Sea levels are rising faster than at any time in 4,000 years, scientists report, with China’s major coastal cities at particular risk. The rapid increase is driven by warming oceans and melting ice, while human activities like groundwater pumping make it worse.

China’s leadership have just concluded a closed-door conclave focused on drawing up the country’s next five-year economic blueprint – a sweeping plan covering everything from accelerating tech innovation to streamlining how Chinese farms grow food.

China has reported its exports to the United States fell 27% in September from the year before, even though growth in its global exports hit a six-month high.

For some time, the U.S. has been trying to increase its own domestic production of semiconductors and encourage production in countries perceived as allies. Under the Biden administration, the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act allocated over $52 billion to strengthen U.S. semiconductor capabilities.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is convening a key political meeting this week where he will push forward his next five-year strategy to strengthen the world’s second-largest economy in the face of mounting friction with the United States.

BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese state media on Thursday issued a seven-point rebuttal to U.S. calls for Beijing to wind back its rare earth controls, as both sides struggle to move beyond a volley of barbs and accusations of blindsiding the other.

Stocks shuffled between gains and losses on Friday, as President Donald Trump attempted to assuage fears around the trade war with China while investors examined the latest earnings from regional banks following turbulence in the sector.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, in her first major policy speech on Friday, pledged to further accelerate Japan’s military buildup and spending and complete an early upgrade of the country's security strategy as tensions rise with China,

China's coal imports rose to a nine-month high in September as rising domestic prices made imported coal more competitive, but shipments remained below year-earlier levels, customs data showed on Monday.