find

CATL had been in the final stage of choosing between sites in South Carolina and Kentucky for battery production before Pelosi's controversial Taiwan trip

"China will teach the US a lesson again, as it will use US mistakes to comprehensively change the Taiwan Straits situation, just as it did in Hong Kong," an 'expert' was quoted as saying

The visit will do nothing to ease political gridlock for the planemaker, whose CEO said last week 737 MAX deliveries to China remain blocked by Covid and geopolitical tension

Experts say there could be major impacts, such as price surges, if Washington limits shipments of US chipmaking equipment to memory chip producers in China

Beijing suspended imports of fruit and fish from Taiwan on Wednesday and halted exports of sand, while also announcing 'disciplinary action' against four companies and two foundations

Video games designer is in talks to spin off its China unit amid concern over foreign data storage and interest in expanding to the metaverse

Most foreign attempts seeking even non-controlling stakes in US companies must get the green light from the Treasury Department CFIUS committee

Four Chinese companies based in Hong Kong, plus one in Singapore and one in the UAE have been targeted by a third round of US sanctions against firms trading in Iranian oil