On a long low wall alongside the Liangshui river in Beijing, a trader has several small cages with tiny twittering birds. Another man stands outside the nearby vegetable market holding a bird cage shrouded in a black veil. He tells passers-by quietly that his songbird is rare, worth nearly 1900 yuan, or about $270.

China is rapidly overhauling a network of secret facilities used to manufacture warhead components as it expands its nuclear stockpile faster than any other country, according to an analysis of satellite imagery.

POWER IN INTERNAL PULSE Recently, many international institutions, including the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Asian Development Bank, and the OECD, revised their 2025 growth forecasts for China upward.

The U.S. Trade Representative said tariffs on Chinese semiconductors, now at zero, are set to increase in June 2027.

Dozens of lawmakers foresee a surge in tensions over trade, Taiwan or supply chain disruptions possibly scuttling the current pause in US-China economic hostilities.

China on Friday announced sanctions against U.S. companies in the arms industry after the United States revealed arms sales to Taiwan.

BEIJING -- Beijing imposed sanctions on Friday against 20 U.S. defense-related companies and 10 executives, a week after Washington annoucned large-scale arms sales to Taiwan. The sanctions entail freezing the companies’ assets in China and banning individuals and organizations from dealing with them, according to the Chinese foreign ministry.

China is rounding off what has been a year of big progress in space, including major crewed lunar landing tests, new rockets and booster landing attempts, a new deep space mission and even successfully resolving its first human spaceflight emergency.

China pledged to broaden its fiscal spending base in 2026, signaling sustained government support to drive growth in a challenging external environment.

China pledged on Friday to double down on upgrading its manufacturing base and promised capital to fund efforts targeting technological breakthroughs, after its industrial sector delivered an underwhelming performance this year.

The report, produced each year by the Pentagon, warns Beijing is gearing up for conflict — potentially over Taiwan — within the next two years.