Inside China
Tesla’s outlook darkens as BYD lifts global sales
Tesla ended last year on a roll, with investors increasingly buying into Elon Musk’s ebullience about autonomous vehicles. Winning over actual car buyers is another story.
- Kara Carlson, Linda Lew, Danny Lee and Bei Hu
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Australia demands China respect trade deal after shock beef tariffs
Australia’s trade and agriculture ministers have condemned China’s decision to impose new tariffs that could cost the beef industry $1 billion a year.
- Mike Foley and Elias Visontay
- Opinion
- World markets
Buckle up for a volatile year of Trump-Xi bromance, Taiwan and Kim
Asia is heading into an increasingly precarious year, with deepening tensions that will have a cascading effect on all of us.
- Karishma Vaswani
Trump may have just helped turbocharge China’s military
The US president’s decision to approve previously banned exports of Nvidia’s powerful AI chips to China could have unintended consequences.
- Karishma Vaswani
- Opinion
- Opinion
China’s property cancer is spreading through its economy
Four years after its biggest and most indebted property developer collapsed, China’s domestic economy is still struggling with the fallout.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Opinion
- Trump's White House
Trump loves a deal, but these two are not going to plan
Donald Trump is obsessed with the notion that he is the ultimate dealmaker. He may need to rethink that.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Opinion
- Electric vehicles
China’s electric car dominance is starting to falter
The West can still win the electric car war with China.
- Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
New bridge spectacularly collapses in China
Dramatic footage showed part of the recently completed bridge plunging into a river after a landslide destroyed its foundations.
- Lisa Visentin
- Opinion
- The economy
Lone wolf: America has to be ready for China
Xi Jinping is building a China that relies on itself – and the US needs to be on high alert.
- Karishma Vaswani
- Opinion
- Trade wars
Trump has just exposed America’s weakness
China’s weapon in its talks with the US was hiding in plain sight – and Trump didn’t see it.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz