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Rare-Earth Standoff Threatens U.S.-China Trade Truce

The fragile trade agreement between the United States and China is under new strain, as Beijing appears to be dragging its feet on a key provision: the resumption of rare-earth mineral exports. According to reporting by The Wall Street Journal

BEIJING, CHINA - MAY 13: Chinese President Xi Jinping applauds after a a joint press confe

India’s Economy Booms as China’s Fumbles

India reported 7.4 percent economic growth between January and March 2025, coming in much higher than analyst predictions of 6.7 percent growth, and also much better than the 5.4 percent growth claimed by its regional rival China.

Narendra Modi

China Warns Its Lonely Men Against ‘Buying a Foreign Wife’

The Chinese government issued a warning, the state-run Global Times reported on Monday, to its male citizens in Bangladesh discouraging the use of local matchmaking services or acceptance of offers to “buy” a wife — a growing threat to social stability as the nation’s marriage rate plummets and gender disparity skyrockets.

HARBIN, CHINA - JANURY 06: Newly-wed couples holding the mascots "Binbin" and "Nini" of th