China

For energy, 2021 is shaping up to be a year of contradictions.

Police believe that the car's gas tank ruptured during the crash.

The U.S. is preparing to place dozens of Chinese companies, including the Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp, on a trade blacklist, citing national security concerns, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Friday morning. 

The move is seen as the latest in President Trump's effort to cement his tough-on-China legacy

Gucci's first flagship store, selling fashion and leather goods collections, will open on Dec. 21

Social media app TikTok routes job candidate's applications-- which include highly sensitive and personal information-- through servers in China, despite arguing earlier this year that they do not share user data with the company's Chinese owner ByteDance. 

United Steelworkers is warning against President-elect Joe Biden rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership, calling it an "abject failure" to contain economic rival China.

And then, there weren’t enough lights for the tree.

A search and rescue group raised $12,200 to buy a drone and equip it with a gasoline tank and an arm-length nozzle.

China's Civil Aviation Administration is recommending that crews aboard charter flights to coronavirus hotspots wear disposable diapers rather than using the restroom on the plane.

It has been almost a year since global health officials heard word that a new coronavirus, officially termed COVID-19, had emanated from the Chinese city of Wuhan. And while much of the world is grappling with crippled economies and the second wave of infections and deaths, analysts and economists project that Beijing is already standing to gain from the devastation long before the dust has settled.

The Senate has narrowly approved President Donald Trump’s lame-duck nominee to become a member of the Federal Communications Commission, setting up the agency for a stretch of partisan gridlock likely to stymie President-elect Joe Biden’s policies.

China’s factory gate prices fell at a slower pace in November, adding to signs that the economy continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, but consumer prices declined for the first time in over a decade on falling food prices

China’s exports rose at the fastest pace since February 2018 in November, helped by strong global demand and as the factory recovery from the coronavirus in the world’s second-largest economy outpaced those of its major trading partners.

The government had previously issued a 15-day and seven-day extension of the initial 90-day deadline

The Chinese city at the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic is touting its tourist attractions, "from the myriad twinkling lights along the Yangtze River and the amazing dance and music from the Zhiyin cruise, to the glittering light and beautiful voices from the livehouse.”

The U.S. Justice Department is discussing a deal with Huawei Technologies Co. finance chief Meng Wanzhou that would allow her to return home to China from Canada, in exchange for admitting wrongdoing in a criminal case that has strained Beijing’s relations with the U.S. and Canada, people familiar with the matter said.

"The Coming Collapse of China" author Gordon Chang argued on Thursday that the United States needs to “have a re-examination of all trade with China."

It marks the latest crackdown on pro-democracy figures in the former British colony

The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation on Wednesday that could prevent some Chinese companies from listing their shares on U.S. exchanges unless they adhere to U.S. auditing standards.