The escalating tensions have also led the Chinese currency, the yuan, to touch a low last seen in 2007 against the U.S. dollar last week, and it slipped to a 19-month low against the currencies of ...

The Chinese currency has lost about 0.6% since April 2, when Trump announced his reciprocal tariffs. Global gold ETFs, which store bullion for investors, registered the largest quarterly inflow in ...

By Vivian Wang Reporting from Beijing China has warned its people to think twice before visiting the United States, citing trade tensions. It also told its students to be careful about studying ...

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On Monday, economist Peter Schiff provided a counter-narrative to the claim that China won't sell U.S. Treasuries. What Happened: In a short post on X, Schiff challenged claims that China “won ...

Primarily, the compass was used for geomancy for a long time before it was used for navigation Ancient Chinese alchemists realized that the magnetite ore would point towards a magnetic north. Their ...

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The first reaction by China’s state-media apparatus following the escalating U.S.-China trade war last week was to censor online commentary about the scale of tariffs. Now, it has responded with ...

But you could find a more intimate view in the lively work of the most revered ancient Chinese travel writer of all, Xu Xiake (pronounced “Syoo Syah-kuh”), hailed by his growing number of ...

Currency manipulation. Many economists say China kept the value of its currency, the renminbi, artificially low in the decade after it joined the WTO by accumulating U.S. dollar reserves.