China

• Why China Is Suddenly Obsessed With American Poverty - State media, embracing the gaming phrase “kill line,” is asserting China’s political superiority over the United States, deflecting focus on China’s own economic challenges.
• Trump’s Plans for Venezuelan Oil Run Headlong Into Reality - President Trump’s fixation on Venezuela’s oil raises the question of how much “energy dominance” is really worth nowadays.
• Germany's finance minister Klingbeil says Washington meeting addressed rare earth price floor - WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Finance ministers from a group of advanced economies meeting in Washington on Monday discussed a possible ​price floor as well as partnerships to secure strategic rare-earth supplies, ‌Germany's Lars Klingbeil
• Japan sets sail on rare earth hunt as China tightens supplies - SHIZUOKA, Japan, Jan 12 (Reuters) - A Japanese mining ship departed on Monday for a remote coral atoll to probe mud rich in rare earths, part of Tokyo's drive to curb its reliance on China for critical minerals as Beijing tightens supply. T
• China is closing in on US technology lead despite constraints, AI researchers say - China can narrow its technological gap with the U.S. driven by growing risk-taking and innovation, though the lack of advanced chipmaking tools is hobbling the ​sector, the country's leading artificial intelligence researchers said.
• China's AI and robotics push isn't enough to kickstart its economy, leaving growth more exposed to trade risks - New tech sectors still account for a far smaller portion of China's economy than the gap left by the real estate slump.
• China is closing in on US technology lead despite constraints, AI researchers say - By Laurie Chen BEIJING, Jan 10 (Reuters) - China can narrow its technological gap with the U.S. driven by growing risk-taking and innovation, though the lack of advanced chipmaking tools is hobbling
• Analysis-With Venezuela raid, US tells China to keep away from the Americas - WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Among the many goals of last week's U.S. military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was to send China a message: stay away from the Americas.
• 'Hermès of durian': The luxury fruit cashing in on China's billion-dollar appetite - A former gold mining town in Malaysia has seen its riches turn a new shade of yellow, thanks to this pungent fruit.
• Trump Is Making a Power Play in Latin America. China Is Already There. - China built a dominant strategic position in the region as the leading lender and trading partner. It is watching President Trump’s next moves closely.