President Donald Trump expressed shock at China’s “surprising” move to unleash sweeping export controls on rare earths, accusing the country of “becoming very hostile.”

China holds an unexpectedly strong hand in the trade war, and the U.S.’s tariffs have been counterintuitively positive for China.

Since Beijing announced a new visa to attract young science and technology graduates, a backlash has erupted online, forcing the government to respond.

BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese rare earth magnet companies have been facing tighter scrutiny on export license applications since September, sources say, even before Beijing's move last week to expand controls over the critical minerals used in magnets.

BEIJING — Police in China detained dozens of pastors of one of its largest underground churches over the weekend, a church spokesperson and relatives said, in the biggest crackdown on Christians since 2018.

President Trump is trying to publicly de-escalate tensions with China to soothe markets while privately keeping up pressure on Beijing—a difficult balancing act that is being closely watched by Wall Street.

The United States said on Monday it stood by its Philippine ally and emphasized their mutual defense treaty after vessels from China and the Philippines clashed amid heightened tensions in the disputed South China Sea.

Downing Street has confirmed that Jonathan Powell, national security adviser, discussed a high-profile alleged China spying case at a Whitehall meeting shortly before the prosecution collapsed.