Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing three people familiar with the matter, that Microsoft, other companies and trade groups have pressed Washington to halt plans to bar imports from China of new models of optical transceivers, a key component in artificial intelligence (AI) data centers. This little-noticed component is emerging as an unexpected test for the AI industry in the US.

The Diwali fireworks have faded, but the smog over New Delhi has lingered. On Sunday, India's capital recorded a 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) of 376, its worst Diwali-day reading since 2021. On Tuesday morning, the AQI hovered above 300, remaining in the "very poor" category. Authorities imposed emergency curbs on certain construction activities and older, more polluting vehicles before the festival.

China's two domestically built large cruise ships were spotted berthing side by side at Wusongkou in Shanghai on Sunday, in what was reportedly their first such encounter. Adora Magic City, the country's first homegrown large cruise ship, was joined by the newly delivered Adora Flora City.

Bloomberg recently published an article headlined "Wall Street Banks Are Finally Seeing Their China Bets Pay Off." As more Chinese companies take their businesses global, the likes of JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs are riding a wave of dealmaking. Some business lines are now posting double-digit revenue growth.

Washington's efforts to attract South Korean chip investment risk being undermined by its own restrictions. Reuters reported, citing people familiar with the matter, that US officials have held up approval for American chipmaking equipment needed by SK hynix to expand its production in China, complicating the South Korean chipmaker's plans for new memory-chip plants in the state of New York.

The EU and China recently conducted the second meeting of the China-EU trade and investment consultation mechanism. Both sides displayed their willingness to resolve trade and investment differences through dialogue rather than fueling trade disputes.

The artificial intelligence (AI) boom is propelling South Korea toward a $1 trillion export milestone. Its exports totaled $930 billion in the first 10 months of the year, putting the country on track to become the fourth nation, after the US, China and Germany, to surpass $1 trillion in annual exports, the Seoul Economic Daily reported on Monday.

China's memory chip industry is moving into new technological territory. Leading memory chipmaker CXMT recently disclosed that it had completed engineering-sample validation of its sixth-generation process technology platform, building upon a key breakthrough in 4F² vertical-channel dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) architecture.

South Korea's shipbuilders posted third-quarter profits driven by high value vessels; however, sustaining their high end edge calls for regional industrial collaboration rather than yielding to external geopolitical demands that risk eroding long term industrial strengths.

US manufacturer Caterpillar's legal challenge against the UK's trade watchdog lays bare an often-overlooked fact about Western trade protectionism: When the West targets "Chinese-made goods," the real casualties may include multinational companies long intertwined with Chinese supply chains.

The recent lackluster performance of China's STAR 50 Index, which tracks the 50 largest stocks on the sci-tech innovation board, has drawn attention, with some Western media outlets seizing on the pullback to draw misleading conclusions about the country's artificial intelligence (AI) development.

An American recycling company is recovering rare-earth metals from old wind turbines, which The Wall Street Journal said over the weekend could be one part of a drive to help reduce US reliance on China for the materials.

New data from China's shipbuilding industry has drawn widespread media attention. China continues to lead the world in three key indicators, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) reported.

South Korea's exports are becoming a showcase of the global technology industry. During the first 20 days of October, South Korea's semiconductor exports surged 222.5 percent year-on-year to reach $27.5 billion, setting a new record. The chip exports accounted for 44.7 percent of the country's total, up 16.2 percentage points from a year earlier, the Yonhap News Agency reported on Wednesday.

The global new-energy vehicle (NEV) wave is driving a profound transformation in Europe's automotive industry, one driven by market realities and development needs rather than political noise. One of its most striking features is the unprecedented deepening of the bonds between Europe's auto sector and China's NEV supply chain.

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on Friday issued a notice seeking public comments on draft adjustments to its Catalogue of Technologies Prohibited and Restricted from Export, adding a total of 40 technologies in artificial intelligence (AI), biomedicine and photovoltaic (PV) solar systems to the list. Notably, the notice also requires that, from the date of publication until the date of formal revision and implementation, technology export operators shall complete pre-export registration before exporting the newly added technologies. All sectors of society, especially the industrial and commercial circles, may put forward opinions on the scope of newly added technologies.

