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2 weeks ago | straitstimes.com | Joyce Lim |Yew Lun Tian

SHANDONG/SINGAPORE – China looks set to up the ante as it stares down the latest tariff threat from the United States in a rapidly spiralling trade war. On April 8, two prominent Chinese social media commentators seen as connected with the state outlined six ways in which China could hit back. Citing unnamed sources, they listed measures ranging from stopping fentanyl cooperation with the US to importing fewer American films.

3 weeks ago | straitstimes.com | Yew Lun Tian |Joyce Lim

SINGAPORE/SHENZHEN–Beijing has vowed to take countermeasures against the latest United States tariffs and urged Washington to resolve trade frictions through dialogue. US President Donald Trump upped the stakes in the trade war with China on April 2 (April 3 SGT) by announcing an additional 34 per cent reciprocal tariffs on Chinese goods and the end of duty-free exemption for low-value imports from China.

1 month ago | straitstimes.com | Joyce Lim |Yew Lun Tian

BEIJING – China is not intimidated by US threats, said Commerce Minister Wang Wentao, vowing to “fight it to the finish”, days after Washington imposed a second tranche of tariffs on Chinese imports amid an escalating trade war. The public warning by the country’s top trade official came as additional US levies on Chinese goods reached 20 per cent, and could rise further.

Jan 15, 2025 | straitstimes.com | Yew Lun Tian

SINGAPORE – Ever since China blocked Google, Facebook and other social media with its Great Firewall starting from 2009, Chinese netizens have had little chance of interacting with Americans on the same social media platform. But now, an influx of American users, who call themselves Tiktok refugees, has surfaced on popular Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu.

Jan 9, 2025 | straitstimes.com | Yew Lun Tian

The use of force by the US to gain control of the Panama Canal and Greenland will hurt American interests more than it will hurt Chinese ones, analysts say. US President-elect Donald Trump said at a press conference on Jan 7 that he wants to acquire the Panama Canal, which falls under the sovereignty of Panama in Central America, and the Arctic island Greenland, which is an autonomous territory of Denmark.