China's cyberspace administrator held a symposium on cross-border data transfers with foreign firms on Friday in Beijing, where officials introduced recent progress in China's data security management and addressed firms' concerns.

China's factory activity shrank for a seventh month in October, an official survey showed on Friday, suggesting the need for more stimulus to boost domestic demand, with efforts to ship goods abroad merely exporting price wars.

Talks have helped to steady a rocky relationship between the world's top two economies - but the rivalry persists.

Trump described his Thursday meeting with Xi as a roaring success, saying he would cut tariffs on China, while Beijing had agreed to allow the export of rare earth elements and start buying American soybeans. Their deals were a relief to a world economy rattled by trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping talk as they leave after a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Busan, South Korea, October 30, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

Recognition of aviation standards, essential for entry into global markets, could pave the way for China’s jets in Southeast Asia.

Today he’s resolved little more than a crisis of his own making. What might he trade away later for such negligible gains?

Beijing’s nationwide operation against Zion Church this month resembled the kind of multicity raid typically reserved for dismantling organized crime syndicates, not a response to clergy’s alleged infringements on online worship regulations.

President Donald Trump says China will buy U.S. soybeans and curb fentanyl exports after South Korea summit with Xi.