As well as relying more on the Chinese state for credit, rich countries are emulating its style of lending, writes Bradley Parks

President Donald Trump’s announcement this month that the United States would restart nuclear weapons testing on an “equal basis” with other nations — alluding to unverified claims that Moscow and Beijing are conducting secret tests and suggesting the U.

Beijing has used loans to developing nations to expand its influence, but a new study says no country has received more Chinese financing than the United States.

China’s broad fiscal spending slumped in October by the most since at least 2021, crippling a key driver of investment and economic growth.The combined expenditure in China’s two main budgets — the general public account and the government-managed fund book — tumbled 19% in October from a year earlier to 2.

China may conquer Taiwan through energy blockade and gray-zone tactics rather than military invasion, new defense study reveals. Beijing's strategy targets fuel imports.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he hopes the United States and China can finalize the details of their rare earth export agreement by Thanksgiving.

China began marketing euro-denominated sovereign bonds to raise as much as €4 billion ($4.6 billion), a person familiar with the matter said, fresh off a recent offering of dollar notes that met with strong demand.

China's Vice Premier He Lifeng and German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said the two countries should strengthen their commercial ties and bring an end to months of trade tensions between the world's second- and third-largest economies.

Chinese lenders backed 2,500 projects, covering almost every U.S. state, from gas pipelines to airport terminals, even as Washington warned developing nations about Chinese debt traps.