The 17th round of follow-up negotiations on services and investment under the China-South Korea free trade agreement (FTA) is being held in Seoul from Monday to Friday, according to a press release published by South Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources.

The IMF's new chief economist Silvana Tenreyro ‌said on Tuesday that global trade grew 8.3 percent between 2023 and 2025, while global trade in AI grew by 29 percent, benefiting China, India and other Asian countries, Reuters reported.

The biennial Paris Motor Show officially kicked off on Monday, with a record number of Chinese automakers taking part to showcase their latest models and technologies. A total of 25 Chinese brands, represented by 16 companies, including BYD, XPeng, Changan, Dongfeng and Leapmotor, are taking part, roughly double the number at the 2024 edition.

Some Western media outlets have recently revived their pessimistic take on the Chinese economy, with some hyping the claim that a "growing debt burden limits space for economic stimulus." Such claims have been proven wrong before and lack any solid foundation this time around, as China's debt level remains lower than that of many major economies, the country has taken concrete steps to address the debt issue, and it retains ample policy room to ensure stable, high-quality growth.

The economic potential of humanoid robots extends beyond the machines themselves. The Chosun Daily reported on Sunday, citing Counterpoint Research, that demand for DRAM chips used in the "brains" of humanoid robots equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to grow more than 20-fold by 2030.

China is steadily moving toward becoming an agricultural and food powerhouse, and it has become a practical example of how a country can feed its people.

On the sidelines of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Trade Committee meeting, trade ministers from a dozen economies signed on to a US-led statement calling for actions to address structural excess capacity and production, the Office of the US Trade Representative said on Wednesday.

South Korea launched its homegrown Nuri rocket for a fifth time on Wednesday, sending a record of 15 satellites into orbit, the Yonhap News Agency reported. The launch was Nuri's first attempt to deploy multiple primary satellites in space.

China's widening lead in humanoid robot patents is drawing attention from South Korean media. In the first half of this year, China accounted for 60.8 percent of humanoid robot patents, while South Korea held less than 5 percent, with changes seen in the gap between the two sides in some core robot technology fields, the Aju Business Daily reported on Monday.

The EU is the world's most highly integrated bloc of developed economies, and as China and the EU rank among the world's largest economies and trading powers, the stability of their relationship carries significant consequences for the global economy. Over several decades, the two sides have built extensive political, trade and investment ties, culminating in a comprehensive strategic partnership. As cooperation broadened and deepened, economic ties emerged as a key driver of growth and innovation on both sides, making China and the EU major trading partners for each other.

China-EU economic ties are set to face a key test in October, following months of increasingly intense debate in Europe over so-called trade imbalances and competition with China. The Global Times (GT) spoke with Michael Schumann (Schumann), chairperson of the board of Germany's Federal Association for Economic Development and Foreign Trade, who said that Europe should address specific trade concerns without allowing them to define the broader relationship, while keeping the door open to cooperation with China.

The Japanese yen remains under pressure despite the closely watched rate hike by the Bank of Japan (BOJ), the central bank. The dollar-yen exchange rate fluctuated within a relatively narrow range during the past week, standing at about 158 yen to the dollar on Friday, according to the BOJ. The yen's muted response to higher Japanese interest rates may point to deeper constraints in the Japanese economy.

EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen said in a letter to EU countries' energy ministers that Europe is facing an energy price crisis as fallout from the Iran war roils oil and gas markets, urging countries to consider measures to curb their natural gas demand and step up preparations for the winter, Reuters reported on Saturday.

India is paying more for almost the same amount of imported oil. The Financial Express reported on Tuesday that while India's crude oil import volume fell 0.4 percent during the April-August period, the oil import bill surged 48.4 percent year-on-year to $74.8 billion as global oil prices remained elevated. The pressure was even greater in rupee terms, with import expenditure rising 62 percent.

Fresh figures from China's tax authority add to mounting evidence that China's semiconductor sector has entered a new phase of sustained performance gains. In the first eight months of this year, the sales revenue of artificial intelligence (AI)-related integrated circuit manufacturing surged 67.7 percent, the State Taxation Administration said on Monday, the Xinhua News Agency reported.

With the global oil market in turmoil, China's oil imports have drawn wide attention in recent days. While acknowledging that the country's lower oil imports have helped prevent global oil prices from surging even higher, some Western media outlets have framed China's ability to adjust oil imports within the narrative of geopolitics, going so far as to call its oil reserves "leverage" or a "weapon" in the global energy landscape.

