They’re at it again. China and Japan are frenemies, trading partners and uneasy neighbors with a tortured and bloody history they’re still working through.

Regulators said they would look at whether the deal for Manus, a Singapore start-up with Chinese roots, complied with China’s export and investment rules.

Experts say Beijing may see the U.S.' seizing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro not as a license to move on Taiwan as much as a chance to undermine U.S. global leadership.

China said on Thursday it would assess and investigate Meta’s acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Manus, in a move highlighting its technology rivalry with the U.S.. Meta announced last week it was buying Manus,

The seizing of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro removes one of China’s staunchest partners in Latin America, raising questions over its political and economic influence in the region.

Some saw what happened in Venezuela as a playbook for seizing Taiwan, while others warned about ideological rigidity.

China’s urban population surpassed 943m in 2024, say official statistics, an increase of 100m in just seven years. The government acknowledges that its cities will expand more slowly in the future. But it still expects the urbanisation rate to increase from almost 67% to nearly 70% by 2029.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren and former Biden FTC Chair Lina Khan are taking heat for helping kill a deal an Amazon-iRobot deal, leading to the company going bankrupt and falling under Chinese control.