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Shanghai skyline featuring the Oriental Pearl Tower under streaking clouds, symbolising China’s fast-paced economic activity and modern urban transformation

Silk, steel, and stimulus

As global markets tiptoe through tariff turbulence, China posts upbeat numbers—though the real story lies beneath the polished headline figures

Satellite image of Eastern China at night, showing Beijing and Tianjin illuminated, highlighting dense industrial and urban networks

Trouble finds the periphery

As the U.S. fires the first salvos of Trade War II, the ripple effects across emerging markets look less like opportunity and more like a systemic test

Stacked shipping containers with “125%” painted prominently on their sides, symbolizing newly announced U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports under Trump’s trade policy

A 125% performance: The theatre of trade tariffs

As tensions escalate over trade tariffs, China’s response to Trump’s moves seems more like a well-rehearsed act in a global theater. But beneath the drama, a real strategy is emerging

Multiple textile label rolls with fabric composition and care instructions, all prominently marked “Made in China,” highlighting China’s continued role in global manufacturing despite new U.S. tariffs

Chinese firms waltz past Washington’s trade walls

Chinese firms respond to sweeping U.S. tariffs with strategic overseas moves, flexible production, and minimal U.S. market exposure—while politely handing the import bill back to American consumers

Row of empty metal silos on a quiet U.S. soybean farm under partly cloudy skies, symbolizing halted agricultural exports amid trade tensions with China

Trump’s tariffs send markets into a tailspin

Commodities nosedived and Wall Street bled red as Trump’s tariffs provoked full-scale retaliation from China, deepening global recession fears and upending energy and agricultural markets

CK Hutchison Holdings Limited logo, symbolizing the ongoing geopolitical and economic implications of its proposed port sale

Beijing’s dilemma over CK Hutchison’s port sale

China’s intervention in CK Hutchison’s $22.8 billion port sale could either reaffirm its control over strategic assets or shake global investor confidence. The stakes are high, and Beijing’s decision will have lasting effects