China's imports tumble as demand skids, trade war heats up
"China's imports unexpectedly shrank over the January-February period"
--- Unexpectedly? In which world do these experts live? The only thing that might be unexpected is that the CCP admitted to it.
"Analysts say the slump in imports signals Beijing has begun scaling back purchases of key commodities, as it prepares for four more years of gruelling trade tensions with the second Trump administration."
--- Yeah, right, it's all Trump. Again. Lack of internal Chinese demand? Nah, it must be Trump.
Meanwhile, there is one sector in which imports rose:
China's coal imports tick up in January-February despite risks to outlook
"China's coal imports rose 2.1% year-on-year, official data showed on Friday
[...] China's domestic coal consumption rose 1.7% year-on-year in 2024, according to the statistics bureau."
--- Must be because China is ramping up all that clean energy.
China slams Trump’s return to the ‘law of the jungle’
"If every country were to put itself first, the ‘law of the jungle’ would return, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday"
--- 'Therefore, everybody should put China first.'
"“A big country should honor its international obligations and fulfill its due responsibilities. It should not put selfish interests before principles, still less should it wield the power to bully the weak,” Wang said"
--- Hmmm... South China Sea, anyone?
China lays out path to navigate trade, tech tensions
"He described the escalating US-China competition as changes "unseen in a century""
--- Yeah, who remembers the 2nd World War or the end of the Cold War?
Can Trump's tariffs break China's grip on manufacturing?
"Exports have been the "saving grace" of China's economy and if the taxes linger, exports to the US could drop by a quarter to a third, Harry Murphy Cruise, an economist at Moody's analytics, told the BBC.
The sheer value of China's exports - which account for a fifth of the country's earnings - means that a 20% tariff could weaken demand from overseas and shrink the trade surplus. "
--- Meh. Only a minor part of exports go to the USA, & only a minor part of those will really be affected by the tariffs. Only if these tariffs grow beyond 50% will they have a real effect.
US mulling a ban on Chinese app DeepSeek from government devices
"The Trump administration is weighing a ban on Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek from U.S. government devices over national-security concerns"
--- What's there to mull over? Any & all Chinese software should be banned from all government devices.
US army soldiers accused of selling military secrets to buyers in China
US charges Chinese hackers who targeted dissidents
China cracking down on Protestant churches during annual congress
--- China Uncensored features the weekend news variety again:
--- DW News: What Chinese tech dominance means for the world
--- NHK: Hopelessness, poverty plague China’s workers
--- NHK: China's tactics for infiltrating Taiwanese society exposed
Chinesischer Handelsüberschuss erreicht Rekordwert
"Die Einfuhren gingen unerwartet um 8,4 Prozent zurück"
--- Unerwartet? Nicht, wenn man die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung in China realistisch einschätzt.
"China ist die weltgrößte Handelsnation. Wie sehr seiner Exportwirtschaft jedoch die Zölle schaden, die US-Präsident Donald Trump seit seiner Wahl im November angekündigt und seit Amtsantritt Ende Januar eingeführt hat, zeigen die aktuellen Zahlen."
--- Nicht wirklich, da ja viele Einfuhren vorgezogen wurden, um den Zöllen zu entgehen. Der tatsächliche Effekt der Zölle wird sich erst in einigen Monaten zeigen.
„So kehrt die Welt zum Gesetz des Dschungels zurück“, warnt Chinas Außenminister
"Wenn jedes Land sich selbst sowie seinen Ansichten über Macht und Status Vorrang einräume, werde die Welt „zum Gesetz des Dschungels“ zurückkehren, sagte Wang Yi bei einer Pressekonferenz während des tagenden Volkskongresses in Peking. Große Mächte sollten ihre internationalen Verpflichtungen und Verantwortung erfüllen, mahnte er"
--- Außer China natürlich.
"China lehne Machtpolitik sowie Protektionismus in jeder Form ab und trete für internationale Fairness und Gerechtigkeit ein"