Artificial intelligence (AI) competition has become a heated topic in the world, with assessments comparing the AI development in China and the US drawing particular attention. Lately, a research firm claimed that China's AI investment scale remains below US investment level, and Chinese AI firms appear to trail their US counterparts in business revenues.

Debates over artificial intelligence (AI)-driven risks have been heating up in the US. In a flash poll of attendees at a Yale School of Management event this week, 93 percent cited AI safety threats as real, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

The Indian rupee is approaching 96 to the US dollar. The depreciation pressure is worth keeping an eye on, but a weaker currency does not necessarily mean that something is wrong with the Indian economy.

The US government is pressuring Mexican officials to accept new rules for exports of artificial intelligence (AI) hardware to prevent Chinese companies and other foreign firms from circumventing tariffs, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the negotiations. The proposal would limit the amount of components that come from outside North America in the production of AI hardware.

European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde warned on Monday that Europe must develop its own artificial intelligence (AI) technology and build more European computing capacity or face the unprecedented risk of being cut off from AI, Reuters reported.

It seems that artificial intelligence (AI) cooperation is moving to the forefront of China's economic and trade exchanges, becoming a core highlight and a new growth driver for pragmatic collaboration worldwide. This shift reflects China's rising influence and growing appeal in the global digital economy – a trend nowhere more visible than in the growing number of business forums being held on Chinese soil.

Inflation in the euro area will stay elevated for some time, European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde said, Bloomberg reported on Saturday.

China is known for the competitiveness of its enterprises. If a market is highly competitive, should other countries' companies avoid it? German companies are doing something that is worth thinking: they are investing more.

India's merchandise exports rose by about 15 percent in April-August this fiscal year despite global uncertainties, the country's Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday, noting that huge potential exists between India and other BRICS nations to increase trade in goods and services, according to the Press Trust of India.

Driven partly by expectations of faster Bank of Japan (BoJ) policy tightening, the yen has hovered around a seven-month high this week.

Moore Threads, one of China's most closely watched GPU companies and described by some as a potential challenger to Nvidia, saw its shares fall 3.7 percent on Tuesday after a 20 percent drop a day earlier. The decline pushed its market capitalization below 200 billion yuan ($29.8 billion). Moore Threads was not alone. Shares of some other Chinese GPU companies have also fallen from their previous highs. The pullback has prompted a closer look at the progress of China's GPU industry.

As the 18th BRICS Summit will open from Saturday, some Indian media outlets have shown keen interest in the prospects of China-India cooperation under the BRICS framework, engaging in heated discussion over the potential economic engagements and collaborative opportunities the multilateral platform can unlock for both countries. This attention alone signals growing expectations within India for deeper bilateral trade and economic ties.

India's economic momentum in recent years has been obvious to all. Its remarkable GDP performance and rapid development in sectors including digital industry and biomedicine give it unique advantages when leading discussions on technology governance. If New Delhi can harness its own development momentum and channel it into BRICS cooperation, this summit will not only serve as a showcase for India's global ambitions, but also become a critical opportunity for it to enhance its tech industry.

Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) chipmaker Shanghai Enflame Technology Co Ltd on Wednesday kicked off online and offline subscriptions for its IPO on Shanghai's tech-heavy Star Market, with the online tranche oversubscribed by about 6,109 times, according to a filing with the exchange. The high demand amounted to an initial allotment rate for the online offering of about 0.016 percent.

The US Congress on Tuesday (US time) advanced the new Open-Source AI Leadership Act, which aims to bolster the adoption and use of American open AI models while publicizing risks associated with using foreign adversary models.

Japan's Industry Ministry is seeking an unprecedented 7.8 trillion yen ($49 billion) to accelerate investment in strategic industries such as semiconductors and artificial intelligence (AI), as well as defense and dual-use capabilities, Bloomberg reported. The request reflects Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's push to support industrial development through fiscal spending. But mounting economic pressures are narrowing the room for such expansion.

EU climate action commissioner Wopke Hoekstra claimed that Europe must accept higher short-term costs to reduce its dependence on China for clean-energy technologies, warning that delaying action will make the strategic vulnerability harder and more expensive to unwind, according to an exclusive Euronews interview published on Monday.

