The U.S. once controlled the market on rare earth elements, sought after for a range of technologies. But in the last few decades, China has cornered that market and surpassed the U.S.
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Deadline nears for Taiwan’s Chinese immigrants to prove no China household registration
Amid a wave of national security measures, immigrants from China must prove they’ve given up their household registration in China by June 30. Many are Chinese women married to men from Taiwan.
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Trump says the U.S. has signed a deal with China on trade, without giving details
The U.S. and China have signed an agreement on trade, President Donald Trump said, adding he expects to soon have a deal with India.
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Trump will toss TikTok another lifeline, pushing back its sell-by date for a third time
Last year, Congress banned the app in the U.S., citing national security concerns and demanding it spin off from its Chinese owner, ByteDance. Trump said he’ll once again pause enforcement of the ban.
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Greetings from Shenyang, China, where workers sort AI data in ‘Severance’-like ways
Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR’s international team shares snapshots of moments from their lives and work around the world.
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Trump says a U.S.-China trade deal is ‘done’
After talks in London this week, the two countries say they’re largely going back to a framework they already agreed on in May.
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U.S.-China trade talks continue for a 2nd day in London
Chinese exports of rare earth minerals, which are vital to carmakers and other industries, and China’s access to high-end technology from the U.S., including computer chips, are high on the agenda.
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China says Trump and Xi talked on the phone, their first call since the tariff war began
It’s the first known call between the two leaders since Inauguration Day — and the first time they’ve spoken since tariffs began ratcheting up.
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OpenAI takes down covert operations tied to China and other countries
The company said China and other nations are covertly trying to use chatbots to influence opinion around the world. In one case, operatives also used the tools to write internal performance reports.
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The great battery race: China and the U.S. compete over the future of EVs
The car you drive years in the future might run off a battery being invented in a lab today. Companies in China and the United States are racing to perfect and scale up next-generation technologies.
