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Chinese government asks: ‘Who represents the real threat?’ after US defense secretary vows to keep canal secure
US secretary of defense Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday that the Panama canal faces ongoing threats from China but that together the United States and Panama will keep it secure.
Hegseth’s remarks triggered a fiery response from the Chinese government, which said: “Who represents the real threat to the Canal? People will make their own judgement.”

At the world’s largest wholesale market, vendors have reduced their exposure to the US but fear the repercussions of a global economic shock
If you have ever bought a Christmas decoration, a button, an electric shaver or any other cheap manufactured product, there is a good chance it came from Yiwu, a city in east China’s Zhejiang province that is home to the world’s largest wholesale market.
Covering more than 4m square metres, tens of thousands of suppliers have booths in Yiwu International Trade City. As the US and China exchange increasingly and threaten ever-higher tariffs, it is vendors at places like Yiwu who are at the frontline of the new trade war.

Asian buyers are reducing purchases of U.S. agricultural goods as Washington's planned fees on China-linked vessels and sweeping import duties on key regional trading partners stoke uncertainty and ...

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South Korea’s government has approved Tuesday 3 June as the date for a snap presidential election, following the removal from office of Yoon Suk Yeol last week over his declaration of martial law.
The move comes after after the country’s constitutional court voted unanimously on Friday to uphold parliament’s decision to impeach him over his in December.

Beijing vows to ‘fight to the end’ as president claims ‘many’ countries are seeking a deal with US
is poised to unleash his trade war with the world on Wednesday, pressing ahead with a slew of on the US’s largest trading partners despite fears of widespread economic damage and calls to reconsider.
The US president claimed “many” countries were seeking a deal with Washington, as his administration prepared to impose steep tariffs on goods from dozens of markets from Wednesday.

CITY HALL STEPS — HUNDREDS OF ASIAN NEW YORKERS JOINED CITY COUNCILMEMBER SUSAN ZHUANG on Tuesday, April 8, in presenting the Council with a resolution for Chinese American Railroad Workers Memorial ...

An advisory says that foreign agencies are posing as consulting firms, think tanks and other organizations to connect with former government employees.

Just over 71,000 cars sold in first quarter as German manufacturer is silent on effect of US tariffs
Porsche sales slumped in the first three months of the year as an increase in deliveries to the US was overshadowed by falls in Europe and China, while Donald Trump’s trade war has triggered uncertainty in the global car industry.
The German car manufacturer reported a 37% rise in North American deliveries in the period from January to March, hitting 20,698, which Porsche said was partly because of low figures last year when car deliveries were delayed due to import restrictions on Chinese components.

Ukrainian president says men’s capture shows Moscow is trying to involve Beijing in the war ‘directly or indirectly’
Ukrainian forces have captured two Chinese nationals fighting with the Russian army in the eastern Donetsk region, according to Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The Ukrainian president said they were two of many more Chinese members of the Russian armed forces, and he accused the Kremlin of trying to involve Beijing in the conflict “directly or indirectly”.

The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said his forces had captured two Chinese nationals fighting for Russia in Donetsk, describing it as an important development that Washington should take heed of. He said Ukraine was strong but it could not 'fight so many countries at once'

Council Member Susan Zhuang on Tuesday introduced a City Council resolution that would, for the first time, recognize the history of Chinese-American railroad ...

The move has sent shock waves through a region of US strategic importance that had respected Trump as tough on Beijing
Vietnam had tried to appease Donald Trump: tariffs on US goods were reduced; regulations were passed to allow Elon Musk’s SpaceX to launch its Starlink in the country. The prime minister, Pham Minh Chinh, even joked in January that he would happily “play golf all day long” at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Florida if it could “bring benefits to my country and my people”.
The strategies do not appear to have worked. Trump has inflicted an extraordinary 46% tariff on Vietnam that threatens to devastate its economic growth plans and undermine relations between the two countries. The tariff has sent shock waves through Vietnam, a manufacturing powerhouse where Trump has always been fairly popular, and across south-east Asia.