Despite Washington's tightening grip on artificial intelligence (AI) technology exports to China, four major providers of data for AI models – which help collate, label and package the vast troves of information for Anthropic, Google, Meta, OpenAI and the Pentagon – are still quietly working with China's AI labs on the side, the New York Post reported on Sunday.

#GTVoice: Attempt to frame global trade imbalances as a currency issue merely exposes Western anxiety and laziness over its slipping industrial edge. Offloading domestic challenges – ones that demand industrial upgrading, market opening, and institutional reform – onto China is tempting, but it only distances the West further from any genuine solution.

While China and South Korea are moving at different paces, their core objectives are largely aligned: Both are seeking a more stable, efficient alternative for Asia-Europe cargo flows amid growing risks on traditional maritime routes.

During an appearance in the state of Maine, US Vice President JD Vance on Monday called out Canada for being friendlier to China on trade than to the US, Fox News reported. "They treat Chinese goods more fairly than they do the goods that come from the people of Maine: It's insanity," he claimed.

The debate over data center construction in the US has drawn growing attention. Lee Zeldin, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), warned on Sunday against banning data centers, The Hill reported. He was quoted as saying, "what we can't do is just say, well, let's not have any data centers built all across the entire country and let's just let China win."

As Chinese-made humanoid robots are making spectacular performance at the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games (WHRG), the commercial prospects of humanoid robots have become a topic of discussion among some Western media outlets.

A refrigerator spying on you? It sounds like something out of a spy novel. Yet an unsubstantiated claim over Chinese technology has reached areas once considered far removed from traditional security concerns. A recent opinion article in The Washington Times, headlined "China's espionage threat reaches American living rooms," shows how far this claim has extended into everyday life. But when even a refrigerator can become part of a spy narrative, the bigger question may no longer be what the device can do, but whether the smearing campaign itself has gone too far.

The US International Development Finance Corp has committed $62.8 million to rare-earth projects in Malawi, Angola, Madagascar and South Africa, though none has so far reached production, Reuters reported on Wednesday.

As some high-tech companies have risen to the top of China's market capitalization rankings, Kweichow Moutai - a distiller that was once China's most valuable listed firm by market capitalization - has sparked debate in some Western media outlets over whether China's traditional industries are losing ground to technology-driven growth. The question itself rests on a flawed zero-sum view of economic transition. China's economic development is not a contest between old and new growth drivers in which one has to replace the other.

Alibaba Cloud has announced the launch of its third data center in South Korea, a move designed to meet the surging local demand for artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing services while further improving its regional digital infrastructure layout, the Yonhap News Agency reported.

Western media outlets have long viewed China's renewable energy progress with a bias rooted in competitive anxiety, warning of "overcapacity" when installations surge, and crying "waste" the moment curtailment shows up.

The World Robot Conference 2026 will be held from August 19 to 23 in Beijing's Yizhuang, which is expected to showcase robust industrial vitality and innovative momentum in China's robotics sector.

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said in a recent interview that the US government doesn't want Apple to buy memory chips from China, claiming that there have to be “other solutions to the memory issue, but it's not great American companies using Chinese memory,” The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

Tencent Holdings Ltd's financial report for the second quarter of 2026 has quickly captured market attention, especially for its massive spending on artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.

The latest labor force survey released by Statistics Canada has taken the market by surprise. Canada's employment jumped by 75,100 positions in July on strong gains in both the full-time and part-time sectors. The jobless rate fell for the third consecutive month, dipping from 6.5 percent to 6.4 percent, its lowest level in two years, according to Reuters.

South Korea is grappling with scorching heat waves this summer, with temperatures soaring above 40 C in its capital city of Seoul for the first time since 2018. The extreme weather has dominated newspaper headlines lately, which has wreaked havoc on the people's health and agricultural production there.

In a report released on Tuesday, the World Bank made an optimistic assessment that artificial intelligence (AI) could allow developing countries to do in a decade what might otherwise take a century. The report found that AI will throw developing economies a lifeline, and that the technology's greatest promise for developing countries lies not in replacing workers, but in amplifying what they can do.

