Xi Jinping

Major world powers have embarked on a race to supply key materials for electric vehicles, weapons and technology 

EL PAÍS visits the hermetic Chinese rocket launch base in the Gobi desert as the race to put people back on the Moon ramps up

Interviews with more than 100 victims in 23 countries, along with internal government documents, reveal the sinister tactics China uses to silence critics beyond its borders

The capital of Guangdong province in the south of the country is a major manufacturing center; many of its factories have suspended shipments to the US

EL PAÍS travels to the autonomous region of China, where governments and NGOs denounce the violation of rights and Beijing claims it has implemented a successful development model

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent dispensed with the polite expressions about ‘common interests’ commonly used in official statements. The meeting comes shortly after Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez met with Xi Jinping in Beijing

The White House is pushing the rivalry into uncharted territory by accelerating the economic decoupling of the two powers and undermining Washington’s network of alliances

‘There are no winners in a tariff war,’ argues President Xi Jinping in his first remarks following the escalation of the trade war

The president’s backpedalling in response to market pressure reveals his limitations in pursuing an aggressive tariff war against the entire world

Volodymyr Zelenskiy denounces a plan to recruit fighters through social media and maintains that Beijing authorities are aware of it. Soldiers undergo training for about two months before joining the offensive

The 25% levy on steel, aluminum, and cars remain in place, as does the 10% universal rate on most imports

Countermeasures are beginning to take effect as taxes on imports from the Asian giant hit 125% while the trade war with the rest of the globe gets paused. The EU has also halted its counter-tariffs but warns they will go into effect if negotiations fail

Beijing insists it does not want a trade war, but warns Washington that it will not stand idly by

Beijing experts sense a transatlantic rift and believe it’s possible that Chinese troops could be sent to Ukraine following a ceasefire, provided the UN supports the move

An arbitration proceeding started by Mark Zuckerberg is barring former executive Sarah Wynn-Williams from granting interviews despite the media mogul’s advocacy of free speech on his social media

The artificial intelligence company emerged from the so-called ‘Chinese Silicon Valley,’ a city where technological giants and cutting-edge start-ups have flourished

The Asian giant’s capital market performance recorded its best start to a year in history despite trade tensions, and thanks to the milestone represented by the AI open-source model DeepSeek

The country that once largely championed multilateralism is now retreating behind its borders, renouncing its commitments and undermining its partners

The deputies of the NPC, the highest organ of power in the Chinese state, were evasive about the American president in their only annual meeting with the press

The US president has made contradictory announcements about the import duties he wants to impose

The state of the economy leaves Beijing with little room for maneuver, but recent technological tours de force such as DeepSeek have given it more bargaining power

Beijing announces levies of up to 15% on imports of US products, such as oil and large cars, an investigation into Google and restrictions on exports of critical minerals

Prompted by this reporter, the artificial intelligence model says it must uphold ‘core values of socialism,’ rejects compromising questions about Xi Jinping and Tiananmen Square, and apparently doesn’t know who its founder Liang Wenfeng is

The Ukrainian government has postponed a summit at which it was to discuss with its allies a common position vis-à-vis Moscow to end the war

In his second term, the U.S. president will be far more free to implement his proposals 

Former presidents, businessmen and celebrities are on the list of potential inauguration day attendees