China's Communist Party elite vowed on Thursday to build a modern industrial system and make more efforts to achieve technological self-reliance, moves it sees as key to bolstering its position in its intensifying rivalry with the United States.

China is leveraging its position as the world’s largest creditor to help broaden usage of the yuan, offering overseas borrowers the chance to benefit from economically-depressed interest rates at home by ditching the dollar.

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul will urge China to relax export restrictions on rare earths and semiconductors, emphasizing fair trade as a cornerstone of successful relations during his visit to Beijing starting Sunday,

The ruling Communist Party’s elite Central Committee also announced the replacement of 11 members, its highest personnel turnover since 2017 amid a military anti-corruption purge.

BEIJING () -Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng is set to meet U. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer from Friday, as the world's two largest economies try to ease an unexpected flare-up in tension ahead of a key leaders' summit.

BEIJING (AP) — China’s ruling Communist Party said Thursday it would focus on speeding up self-reliance in science and technology in the face of “profound and complex” changes and rising “uncertainty.” The announcement came in a communique at the end of a four-day meeting on the party’s next five-year economic plan for the country.

China has threatened to cut investments in the UK after claiming political interference from the Government was delaying construction of a major wind turbine factory in Scotland.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is convening a key political meeting this week where he will push forward his next five-year strategy to strengthen the world’s second-largest economy in the face of mounting friction with the United States.

China names Zhang Shengmin as new vice chairman of Central Military Commission, country's 2nd-highest-ranking general

A new visa aimed at highly skilled science and technology workers comes as the Trump administration is making it more difficult for such workers to go to the U.S.

In rural China some farmers still prepare their own coffins and gravesites well in advance. In Chinese, the phrase “to die without a burial spot” is used as a curse (and is often the fate of villains in novels).

The Big Money Show’ panel discusses the impact of President Donald Trump’s tax cuts, tariffs, and trade policies and whether America’s economic engine is running out of steam.