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China's top leaders could move this month to try to reduce the country's wasteful excess production in key sectors, but the hard decisions may have to be made by local officials

China's crackdown on the smuggling and trans-shipment of critical minerals hit exports of antimony and germanium in June even as rare earth magnet shipments jumped sharply thanks to a deal with Washington

China launches a series of giant controversial dams on a river in Tibet, a $170-billion project long opposed by Bangladesh and India

The think tank, NITI Aayog, has proposed that Chinese companies be allowed to take a stake of up to 24% in an Indian company without any approval being required, sources say

Ministers have vowed to promote high-quality development of the EV sector and comprehensive measures to cool the industry's "irrational competition"

Indonesia has had to open its market to US products and firms, and pay a hefty price, while its exporters still face a 19% tariff on any goods sent to the US.

China's insistence that it must continue building coal power plants at record pace is seen as a key reason why Asia is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average