Cooperation in automotive industrial chains between China and South Korea has been gaining momentum. The latest example is the signing of a $75 million investment agreement between South Korean automaker KG Mobility (KGM) and China's Chery Automobile Co, the Yonhap News Agency reported on Monday. The Chinese automaker's global vehicle platforms and extensive supply chain are expected to support KGM's efforts to accelerate new model development and expand its overseas business, the report said.

Western media outlets have recently been keen to hype the narrative that China prioritizes industry over consumption. The latest example is a Reuters report on Monday, headlined "China draws 'red lines' around its economic model ahead of EU, US trade talks," which claimed that "China is energetically defending its economic policy mix that favors advanced industries over consumption."

Last year, the "new trio" of new-energy vehicles, lithium batteries and photovoltaic products made a strong impression in global markets, becoming standout symbols of Chinese manufacturing. This year, artificial intelligence, robotics and innovative medicines - dubbed the "next new three" - are expected to emerge as new pillars of growth.

The ultimate criterion for technological progress has never been about who shouts the loudest, but who creates tangible value for more people. The growth of China's AI industry is not to be slowed down by a few deeply biased Western media commentators.

Green and renewable energies hold good potential as a new area of growth in China-South Korea trade, driven by South Korea's genuine need for energy. The massive energy cooperation potential will certainly create new opportunities for businesses on both sides and support South Korea's industrial development. Yet realizing this potential will depend on the openness of markets and whether companies on both sides can find commercially viable solutions.

Editor's Note: Artem Oganov (Oganov), a distinguished professor at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology and chief scientific officer of Sber University in Russia, and a foreign expert at China's Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, received the 2025 China International Science and Technology Cooperation Award on July 8. What are his views on China's technological rise and China's sci-tech R&D environment? Oganov shared his perspectives with Global Times (GT) reporter Ma Jingjing.

From the "old three" exports of clothing, furniture, and appliances, to the "new three" of electric vehicles, lithium batteries, and solar cells, China's industrial evolution has now entered a new era defined by its newest industrial champions: robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and innovative drugs. These sectors have firmly established themselves as the new "new three," reflecting not only the continued growth in China's innovation capacity but also the accelerated iteration of its industrial system.

After two years of improving attitudes toward artificial intelligence (AI), Americans are becoming more skeptical of the technology - a trend that could pose longer-term challenges for the country's AI development. A Bentley University-Gallup survey released on Tuesday found that 39 percent of respondents believed that AI does more harm than good, while only 9 percent said that it does more good than harm. The growing unease appears to reflect concerns over employment, with 79 percent of respondents saying they believe that AI will reduce the number of US jobs over the next decade.

A wave of Chinese entrants into Britain's ‌car market is piling pressure on traditional manufacturers, Mike Hawes, CEO of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, the country's main automotive industry body, said on Thursday. Yet, he also acknowledged that Chinese competition was just one of several pressures facing Britain's automotive industry, also highlighting high energy costs, weak investment and regulations, Reuters reported.

Amid ongoing debate over China's exports, some Western media outlets and think tanks have advanced the so-called “China squeeze” narrative, claiming that China is squeezing the industrialization space available to developing economies. But a closer look at the evidence raises a different question: is China truly constraining these economies, or is it helping them build the capabilities needed for industrialization?

A narrative has gained traction in recent years that attributes global supply-demand mismatches, trade frictions and growing competitive pressures to expanding industrial supply in emerging markets, particularly what it describes as "China's industrial overcapacity". This argument reverses cause and effect and obscures the deeper issue: the structural flaws of an international monetary system built around the U.S. dollar's dominance.

Some Western media outlets have often hyped an artificial intelligence (AI) showdown between the US and China these days, with some even peddling the so-called "China AI threat" narrative. Beneath such coverage lies the assumption that technological progress is set to become the latest front of power rivalry.

As competition over AI technology intensifies globally, the development of China's western cities offers a new perspective on high-standard digital cooperation. The Xinhua News Agency reported that several participants at the APEC Digital and AI Ministerial Meeting and a series of digital events held in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan Province from July 16 to 29 noted that western Chinese cities are becoming a force of growing importance in Asia-Pacific digital cooperation.

South Korea is taking intensive measures to demonstrate its determination to seize opportunities in the era of artificial intelligence (AI).

