The January-March data released by the government was better than what economists expected and was up from the 4.5% growth seen in the October-December quarter.
Trump’s Blockade Risks Upending an Emerging Détente With China
In a thinly veiled critique of the war in Iran, China’s leader said the world could not risk reverting “to the law of the jungle.” …
Trump Says He Is ‘Permanently Opening’ the Strait, Making China ‘Happy’
President Trump said China was “very happy” that he was “permanently opening the Strait of Hormuz,” in a post on Truth Social on the third day of the U.S. blockade of Iran’s ports and coastline. “I am …
Trump says China has agreed not to send weapons to Iran
The president made the claim, which Beijing has yet to confirm, amid anger in China that its vessels could be caught up in a U.S. blockade targeting Iranian ports.
China and Russia flaunt allyship as US fights Iran war
Russia’s top diplomat said the country is ready to offset the loss of energy exports due to the conflict.
Sharing ancient roots and distrust of the US, many in China are suddenly really into Iran
While US and Israeli fire threatened some of Iran’s most cherished cultural relics, scores of Persian artefacts were safe and sound, 5,000 kilometers away in northern China, under the watchful eye of …
Trump tells Fox Business the Iran war is ‘very close to being over’ amid reports peace talks are expected to resume
The president has said the war is nearly over for the last two weeks, even though marathon weekend negotiations to end the conflict were unsuccessful …
Trump Says Xi Told Him China Wasn’t Arming Iran
President Trump said he wrote a letter to the Chinese leader Xi Jinping asking him not to send weapons to Iran, and that Xi replied saying Beijing wasn’t doing so. In an interview with Fox Business’s …
Trump’s Hormuz blockade puts China, India in crosshairs as US pressure on Iran spills over
The U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz risks ratcheting up pressure on two of its most consequential relationships in Asia — India and China.
Trump says Iran war is ‘very close to being over’ as peace talks are expected to resume
Donald Trump says the U.S.-Iran war is “very close” to an end amid a two-week ceasefire, as U.S. and Iranian negotiators prepare to restart peace talks Thursday.