China, which has never officially acknowledged the ban, has more confidence in its own entertainment now and is looking to boost consumer spending, experts say.

China criticized U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for his "vilified" remarks in which he said the Asian country poses a legitimate threat in the Indo-Pacific.

China asserted its sovereignty over a disputed reef in the contested South China Sea by conducting military and coast guard patrols on Saturday—a claim the Philippines denied. Newsweek has emailed both the Chinese and Philippine militaries for further comment.

Longview Global senior policy analyst Dewardric McNeal discusses the ramping up of tensions again between the U.S. and China, and why Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is wrong in his argument that export controls on sales of AI chips to China has been a failure.

China issued a blistering response after U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said "the threat China poses is real."

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP troubles are now deepening in Hong Kong as the firm is wrestling with the consequences of its audits of China Evergrande Group.

Fu Tong and his wife Elaine To were among the first demonstrators in Hong Kong to be charged with rioting in 2020 after pro-democracy and anti-China protests started in 2019 in the former British colony.

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning' soared to the top of China's box office over the May 30–June 1 weekend, earning $25.6 million.

The United States allowed its rare earth metals industry to move to China and could now face severe economic disruption as China limits crucial supplies.