Advance data from the Bank of Korea showed on Thursday that the South Korean economy grew 0.6 percent in the second quarter from the previous quarter, beating market expectations, the Yonhap News Agency reported.

India's steel industry appears to be approaching a crossroads. Reuters reported on Tuesday that Indian steelmakers are pivoting to the domestic market to offset weaker exports as key markets such as Europe and Britain tighten imports. Yet the domestic market may offer little relief. Executives and analysts said that Chinese steel is priced $52-$63 per ton below domestic grades, making it increasingly difficult for Indian mills to absorb output diverted from export markets.

The yen's weakness, already a major market focus, is pushing the Japanese economy into uncharted uncertainty at a pace far exceeding market expectations.

Samsung Electronics' job cuts and relocation plan in the US have drawn widespread attention. The adjustments come as the US seeks to draw South Korean chipmakers deeper into US-based production. Yet simply following US priorities risks South Korea losing its initiative in industrial development.

Amid rising protectionism, Germany's investment summit will test whether it remains committed to open markets and a fair business climate. The choice will shape its appeal to global capital.

When it comes to trade with China, there has been growing hype from the EU over the “undervalued yuan” these days. This one-sided interpretation defies basic global economic principles and fails to address the root causes of Europe's persistent trade challenges.

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said in a Bloomberg TV interview on Thursday that the US wants Vietnam to take more action on non-tariff barriers, economic security cooperation and intellectual property as the two sides continue to wrangle over a trade deal after months of negotiations, Bloomberg reported. Beneath this technical-sounding trade rhetoric lies Washington's geopolitical calculus: to employ economic leverage to draw Vietnam into its technology-restriction orbit, with the evident aim of tightening the net around China's access to advanced technologies. But Vietnam does not need to pick sides to pursue its economic and trade interests.

The question the world should be asking is not how many barrels of oil China will import, but when the global energy channel crisis will be resolved. Global energy stability requires a clear-eyed confrontation with the supply-side disruptions at their source – and the political will to fix them.

With global trade protectionism on the rise and supply chain security frequently politicized, Chinese-made air conditioners traveling to Europe via the China-Europe Railway Express reveal the true essence of China-EU economic and trade ties.

Viewed beyond the perspective of automotive market competition and from the broader picture of China-South Korea economic and trade relations, any protectionist mindset runs counter to the general trend of mutually beneficial win-win cooperation.

Since Europe's energy transition hinges on stable and cost-effective supplies, China's high-quality green manufacturing will be greatly helpful for Europe. Any trade barrier will only reduce Europe's room for international cooperation.

Even amid high-profile US-South Korea industrial cooperation, the underlying logic of global shipbuilding competition has not been fundamentally reshaped by geopolitical agendas as many expected before.

As the EU debates its auto industry's future, some politicians have hyped the so-called “China threat” rhetoric to justify protectionism. Yet rising EV sales show the need to prioritize consumers over protectionism.

China and South Korea's efforts to enhance their currencies' global roles reflect the broader diversification of the global monetary system. Strong economic and trade ties provide a foundation for deeper financial cooperation between the two countries.

What China's EVs bring to global markets is not only more consumer choice, but also a cost-efficient path for auto green transition. Chinese EVs will continue to expand, with a tech-driven, cooperation-focused approach unlocking new global industrial momentum.

As China-India relations show signs of recovery and improvement, India could consider ramping up efforts to attract Chinese investment. At a minimum, Chinese investors should be given a fair, transparent and non-discriminatory investment environment.

To expand exports to China, an official from Vietnam's ministry of agriculture and environment said the country's agricultural sector must shift from output-driven growth to a new model focused on quality, value addition and low-carbon development, the Vietnam News Agency reported on Wednesday. In 2025, Vietnam's fruit and vegetable exports to China reached about $5.5 billion.

China has evolved from the “world's factory” to an “innovation powerhouse.” This shift has generated an “innovation dividend” with positive spillovers for the global economy, and is increasingly a source of momentum.

Japan's white paper recognizes the deep, extensive economic and trade ties between China and emerging markets, yet attempts to override market-driven choices with geopolitical rhetoric, a contradiction that cannot help with Japan's export competitiveness.

South Korea on Monday set out an industrial strategy centered on semiconductors and artificial intelligence (AI).