The Latest Breaking News from China

China has reported its economy showed signs of slowing in July as factory output and retail sales slowed while housing prices fell further

Japan’s economy grew faster than expected during the second quarter, with GDP growing 1% on an annualized basis, ahead of median consensus estimates at 0.4%, and marking its fifth consecutive quarter of growth, based on the figures released on Friday.

Media personality and entrepreneur Kevin O’Leary says President Donald Trump‘s deal allowing NVIDIA Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA) and Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) to sell semiconductor chips in China under a government revenue-sharing plan is mutually beneficial.

The president's revenue-sharing agreement on chip sales to China may pass legal muster, paving the way for effective export tariffs.

Senior Market Analyst Darin Newsom of Barchart suggests that the recent rally in grain futures was not fundamentally based but rather driven by speculative and automated buying, and he believes that there is a better chance of a future rate hike than a rate cut.

The EU has demanded Beijing revoke "unjustified" sanctions on two Lithuanian banks in a dispute also rooted in long-standing tensions over Taiwan.

Beginning as a curiosity in China's self‑care sphere, the adult pacifier trend has rapidly gone viral across borders.

In the first seven months of 2025, total vehicle sales in China rose 12%, buoyed by strong growth in sales of new energy vehicles.

Semiconductor stocks Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA), Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD), Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO), Arm Holdings (NASDAQ:ARM), Marvell Technology (NASDAQ:MRVL), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM), Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU), Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM), and Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ:SMCI) are trending on Thursday.