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China is not backing down from Trump’s tariff war. What next?
The trade war between the world’s two biggest economies shows no signs of slowing down – Beijing has vowed to “fight to the end” hours after US President Donald Trump threatened to nearly double the tariffs on China.
That could leave most Chinese imports facing a staggering 104% tax – a sharp escalation between the two sides.
Smartphones, computers, lithium-ion batteries, toys and video game consoles make up the bulk of Chinese exports to the US. But there are so many other things, from screws to boilers.
With a deadline looming in Washington as Trump threatens to introduce the additional tariffs from Wednesday, who will blink first?
“It would be a mistake to think that China will back off and remove tariffs unilaterally,” says Alfredo Montufar-Helu, a senior advisor to the China Center at The Conference Board think tank.
“Not only would it make China look weak, but it would also give leverage to the US to ask for more. We’ve now reached an impasse that will likely lead to long-term economic pain.”
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Zelensky confirms Ukraine troops in Russia’s Belgorod region
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has publicly acknowledged for the first time that his troops are active in Russia’s Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine.
“We continue to carry out active operations in the border areas on enemy territory, and that is absolutely just – war must return to where it came from,” he said on Monday.
His comments also referred to Russia’s Kursk region, where Ukraine still holds a small area after a major offensive last year. Moscow has since retaken most of the territory.
Zelensky said “the main objective” was to protect Ukraine’s Sumy and Kharkiv border regions, and to “ease the pressure” on other parts of the vast front line, particularly in the eastern Donetsk region.
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Titanic scan reveals ground-breaking details of ship’s final hours
A detailed analysis of a full-sized digital scan of the Titanic has revealed new insight into the doomed liner’s final hours.
The exact 3D replica shows the violence of how the ship ripped in two as it sank after hitting an iceberg in 1912 – 1,500 passengers lost their lives in the disaster.
The scan provides a new view of a boiler room, confirming eye-witness accounts that engineers worked right to the end to keep the ship’s lights on.
And a computer simulation also suggests that punctures in the hull the size of A4 pieces of paper led to the ship’s demise.
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Beijing calls Vance ‘ignorant’ over ‘Chinese peasants’ remark
China has called US Vice-President JD Vance “ignorant and impolite” after he said America had been borrowing money from “Chinese peasants”.
Foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told reporters on Tuesday that Vance’s comments – which had already caused a stir on Chinese social media – were “surprising and sad”.
Vance made the comments on Thursday, during an interview on Fox News where he defended US President Donald Trump’s tariffs – which are currently fuelling tensions between the world’s two largest economies.
“We borrow money from Chinese peasants to buy the things those Chinese peasants manufacture,” the vice-president said.