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This is one of America’s most shocking economic defeats in 40 years

A photo taken on the weekend shows just how much the world is uniting to fight back against Donald Trump’s damaging trade war.

  • Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

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Fast food workers at Chinese burger chain Tastien prepare orders at a store in Beijing.

Made in China burger and fries has a side of nationalism

I went to a Tastien fast food outlet to try the burger that’s designed to knock McDonald’s and KFC off their Beijing perch. Some come here just for the buns.

  • Lisa Visentin
US stocks suffered the worst two-day drop since December amid escalating trade tensions.

The Trump turmoil has handed China a golden opportunity

Xi Jinping has raced to take advantage of the increased uncertainty sparked by Donald Trump.

  • Chris Price
The Kremlin’s focus on the Arctic comes as melting ice, triggered by global warming, prompts fresh tensions with the US and Beijing over control of new shipping routes, fishing rights and military outposts.

Ice king: Why Vladimir Putin wants to conquer the Arctic

Vladimir Putin is desperate to exploit the Arctic to help provide a lifeline to Russia’s flagging economy. It won’t be easy.

  • Matt Oliver
In the final quarter of 2023, BYD, the Shenzhen-based company backed by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway group, outsold Tesla for the first time.

China’s BYD cemented its lead on Elon Musk’s Tesla in five minutes

Musk’s politicking damages Tesla’s brand, but the underlying problem goes much deeper: It’s Tesla’s relatively old line-up of electric car models.

  • Liam Denning
Xpeng founder He Xiapeng.

Tesla killers: China is racing to unleash its super-smart cars

China’s electric vehicle makers are amping up the pressure on Elon Musk and Tesla.

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Xi Jinping (right) shaking hands with once-sidelined entrepreneur Jack Ma in Beijing ahead of a business summit last month chaired by the Chinese president.

Xi brought Ma in from the cold. AI investors took notice

He was one of China’s most well-known faces before disappearing from public view. Now Jack Ma is back.

  • Lisa Visentin
Shoppers walk pass the World of Ralph Lauren in Taiku Li Sanlitun, a popular shopping and dining area in Beijing.

What a $5000 Chanel handbag tells you about China’s economy

In Beijing, the squeezing of the upper middle class shows just how far into Chinese society the economic slowdown is reaching.

  • Lisa Visentin
Military delegates march ahead of the opening session of the National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

‘Changes unseen in a century’: China braces for shifting global order

As a trade war with the United States begins, China wants to fire up its economy and plans to increase defence spending.

  • Lisa Visentin
China and the US have been locked in an ongoing trade spat.

Red alert: Xi’s plan to protect China from the worst of Trump

China’s leaders meet this week in Beijing. Top of mind will be the threat posed by the US president.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz

Original URL: https://www.theage.com.au/topic/inside-china-1n87