Police officers, customs officials and spies are reinforcing China’s embargo on the critical minerals that it overwhelmingly controls.

China has introduced a tracking system for its rare earth magnet sector, three sources said, as its export restrictions on them begin to cut off customers around the world.

After the US and China agreed in Geneva to lower tariffs from astronomical heights, tensions are now surging over access to chips and rare earths. And Beijing increasingly appears to have an edge.

At the center of the latest trade storm between the U.S. and China is He Lifeng. Since He became vice premier in early 2023, China's leader Xi Jinping has essentially put him in charge of fortifying the nation’s economy against the effects of U.

China said Monday that the Trump administration is undermining the temporary May 12 trade agreement between the two nations by issuing AI chip export control guidelines, stopping the sale of chip design software to China and by planning to revoke Chinese student visas.

A decline in Tesla's China-made electric vehicle sales extended to an eighth month in May, as the U.S. automaker's sales woes were compounded by brutal price wars in the world's largest auto market. Deliveries of China-made Model 3 and Model Y vehicles,

China-made electric vehicle sales fell 15% Y/Y in May 2025, totaling 61,662 units, Reuters reported, citing data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA). This figure includes both domestic sales and exports of the Model 3 and Model Y vehicles manufactured at its Shanghai plant.

China shipments fell 15% year-over-year in May to 61,662 units, according to a preliminary report from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. Despite a year-over-year decline, the electric vehicle maker reported a 5.